My Parents Anniversary Staycation At Disney’s Riviera Resort - Villa Room Tour & Topolino’s Terrace
Disney's Riviera Resort
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Sunday, July 13th,
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2025. I'm heading over to Disney
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Springs. I'm off to see the new Superman
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film. And that is the first of quite a
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few things I have on the agenda today.
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Heading on to Disney property because at
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Springs there is the AMC theater where I
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have a ticket for myself and my mom and
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my dad to see the new film together.
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because of the direction I come in from
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Celebration over to Springs. I'm team
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orange. Team orange garage
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and I usually park on the roof just so I
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know where I'm at and then take the
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stairs down, escalators down. But today
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it is scorching out. So, do I want to
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park on the roof? Cuz when I get out of
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the movie, the sun will be a little It'
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be toasty. Yeah, I'll park on the roof.
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There's probably nobody up there. I I
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bet there's no one parked on the roof.
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It's a warm one. It's a warm one today.
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Summer is here in Florida. Yes. Not a
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whole heck of a lot of other people at
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this moment. Granted, it's only 12:30
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right now. half hour afternoon is
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sharing the same thought process I do
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with parking on the roof because why
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would anyone in their right mind park up
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here when you could park with some shade
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over the top of your car?
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I would say 99 times out of 100 when I
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arrive here, I park right over here on
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the top of L5, usually row one or two in
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the orange garage. Welcome everyone.
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Adam the Woo here. What today makes
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today a little extra special. Not only
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it's the weekend, but I also get to
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spend the full day with my mom and dad.
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My parents, today's their anniversary.
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They are driving up, meeting me here.
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We're going to watch Superman. After
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that, going to go check in to the
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Riviera Hotel where they are going to be
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staying for a couple of days. I'm going
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to check them in there, leave them to
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the room later on this evening. I'm
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going to go back to my place. They're
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going to have a a little station, if you
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will, because they live in central
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Florida, but they want to kind of have a
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little getaway. So, using my DVC points,
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they're going to stay at the Riviera.
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Going to hang out with them for a while
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and check in the room. And then after
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that, we're going to go to the top of
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the Riviera to Topelina Terrace. We're
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going to have ourselves a nice meal for
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my parents' anniversary. Join me, shall
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we? There's the movie theater right down
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there. AMC
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got us some seats kind of in the middle
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of the theater. I've heard mixed reviews
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on this movie, but I've stayed really
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spoiler-free other than watching the
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trailer. Well, two different trailers
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that have come out over the last 6
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months or so. I'm excited about it. I I
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can safely say I did not truly love the
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last Superman film that came out, but
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the Christopher Reeve Superman, 1978,
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one, dare I say, one of my top 10 or 15
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movies of all time. And I know my dad,
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that is his favorite superhero movie
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ever, bar none. That's his number one.
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He introduced me to that film when I was
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very young. I was born in 74. Movie came
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out in 78. So, as I started to gain some
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sort of like
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comprehension of things, he would I
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always remember him talking about
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Superman and how he would remember the
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movie poster. You'll believe a man can
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fly. And I love that Donner film. Just
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so good. And this is not going to this
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is not going to be that Donner film, but
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judging by the trailer, it looks like
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it's going to it's going to be pretty
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decent. So, we'll see. We'll see what
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happens. What I'm looking to get out of
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this today is just a fun comic ver comic
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book version of the DC classic
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superhero. And I feel based on the
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trailer and based on some hearsay people
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that I know that have seen it. They
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haven't given me any spoilers, but
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they've kind of told me what their
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thoughts are. That's kind of what I'm
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going to get. I think I'm going to get a
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comicky version, which I'm I'm excited
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about. All right, making my way down the
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escalator. Going to meet them at the
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front entrance to the theater shortly.
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Check the weather on my phone. It is 90°
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outside. Going to get up to 91, maybe
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92. It's actually a couple degrees
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cooler than yesterday, but still very,
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very warm. So, I'm glad this is an
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indoor theater with air conditioning.
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It's uh it's
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been toasty while I've been back. Walk
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over here to the far end. Tucked away in
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the corner is The Man of Steel. This is
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a James Gun film. He directed the
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Guardians of the Galaxy movies, which
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are part of the Marvel franchise. And
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now he's dipping his toe into the DC
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the DCU DC studios
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right there. Let's see what Let's see
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what James Gun throws into the Superman
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ring. Look up. That Okay, so it's not
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you'll believe a man can fly anymore
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because most people have seen all the
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other films and already believe it. But
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now it's just look up. That's the
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slogan. Just look up. Came out on July
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11th. So it's already been out in the
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theater 2 days. Yeah. Superman is my
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all-time favorite superhero. Superman
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and Batman, I think there's better
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Batman movies as a whole. There's way
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more Batman movies to enjoy than
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Superman movies that are really good,
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but nothing beats that first one, you
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know, and then you can kind of go back
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to the George Reeves era as well, which
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I didn't grow up with. I grew up with
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with Christopher Reev. But I think
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Batman and Superman, I love both those
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DC DC comic superhero movies. Just love
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them. But my number one is Superman.
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Without a doubt, Superman's my number
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one, even though Batman is great, too.
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All right, we're in auditorium 2.
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Evidently, they have a special Superman
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cup.
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Does not look promising, though. I do
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not see Superman anything. Not a popcorn
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bucket, not a sipper. I see a Megan 2.
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Here's Megan. Here's a trailer.
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Here's a Mission Impossible. Here's the
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new Pixar film. I am not seeing this.
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>> What is she in?
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>> It's a horror film came out. It's about
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a doll that is alive and she kills
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people. And
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>> this is from
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>> I don't know what this is.
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>> Vacation.
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>> Vacation maybe. No,
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>> I don't know what that's from. That must
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be That looks like Teenage Mut Ninja
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Turtles.
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>> And they are all sold out. Couple days
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in the movie, they're all sold out. So,
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we just got the regular regular cups. No
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souvenirs. moment. They haven't started
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the pre-show yet. We got here a little
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early. Not a lot of people. And this is
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the laser theater. I think everybody
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wants the Dolby, but that was pretty
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pretty much sold out.
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Here they are. Happy
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anniversary.
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These floors are sticky.
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>> I know. My feet sticking to the floor.
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>> How many years have you
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>> How many years have you guys been
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married? 50
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>> 100
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>> six 50
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>> 56
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>> 56 years
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>> it's today the today's not the
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anniversary
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>> feels like 120
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>> it's on the 19th of July
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>> so you're celebrating it starting today
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a week long celebration
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>> a week long
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>> next weekend
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>> today's the 13th
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>> look at my feet
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>> and normally they are a little they
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usually will still sit beside each other
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but I decided I'm going wedge in between
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you
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>> cuz you were sitting and I was like I'm
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going to sit between you guys. Uh I've
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always come between you both.
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>> Let me get you a special edition cup,
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Dad. But they were all sold out two days
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into the movie plank.
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>> Oh well.
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>> But like you said, you could take a
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Sharpie and
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>> like a Remember when you used to always
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draw the Superman logo every all
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everywhere?
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>> We did.
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>> You were the expert at the Superman
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logo.
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I looked at a I Googled the uh evolution
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of the Superman logo since 1923 when it
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first came out
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>> all the way through until now.
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>> Which version did you draw?
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>> Mine was like a hodgepodge of all
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together.
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>> Which was your s What was your favorite
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Superman? Mine was Christopher Reef.
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>> Oh yeah.
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>> What other was it?
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>> Well, there was a TV show Joyce. There's
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the Dean Kane that came after
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>> Dean.
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>> But he didn't make a movie of it, did
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he? Just a TV show.
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>> Mine's always Christopher Reef. 78.
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>> Oh, yeah. The first one.
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>> What? Wasn't he the only one for the
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movie?
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>> Originally, Christopher Ree was the
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first. Yes. He was the first one to fly
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on screen.
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>> Right.
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In fact, that was the catchphrase. The
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the whatever you call it, the
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>> slogan.
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>> There you go. The slogan of the movie
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was, "You'll believe a man can fly."
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>> I'm surprised it not.
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>> Just exiting out of the laser theater.
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This is the interest in the Dolby
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Theater, which was pretty full. So, we
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got the laser one. The laser was pretty
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good, too. But
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>> yeah, it was uh it was it was good. It
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was different. It definitely had a
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different style than what
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>> what I was expecting it to be, but it
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was it was fun. It was a fun one. I
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definitely liked it a lot more than the
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previous one that came out what, a
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decade ago or so, 8 years ago, whichever
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one that one was. That one I wasn't too
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keen on. This one was a lot better than
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that. There was a lot of things I really
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enjoyed about this one. I like the humor
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a lot. I like the social commentary. I
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know I've heard some people saying that
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that was one of the things they didn't
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really like about about the this one,
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but I really kind of like the
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kind of how the plot was with modern day
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and social media and trying to, you
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know, cancel Superman and Clark. It was
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kind of an interesting It was a
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modernday Superman and I like that. It
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wasn't the same old same old. However,
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there was some times I felt like I
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wasn't watching a Superman movie. I felt
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like I didn't really know what I was
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watching. It was kind of a mishmash.
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And really, watching that makes me want
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to go back and rewatch the 78 version
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cuz that is just absolute perfection.
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And it's not 1978 anymore. I get it.
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things are a little in more advanced
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with, you know, CGI and
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the progress of technology and film. I'm
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more of a practical effects kind of guy,
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even though there was a lot of computer
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computer effects that Donner used, but
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nowadays it it I guess maybe because I
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knew it was James Gunn, it kind of felt
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like I was watching a Marvel movie. Kind
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of felt like I was watching Guardians at
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times with Superman in it. Not that
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that's a bad thing. There was a lot of
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scenes I really loved. Another thing I
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noticed, anytime that there was a very
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dramatic scene, like a very dramatic
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moment that had like very impact, kind
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of brought you back to the originals or
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the comics or any of that, like an
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emotional moment, that buildup
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suddenly went away and went into another
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kind of fighting scene into like a
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cavern or a cave. and it didn't let you
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really savor the flavor of the emotion,
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if that makes any sense. That's just the
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first viewing. I would probably see it
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again. I don't know if I'd rush out and
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see it immediately again. I don't know
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if I'd see it in the theater again, but
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I probably when it comes on streaming,
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we'll give it another watch. And I'd
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love to listen to it with a commentary
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with James Gun commentary on it just to
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see some of the some of the stuff he was
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doing in it. Again, was not bad. I don't
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I wouldn't say it was amazing. didn't
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blow my mind, but there were some
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moments where I was given like a little
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inner inner clap or a little inner high
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five up to the filmmakers and those who
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worked on it. I got there was there was
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a couple moments that were really good,
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but but there were there were it wasn't
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it was not a perfect one. 78. I mean,
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nothing's good as as the first one
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obviously, but and the actor that played
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Superman was good. He was not Chris
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Reeves and it definitely a different
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vibe than Chris Reeve, but
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my mom loved it. I haven't haven't asked
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my dad quite yet, but my mom loved it.
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And there was also some really nice nods
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to the older movies. There was some
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really nice nods. I don't want to give
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too many spoilers, but there was some
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little subtle things into a lot of
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things from not only the movies, but the
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comic books and the franchise and little
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not dramatic Easter eggs, but there was
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some there was some good little tidbits
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peppered in. But I don't want to give
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too many spoilers, but let's check it
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out. I think the key factor is just to
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go into it looking for a fun movie, fun
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comic book Superman movie that's really
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well done and that delivered. That
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aspect delivered.
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But there were a couple things that were
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kind of like what? But all in all, glad
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I saw it. All right, I have driven over.
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My parents drove their separate car over
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cuz I'm going to be going home a little
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bit later. But going to check them into
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the room. We're going to hang out at the
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room for a little bit. Give a little
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room tour of a
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I think it's a one-bedroom villa.
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Give a little room tour of that. And
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then Topelino's terrace a little later,
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which is up on the roof. I could use a
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coffee, too. I didn't I didn't get a
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coffee earlier. I got the
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the drink.
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I could definitely use a piping hot
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caffeinated beverage. relax. Hopefully
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they have a a good view.
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I love this is the first DVC resort that
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I bought points for. This is my very
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first home resort and home resorts.
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When you have points at a DVC resort,
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you can book at any DVC resort, any of
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the countless Disney Vacation Club
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resorts. The only reason having a home
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resort has any advantage is you have an
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11month booking window, which means you
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can book 11 months out versus 7 months
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at the other ones. So, if it's one that
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you want to stay for a week, like let's
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say like Alani or Grand Fidian or
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something like that, you want to have
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that week, you want the 11-month booking
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window, that's the advantage of having a
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home resort. But you can buy points at
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any DVC resort and use them anywhere
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else. But you have to book 7 months out,
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not 11 months out. That's what the home
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resort means. All right, I've got all
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checked in. I'm inside the room here. My
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mom and dad are putting their luggage in
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their in their room. This is the the
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layout of the onebedroom villa just to
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kind of showcase if you're ever here and
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you're, you know, going to be traveling
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here and wondering what the onebedroom
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was like. So, they do have Murphy beds,
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which this is a Murphy bed here. This
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pulls down into another queen size, I
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believe. Maybe a twin, but does pull
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down into another bed. This pulls down
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like this. Goes down on top of there.
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And then you have another bed. And then
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you have the bedroom. Hello.
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>> Beautiful, isn't it?
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>> It is
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>> very pretty.
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>> You're on a little lower level than you
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were before. I think last time you guys
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stayed here. earlier. We were just
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talking about that we couldn't remember
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which was what where
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>> I think you might have been on the other
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side.
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>> I think so too.
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>> But this time this you got a pretty good
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view of the Skyliner and you got the bay
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side over here.
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>> Yeah.
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>> Something a little bit different.
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>> Yeah, cuz we swim in that pool beyond.
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There's one over here too.
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>> Well,
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did you like What did you think of the
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movie? I thought the movie was had some
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funny parts in it, but I would not be
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interested in seeing it again.
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>> It's a one and done.
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>> Yeah,
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>> it didn't have the same vibe as the the
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78.
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>> It didn't.
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>> It had some funny moments though. It was
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It was worth watching.
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>> It was some funny stuff. Yeah,
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>> but definitely different. That's kind of
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the impression I had as well.
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>> Yeah, I didn't get up and walk out. So,
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that's
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>> It was entertaining. You know, I was
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kind of mentioning that it seems like
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every time there was a dramatic moment
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that made you feel emotion, it went into
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something else. It didn't let you soak
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it in.
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>> Yeah. And then a lot of it was they just
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crack jokes about things.
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>> But, you know, we went and that was
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good.
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>> Yeah. It was fun.
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>> Nice. Yep. Yep.
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>> We did it. We saw the new Superman.
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>> We saw Superman together, so that's
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something.
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>> There you go.
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There's a bed here as well. It's a
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smaller Murphy bed. This is a a Smurfy
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bed.
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>> This is kind of
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>> I don't know. What size did you get
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reading them when they were here?
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>> They had They had a one-bedroom also.
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>> They had a Murphy bed.
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>> And then they had the couch and then the
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>> And they had this. It's the same. It was
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the same thing, but they stayed the room
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they got was over at uh by Disney
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Springs,
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>> right?
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>> The uh bedroom
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Look at this. You got the Beauty and the
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Beast there.
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>> Oh, we got Peter Pan. Very nice
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>> bed, too.
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>> Yeah, I've slept on many of these.
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>> I might just put your daddy in
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microscope in there.
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>> You're going to have your own room.
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>> Do not have a curig. They do have a They
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have a full pot of coffee.
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Have the quez an art stay.
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>> Here we go.
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>> And
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toaster oven.
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There's our cake. Oh, they have tea.
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>> Sure. Yeah. If you want to get you a cup
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and eat it up.
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>> I kind of I kind of just want coffee. I
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haven't had coffee out there.
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>> But I started drinking tea
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and I've learned that it's not called
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Twinningings, it's called Twinings.
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Twinings tea.
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>> Oh god.
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>> The brand name.
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>> Brand name.
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>> Yeah, I called it Twinings and everyone
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corrected me very quickly.
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Of course, they could be wrong. And this
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is the
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shower and the restroom and all that.
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Got a nice little piece of artwork here.
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Got a walk-in shower. That's nice. Then
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you got the sink over here with the
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Disney soaps. Formerly H2 Ocean, but
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they've changed it since then.
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And then this is the mirror
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right over here. Very nice.
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And there's a separate bathroom area
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where it has like another sink in here.
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Another big mirror over here. A makeup
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mirror right there. And you spin around.
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Look at this beautiful tub.
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That's a nice tub right there. Yeah. A
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really nice room with a chandelier
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right over here. A couple TVs, one in
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the living room, one in here. And then
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you have the balcony right outside right
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there.
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Nice resort.
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Nice.
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It's a little humid outside right now,
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but a little later, this be nice to just
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sit out here. anything more than a
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standard room, like if you're getting a
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one or a twobedroom. This is a
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onebedroom, comes with a washer and
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dryer in unit. So, that is very nice,
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especially if you're staying for a long
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period of time. Probably they probably
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won't be doing any laundry because
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they're only here a very short amount of
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time. But like when we went to Alani, we
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were there for 9 days or 8 days or
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however long it was. It was great to
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have a washer and dryer in unit.
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>> It's a game changer.
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>> Ended up quite getting quite a large
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assortment of food for the table. Some
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appetizers, some add-ons.
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Ended up getting some waters. I got a
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lemonade. My mom and dad got some teas.
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And we ended up getting some Brussels
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sprouts, some salads,
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quite a bit of food. We definitely ate
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plenty celebrating parents anniversary,
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topos,
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and we all three got the rietoni, which
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is really, really good. But not before
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eating a bunch of appetizers and a bunch
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of the baguette, the hard baguette
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bread, which has a really, really good
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flavor with the olive oil they put and
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the butter and all that. We did all
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that. Then we got the rietoni, which is
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really tasty. So good that we all agreed
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upon the same thing for our entre.
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End up getting that and
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going to call it a night after that.
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went up on the roof after eating and
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kind of looked over at over off in the
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distance at Epcot and over near Studios
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looking the other way across Caribbean
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Beach.
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Sun's starting to set. Very beautiful
21:18
sunset off in the distance with the
21:19
clouds and the sun gleaming off the top
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of the sky.
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One thing that's nice about Florida is
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you get some of the the cloud formation.
21:28
So when the sun does set, it bounces off
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of the that bounces off of the clouds.
21:34
This is a perfect example
21:36
here at the bottom of the parking lot.
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I'm getting ready to head back home. Say
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goodbye to them for the evening and
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they're going to enjoy the room and I'm
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going to head back home.
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56 years. Well, in six days it'll be.
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This is their week long weekl long
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celebration
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of 56 years of of marriage. I wouldn't
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be here if it wasn't for mom and dad.
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So, it's always nice to spend time with
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them.
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Enjoy the evening. Look at these clouds
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just
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sun just reflecting off of it. I am so
22:15
full right now. I can't even think
22:17
coherently.
22:18
Woo. That was good. That was good.
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Riviera
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Resort
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I love in there as well is themed around
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all around the French Riviera. I was
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just in France, so it's neat that I'm
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back somewhere
22:38
that's based around France. And I was
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just in France. And when you're exiting
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out, there's a whole wall of Walt Disney
22:44
on the French Riviera, some with Lily
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and his wife. And I believe if I'm
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correct that today that I am filming
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this that I'm here at the French Riviera
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Resort, the Riviera Resort eating at
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Topelinos. Parents staying here for
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their anniversary is also Walt and
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Lilian's
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100th anniversary to the day that they
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were married.
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Fun fact, this is a really great resort.
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I'm glad I have DVC points here. Just
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really nice. I've stayed here a couple
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times. My parents have stayed here
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without me a couple times.
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One thing that's really nice about being
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a vacation club member is you can book
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rooms for others. Like I did show up and
23:29
check them in, but there's been also
23:32
times when my sister was down visiting
23:33
my mom recently. I was out of town. They
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stay at the Vero Beach Resort and I
23:37
didn't even have to be there. I just put
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their name on there. They showed up,
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used the points and it was simple. I
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didn't even have to I didn't have to be
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in town. So, that's one one thing that's
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kind of nice about having the points. I
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can use them or I could distribute the
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points to friends and family.