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After about 11 hours walking around Disneyland I realized that the amount of time spent standing in line and waiting while at a Disney part is at least 50% of the time there. There is not debate that ANY amusement park experience is made up of rides that are X minutes of adventure, preceded by 10X to 30X minutes standing in a maze-like line of people I normally would NOT hang out with. In summary: the experience at Disney with was Totally Awesome, *BECAUSE* I was with Gracie. All Disney did was provide me with about 2 hours of entertainment (not concurrently) interlaced with 8+ hours of waiting in line and/or walking through a sea of people who also seemed disappointed at: - the ridiculous prices of everything - the closing of rides due to mechanical failures - lack of items that were advertised (e.g. ice cream, water!!!!!) - waiting in line -... Afterward, it was so sweet to just plop ourselves down on two seats on the AMTRAK back to San Diego from Anaheim. Driving home on the I-5 would have been brutal and actually a bit unsafe given how tired we both were. I *realllllly* wish Amtrak went straight to LAX. I guess I can understand why though - for the most part, train travel is no where near as popular as getting in a car and driving. So, to be fair, the financial cost of extended railway(s) to the Los Angeles International Airport would indeed be significant and the payback might take 40 years. In that time, self-driving cars will be taking me to LAX... shoot in 4 years I bet I'll have taken at least ONE! The other summary I touch on in this video is of the customer service provided by Disney. For years, I have heard and indeed experienced the Awesome that is synonymous with a Disney Park Experience. This day was not Disney-Awesome. Is was also not Six-Flags annoying, thank Gawd. BUT, it was definitely sub par and each time I had to pay $4 for water or $15 for chicken and rice or wait in a line for 45 minutes only to hear the PA system announce the ride was closed due to mechanical failures for an indefinite amount of time... I find it offensive that there is no financial compensation for lack of service yet there is a financial demand for services rendered.... followed by a box car full of legaleeze that basically states that "We will not be held accountable for ANYTHING and you have NO RIGHTS once you enter our private property..." Its pretty lame when you think about it.. BUT, whatever, Gracie and I were there to have an experience together and as I realized, a bad experience WITH Gracie is infinitely better than a good experience without her. So - its a win!!! :-) I truly hope there is someone who responds with something fo the flavor of, "WOW - that was NOT my experience with Disney, EVER!!!!... " Sadly, though, the few po ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyqxehQW47M

Gracie and I awoke to a Gorgeous Sunrise from the balcony at our hotel: Hadthong right on the beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan. Breakfast was included with our room so, after this "free" breakfast, we walked across the road behind the hotel and for 200 Baht (~ $6.60) plus about $2 in fuel, we rented a motorbike. The bike included 2 helmets. ;-) We took a little ride just south of our hotel which takes us through the Wing 5 Airbase. Here is some info on the airbase: http://www.prachuapkhirikhan.org/wing-5-prachuap-air-force-base/ We had to "sign in" at the entry gate by just writing my passport number and name on a paper attached to a clip board. This is not hugely enforced and its actually a nice way to greet the guards that stand at the entrance. Once at Ao Manao beach we realized, in the evening, the once flat-sand turns into a beach filled with little balls of sand - generated by little crabs burrowing into the sand only a few centimeters below the surface. Ao Manao is one of THE Quietest and most peaceful Thai beaches I have ever been to. I LOVED It. It is a Great "walking" beach as the slope is next to nothing so, no weird slant to your heips and the hard pack sand is very clean and there are Plenty of places to duck in between the trees to find your own slice of privacy. Prachuap Khiri Khan is definitely in my TOP 10 places of Thailand FOR SURE! I hope if you get to Thailand, you make it a point to head South of Hua Hin as its a real treat!!! Thanks for watching. Live the Dream! ~mikes ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiKMG_N1LUs

I took a nice long motorbike ride up through the mountains of Koh Phangan to the North East side to one of the many awesome little village with pristine sand; a beach paradise. Thong Nai Pan Yai Beach is where I gratefully ended up. However, during this experience I was reminded of just how detrimental all of this global nonsense has been on the tourism industry. Its especially noticable when in a village that is about 95% reliant on Foreign Tourism. With Thailand's borders still closed the result is ZERO people on beaches. That part I like. During this walk and talk I thought I'd take you into a "ghost resort". I really hope that these people in this town can survive through this and end up in a more prosperous time soon. BUT, of course, smoking Hope-ium rarely has concrete results. So, join me for a walk along the beach and I'll look forward to hearing your thoughts, opinions and experience! #gratitudeAttack :--) Thanks for watching, Live the Dream my friends! ~mikes ---- How To Support LIVE MY ASS OFF ---- ** Buy Me a SMOOTHIE:: https://BuyMeASmoothie.com ** ** To make a One Time PayPal donation: https://paypal.me/amazingllc *** For Recurring PayPal donations: *** http://LiveMyAssOff.com/paypal ( https://lmao.ltd/pay ) ..:: Some recommended SaaS solutions I use ::.. ** For all my international money transfers, I use TransferWise and to get money from USA to Thailand it LITERALLY only took 6 seconds. HIGHLY recommended !!** Sign up for TransferWise here: http://dude.ly/transferwise *** To do a Multiperson LiveStream, easily from w/in your browser, I highly recommend STREAMYARD. Click here for more info: http://dude.ly/streamyard *** To Live Stream to Multiple Platforms for FREE and get OVER 60% Off your first month, try RESTREAM: http://dude.ly/restream -- its what I have been using for MANY of my Live Streams and I love it! --- Links to my other sites: *** http://LiveMyAssOff.com *** *** NEW *** AfreecaTV http://play.afreecatv.com/livemyassoff * TWITTER https://twitter.com/amazingmikes * FACEBOOK https://fb.me/amazingmikes * PERISCOPE https://www.pscp.tv/amazingmikes * TWITCH https://www.twitch.tv/amazingmikes * YouNOW https://YouNOW.com/LiveMyAssOff * VK.com https://vk.com/livemyassoff ## Russia's "Facebook" * DLive.tv https://dlive.tv/LiveMyAssOff ## Live Streaming On the Blockchain * YOUTUBE https://youtube.com/livemyassoff * LinkedIN https://www.LinkedIN/in/mikesomerville 2020 (c) BiGi.net, LLC d/b/a "LIVEMYASSOFF.com" (TM) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oHMAmKn4eU