I Bought Into The Disneyland DVC Villas - Disney Vacation Club Update & Newest Resort Opening Soon
Disney Vacation Club Disneyland Villas Update
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welcome everyone Adam the Wu here as a
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recording of This is Tuesday May 23 2023
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wearing an appropriate shirt and an
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appropriate umbrella because there is a
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forecast of some thunderstorms and some
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rains a little bit later and I'm going
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to be heading over to the parks maybe a
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little Park hopping my thought process
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is to go park at Hollywood Studios
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formerly MGM go from there Skyline it
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over maybe stop off at the Riviera do a
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couple other things and then over to
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Epcot and then back to Studios I'm just
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kind of winging it today
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see what happens I'm inviting you to
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join me also I wouldn't drop off some
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packages of the post office mailed out
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some of the oversized stickers that I
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gave away the other day Spooky Empire
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and eventually down the road I want to
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do a merchandise drop somewhere
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but you know for now I shipped a few out
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to some folks who who are following on
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my Instagram and and post I posted a
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picture on there my Instagram is Adam
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the woo atw that's Adam Lulu atw on
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Instagram if I do another free giveaway
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also sometimes I will post my weight
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loss stories on there tomorrow morning
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I'm going to be weighing in and I feel
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like I have lost quite a bit of weight
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in the last month
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give or take because I've been doing
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this eating better and hitting the
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treadmill walking more steps and things
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like that we'll get going join me shall
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you now as it is known I mentioned quite
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a few times it even does a series of
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videos on the subject matter I am a DVC
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Disney Vacation Club member and have a
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couple different home resorts but there
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are new points
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that are now going on sale for DVC
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members that I think to the General
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Public
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starting at the end of this month
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so I am thinking about possibly
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purchasing the brand new
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soon to be opened
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so the reason I kind of turned the
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camera out like this because like
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sometimes things get in front of the
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camera but I don't want to show like
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when a a car or truck sometimes will
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pull right by here I will just
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improperly I'm always kind of looking
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out of my peripherals going the other
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way just not to focus on a big vehicle
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driving by with a huge something written
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on the side of it if that makes any
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sense so sometimes you'll see me shift
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the camera around because I'm looking
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all around me so like I'll be looking
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that way pointing the camera that way
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and as the you know instead of looking
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forward the camera I'll be looking over
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here while I'm talking just kind of
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surveying if someone walks it to the
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frame I'll just kind of turn the camera
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I don't know just
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inside look
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into the bizarre vlogging Style
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so like obviously that guy's loading in
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the stroller into the back of the car
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just off to the frame of the right and I
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don't want to focus on that so I'm kind
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of focusing on the the left of the
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screen so I'm not getting someone's
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personal business going down now I know
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the Disney Vacation Club thing is a
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little bit confusing for some people
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basically you can buy into home resorts
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you can use those points
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for the points you buy for the home
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resorts at any of the resorts the only
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thing is the booking window you get
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extra booking window time and you get
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more availability to book a block at one
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of your home resorts so I currently have
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Riviera as my home Resort I have a few
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points at Grand Floridian and I have
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Alani as I have three home resorts and
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I'll be going for the first time later
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this year I'll be going to Aulani for
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the very very first time
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but I think it'd be kind of neat to have
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points at the new Disneyland Villas so
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that when I go to Disneyland over the
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course of my life the you know the the
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points will last and the contracts last
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probably longer than I'm going to be on
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this planet so from now to my retirement
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age and even past that even after way
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after I'm even doing videos I will be
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able to go on vacation to different
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spots so I'm kind of looking into that I
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haven't confirmed it yet but
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I'm thinking about doing a self-pumping
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gas nozzle in full effect
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fueling up here at the Art Deco 7-Eleven
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price of gas
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three dollars and 37 cents a gallon this
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is what it was the other day too so it
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hasn't gone up since a few days ago when
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I filled up
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I just love the 7-Eleven so much it
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gives me those Hollywood Vibes all right
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good news
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a Futurama quote
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not only is I-4 Westbound going smooth
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but I just heard back while I was
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pumping gas heard back from my Disney
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Vacation Club rep
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and in fact I can go ahead and purchase
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points
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now so I'm gonna do that today
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at Disneyland hotel Villas DVC
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at the end of this day
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now heading over to the Skyliner gonna
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go over to Riviera first and then to
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Epcot and then bounce back over to
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Studios a little bit later I wasn't
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really confident that I was going to be
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able to purchase points
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for Disneyland DVC out here in Florida
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because I had heard a rumor but
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evidently wasn't the case with my DVC
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rep
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that you would have to have a license
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out there
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the cast members in order to sell you
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those but it worked out good I thought
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maybe I was going to have to wait till I
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was in California to do it or do it a
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different way but it worked out
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that gonna be able to do it today here
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it was kind of unplanned but I had to
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think about it for a little while I
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heard that they were
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putting those points on sale and they
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have not released them to everyone else
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unless you're already a vacation club
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member until the end of the month
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and it could work out
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because I don't think uh you can book
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technically the
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the Disneyland Villas are not going to
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be open the DVC portion are not going to
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be open
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until I believe in the September first
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of October
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so maybe possibly I could coordinate it
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with my gas
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I'll be back from the Hawaii trip after
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that is open by like a short time frame
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so maybe I could coordinate it
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I'm sure they can be very popular but
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since I'm buying in early
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I should be able to get it ahead of time
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also there's that whole booking window
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with the whole having a home Resort you
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can book any Resort that's not your home
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Resort seven months out but you can book
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your home Resort 11 months out so it
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gives you a four month window over
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everyone else who does not have a home
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Resort that's how the home resorts work
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and that's why a lot of people who are
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members buy multiple home resorts so
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they can always book a block
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you know like a week where if you
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weren't booking a home Resort you might
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only get like a day two day here and
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there but when you have that 11 month
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booking window you can book longer I've
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been just kind of talk and Shop but yeah
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yeah for me personally I think it makes
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more sense to have
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more sense to have one to have a home
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Resort and a place that you don't live
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anywhere near because obviously if I go
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all the way to Hawaii I want to be able
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to book a window a longer window you
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know for a full week or more instead of
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one or two days
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off of one Gondola and then gonna head
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over to another one of the Skyliner
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station right over here and go to
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Riviera and then after that another one
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from Riviera to Epcot I always like to
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Showcase these clocks 215 at the moment
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heading over to Riviera there it is
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Skyliner and take a look at that
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I will be going there before the end of
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this year Alani
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you know I still haven't done a cruise
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though I haven't done the magic
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thank you
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Cruz maybe one year I really like this
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one though it's like the Skyliner going
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around spaceship earth take the Skyliner
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discover the world they should sell them
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about to have takeoff I like having
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their their own Gondola your own
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Chandler your own little bubble to
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yourself last whatever sometimes you get
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grouped with the family you got to be
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kind of quiet it's almost like an
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elevator guy where you're
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Cloud starts acting like they're
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attacking
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it's kind of like that when you get on
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these with someone so it's a lot nicer
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when you don't have anyone on here which
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is kind of how I prefer but sometimes
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when it's really busy that they will
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kind of group you with other people so
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Riviera is over here that is where
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normally the
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gentleman that houses me with the DVC my
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DVC rep his office is today he's off so
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he called me back and I said can we just
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do it over the phone because yeah we can
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do it over the phone so I'm gonna stop
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off there because that's like a
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tradition every time when I buy DVC
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points and then from there I'm gonna
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head over and go to the DVC Lounge it's
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just kind of like what I do whenever I
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buy DVC points I have to go up to the
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DVC lounge and celebrate and just relax
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in there so that'll be a couple things
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that I'm doing today I think the
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Skyliner has really opened up a whole
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area of knowing the property better not
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only for myself but for a lot of people
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a lot of these areas you couldn't see as
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the crow flies and now you kind of get a
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a better better layout of the land than
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you could I really I'm a big skylighter
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fan I like the the look of the monorail
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but I like the consistency and the the
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the speed of the Skyliner I think I like
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riding on the Skyliner more than I like
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riding on the monorail but I do love the
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look of the monorail better it also will
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be interesting if the storm cloud
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the weather supposed to be very stormy
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later this might not be rutted when I go
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back over to Studio sometimes I don't
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have to bust it you normally I don't
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prefer the plastic I might have to bust
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it
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pull it into the station I'm gonna get
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off here escape again and also even
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though this is my home Resort I've only
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stayed there one time you do not have to
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use points only at your home Resort
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again the booking window is the only
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advantage of having a home Resort so at
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some point I want to book more than the
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one night I stayed at this like a year
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ago I'd love to say at the Riviera again
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a benefit for me with having DVC I've
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talked about this before I've just kind
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of kind of reiterate a benefit for me is
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I do not have to book at Prime times
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when everyone else is either out of
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school on vacation off of work you know
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times when it's like around a holiday
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season I could book at off time so it's
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based on points so the points that I
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have purchased to make me a DVC member
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you use those for rooms and the room
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points in the off season is considerably
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less than it would be say in the prime
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of summer time the week of Christmas 4th
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of July etc etc so for me it works out
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better because I have a little bit more
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availability than someone who punches
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the clock when I was working the
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traditional job like a Monday through
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Friday Bankers hours you only got like
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two weeks vacation it was usually around
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the same time but I kind of have an
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interesting type of job description
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where I have a little more flexibility
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so for me DVC I would not recommend for
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everyone definitely do your research
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you know on on if it works for you or
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your situation and your family situation
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but for me it's been working out pretty
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dang good so far I stayed up there in
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that Tower right up there looking into
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Epcot Watts it was great it was like the
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second from the top floor it was pretty
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good but I want to stay here again at
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some point but even though I have points
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at this I can use points for other ones
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some of those have like an impulsive
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stay of something that I am near like
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something here because this is the the
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Disney World Resorts have a lot more DVC
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than some of the other spots so I'll
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just see what's open so I'll just grab a
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room for one night again when you have
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your home Resort you want to have a
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longer stay like going to California
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going to a lot of going to Vero Beach
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going to Hilton Head in South Carolina
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you would want to be able to book a
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bigger block you want you don't want the
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two-day block you want to get like a
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week to make it worthwhile that's the
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advantage okay that's kind of all I'm
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going to say about that but I just
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wanted to kind of explain what a home
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Resort is and why a home Resort is
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necessary and why people choose certain
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home resorts over other places
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my guide my DVC rep as you would say he
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explained to me best by saying think of
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it as 7-Eleven
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seven is the normal booking window but
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if your home Resort you get 11. so think
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of a 7-Eleven use that for the home
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Resort thing 11-month booking window
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versus just seven months so the AC is
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definitely on in here nice and cool and
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crisp in here so I think I'm gonna see
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if they have a brochure for what I just
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purchased all right I grabbed a piping
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hot caffeinated beverage a little
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caffeine for the system here at the
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Riviera and I talked to one of the other
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DVC guys that was on staff and he ended
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up giving me this and he said welcome
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home I told him that I went ahead and
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booked it online through my rep and he
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said here you can have this and I also
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asked if they had something so I might
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actually take this with me as a little
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souvenir to document this this occasion
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and not only that but I asked if they
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had a book that I could kind of showcase
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what it is that I just purchased and
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this is what it looks like opening fall
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2023 the new California Resort Blends
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animated classes with contemporary
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designs that doesn't look like the
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Contemporary BOGO it is that same phrase
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the contempt design it's like the the
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about they're gonna have little
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balconies on certain ones this is going
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to be the lobby welcome home to a modern
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Masterpiece look at the artwork and this
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is a proposed artistic rendering
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proposed room view may vary there's
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Baloo from The Jungle Book right there
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above ahead of the bed and there are
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Studios there are ones with a really
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good view one without a view there's
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also an artistic rendering propose of a
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two-bedroom Villa right here this is
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also what it looks like so you got the
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two bedroom Villa sleeps up to nine one
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bedroom Villa sleeps up to five a look
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at the kitchen on the full kitchen for
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the one bedroom villa villa or larger
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three bedrooms I've yet to stay in a
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three bedroom anywhere I've gone and
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this would be like the living quarters
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and the bedroom over here and so close
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walkability to Disneyland while it's
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original Magic Kingdom just a broke
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brush stroke away from the magic what
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better place to experience the magic
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where it all started the Villas at
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Disneyland hotel Wilkins doesn't have
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vacation club members and guests home to
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the happiest place and there is a very
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decorative pool area very retro looking
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look and I like all the different colors
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inspiration awaits at the one-of-a-kind
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pool area birming I wonder if there's a
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hot tub mid-century modern okay that's
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that's the that's the term not retro
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mid-century modern is also going to be a
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Steamboat Willie Splash Pad which I
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probably won't be going that was
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probably for some of the Little Tikes
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but yeah kind of a nice Vibe of the boat
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there from Steamboat Willie all right
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this is another thing I was wondering
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I'll also have access to the regular
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Disneyland pool the Disneyland Hotel
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pool even though it's a separate area
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and I'll just be upstairs from the
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enchanted oh wait a second Trader Sam's
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Enchanted Tiki Bar almost a tiki room
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where I get refreshing Dole whips and
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whatnot but I've always wanted to go
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down the slides at the Disneyland Hotel
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one time but it was for the opening of
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Galaxy's Edge and it was just so hectic
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I wasn't able to go to the pool so that
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will be something I'm going to be doing
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in the future and again opening fall
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2023 I really like the the D logo there
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for the bills at Disneyland and this is
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a general layout of the land in
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comparison to where Goofy's Kitchen is
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coffee house the fantasy Tower the
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adventure Tower the frontier Tower those
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are the kind of three Originals right
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over there and then you got this here
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the Villas it does so it's going to have
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its own separate pool kind of tucked
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away around the the back area in that
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little corner over there I think back in
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the day when Disneyland first opened
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they used to have like a light show a
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light water show back over there like a
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fountain show and that has taken that
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space I also like the frontier Tower
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they have a really good Model A Big
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Thunder Mountain Railroad in there I am
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really excited to know that I'm going to
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be able to stay if I so choose I can
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always stockpile my points but if I
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don't I can stay you know once a year I
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could stay here for a week and if I can
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go to Aulani for a week it's just cool
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to think about and from here gonna go
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back over onto the Skyliner
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quick little
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hop skip and a jump if you will over to
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Epcot again I stayed up in the tower
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room up there I've only stayed in the
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studio Tower room which was really good
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which was kind of small but the view
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definitely made up for it being up there
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looking into World Showcase that's how I
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can see a harmonious
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from up top bird's eye look into it's a
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kind of sort out you couldn't see
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completely into there but you could
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definitely get a good view of the
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fireworks but one day I'll stay here
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again considering it as one of my my
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home resorts
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Epcot it's interesting they have not
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they've changed all the signage if this
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is a newer signage they didn't
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capitalize all the letters they went
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with that kind of that weird time where
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Epcot was only capitalized with the E
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and then lowercase but really kind of
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they're throwing it back to the old font
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lately and it's all capitalized again
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kind of like the Epcot Center does but
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they haven't changed that sign they're
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probably going to say that way now I'm
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no expert on DVC and Disney Vacation
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Club but I've learned a lot since first
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buying in whatever that was the first
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points I bought in a while back
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so I've seen I travel a lot and the
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price of hotels continuously goes up
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like example 130 hotel now would have
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been a 90 Hotel just a few years ago
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prior to 2020 so it's nothing to spend
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100 get a hundred dollar hotel and take
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a chance on just kind of getting
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something that's not the best
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accommodations something you could have
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bought for 60 70 in the past and the way
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the point system as far as I've been
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told and I've asked quite a few people
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who are also been members for longer
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than I have the point system will not
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change so wait what you know a room
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that's right now is going to be like a
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12 point room those points are not going
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to go up so once you pay that off you
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have your yearly dues that you have to
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pay a pay each year which are a small
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fraction of what the initial cost is but
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once they're paid off you just have
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those points to use so even though
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hotels you know 10 years from now might
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double in price the points that I am
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using for said rooms that I've already
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paid off is not going to change a 12
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room or a 13 room 10 years from now is
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still going to be a out of 12 or 13
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Point room might be getting the dollars
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with the points confused me I think I'm
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kind of
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somewhat explaining myself so I kind of
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figured got the money I saved the money
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up try to pay the points off and then
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all I have is the yearly dues and then I
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just know I'm always going to have
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series of weeks throughout the course of
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the year for the rest of my life
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that are just already over and done
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without a sight out of mind paid for so
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that's kind of why I like the whole DVC
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thing
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you know I'd even think about that until
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right now
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I'd even think about this until right
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now but there are DVC lounges oh I got
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my comeback cheers to the coffee there
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cheers to more DVC points four for more
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Montana
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I do I don't think I pronounced that
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right at all but I want to do the
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monorails feel
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but there is a new DVC Lounge again you
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can see me drinking my coffee there
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I'm in my own again but there's a new
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DVC Lounge at Disneyland which next time
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I'm out in California should probably be
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sooner than later even before I stay at
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the new Disneyland Villas I'll be able
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to go up in the new DVC Lounge because
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I'm a DVC member pretty pretty dang
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excited about that I didn't even think
19:15
about that until right now it's gonna
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happen
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also these are these are pretty nice hey
19:21
I thought they were good since there's
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no AC it was going to be really toasty
19:24
in here but when they're moving the wind
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goes to those little little uh shape
19:28
little open vent areas pretty well
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yeah Skyliner is nice and right down
19:34
there is one of the Reedy Creek fire
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departments that is the Reedy Creek
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District
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which is you know something a lot of
19:41
people has kind of been in the
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the kind of the consensation of a lot of
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people lately that is one of the the
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fire stations right down there let's see
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it right over there
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that's one of them
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it's gonna be interesting to see
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what happens with Reedy Creek over time
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just basically
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yeah it's interesting how the point
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system works I bought 150 points
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originally
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at Riviera I was like that's all I need
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and now that I've just always like
20:12
staying on property it's like I should
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just get more points
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so that's just kind of what I do I save
20:16
for a while I have a little bit of extra
20:19
that I could utilize I was like kind of
20:22
being out of sight out of mind now you
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can also you can also Finance it but I'm
20:27
just not big on ever having debt and
20:29
I've been at points in my life where I
20:31
was incredibly in-depth and it stressed
20:33
me out so much I just don't want to do
20:34
that anymore so when I have the extra
20:36
money that's usually when I will spend
20:39
money I try not to like I try to use
20:41
credit that I can't pay off after the
20:44
fact so it's just it's just my own
20:47
personal way of doing things like I said
20:49
out of side out see Galaxy's Edge over
20:52
there so just to the side over this way
20:53
a Galaxy's Edge is where the location of
20:56
the star Cruiser is which is closing at
20:59
the end of September I heard the last
21:01
Voyage the last Voyage of September
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which is the last one ever is already
21:04
sold out I'm going to be out of town I'm
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going to be
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I'm gonna be I'm gonna be out of town so
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I'm not gonna be able to be out of it
21:10
it'll be fun to be on and I'm incredibly
21:12
thankful that I was able to do it two
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weeks before the news broke they were
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closing it down I was able to do the
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star cruiser with a 20 off discount for
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annual pass holders I booked it and
21:23
Daphne came out she went with me we were
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both pretty sad when we heard it was
21:27
closing because we had plans on doing it
21:29
again maybe in about a year or so now
21:31
that we kind of knew what the experience
21:33
was now with me going into that if I
21:36
would have done it again but I won't be
21:38
doing it again so I'm glad I did it the
21:40
two videos I did the two different day
21:41
episodes I did in there we'll have to
21:43
just kind of live on as a memory for
21:45
myself or whoever else stumbles on them
21:48
over time
21:50
kind of sad about it it was very
21:52
overpriced it was very expensive but for
21:55
what they offered I kind of understand
21:56
why it was so much money that the actors
21:59
and actresses in there and the cast
22:01
members went above and beyond it really
22:02
was
22:03
it really was quite the experience
22:06
I'm noticing there's no spiel
22:08
on the Skyliner usually they're giving
22:10
like a little bit of a some talking to
22:13
when you're pulling in here mentioning
22:15
what you're going to see in Epcot but
22:16
it's quiet I always notice when there is
22:19
dialogue or music and when there's not
22:21
dialogue and music it's just because I'm
22:22
always trying to film around set things
22:25
but there's nothing just nice and
22:27
peaceful and quiet
22:29
you're just kind of getting the vibe
22:30
without the spiel
22:33
look at that spaceship earth off and
22:35
just pulling into World Gateway oh it's
22:37
starting to slow down now
22:39
again when I head back over these things
22:40
might not be going in the inclement
22:42
weather friendship boats over here let's
22:44
not gonna go over here and uh my fanny
22:46
pack I put that button I also gave the
22:48
book back
22:50
so I put my coffee down and put that pin
22:52
on but I gave the book back to the DVC
22:54
guy that was there to somebody else
22:55
could look at it
22:57
oh they're making an announcement saying
22:58
ladies and gentlemen thank you for your
22:59
patience I have the pin on I might be
23:01
the only person walking around with this
23:02
pin on today
23:04
either way I put it on
23:06
I figured I might as well oh look it's
23:07
got the Superman girl going on I might
23:09
as well uh I might as well make the best
23:12
of the pin because now I got another two
23:15
more points there
23:17
across the coast I'm on the East Coast
23:20
but I am now finally
23:22
gonna be able to go to the West Coast
23:23
hotels and to be completely honest I am
23:25
Overjoyed that I'm going to be having a
23:29
spot
23:29
at Walt's original Magic Kingdom
23:31
Disneyland so close to the park
23:38
yeah just wrapping my head around that
23:38
it's really
23:43
and finally you can finally make that
23:50
thank you that says welcome home another
23:50
added little perk if you want to call it
23:52
when you are DVC member when you scan it
23:53
with your magic band it will say welcome
23:56
home and it'll like do the like the the
23:58
pink ring instead of the normal green
24:00
ring also we'll showcase Lagoon this is
24:03
the first time I am seeing it without
24:04
any traces of the huge barges at the
24:08
world showcase Lagoon the harmonious bar
24:10
just are gone they've been erased from
24:12
existence they've been taken backstage
24:13
they have been either you know torn up
24:15
kept safe I don't know how it would
24:17
happen to them but they are no longer
24:18
the sight line across World Showcase
24:20
Lagoon is back to it how it was pre-2020
24:24
pre-2019 if you will whenever it was now
24:27
you can finally one of the biggest
24:28
complaints people had was that the sight
24:30
line was obstructed by the big tacos and
24:33
the big donut the donut and the tacos in
24:35
the middle which was basically the
24:36
harmonious bar just and now those are
24:38
gone you can just see completely across
24:40
World Showcase Lagoon and all its Glory
24:42
you get the sight line of all world
24:43
showcased back in the countries all back
24:45
to how it used to be and to be
24:46
completely honest that this is a my own
24:48
own personal opinion it probably varies
24:50
from a lot of other people I didn't
24:51
really even mind the sight line was
24:53
obstructed I kind of like the technology
24:55
of harmonious I didn't mind the show
24:58
itself I just didn't have any
25:00
correlation and really feel any feelings
25:01
for the music itself I like the
25:04
fireworks I like the water effects I
25:06
didn't mind that the sight line was
25:08
obstructed also the monorail is coming
25:09
by at the moment soon after this I'm
25:11
gonna go up in the DVC Lounge but it's
25:14
kind of interesting how they're just
25:15
shutting down the the Star Wars hotel
25:18
and they're shutting down harmonious and
25:21
they just completely got rid of those
25:23
barges and not repurposed like they
25:25
could use a harmonious bar just for like
25:27
another show just to redid the songs or
25:29
redid the fireworks and the water
25:31
effects I don't know then again I don't
25:34
really know a whole lot all I know is I
25:35
don't know nothing just like Operation
25:36
Ivy says I don't work for the company or
25:38
have any inside info so what do I know
25:40
all right I'm gonna go up there
25:41
momentarily celebrate these DVC points
25:44
all right I've been alerted now going up
25:45
the stairs to the top of the pier
25:48
pyramid the DVC wow if you're playing a
25:51
drinking game and you're saying you're
25:52
taking a swig every time I say DVC not
25:54
good I like how this all lights up right
25:57
here it does blue to green they're open
25:59
from 11 to 6 every day but you can also
26:01
get this button it says uh Disney
26:03
Vacation cover members they also have
26:05
coffee but I already had a coffee this
26:07
is gonna be my table right over here one
26:08
thing they say
26:10
welcome home and they're giving away
26:11
this lithograph which just so happens to
26:13
be the resort that I just bought into
26:15
there's uh there's Steamboat Willie
26:16
right there because I don't have room to
26:18
carry this so I'm out till I get it
26:19
another time but yeah they have this up
26:20
here in the lounge if you look over
26:21
there you can see spaceship earth off in
26:24
the distance kind of like through the
26:25
this is a little like uh the little grid
26:27
there and they do have a freestyle
26:29
machine in here which has every
26:30
different type of soda usually I will
26:31
get the Mr PIV but I've been trying to
26:33
like watch my calorie content and try to
26:36
like not not have as much so I ended up
26:38
going with a water it's got with a
26:40
standard water so I'm going hibless
26:41
today I haven't had soda in like five
26:43
weeks which is a pretty good
26:45
accomplishment for me yeah so they do
26:47
have a freestyle machine if you're in
26:48
coffee and soda and all kind of good
26:50
stuff yeah I'm gonna take a chance on
26:52
whether the Skyliner is working I'm
26:53
going to go back to World Showcase worst
26:55
case I go back through World Gateway if
26:57
the Skylanders not running and go over
26:59
to Beach Club the outer Beach Club and
27:01
take a
27:02
take a bus over to Studios I could do
27:05
that
27:06
it's a nice angle of the modern alcohol
27:09
but I spaceshipper from the distance of
27:10
living season over there okay they're
27:12
running I can't tell oh there are guests
27:13
on them I can see guests up there
27:15
so they are running
27:17
so it looks like it's gonna work out
27:18
hopefully I can get over to the cutoff
27:21
point and then over to Studios I should
27:23
have just parked at Epcot but
27:25
enable another date where the day was
27:27
going to leave me I mean plus I need to
27:29
go to Riviera
27:36
it's going to be B momentarily
27:36
as long as this inclement weather
27:38
doesn't get any worse and it shuts it
27:39
down it's 72 degrees and drizzling but
27:42
look at the rest of the way of course I
27:44
put celebration out so it's like not too
27:45
far from here but look at the rest of
27:46
the week I got a friend from California
27:48
coming in
27:50
here tomorrow
27:51
and we're going to be doing some stuff
27:52
around town for a few days before I
27:54
depart on my next travel time but it's
27:57
going to be it's going to be pretty uh
27:59
pretty nasty
28:24
take a look there's Aulani right there
28:33
oh it's not wet you gotta watch her
28:33
watch the other stuff so the last one I
28:36
was on I was sharing a gondola this is
28:39
when I got my uh
28:41
it's a long way over pillow that's also
28:43
make it's a long way over when you're on
28:46
uh you're by yourself and you're with
28:47
the group
28:49
from Epcot over to this Caribbean Beach
28:51
Board it's like a pretty good 10 minute
28:52
ride
28:57
and when we were on it
28:57
was the group I ended up getting in the
29:00
last one with and myself we were
29:02
noticing
29:04
the these windows were closed
29:07
and it gets a little stuffy but these
29:09
are open so the other ones were kind of
29:10
close and I think that's
29:12
gotta do it for today I got my pen
29:15
look at that
29:16
can't really make out where it says
29:18
Disney there but yeah I did it
29:24
probably the only person on property
29:24
wearing this pen
29:26
but I did it nonetheless it's kind of
29:28
making my uh shirt look kind of a little
29:30
different
29:31
well that's gonna do it for today
29:33
did you see points I'm excited for the
29:36
future just do Vacation Club member
29:39
and I'm excited to get back to my car I
29:42
don't even think I'm gonna go in studios
29:43
I thought about it earlier but I ain't
29:45
gonna Park out
29:46
the bus going on thanks for watching
29:48
I'll see you in the next video
29:50
the Vlog
29:52
look at this
30:05
now if the stock could just stabilize
30:05
and go back up wow the stock has been
30:09
not doing good