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Good morning everyone. How are we doing?
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Yes, I love to hear that. Well, thank
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you all for being here. I hope you
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brought your appetites. Are you guys
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I hear Yes, thank you. I hear that they
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are ready. So, my name is Michelle and I
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am one of the 2026-2027
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Disneyland Resort Ambassadors and I am
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so excited to be here because today is a
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very special day as we get to welcome
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Earl of Sandwich to its new location
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here at the Disneyland Resort at
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Downtown Disney District. Let's hear it
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We couldn't be more excited. I can hear
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everyone is excited. I am, too. This new
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location for Earl of Sandwich is It's
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it is more beautiful. Let me tell you,
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I've been inside and it is spectacular
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and has even more offerings than you can
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imagine. But, there is someone that's
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going to tell us a little bit more. So,
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please help me welcome Vice President of
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Disneyland Resort Hotels and Downtown
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Disney District, Jason Smith.
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>> Good morning, everyone, and welcome to
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the Downtown Disney District. Thank you
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for joining us today as we celebrate the
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grand opening of our brand new Earl of
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Sandwich location. Earl of Sandwich has
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been a fixture in the district for years
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and has emerged as a fan favorite.
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I I think you all would agree, everyone
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has their favorite Earl sandwich. I'm
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going to tell you, mine is the Holiday
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>> And I'm excited to share this new
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location features all your favorite
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classics and some great new additions.
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What makes today especially meaningful
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is the collaboration behind it. Downtown
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Disney and Earl of Sandwich coming
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together with a shared love of great
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food, warm hospitality, and creating
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memorable moments for our guests. Next,
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I'd like to thank and congratulate all
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of the individuals that helped bring
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this amazing new offering to life. We
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appreciate the expertise and passion you
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brought to this project. [music] Please,
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let's give them all a round of applause.
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>> So, today, let's celebrate, let's dig
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in, and let's officially say, "Welcome
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home, Earl of Sandwich."
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Now, it is my pleasure to introduce
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Robert Earl, founder of Earl of
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Hi, everyone. Thank you for coming out
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here in this beautiful weather and
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waving those British flags.
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Welcome on behalf of the whole Earl of
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Sandwich family, and thank you for
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coming to this celebration.
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We have been around Downtown Disney for
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14 years. We've had five different
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homes, and here we are now, a mere, I
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don't know, 15, 20 million later,
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including the upstairs, ready to open
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our permanent permanent structure.
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We are just over the moon, and um I'd
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like to do one or two big shout-outs.
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Jason Smith and the team at Downtown
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Gene and everyone that's here that has
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Megan and all her side, I appreciate all
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As well as being a favorite here for so
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long, and hopefully maintaining our
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prices that are very, very competitive
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and attractive for a lot of people, we
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put a few new innovations here. And
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you'll see those when you come in today.
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We've enhanced our toasted hot
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sandwiches with a new special carvery.
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We've come out with the most amazing,
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decadent, but healthy cookies.
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>> The healthy part is marginal.
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And we've added for some of the adults
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the opportunity for one or two um
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>> We share with Downtown Disney their
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aspirations and their love for great
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food and hospitality.
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I think it's really important for you
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guys on this special day when hopefully
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England might get through to the final.
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Um it it's really important for you to
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just appreciate the history. 260
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years ago, a young man that we're going
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to introduce you to in a moment,
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he is I'll have to work it out. He is
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the 12th, and his great, great, great,
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great, great grandpa was the fourth, was
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the head of the British Navy.
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He was fighting with the French.
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There was no time to feed the troops,
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and he was extremely creative, and he
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said, "Take two pieces of bread and put
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some boiled beef in the middle. And
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hence the culinary term, the sandwich,
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was invented. Up until then, it was a
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facing our enemies across the channel.
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But we have all of that history now, and
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I'm so proud to be associated with it.
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So, ladies and gentlemen, let's
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celebrate. Let's dig in. Let's
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officially welcome the right honorable
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Luke Montagu, the 12th Earl of Sandwich.
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>> Hello, everybody. Good morning.
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Where are my notes? Here we go.
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I've been looking forward to today for a
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long time, and this is not only because
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England are going to beat Argentina in
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the semi-final today.
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Nor is it only the fact that it is my
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daughter Emma's birthday. Emma, where
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Happy birthday to you.
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Uh it's because today I'm going to
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enjoy, for the first time in years, what
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is absolutely my favorite sandwich. And
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it's the signature dish of this fabulous
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new flagship restaurant, hot pastrami
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with melted Swiss and sauerkraut.
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This sandwich sustained me in New York
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when I was studying at Columbia
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University through many cold New York
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But of course, the sandwich has come a
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long way since the fourth Earl put a
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slice of beef between two slices of
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bread, so he didn't have to stop
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working, as Robert said, or gambling is
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Um, eight Earls later, or nine if you
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I think we've now arrived at [music]
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peak sandwich, and I congratulate Robert
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and the team for the creation of this
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extraordinary restaurant and its
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unbelievably delicious menu.
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And thank you also to my late father and
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my brother Orlando, who were both
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co-founders with Robert of Earl of
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Thank you to Disney for your hospitality
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My supposedly adult children can't wait
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to meet Mickey Mouse,
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and I wish Earl of Sandwich every
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success in its new home.
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And now I'm going to hand things back to
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my friends from the Disneyland Resort.
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>> Thank you very much.
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>> Thank you very much, gentlemen. That was
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a pleasure. And now it is time to
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welcome everybody to the Earl of
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But wait, we can't have a So, please
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the one, the only Mickey Mouse.
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>> Wonderful. So, let's step up here, and
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let's perhaps grab a photo.
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Jason, I'll pass these over to you.
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All right. I think this is a momentous
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occasion, so can we get a drum roll?
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>> Thank you all for being here today. We
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appreciate it greatly and have a
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wonderful rest of your day.
