Easter Day Family Time Vacation Begins - Checking Into Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort
Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort
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today's adventure
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begins we're at the celebration
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Lakefront as the recording of this it is
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Easter Sunday 6:43 a.m. the sun is
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rising they are doing a sunrise service
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over there at the community
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park standing here from this angle
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listening
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in getting a perspective of the sun
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rising up over the
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horizon happy Easter happy Easter
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Sunday bright and early well it's not
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even bright just early
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2024 welcome everyone Adam the woo
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here I can't tell you the last time I
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was downtown at this hour I used to live
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down here but I very rarely would walk
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around prior to 7:00 a.m. it's nice and
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peaceful the holiday is in
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effect church is having their ceremony
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over there Presbyterian church now I
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grew up my my father was a minister for
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my all of my life up until my adult life
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so growing up GR grw up a preachers kid
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independent Christian not really sure
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how the Presbyterian denomination
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coincides pretty similar probably in a
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lot of
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ways but definitely brings back a lot of
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memories you know of Easter and and all
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that so today I'm just going to kind of
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peruse around see how the day goes no
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real game plan but I've been inviting
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you to join me happy Easter shall you
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also putting your C camera on face prior
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to 700
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a.m. it's a little rough
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need coffee would be
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good coffee
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good pretty proud of myself I have not
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had any lattes in the last couple of
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months well about probably the last at
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least a month maybe more maybe like five
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or six weeks just get regular drip
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coffee using Pikes Place
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this has one sugar oh actually this has
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two sugars and oat milk I'm try to do
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the oat milk
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thing I don't know if that makes any
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major difference
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but man the sky just keeps getting more
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so early the fountain's not even on
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yet
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let's call it 3 minutes after 7 there's
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a cute little car
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that also drove my golf cart down here
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mini Marge I like to call it also this
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is a rare occasion at this hour where
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there is actual barking down here 712
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right now this is a rare sight get here
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early early bird not only gets the worm
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but also gets the parking
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spot plenty of parking at 7 a 7:12 a.m.
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on a Sunday it's cuz nothing's open down
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here yet a little bit of a traffic build
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up
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here there the last chance to show these
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I don't think I've showed it showed this
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house that decor for every holiday with
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the lights on the lights are on right
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now for a few more minutes when the sun
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is about to
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rise one thing that's nice about being a
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DVC member and having the points I have
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is that when people come to visit even
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if I don't stay with them they can
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utilize those rooms so that's that's
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what I'm that's what what I'm doing
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today little Easter family time arrive
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and family members will be in town for
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the next next few days so it's going to
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it's going to be
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busy out in front of my parents house
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they got the little cross there he is
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risen and it is finished my mom likes to
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accessorize for the holidays in the in
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her yard and today is no exception okay
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the grand
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is what is that oh that's pineapple
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pineapple salad hot salad hot pineapple
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salad one of your daddy's favorite foods
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and green bean
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casserole looks
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good all right now made over to Saratoga
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Springs going to go obviously the room
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is ready they just alerted me however I
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need to add a few people onto the room
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as
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well my mom's
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here hello hello again everybody long
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time it's been a while since you've been
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in the videos yep it is all right guest
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registration again online they ended I
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ended up getting the the room and the I
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could just use the app to get in however
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I need to add my aunt and the others
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onto the room cuz I'm not staying in the
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room all right got everything dialed in
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what was like the lobby in here with a
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check-in where they have all the
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different horses from the different
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films there even uh some you can like
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hold there as well and it looks like
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over here something says Easter maybe
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there's like some Easter oh there's
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Easter had they had Easter services
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earlier showing where some of the
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closest churches were I think this is
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one of the new Disney buses I think they
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unveiled like a bunch of new buses this
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is one of the new
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ones
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all right we're in the room now two
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bathro here at
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Saratoga what is it only one bathroom
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just together just one oh one bathroom
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with two doors yeah got the little
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Hidden Mickey
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there so you got one queen siiz or Kings
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siiz bed in
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here got the ceiling fans I always like
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to have the resorts with ceiling fans
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again I will let me stay here my house
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has ceiling fan so I guess that works
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too got the
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bathtub and for now still have the
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Disney
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Resorts the soap here the H2O it doesn't
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say H2O on it anymore interesting it's
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the same similar style but doesn't say
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H2O plus anymore
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got the safe over there the iron the
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ironing board the vacuum extra pillows
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and
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blankets you got the shower
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here then you got the
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bath the toilet right in there yeah just
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one
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bathroom yeah it is just one bath
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huh it's really nice
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that's the bed over there so this is a
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what there's a word for it where this
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pulls down yeah I so that pulls down
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into a queen bed then there's a bed
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here that this pulls down someone could
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sleep
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TV also got some groceries for them to
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have at the room before go pick off the
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airport so yeah this pulls out into a
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queen so two people could sleep here one
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could sleep there and then the the big
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king bed in the other
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one full size
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fridge well is that
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open maybe it opens this way opens that
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way
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microwave toaster full oven does it come
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with dishes comes with dishes definitely
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like the horse
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theme central
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air I always like to Hidden
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Micky
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areas does have a view of the water this
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is technically a premium view room even
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though they probably are better just
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kind of luck of the draw with what which
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we getting but get a lake view check out
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Mickey and mini there on the
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horses got Pluto looks like that is a
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waterfall very
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bad now I stayed here once before a year
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couple years ago year or two ago and it
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was in this same little area couple
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pools in close proximity I think they're
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going to have they're going to have a
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really good time
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here they're going to be here for a few
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days it's nice cuz it's not far from the
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bus stop right there we also have the Su
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bikes which I've readed before the the
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rentals over there the Su bikes and this
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is one of the main areas over here you
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got one of the main pools and the hot
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tubs over there as well kind of close
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proximity right over here The Community
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House Community Hall over there as well
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and again they're going to be staying
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here for a few days if they want to take
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one of the buses to go anywhere to
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Springs which you could walk to Disney
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Springs Disney Springs is just right
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over there I believe I believe it's
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believe it's that way but they can walk
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to Disney Springs if they want to look
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around
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tomorrow I'm going to be going with the
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guys we're going to be going to one of
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the theme parks we're they got a one-day
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ticket I booked a reservation so I got
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to figure out lightning things and all
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that once I pick them up and kind of
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coincide their tiers with mine my aunt
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and my mom are going to be utilizing the
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whole property probably hitting some of
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the numerous hot tubs and pools and
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things like that and we're going to I'm
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going to take my nephews
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or first cousins cousins first removed
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my cousins Sons very confused I'm just
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going to refer to him with my nephews
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cuz I'm not really sure how all that
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works as I said it earlier and that's
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basically it and then the rest of the
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time they're just going to enjoy enjoy
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their St my mom as stated is going to be
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staying with myself at my house just
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because there's not enough room it's a
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one-bedroom Villa so there's enough for
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them all to stay and then we're just
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kind of commute back and forth and have
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a few days of family time and check out
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the winers Circle right here the reason
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I know it's the Winter Circle is because
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it says Winter Circle right there on
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that sign right here with this jockey on
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the horse it's a winning horse and a
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winning jockey everything's horse themed
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oh and that just shows how close Disney
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Springs is take a look at that you can
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see the balloon up over the top of the
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of the roof line there at the gift shop
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and the eating
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establishment pretty cool not far at all
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from Spring and with Disney Springs over
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there it just makes sense that High Rock
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Springs is right
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here yeah check it out High Rock Springs
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the waterfall down into the pool kind of
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obscured by my shadow here there my
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sunglasses waving they had an Easter egg
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hunt Trail earlier till 10:00 a.m. they
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also had an easter event with pin to
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tail on the bunny paint a wooden Easter
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egg craft join us at High Rock Springs
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till 2:30 for more Easter Gams it's way
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past 2:30 it's also way past 3:30 when
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the color you own plush that's like
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Community Hall is now 600 to 7 they're
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doing complimentary treats campfire
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locations at DVC Courtyard and then at
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700 they're doing zootopia not an
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outdoor movie but an indoor movie that's
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the happy
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Easter it is Easter day at a DVC Resort
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and while I was over I was kind of
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perusing around some of the
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merchandise some of the Disney Vacation
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Club merchandise and I ended up getting
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two Mickey pens I do not have yet these
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two Mickey pens were ones I did not have
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the two Disney Vacation Club ones and my
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mom let me know that they needed milk
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for the cereal that she got them so
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that's some TG Le 1% in case they want a
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little milk to go with their cereal
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which they're probably going to need she
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went to the G store got a bunch of stuff
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but needed some milk to go with the
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cereal so that they had that in the shop
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that is a massively impressive Geyser in
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the middle of that Lake right there that
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is a very impressive water Geyer all
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right I am now off to MCO Orlando
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International Airport I am not taking a
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flight but I'm off to pick up family my
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mom is staying at the
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resort just because my car will only fit
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four people that's who I'm picking up
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and then get back we'll all do the
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family hangout tonight and then my mom
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and I go back to my home kind of
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bouncing around got to remember where I
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park Turtle level four r k between row K
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and row
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L I'm going to be back over here in four
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or 5 days give or take a day they'll be
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flying out I'm not flying out today
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however just picking up family oia MCO
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you call it either one both are
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valid very very familiar with this
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airport very
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familiar doesn't look too bad for Easter
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doesn't look like a ton of people are
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traveling on Easter day if they are
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they're certainly not departing from
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here maybe they're just arriving usually
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this is really backed up not too backed
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it's been kind of a long day been
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running around quite a bit commuting to
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fro I got up at 4:30 this
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morning and did a few things around the
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homestead prepared for the day and then
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headed over to that Sunrise
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Service think I'm going to get another
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coffee I I'm going to get my second
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coffee of the day I need another coffee
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escalators of plenty
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escalators and US flag I was going to
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say flags are plenty but just one US
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flag right up there I stayed in one of
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these one time before and would stay
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there again it's probably a year or two
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ago it wasn't that room or that room
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wasn't even on that side it was on that
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side oh caution caution wet
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floor wet
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floor
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I like during the holidays they put a
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Christmas tree over the top of this they
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turn the water off obviously they put a
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fake Christmas tree going up to the
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heavens here when I think of MCO I
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always think of this Fountain right
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here love it
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iconic that's right you know what's
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interesting right over here here over
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the Universal Orlando resort store for a
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little while they had an extension of
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universal stuff over in this area but
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evidently the extension of the store did
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not work out was lucky enough to pop in
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here once before they had the squirrel
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was Earl the squirrel might be
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misquoting the squirrel's name but they
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had a whole section devoted to him right
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in here now it's gone I guess they just
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went back to the one storefront instead
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of having the double storefront oo I
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like this I think I may have seen this
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last time I was this is a newer mural
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though but I think it was in her last
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time think there might be one on the
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other side also also got to find the
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sleeping gu he's on the other side the
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most
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accurate like interpretation artistic
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interpretation and man not even a
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mannequin it's like a clay formed guy
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yeah there he is the
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traveler right there look at that guy H
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looks like a real person o another
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Universal store over here minions
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minions
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little minions three minions top of each
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other this one on the bottom is very
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unhappy that they're all standing on top
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of his
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nogget I like this one though I was
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doing pull-ups I was trying to do a
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pull-up it's okay minion I would have
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trouble doing one pull-up too fact I
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could maybe do one one one and done on
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the pull-up
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scenario two of these are live rapor
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danger stand CLE you know what I may
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have been correct maybe this was where
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the extension either one either one both
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stores extensions no longer have the
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extension of the Universal Orlando
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resort gift shop
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connected yeah that's right you're just
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like uh staring into my soul there
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Raptor look at this eye right here going
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deep in going deep in there this really
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looks like the exterior of spaceship
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earth in some way it's a little more
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Jagged but it kind of has a spaceship
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earth exterior feel it's called steel
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steel quilt made by Doris Lee
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out of new Suna Beach Florida I'm
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reading the sign underneath it but it
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kind of has a spaceship earth feel at
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first I thought these were peeps the
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little uh the little candies that you
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get for Easter but in fact they are
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coconut patties I got to thinking I have
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not left the state now I'm going to be
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traveling in four or 5 days give or take
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a day getting on a plane and start start
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my 2024 travel plans I got a lot of
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places to go but I have not left the
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state so far in 2024 which is pretty
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wild because usually I'm gone you know
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every few weeks I'm hopping on a plane
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or getting in my car but the new house
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and all that kind of kind of slowed
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things down a little bit and I think I
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think I'm ready to I think I'm ready to
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start to start traveling again I think
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it's time those manatees up there really
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want to want to travel up there never
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noticed that little artistic rendering
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oh no that's actually a really a full
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photo of some manes up top and they're
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directly above the Raptor look at that
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the Raptor's over there doesn't even
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realize there's manate chees above them
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it's already a little after 5:30 it was
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almost 12 hours ago I was uh heading
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down to the Celebration Lakefront for a
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little Easter
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Sunrise that's right manatees I see also
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it's interesting how some gift shops and
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some airports have gum and some don't
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MCO land International does not sell gum
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they just
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sell breath freshening mints like hiu
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alow toys ice breakers no gum some some
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airports have gum this one
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doesn't all right they're going to close
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up this episode that's going to do it
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for
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today I've enjoyed the evening with
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family should be a fun few
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days this is kind of a random episode I
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know it's kind of all over the place but
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mish mash of things I did today here on
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Easter Sunday as I'm filming this I'll
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see you the next video the Vlog thanks
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for watching it's over