Disneyland Has Been Closed 8 Full Months - Friday The 13th Walk Around & Thoughts On DCA ReOpening
Disneyland has been closed 8 months . Friday The 13th.
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welcome everyone adam the woo
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here as of the recording of this it is
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november
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13 2020 also known as
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friday the 13th and i tie that in
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because well toy story parking right
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back here is still
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closed as well as both the properties at
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the disneyland resort
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dca disney california adventure and
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disneyland proper
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however i am noticing that they have
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removed
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the the light up lcd stand that was here
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stating so i bring up this date because
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back in march
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march friday the 13th was eight months
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ago
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to the day well not to the day but to
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the month pinpointing
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this exact moment here in anaheim the
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disney properties have been closed eight
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full months and it's been
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two months since i've walked the entire
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perimeter
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shared my thoughts my
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just what's rattling around inside my
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brain about the situation so i'm going
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to do that
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today i'm inviting you to join me shall
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you
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i have been to many a convention here on
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property over time
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vidcon star wars celebration wondercon
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but to keep up with the subject matter i
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want to talk a bit
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about d23 which happened in august of
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19.
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it was busy very very busy as you can
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see now is the complete
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opposite and this year would have been
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the next they hold that
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they hold that event every two years so
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2021
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has been pushed back to 2022 so it'll be
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three years
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in between both of those fantastic
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events and it is a very unusual feeling
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to walk around this premises
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variably empty i believe i misspoke
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it would not have been this year of 2020
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next year 2021
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would have been the next d23 but that
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was pushed back to
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2022.
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hopefully it makes a little more sense
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if it is meant to be and
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life is going well for me i will be here
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with bells on i assure you in fact maybe
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possibly
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myself and thousands of others will
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recreate how it was last year
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when we were down in the basement
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in this very room camped out waiting
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for the parks panel right down
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in there for about 10 to 12 hours
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attempting to relax on the concrete
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floor
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some good memories i'm the kind of
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person that really likes to be by myself
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a lot of times i like to go out into
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the middle of nowhere enjoy solitude but
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then there is
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the flip side where i enjoy being
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i enjoy the hype of events and crowds
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congregations of folks this has been a
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very unusual time for me i know in the
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grand scheme of things it really is not
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important what is important is
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everything getting back on track
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figuring all this out
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moving forward and i am really looking
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forward to the day
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when i will have no elbow room
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through here i want to be engulfed
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with other people around she can't be
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the only one that has that that cinnamon
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like i said i i have i have kind of two
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sides
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the i like solitude side and
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yeah i like being in the in the thick of
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it side
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so being stated once everything is back
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to its
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semi-usual self
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i'll be ready i'm ready now to be honest
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going this direction jumps out onto
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catella
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right over there is dca just past those
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palm trees
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so i'm going to loop around this way
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walk around the entire property and then
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go back down harbor and head down this
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way
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and then back do a full walking tour
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my steps good news is the coffee bean
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and tea location here
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is open which was not for quite some
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time
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as well as the rental car spot over
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there
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and the alpine end next door still is
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not open
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but from this view you get a pretty good
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angle here behind cars land
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i always wonder what that is a big it's
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like a big water tank
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over there see if they're protruding
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upward big water tank
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i would like to do another hotel series
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at some point
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stay at some of these
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they never use this entrance anymore but
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the signage is still
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still there
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really moving along quickly with this
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hotel across the way the westin
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is what it's going to be
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yeah looks like it's almost done and it
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is just
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across the road you can see
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used to be called california screaming
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now it is the incredi coaster
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back in there so i'm thinking if you had
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a room
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on the top floor you'd be able to see
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into the park itself
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won't know till no till it happens but i
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think he might be able to
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for a moment i swore i heard the ride
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vehicles there on that coaster
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but it wasn't there were some cast
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members pulling into the parking lot
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it is a real beehive of activity back in
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there because
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thursday the 19th less than a week
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part of dca will be opening its doors
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once again
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no rides and attractions will be quite
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operational
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and you can only wander through buena
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vista street for now
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but being able to be back inside the
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parks
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well one of the parks half of the park
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dca you wanna if that's a park
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it's pretty dang exciting it's gonna be
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it's gonna be busy there's gonna be
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quite quite a few people showing up to
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that i assure you
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and who knows maybe it's just a test to
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eventually kinda sorta open walt's
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original
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magic kingdom for a food festival or
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for restaurants dining shopping
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just like what's happening on thursday
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the 19th
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tough to say it has worked out really
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well
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for downtown disney which they're about
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to open the parking area over there
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in a few minutes i'm also side note i'm
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standing in
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a very large hidden mickey ear lobe
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right now
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right there would be the center of it
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and the other ear on the other side of
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the road
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it was just announced that dvc members
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would be able to
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start getting rooms here at the grand
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cal
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starting in a couple weeks that's pretty
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exciting
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no regular guests at the moment but
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it's a step forward i believe
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the sixth december sixth
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i think alex
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no monorail
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for now should be approaching the x
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marks this
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oh yeah there it is x marks the spot it
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was just a couple months ago that right
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in here
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the rumor mills began to be very strong
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about what was happening
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down the tram route the biggest clue
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being the trash cans and benches were
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placed here that you know
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signifying the trams would not be
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running from the parking structure
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guests would have to walk along and i
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kind of bought into it too thinking that
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yeah there was an opening date would be
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would be happening 60 days later
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still hasn't been other than the the
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partial opening of
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dca for shopping and food disapportion
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a lot of painting taking place and
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speaking of the structure right now
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even for guests for downtown disney
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cannot park
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over here only at the symbol lot which
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they're gonna start charging ten dollars
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no more free parking
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starting in about a week looks as if
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someone is
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utilizing the bridge on a bicycle
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first time i've seen anyone up on the
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pedestrian bridge
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in a long time seems like only yesterday
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but also seems like
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decades ago when the excitement of this
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being placed
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or even the new structure in general
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reared its head
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over in this area specifically for
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cast member parking
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might be a bit of a sun glare but it
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states it right there
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cast parking only
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not a guest parking lot
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i think something might be happening
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over at the disneyland hotel as well
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walk over there and say
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oh yeah wow have this partition
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placed here next to the iconic sign
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it says road closed
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they were cones as well as a washboard
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here that says this
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area temporarily closed
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oh yeah down there
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some activity
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x marks the spot moment
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right here gotta wait for it
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a few steps away
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oh there's someone going down the tram
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route
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it's a truck going down the trip it's
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not a tram it's a truck
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where oh and a cart
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no one really knows what the future
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holds
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but if the partial opening of dca
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goes well maybe that'll expand into more
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of disney california adventure and then
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who knows
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maybe we'll be parking over here these
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are all big maybes these are
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not nothing official just thinking out
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loud
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this could be a symbolic little
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symbolism here this
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spiderweb cobwebs the tram
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the tram walkway being attacked by cobs
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leftover from the halloween season even
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though
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thanksgiving is right around the corner
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in the christmas season look at it
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glistening there
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in the sun
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i have been to florida twice walt disney
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world
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two times july the reopening
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of all the properties out there after
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they were have their closure for three
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months
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and then again about a month or so ago
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for
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the halloween season i was able for the
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first time in years because
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it's always an overlay here and now this
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year it's closed
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haunted mansion was its original style
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it was not
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jack skellington so i was able to do
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that and also ride the hollywood tower
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which is kind of a good halloween theme
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i will be going back in december meaning
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as it is appearing i will be in florida
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going to the theme parks there the
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disney theme parks making it three times
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that i have been there if
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if this is not reopened before i leave
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for i'm gonna spend most of december
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spoiler alert most of december in
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florida that's the plan if everything
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goes
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according to that three times i will be
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going
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there before the anaheim park's open
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which blows my mind don't know the
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reasoning behind that i think it's find
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it very peculiar
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but i just have to embrace it and make
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the best
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how things go and for those who have a
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coast-to-coast passport like i do
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a little update mine was going to expire
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back on april
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30th i just thought that was the case
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but what happened it kept getting pushed
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forward because
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because disneyland is close there's a
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it's a big bug just flew by
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because disneyland is closed they keep
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pushing it every month they extend it
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30 days
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when i was in florida this last time in
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october
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the 25th of that month it was going to
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be
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erased from existence but it got pushed
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forward to november 25th
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and now it is good through the end of
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the year i just checked
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i am good and i've got reservations for
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december
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so because of the closures here
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i guess it's just going to keep rolling
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which isn't a bad thing i'm not
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complaining i'll be the first to admit
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maybe possibly well i do go
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to the parks a little too much but i
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enjoy it i'm going to
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fully embrace it and because i've
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already paid for the pass
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and i am granted these days and because
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how
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wacky 2020 has been for
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all of us mentally
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i'm going to i'm i'm not going to deny
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myself
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so i'm just the rest of the year it's
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happening
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be prepared what's happening i always
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like to point out the
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pope house as it's referred to here off
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the corner of ball road
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the oldest existing
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home on property it's been moved
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but it was here in the early 50s before
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opening day the still remains
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kind of shifted it over to the back side
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not the back side of water but the back
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side of the premises
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for all to see
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it's located right off of the
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overpass of the freeway now since my
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last excursion walking along here
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i have learned something could be true
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could not be true
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but right here at the cast building
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notice the angle
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of these pieces going up to the side
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almost like a ramp of sorts next to the
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chain-link fest
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a little nugget of info this was based
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to look like
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a the front of a train
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almost like a cattle guard for the front
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of a train
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possibly does kind of look like the
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front of a train
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i can see it
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nice little view of the matterhorn there
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the icy slopes of the matterhorn
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mickey and minnie run away railway right
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the progress is moving along briskly
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they have got
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all the steel beams up yeah
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that is happening to say the least
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exciting especially after riding it a
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couple dozen times
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hollywood studios i am ready for it to
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be here in anaheim
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very ready let's get the parks open
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first but
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then we have other things to look
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forward to
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almost seems appropriate that it's being
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built
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very near the building there that looks
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like a it looks like a train right
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i think it is a little peek at small
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and a city bus going by here's another
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perspective
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wow that yeah that is a very expansive
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building
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mickey and minnie's looking at the
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monorail beam here at the corner of
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harbor and
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manchester ave a few more things have
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started to started to open including
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mimi's cafe which is
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open for business and a couple more
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hotels along a little strip here
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not all of them but a couple more in
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recent weeks have reopened
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mcdonald's not being one of them
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in fact they have removed the banner
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that was here for quite some time
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up i'm incorrect they have moved the
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banner over here
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it says reopening this location is
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reopening
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like the wind has kind of blown the part
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of the banner down
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camelot all stanchioned off
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they are not open for business
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however tropicana which is right up here
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has reopened
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and it sits adjacent to property that
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disney bought
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where originally we're going to build
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parking structure
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down this way toward down the old motel
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accommodations that used to be right
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here
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but all that you know kind of went out
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the window new game plan
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you could see right down in here is a
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it's a lot of parking
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and i believe the parking structure was
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going to be down there close to the
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freeway
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tropicana is open i would like to stay
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here at some point
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as stated i would like to bring back the
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the hotel series when
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a number of other accommodations have
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reopened
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it's hard to say what i'm going to do
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everything in my mind is kind of up in
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the air
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for the rest of the year to be honest
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many times i sat right here at different
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tables
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chairs that were all all placed with the
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harbor entrance
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right over there and next to alpha mart
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and
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pisatarian pizzatarian
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and bobotopia which are all closed
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used to be gym boys tacos which is one
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of my favorite
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little local hangouts the tables used to
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all be right here
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such an odd and odd time
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isn't it i have never been the type of
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person to sit around and wait for things
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to happen
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there are exceptions sometimes a short
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wait
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when it's a lengthy way i usually just
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you should just kind of take matters
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into my own hands and
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come up with a different game plan
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and this has been the year for that
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i don't wonder what walt would think
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about all this
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you know granted we'll never know
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but would he have realized that his
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original magic kingdom
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would have been closed for eight months
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possibly even a year
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i'm not counting on it anytime soon
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what to do what will i do
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in all honesty i have no idea if i will
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stick around wait for some of the sta
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the state's table scraps
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if you will of what could be what we
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could do
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or will i go to other areas for the rest
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of the year that are
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a little more open as stated i know in
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the grand scheme of things
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theme parks populated areas you know
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definitely all those can be adjusted has
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been proven in other
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in other areas so i'm just kind of on
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the fence with what i want to do
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if i knew i would share it with everyone
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including myself but the fact is
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i could be around here for a couple more
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weeks i could
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just uproot temporarily
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until early into next year who knows
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i certainly do not that's going to do it
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for today i'm going to end this video by
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walking into the esplanade
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showing down into dca what they have
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what they have already done in
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preparations for the opening
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on the 19th thursday the 19th to walk
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into buena vista street which i might
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attend
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there is a good percentage as well as i
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will peek into
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disneyland into that area just show
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what's going on in the esplanade
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