The Jungle Cruise is Changing at Walt Disney World - What’s Been Removed & Current Ride Thru Update
Magic Kingdom Jungle Cruise Update May 2021
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today's adventure is a little cooler
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than the last couple days
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only by a few degrees gonna be a high of
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90
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instead of 95 and might get get some
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showers
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i'm heading to magic kingdom to check
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out some of the changes
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to the jungle cruise yes there are more
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as of the recording of this
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it is thursday may 6th 2021
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and unlike the anaheim counterpart
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jungle cruise
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which is shut down walled up
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for refurbishment here they are
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stair-stepping the progress
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i would guess it'll be finished before
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october 1st for the 50th anniversary of
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walt disney world
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but we're able to see what happens on a
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day-to-day or
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week-to-week or month-to-month basis
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welcome everyone adam the woo
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here and parked in 317 a couple rows
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back
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did not catch the character name
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but 317 here at ttc
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about a month ago trader sam went away
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and it has been revealed
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through sources that there's going to be
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a gift shop at the end where trader sam
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used to be stationed and that is where
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the end is going to be it's going to be
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called trader sam's gift shop so his
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name is going to remain
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and since then a month ago when they
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removed
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sam they have started to omit other
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things
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from the cruise itself i just want to
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see if anything has happened
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other than that maybe over the last
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couple of days
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and just document that and just enjoy
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the day i'm going to need to
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to put this umbrella oop i just dropped
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this i just dropped my facial covering
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that's not good
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is there a five second rule oh i got it
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it was only like four seconds inviting
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you to join me
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shall you also as of this moment still
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no
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epcot loop monorail that goes across
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this beam
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and no sign of when that's gonna happen
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of course the magic kingdom monorail in
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resort monorail
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is operational that's another beam on
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another side look at those clouds
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this umbrella might come in handy on for
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more than a couple reasons not just the
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sun but also for
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the rain there is a slight breeze in the
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air
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see the flags kind of waving in the
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breeze also no trams
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are running there's a golf cart on the
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tram route
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last time i went on jungle cruise
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the the
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near the rhino was gone
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but i would imagine this time all the
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skulls will be removed
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the spears will be removed and let's see
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if anything else
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also say goodbye to these take a last
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look temperature screenings will be
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going away in less than a week
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monorail pulling into the station taking
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the monorail over
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there's the water bridge the road goes
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right underneath
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the water bridge
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you can see the tron construction over
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there too
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about to pull through the contemporary
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and then up to the magic kingdom
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come on rail station run entrance
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train station also still under a little
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bit of construction as well
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into adventureland now all right that
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says
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40 minute wait i've seen it worse 40
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minutes
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i can handle 40 minutes also a little
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curious how much they have removed from
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the inner cue as well
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i think the shrunken head or the heads
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are still in there they have some
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shrunken heads in a little case i really
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do love this attraction
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classic you know i'm a little sad that
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it's changing in a lot of ways at the
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same time i like progress and
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i like seeing new things and seeing what
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they come up with so that's exciting
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as well this is always a little bit of a
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tease because you go in the shade and
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then they put you back
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out in the queue in the sun and now with
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temperature screenings going away when
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do you think
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it'll go from six feet between the
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distancing to short or
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not at all also with all of the the new
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changes that are happening will this
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alter the jingle cruise that happens
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every year around
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christmas time it might and just uh just
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a quick little heads up
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the shrunken ones are still here i was
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incorrect
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they're still here for now the shrunken
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heads are still here
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for now as you can definitely see there
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has been a lot removed from
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not only the walls but also kind of
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dangling from the roof
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a lot of the signage that was here
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before has now completely been
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erased from existence yeah there
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i guess they're gonna do a whole entire
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new re-theming in here or maybe just
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leave it barren like this
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but yeah i already kind of missed what
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was already here along in the
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in these sections considerably different
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especially for someone like me who's
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been on this thing
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you know a hundred times that we are
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experiencing some rule breakers
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in the queue and we just cannot stand
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for that so
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uh michael i think we should go over the
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rules with everybody not today
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okay all right all right well we're
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gonna do it uh first and foremost rule
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number one please stop taking pictures
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in line
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once again no taking pictures in line
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and ask everybody to
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look around real quick you'll notice
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that my walls are very bare
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very bland and very green that's because
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people keep taking pictures in the line
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we only have one left now we have to
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nail it down so that you people stop
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taking the pictures
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at home okay so there's no cutting in
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line now third and final rule this is
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the most important one that you'll
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hear today in the park there is
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absolutely no crop dusting in magic
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once again no crop dusting in my line i
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have no idea how you flew that tiny
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airplane into this
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little cube but you did it you're a
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legend congratulations
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go ahead turn it back around head on
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back down to your farm and finish
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dusting your crops there
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all right guys we're going to return you
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back to your wait time already in
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progress
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well welcome aboard guys the world
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famous jungle cruise
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my name is skipper thomas and for the
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next three and a half hours of your life
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i am your skipper for your guide your
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social director
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your dance instructor and if you guys
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are not watching any of my trips i hate
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to break it to you i have also your
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swimming instructor
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nice to meet you and this will be a
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really awkward time for you so sit back
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and relax and enjoy
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now it looks like we're making our way
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into the amazon rainforest where it
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rains about 365 days a year
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looks like to me though we find
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ourselves in a leap year
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now right over here on the left that is
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known as inspiration falls
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now legend says it got its name because
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you stared at long enough
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it inspired you to go now
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deeper into this look at that there's
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still a skull right there
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there's still a skull right over there
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everyone's saying
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okay there's the jungle book what if
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they'll make the jungle that's
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inspirational i've never heard so myself
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and that inspired us so much that we're
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going to now head down the congo rivers
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let's see how far no jungle booth did
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arrange a welcome
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party for you okay right over here they
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have removed a few items from here
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there was a hut back in that corner yeah
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look over there there used to be a hut
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in their back the hunt is gone
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as well as the skulls and what
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watch out guys that is a python do you
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watch out they tend to form a crush on
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you
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though i don't recommend that oh my
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goodness was the carpet bagger here
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and right over there guys on the right
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that is my camper it looks like i got
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some unwanted houses i thought that hat
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belonged to someone else but it looks
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like they did me a favor though i was
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trying to get that g back there to start
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this morning now was there originally
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something in this cave
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here for me i cannot recall did
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everybody do something from that cave do
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you think they used the monkey wrench
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yeah i thought we would have done the
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trick well we're now gonna head down the
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nile river guys that goes on four niles
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and niles if you guys don't believe me
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well you're in denial now right over
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here
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that is an elephant now fun fact about
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elephants they do
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have some of the best memories in the
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world
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hyenas now they do have a really great
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song out very interesting
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now if you guys pay removed right over
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here on the left
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you guys will notice absolutely nothing
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they never refer to
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any of the they never refer to any of
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the alligators as ginger anymore
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because ginger snaps named after world
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famous archaeologist and skipper guide
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dr albert balls but don't worry about
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that too much right now folks
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we'll go over that a little bit later
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now a lot of people do ask me all the
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time they'll stop me and say hey skipper
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thomas how did you land your job here in
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the jungle
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well folks i i think it's playing the
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scene now
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i started wearing it at the beginning i
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do not recommend doing that
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but you know what i'll say that for the
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talent of that story
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because my career never took off like it
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was supposed to
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hold on wait i don't like the sound of
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that sounds like we're the hippo pool
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kids back there hold on your marbles for
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me these look like some hungry hungry
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hippos over here
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now they did think about six of our
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votes this week i legally have to tell
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you that
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but i'm also here to tell you to not
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worry because only five of those boats
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were mine
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still got the dance and the
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keep drummers eyes peeled for any
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dangerous plant like we might find here
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in the jungle
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any ambushes an ambush everybody get
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down get down get down
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watch your heads okay if you guys get
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hit with the spear
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do me a favor can you just throw it back
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i'm not allowed to let anyone bring any
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souvenirs back
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sorry about that and with that guys
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though
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doing that yeah it felt strange well
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with that we're now going to head down
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to mekong river deep in the heart of
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cambodia
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found along these are some ancient
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temples and some legends that protect
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each temple
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or legend right there on the right her
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name is shirley
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so i guess you can kind of say surely
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it looks like we're in a lot of luck
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here today looks like we find ourselves
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in the middle of an
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elephant pool feel free to take as many
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pictures as you guys would like at this
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time
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they are wearing their trunks for you
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yeah got them on a good day
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boom before i forget to mention did i
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ever tell you guys about elephants
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did i ever tell you that they have some
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of the best memories in the world
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yeah well you folks on the right-hand
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side are in for a really big treat
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now right there is two of our most
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adorable baby elephants
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and it looks like they're playing on
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their full moon
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gift shop that says trader sam's gift
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and it looks as if they've started
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well they have they have removed not
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only traders
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cleared a little more land look they
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cleared more likely attention as i do so
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yeah yeah right there that is a lot of
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land right there right there wow
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i know right up top any questions on
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those
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good i don't have answers
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making the most dangerous part of your
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journey today that is the return to
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civilization
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i know it's scary but as we do approach
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that please remember to keep those arms
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hands legs and feet inside the boat at
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all times
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you guys laugh today thank you guys for
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laughing along i really do appreciate
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that
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from the bottom of my heart yeah because
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i needed all the attention i can get
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i'm a middle child see that's the thing
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so i needed all the attention yeah my
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parents are really proud
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of my brother and sister well i'll leave
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you guys with a little life lesson
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this was a lesson that my parents gave
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me on my 18th birthday
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you know it's a lesson you guys can
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share with your own families if need be
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they sat me down they said thomas we
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love you and
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but uh like all good journeys they must
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come to an end so they told me to
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gather my personal belongings and get
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out
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please get out there we go one thing's
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for sure they have cleared
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quite a bit of land where sam used to be
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making way for that gift shop that
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themed gift shop would you not be able
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to be willing to buy anything and they
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can only see it from the boat
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there's going to be trader sam's gift
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shop of sorts
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plenty of they have definitely removed
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some area took down some foliage and
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soon that will be coming to fruition
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guaranteed thank you for choosing the
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jungle navigation company for your
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travel needs
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you are most welcome i enjoyed it great
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skipper too
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and now walking over to the richard f
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irvine my friends on this green market
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on the boat thank you gonna head over
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back to ttc jungle cruise yeah it is
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it is a changing things are a-changing
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and you can kind of see the little tent
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over there that tent will be gone i
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believe
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don't quote me on this but i think it's
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the 16th that there are gonna be no more
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temp checks to say goodbye to the temp
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shacks at least here in florida
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no more temp checks things are
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progressing
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and you know not only not only with the
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regulations and whatnot but also
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as far as attractions the time moves on
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time waits for no man
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they say that's gonna do it for today
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thanks for watching and i'll see you in
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the next video the vlog
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is over and it looks as if i avoided the
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rain
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it did not rain overcast is kind of nice
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too we're just windy
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i don't know look at the flag but the
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umbrella's like waving around
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yeah there's mickey there in the middle
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i'd also like to
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eventually at some point in the near
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future get back on one of these
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trams from the parking lot
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it'll happen might be one of the next
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steps
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i would imagine capacity i'm doing a lot
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of imagining but i would think the
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capacity
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would have to increase dramatically from
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the 30
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it's at or about 30 percent in order to
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get the parking lots full
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and the trams quite operational again
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see you soon tramps