The ReOpening Day of Magic Kingdom - My Experience at Nearly Empty Walt Disney World Theme Park
A visit to the ReOpening of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
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welcome everyone Adam - whoo here just
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before 7:00 a.m. on July 9th 2020 it was
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proposed that the Disney parks would be
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closed for two weeks that was 16 and a
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half weeks ago after nearly 116 days the
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Magic Kingdom in Central Florida is
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reopening and I'm heading there to an
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annual pass preview
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two days before things really start to
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get rolling the first official day back
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to an open theme park Walt Disney World
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I'm inviting you to join me shalyah got
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my accessories here that I'll be
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carrying along with me including some
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recharge camera batteries and of course
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an umbrella see the Sun rising I'm still
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kind of waking up at this point didn't
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get a whole lot of sleep out of
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excitement just trying to comprehend
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that I was here on the final day and now
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I'm back on the first day of reopening
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7:15 a.m. the parking area through these
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gates does it look too hectic 9 a.m. is
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a slated rope drop so still have about
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an hour and 45 minutes we've just told
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that the parking area is not going to
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open till about 7:45 cast members
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suggested to wait over here at the
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speedway gas station instead of
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completely exiting the entire property
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and a lot of other people have also
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heated that tiny bit of advice and to be
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honest I have never never been here
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before I ran into Brian here who's also
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waiting to go in yeah and I like the
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t-shirt you have there it's a great
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t-shirt
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are you excited about today are you
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kidding I'm excited I'm excited about
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meeting you too so it's almost as
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excited as the poor nobody can even get
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out of the womb it's kind of bizarre
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that we can't go in yet we just gotta
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wait over here at this gas station well
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we waited for months what's a few more
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minutes I know a couple more minutes
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keeping everything not down to a
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definitive moment but I would imagine
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pretty soon they're gonna remove those
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sections over there we can go into the
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regular parking area white a few
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vehicles have accommodated some some of
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the spots which are not not normally
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utilized all right Micah did you ever
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think that you'd be standing at a
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convenience store on the reopening day
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of Magic Kingdom a couple of minutes
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prior to us going in there absolutely
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not because you and I ended the closing
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we did Walt Disney World here and now
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we're back we're back
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it's habited also noticing on this mural
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check out that retro bumper sticker
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there
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nice current time 8:00 a.m. one hour to
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rope drop just about there
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couple more car lengths I'm through that
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step
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continuing on being rerouted this way
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morning
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I'll be back thank you for having us
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sorry about the delay folks one thing
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that's really nice is the spacing out of
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the spots here so no one on that side of
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the vehicle and no one in this spot of
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the vehicle which I approve of there it
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is waving in the breeze morning thank
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you it's good to be here thank you it's
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good to be here
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have a good day I am really excited
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about how you got to get the screening
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ninety seven point two morning goes the
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mono rare so I can take the oh we got
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buses and the monorail I think I'm gonna
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go with the ferryboat I almost cannot
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believe this is happening
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Cinderella Castle off there on the
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horizon oh man
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Wow that's the word my goodness that's
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the general Joe Potter there departing
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and I am going up to the Admiral Joe
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Fowler they don't give it back traffic
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making some announcements
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time please do not place children or
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personal belongings on handrails or near
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the windows once the boat is duck or
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Sinfonia blow the clock is reminder
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played before you master all buttons
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been waiting for this moment gained
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entry around ten minutes to nine
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there was no announcement or rope drop
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ceremony however when I walked in Mason
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Main Street USA for the first time in a
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while was quite an experience and
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feasting seeing the castle with by own
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eyes from both directions the partner
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statue
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Walt and Mickey at the forefront and
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then looking back down Main Street USA
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here in Florida and then also have to
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pay homage to not only many but Roy
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Disney after his brother's passing went
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through came out of retirement to open
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up Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in
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Central Florida
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first up Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
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my first attraction back and look at the
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pinnacle of Plexiglas off if you're
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wearing these items yes
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the goat there he is right there
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hello goat yeah I'm glad to be here too
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mark that in my personal history books
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first ride attraction back after
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reopening doesn't get much better than
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that one of my favorites did you get us
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get aah splashes we don't know because
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this could be the last time give my big
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oh man back into the briar patch this is
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the point of no return
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Oh wet I got really wet all they're not
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seeing any myths coming out of these
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guys today and Jackie has arrived well
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usually get here at rope drop I did but
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it took about 45 minutes to get to from
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tgc in tomato you got got here a little
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earlier than me I was I was in like 8:45
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so I got in just before at the cusp of
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9:00 a.m. you really did yeah certainly
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a lot of space in here goodness there's
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uh yeah they got definitely spaced out
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and there are plenty of those hand
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stations that are being utilized
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we are famous around the world you can
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see
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barking ah gee you left the lights on
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right here into reliable
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they're my daily news
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right here you can see some minds
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sharing their favorite tree
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entering Space Mountain not a whole heck
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of a lot of people in here either
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all right I got the front right there
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ready go easy on it go easy on it
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this doesn't go fast does it okay yeah
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what I thought we were dropping we
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weren't that was I don't know what that
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noise just was oh I cannot whoa it is oh
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I see some constellations
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Oh what is that well there's a lot more
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turns on this one there isn't the one in
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Anaheim I'm not used to this I'm so used
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to the one at Disneyland this was a lot
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different when's the last time you saw
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cosmic rays looking anything like this a
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lot of the tables are are kind of closed
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off here some of them are open but some
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of them are closed off
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great job Sonny especially after a few
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months of vacation those vocal cords are
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holding up strong about to take a spin
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on the speedway castmember came out and
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let us know that they're cleaning the
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car so it'd be a couple minutes
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welcome back to the magic welcome back
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to you
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it's good to see you here at the kingdom
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of magic but I'm I'm more happy to see
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YouTube it trust me I am very happy
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underneath this I believe you too let's
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just we'll just trust each other
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they were both content right now are you
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falling back into my arms oh the trust
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okay alright you were falling back -
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trust me I see welcome back welcome back
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good to see you over there how are you
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excellent I'm excited about riding on
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the race cars thank you so much oh it's
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good to be back oh good to be home I
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like that oh good to be home
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spaceship reply the Navigator Reap
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repainted and repurposed screen use fly
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to the navigator prop up there got this
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eyes on the road
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and on your camera should be fired up
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spear I'll be a backseat for
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yes the People Mover
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is not at the moment moving
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it is stationary
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we're going about a half a mile an hour
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I can get out and skip left at ten times
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the speed of the latest miss powers
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heading into mine trainer really like
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these fans getting a little air
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circulation here this is not very cool
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cool breeze and also in here they have
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the the plates going up the side you
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know extend it up a plastic usually
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through here there's not a whole heck of
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a lot of elbow room there's another view
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of haunted mansion from across the way
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here next to this geyser and through
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Frontierland also is another parade
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coming by the way the parades work they
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don't really label them as such they're
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more just like impromptu you know every
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15 20 30 minutes a sort of characters
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will come out in some fashion this one
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just happens to be
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on a horse and also on parade floats so
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they're kind of mixing it up a little
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bit which is nice and you really don't
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know when it's gonna happen you have to
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be in the right place at the right time
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to catch the magic moment and it really
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is quite an experience to to see this
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happening this is totally different and
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there is a raft unloading over there so
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Tom Sawyer's Island is open for four
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guests time person country Bear Jamboree
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so row closed this one okay even the
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ones that are available you only you
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only sit in the that particular section
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so you can't sit there but you can't sit
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here next to the galinha Pecos Bill Oh
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notice they don't have the buffet style
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toppings going and speaking of
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characters here comes Gaston on the back
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of a horse back
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he looks pretty pretty majestic up on
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the top of that thing gosh it disturbs
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me to see this guy however Liberty Bell
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pulling into port into the dock it is
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taking a little longer than usual
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because they're wiping all of the
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stairwells down
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railing and keep in mind when you're on
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that train you're wearing hats or
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glasses a stripper
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boom and if you're wearing any kind of
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covering on your face the best not
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removal yep look like it looks like
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everyone's following the regulations
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they did they best not remove dumb as
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that joke run its course yeah
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no no not at all I got a new son I'll
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tell you to revenge
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even though Big Thunder Mountain
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Railroad is operational the train that
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goes completely around the park the 360
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so they'll call it the 360 they call it
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the they call it the Grand Circle tour
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that is not quite operational not today
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oh my goodness oh I got a lot of time to
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make up for so here's another give my
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best
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that's a good one and check it out over
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there there's another one of those
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impromptu dance parties making its way
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through no notice they just do over the
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total random occasion it almost seems
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like it would just bounce right off of
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that I do need to give me one of those
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though that is that's a great idea right
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there on your glasses I think waters
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block it though it seems as if as the
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day progresses more and more people are
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leaving and the park is getting emptier
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and emptier and another parade is coming
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through this one with Donald with Mickey
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with many a whole plethora of characters
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on here and Mickey Mouse being seen
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right there just to the side of
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Cinderella calf take a look at this yeah
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this is really absolutely incredible
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just for real this is incredible called
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a relaxation station that is set up
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temporarily in here and just gonna enjoy
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the AAC I have opted for two bottles of
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water one of them I'm going to pretty
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much consumed at about half of a second
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so I'm going to kind of sip on the other
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I've also gotten this all fruit it's
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called freeze a strawberry and there's
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no seats but at least we can look kind
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of stand in here and kind of enjoy the
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enjoy the air-conditioning which is very
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very important it is very toasty under
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you all right yeah my water bottles in
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my backpack
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Oh in the heat and my body heat warmed
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this thing I mean it was almost like hot
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oh thank you so much a little side note
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is there was some other guests over
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there had there's two guests and five
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chairs I went over and asked if we could
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move the three chairs and the cast
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member said that can't move the chairs
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but another kind couple is moving so we
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get to go get to their table if you guys
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wanna go grab that
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you guys can have it just take a bath
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it's no big deal
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go for it yeah I don't know what I'm
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doing at this point
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I'm tired frozen dude there's some major
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ice on that yeah you could totally just
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skip through here is that what you're
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doing look at this look at this you have
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like the hole that is there you go it
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certainly has been fun so good to be
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back after goodness over three four
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months 106 215 hundred sixteen days not
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that I was not that I was counting but a
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lot of days it really was has been good
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to be back here from rope drop opening
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until close
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couple more shots from back over there
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thanking everyone all the guests for
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occasion I'll see you in the next video
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the vlog is over and just for good
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measure
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hey goes to is two coming in one
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crisscross the monorail