I Rented An Entire Movie Theatre To Watch Back To The Future By Myself - Empty AMC Unique Experience
Renting Entire AMC Theatre to watch Back to The Future Alone
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welcome everyone adam the woo here as a
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recording of
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this it is wednesday june 9th 2021 and i
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am standing well here at the lakefront
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celebration but
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directly behind me is the former
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celebration
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theater now it still is a facade of a
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theater but they no longer show movies
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in there
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back in 2008 i saw a screening of my
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all-time favorite film
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back to the future inside those doors
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and today just a few miles from here i'm
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gonna see
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another screening of back to the future
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part one and i'm excited and
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a little asterisk on this i'm gonna be
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seeing the movie all by myself
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in a full theater i have rented an
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entire
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theater theater theater theater
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i'm not sure how to pronounce it i
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always mispronounce thanks
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but this is a historic occasion
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i'm inviting you to join me shall you
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i'm excited
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even though the movie came out in 1985
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it's still you know it still holds a
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special place in my heart whether it be
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nostalgia whether it be filmmaking
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whether it be the acting it's just a
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very
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veritable cornucopia of goodness that i
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have
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seen more times than i can count in fact
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they probably have the movie memorized
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if you're
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in in all honesty it's really i would
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probably never need to see it again the
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rest of my life and
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be totally fine but how many chances do
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you get to see it in a
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full complete auditorium by yourself
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all alone with your thoughts soaking in
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the sights the sounds and the ambiance
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of bttf1 not too often and i'm gonna
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i'm doing that today let me go up and
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show a few things about this before i
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head over to disney springs huh
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this used to be owned by amc in fact
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they had the amc
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right above the marquee and lettering
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right across here
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stated the film that i saw back in 2008
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i believe it was april 19th
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or april 19th of 2008 they had
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back to the future written across the
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marquee
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right there and also on one of these
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little
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these little poster stations they had a
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little poster for the screening as well
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found a few old photos from that
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particular day now
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showing today only and what i'm going to
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be doing is today only
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only 13 years past
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the other time it says the date there
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april of 08
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and christopher lloyd was on hand bob
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gail claudia wells and
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jeff weisman was also here there's the
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poster
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right up front and they had a time
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machine delorean
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setting here as well and i also have a
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photo of that it was kind of tucked away
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over here in this corner
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now at the moment this theater is no
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longer operational it
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is not open it hasn't been for probably
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10 years or so
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give or take don't quote me on that but
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it's been
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it's been a while yeah check it out even
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the little blue and white
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stripes along the ground there's a much
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younger me
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kneeling down doing the thumbs up
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right along there and that blue stripe
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still down there
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it was the first time that i met chris
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lloyd bob gale the producer
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and writer claudia wells who played
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jennifer parker in
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part one it was part of a make-a-wish
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charity event and i was i got one of the
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i found out about it the night before
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a friend of mine told me i went online
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booked a ticket and then
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went to see if there were any more
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tickets and they were all sold out so i
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got one of the last ones to attend
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the screening right in here and then
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afterwards they did a signing
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so i had a poster it worked out pretty
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good because it's the poster i still
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have i had purchased it
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when i moved into a new apartment that i
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had in saint cloud florida
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i bought it back to the future poster
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that that was above full size it was
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above
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my television because i had that found
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out about the night before i brought it
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had chris lloyd signed it bob gale
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signed
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claudia wells signed it and since that
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time 13 years ago
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i pretty much had the whole cast i
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probably have 30 or so
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signatures on there i'm only missing a
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very select few got all the main players
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all the main actors actresses
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from that there's a couple of the
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smaller roles that i don't have but
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it kind of all stemmed if you're
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familiar with that back to the future
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poster that i've showed in former videos
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it all began right here right here at
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celebration florida at
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this very establishment that is now
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closed
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that i wish would reopen but no word on
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that
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still still shuddered and closed kind of
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a fun fact you can also see the entryway
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over there into where the auditorium is
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fun fact i went here with my mom we saw
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castaway so the only
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two movies i've ever seen inside this
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building were both
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zemeckis films how unusual is that two
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zemeckis films in the same spot and i
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haven't seen any i never saw anything
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else here
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so this is kind of like my zemeckis
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memories
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if you will yeah it was dur in the the
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back to future event was during the
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car show if memory serves me correctly
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and i can still recall chris lloyd
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walking up through here all right from
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here gonna head out and head over to the
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amc
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at disney's i almost said pleasure
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island i almost had a little throwback
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little 80s throwback or early 90s not
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disney's not disney village not disney
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not downtown disney disney springs amc
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where i will be seeing
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the film today oh yeah let's do it the
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amazing thing is i'm
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heading to probably what will be a very
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busy and packed disney springs
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and i'll be inside the theater
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all by myself there'll be no one else in
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there but me how many times does that
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happen
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heading to the orange garage and it
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looks like the balloon is up over there
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i'm not going up in the balloon but just
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just it it's up
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not really sure why i always choose the
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orange garage but in this case it kind
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of makes sense
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because it's the closest to amc all i
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have to do is go
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up here 789 spots
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on the top floor maybe i'll do the
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fourth floor 701 spots
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that way i'm out of the sun it's pretty
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hot i might do fourth floor
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maybe i'll decide when i get there
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it is currently 2 30 so i have one hour
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to kind of meander around and get down
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get over there private
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theater rental amc dine in disney
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springs 24.
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so i purchased the ticket yesterday
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that's why it says tomorrow but the date
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is june 9th
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2021 at 3 30 p.m
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back to the future confirmation code was
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below this but
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i'm not going to show that and if i had
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so chosen i could have up to 20 guests
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thought about inviting a few people and
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then i thought
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how many opportunities do you have to
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sit in a completely
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you know a completely empty space with
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no one around
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so i just decided i'd have a me day
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but yeah if you wanted to divide the
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price up to 10 to 20 people
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i don't know how they're making any
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money doing this again i purchased the
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tickets yesterday that's why it says
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tomorrow but today is june 9th
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one hour till 3 30 p.m it was pretty
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simple to do their technology makes it
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easy to book
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to book online so you just have to
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follow the steps here hit
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book now and it goes to this page
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there we go right there private private
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rentals
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amc dine in disney springs
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and this is for yeah it says sold out so
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you see
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the 330 331 sold out and the
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7 15 one is also sold out
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so someone else's 7 15 tonight is gonna
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be seeing it as well just as an example
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i went forward a couple days
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to have one for 12 p.m just just showing
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how this worked
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i hit the 12 p.m one and then it kind of
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gives all the
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regulations you gotta hit continue you
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have to agree and these are
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the movies that they have now any new
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films are 249 dollars
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you can see 249 are the newer movies
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like cruella 249 spirit untamed 249
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wrath of man 249 godzilla king kong 249
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but if you go down to some of the older
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films
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like jurassic world 99 there it is
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bttf 99 99
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plus the tax plus if you want to buy
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food so you can see
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some some classic films not a lot of
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classics but a few classics in here
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i was really happy that they had a
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favorite movie right there
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so i clicked on that and i booked it i'm
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not going to rebook it though i'm just
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doing this today but
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okay it can unbook
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you switch it to jurassic world if you
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want
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let's hit continue let's hit continue
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and it says how many guests you go up to
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10 guests
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i went all the way down
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to one guest so i did this
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you could do 10 guests
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order ahead for express pickup
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so what i did is i ordered some food i
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ordered some combo
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so i think i ordered the soda
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hot dog and drink combo my total came to
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i think 139
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139 dollars to see a movie by myself in
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a completely empty
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establishment with food take my money
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please
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i did go with garage well the orange
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garage but i did go with level four
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which is a little bit of a a change for
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me because i'm usually on the top floor
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but you can see
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the amc logo from here and the balloon
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is up that's where i'm going to be going
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into right there the amc
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building right through this mesh
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right there that is where
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the magic will be happening all alone
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by myself i'm really looking forward to
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this
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once again i will reiterate i don't know
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i not know how in the heck they are
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making money
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just i mean just for me 100 with the
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food and options and tax 130
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9 133 130
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give or take but if i had 10 other
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people it would be 10 a person
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to have the whole section so they're
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definitely not making as much money i
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gotta
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i gotta i'm trying to walk and talk to
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this and they're not making as much
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money as they would if the entire
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place was full every seat i'm gonna have
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a lot of elbow room and this is kind of
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a
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once-in-a-lifetime kind of deal because
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of the situation that happened 2020 in
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2021
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who knows how much longer they're going
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to be doing this so i decided to jump on
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it and
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make it happen it's something i will
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look back on and respond memories
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because it may not ever happen again i'm
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looking
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straight ahead but i really should be
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looking down where i'm walking because
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this could
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this could end very very badly right
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here amc
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my own personal movie i am silhouetted
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silhouetted out aren't i in hindsight i
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probably should have just parked on
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level two
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there are plenty of spaces at this hour
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but i didn't i parked on level four
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i wonder what it's gonna be like being
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in there all by myself with my snacks
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i think anybody else will try to sneak
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in i hope not
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all right there we go it says dine in
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there's the
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the dinan theater sign
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also i will not be able to film the
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stream the soundtrack
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the movie itself there's going to be a
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lot of narration over it that's why i'm
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kind of doing a whole build up to this a
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leading up and then i'll do
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a review afterwards of the experience
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i'll show a little bit of the theater
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kind of the seat setup and
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the snacks and things like that but i
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didn't want to not document this this is
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this is something that needs to be
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documented well it doesn't need to be
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but it is
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and another question i have will i have
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to wear
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facial covering if i'm by myself i'm
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going to say probably not
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i'm going to say probably no on that one
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find out when i get there and what and
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what they say
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nonetheless i'm going to say no usually
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it's only when you're around
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around others i'm going to say no
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that's what i'm going to say now and
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there's the entry point right there they
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have the cruella sign i'm not seeing
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cruella i'm seeing a 1985
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film that i always enjoy seeing in the
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theater i've seen it many times on
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vhs laserdisc dvd blu-ray something
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extra special about seeing it on the big
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screen that's what i'm doing
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all right that says exit only but that
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says enter only so i think i go through
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the middle door there for the amc dine
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in movies menus and more
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and it says right here outside food and
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drinks are not allowed good thing i
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ordered some
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and then they got the little sanitizing
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there and
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over there they look like they have a
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full bar i'm not going to partake in
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that but
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over here they have another kiosk they
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also have the cruella
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set up over there looks like auditoriums
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one through 20 are over there and
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through 24 on this side i don't know
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which auditorium is mine
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just scanned in was told to go to
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theater five
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c805 theater theater
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i'm not sure how to pronounce it i just
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always said theater
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number five look he says dinner and
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movie is served and this is 18 so i'm
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gonna go all the way down
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to the other end this is 18 so i'm going
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to like follow this around
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that's 19. this is 18.
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i'm going to go all the way down this
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corridor to five
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number five now obviously when walking
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through
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i have to have this on but once i'm
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inside and sitting down well you can
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you best remove them and chow down on
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some popcorn and hot dogs and soda
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that i have ordered she said that
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concession stand
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is way over here on the other side
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there we go little james bond it's not
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con rebond yash
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little jungle cruise movie here okay i'm
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going all the way down here this is
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number 14. i'm looking for five it's
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pretty empty in here
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at this time they have the
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responsibility posters there
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as well it's very echoey in here i'm
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going to the lobby
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on this side which is a completely
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different entrance
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than the one i walked into to get my
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snacks
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snacks ooh i can i can not only smell
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but here the fresh will not here but i
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can hear it back there
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they're popping fresh popcorn i ordered
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a large popcorn
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and a hot dog so i ordered a large
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popcorn
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and an all beef hot dog but they also
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have nachos down here i did not order
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nachos
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so i'm gonna go with the all beef hot
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dog feature
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fair so i'm gonna go with this this
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and they gave me the cup here which i
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have to fill
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up around the corner so yeah there you
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go getting the popcorn
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getting the dog oh yeah this is good
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oh i'm going the wrong way
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i got to go over here to the soda
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machines
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i got to go around
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i'm sorry sorry about that yep okay
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going over here
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gonna get my fill up do they have
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they have the freestyle machines i think
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i might go with a mr pibb
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yeah mr piff they have a hundred drink
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choices
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i think pibb will be mine or should i
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say pim extra
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and i went with a little an extra dose
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of a cherry
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let's fill that up all the way up with a
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little bit
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extra with x little kid extra extra
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with extra carry there we go
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that was close that was really close
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press and hold to dispense
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butter flavoring there we go i'm just
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getting that butter flavoring on there
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hard to do this holding the i think i'm
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going to be drenching some of these
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kernels
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it's kind of hard to decide get the
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butter flavoring all over it but
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holding the camera at the same time is a
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challenge
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now we just need some some additional
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condiments we might all be hot off all
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right this is number nine so i'm gonna
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head this way it says three through nine
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is down this way
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so i'm passing eight it is good to know
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that the facilities are right here very
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very close
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five is all the way at the very end
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right down here my own personal
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accommodations it says skip the line
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up there i really am skipping the line
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all right i am in now this entire place
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is mine
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every seat i could shuffle around and
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move around as much as i want
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oh yeah
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check it out i could choose from any of
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these seats as much as i want i've
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chosen kind of in the center of the
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screen looking at the screen not all the
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way at the bottom not all the way at the
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middle
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not well all the way in the middle not
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all the way at the top i
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am ready
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let the movie begin and i also like i
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put my keys my wallet and things on
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either side i got plenty of room
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isn't this crazy just look at this i got
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the whole place look at my freaking self
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there are a lot of previews is the movie
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ever gonna start
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i think it is enjoy the show oh the
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clock sing
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okay i gotta eat my hot dog i'll see you
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after now i moved around quite a bit
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out of all the seats i did sit in the
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one was the most
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was was in the center of the auditorium
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towards the middle the one i chose first
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off when it started
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but i did shuffle my way around fact set
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up front by the screen in the very very
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front row with the
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characters and screen larger than life
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with my feet on the railing here
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and then i also moved all around stood
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up near the top sat up near the top
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also stood on the stairwell i just kind
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of moved all around
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at my own free will as i was allowed to
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do
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being the only one in here just
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whatever i felt like sitting and
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snacking on some popcorn
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and other snacks i just moved around
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wherever i felt like it as it should be
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because it was the whole place was mine
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at least for an hour and 54 minutes
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even though i've seen the film so many
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times there were a couple of scenes
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that always get me always tug at the
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heart strings
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if you will the kiss between georgia and
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lorraine
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the enchantment of the sea dance kind of
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gets me every time gets me a little
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teary-eyed
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as well as when doc is talking to marty
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about how he's got to wait 30 years to
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tell him about what's going to happen in
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the next few days
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all of that and then of course the
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lightning scene at the end
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very dramatic my face was glued to the
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screen i was on the edge of my seat
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as the lightning hit the you know came
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down from the clock tower
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you know grout down to ground level hit
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the conducting hook hook
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and all was well all was well in hill
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valley
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for marty and everyone else
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especially his family everything worked
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out okay oh they just went into manure
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biff hates manure
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all in all a pretty dang cool experience
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really enjoyed that pretty pretty neat
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having the whole place to myself i must
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say that's never happened
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i've never had an entire entire theater
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like that to myself
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pretty neat that's gonna do it for today
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it happened it was an
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unusual feeling being in there
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that is for certain not sure if i would
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do it again completely though it might
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be cool to have
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you know some friends or family along
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but you know moderate numbers just a few
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but i wanted to try it just myself
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for one time so we'll be able to look
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back on this
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think dang i had i watched the entire
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film
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in a full auditorium style with just me
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that might never happen again the rest
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of the rest of my
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the rest of my life unless you had your
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own private
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establishment of some sort but it
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happened right here
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at amc disney springs
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and it might not happen for much longer
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it's something they might
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do away with over time it might not be a
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thing that is around for much longer it
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might be
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soon to be
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graced from existence
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um nailed it i'll see you in the next
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video the vlog
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no way big the foot i'm not getting my
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car up to 88 miles per hour out of the
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parking garage
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that would be just that's not a good
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idea