- [Brian] Eight hours until install time,
and of course a big snow storm.
Go figure.
(traffic whooshing)
Alright guys, it's 6:30 in the morning.
Hour and a half until two 53-foot trucks
show up at the building to unload.
The snow has stopped, I'm heading off,
I'm excited, I'm nervous.
Lori, how you feeling?
- Ready to get this day going.
- Let's go.
I'm going to go get Stuart, meet up with the rest
of the install crew and...
Oh my gosh, guys, today it's here,
I mean, it seems unreal,
so let's just go ahead and get this day on the road.
(upbeat electronic music)
And we're here, guys.
It is gonna happen.
(laughs)
This is crazy.
Stuart's here, couple other friends are here.
Everyone that's helping out with the install crew.
It's on its way soon.
And this place is going to look completely different
in just a handful of hours.
(sighs)
Deep breaths man, I can't even express.
For whatever reason,
today feels more emotional than the first one.
I'm not sure why,
but it's just crazy.
I mean, I don't know what it's about,
but I'm freaking out, but in a good way.
Let's do this, let's get it going.
Truck should be here in about a half hour.
(thump)
(engine starts)
Last time, if you remember, the forklift actually got stuck,
now it's in a bunch of snow.
Let's hope for the best guys.
(engine roars)
(snow crunching)
(upbeat electronic music)
(metal clanking)
- [Stuart] Wish mine slid like that at home!
(upbeat electronic music)
(truck brakes)
(passing cars drown out speaker)
- So, the truck is here.
We're about to see.
Let's hope there's not a bunch of little pieces in there.
Hey, how are you man, how are you?
Thank you.
(car engines drown out dialogue)
- This is the one that's not loaded so much, the first one,
so this is the best one to get at the moment.
- [Brian] The anaconda cage looks like it's still intact,
so that's good.
- Yep.
- [Brain] Alright so...
Hey guys, we can just start unloading all these panels,
if you guys want.
(upbeat electronic music)
Alright guys, we are gonna go in.
I gotta take this door out real quick.
Should just pop off, so let's hope.
(drill drowns out speaker)
Yeah, just the furthest one up, yeah.
Okay, got it?
Hold it!
- [Worker] Yup, okay, good, good, good.
(clanking)
- [Worker] Hey, hey, hey!
- [Brian] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [Stuart] I think it's comin'.
(upbeat electronic music)
- Well, first enclosure inside, of course,
the front of the anaconda tank, literally,
remember about that measurement thing?
Yeah, it was like this close to not fitting in the building.
That would have been a disaster.
Let's hope everything else fits a little bit better.
(upbeat electronic music)
(beeping)
(workers grunting and speaking over each other)
- [Worker] Okay, now we're good!
- [Worker] Cleared?
- Yeah.
- [Men] Oh!
(music drowns out speakers)
(grunting)
(metal snapping)
- [Workers] Oof!
- Well, I guess the measurements are wrong, guys.
(multiple speakers at once)
- [Worker] Slide it right onto that.
- So what we're gonna have to do is,
instead of dolleying it in,
we're just going to have to push it in on the actual...
(workers speaking drown out Brian)
Not ideal, but there's nothing we can do.
(laughter)
- [Brian] Are you guys okay?
- [Stuart] Yep, all good.
(wood scraping)
Keep going.
- [Lori] That's how Brian does it.
(laughter)
- Just squeezin' by. - To the millimeter.
- [Worker] Woo!
(applause)
(upbeat electronic music)
- [Workers] One, two, three!
- Obviously, we gotta work on getting stuff in the door.
Truck's gonna be here in ten minutes.
Within ten minutes.
So..
- Gotta use tracks.
- Alright, I don't know anything about it, but--
- You put them on the ground and roll.
- Oh!
That's how they built the pyramids.
So the idea is this, going forward,
is let's move the right cages in at the right time.
It was supposed to go like this,
this cage, that cage, that cage, that cage, then that cage.
But now we can't get the pallet jack in over here.
Now, we're going to fight with that one.
So rather than working twice as hard to do,
because now we're going to have to lift that cage,
so rather than lifting, we could have pallet-jacked it in,
now we can't.
(truck engine roars)
(electronic music)
- I feel like I need the crossing guard stop sign,
"Okay, all the van guys, just hold on."
(electronic music)
- [Brian] Here we go!
- [Worker] Cut it more, he's got to cut it more!
Whoa whoa!
- [Brian] Hold on!
- [Cameraman] This dude.
- What is going on?
This truck driver, I guarantee you,
has never driven before.
No, there, bye!
We'll see you later!
(laughter)
- [Cameraman] This is try number three.
- Oh, yes.
First off, he was down the street for 15 minutes,
saying he was at another place, saying he was here,
then when he finally figured out it wasn't,
I had to go get him, and now it's been about a half hour
just watching this guy trying to park this truck.
First guy was in, one shot!
- [Worker] One shot.
- Oh well, it's the way it is.
Let's keep going.
You guys sent it a little too hard, boys.
- [Worker] Hey, whoa!
(giggling)
(upbeat electronic music)
(laughter)
- [Brian] Don't kill yourself, man.
I forgot to pay my insurance last month, man.
(laughter)
- [Cameraman] Wait, you have insurance?
- No, no I don't.
(laughter)
It's going inside.
(power tools running)
- [Cameraman] I miss you man!
- To you.
I'll be back.
- [Brian] Ready?
- [Worker] That's it, alright.
- [Brian] You want to give me a quick measurement?
(drill whirs)
- [Brian] Thanks guys.
- [Worker] Hey!
(power tools running)
(power tools drown out speakers)
(upbeat electronic music)
- [Brian] Let me come up on it!
- [Worker] Little higher.
- [Brian] We're not going to make it.
- [Worker] Man!
(power tools running)
- [Brian] Alright guys, we're just going to push it in.
So we've got to drift up and push on in.
Okay, slow, slow, slow, slow.
Literally, I spent the last month
planning every move that we're going to make.
Not one bit of it worked.
Not one bit, not one bit.
It just completely--
I never am going to plan again, because it didn't work out,
so, but we're going to make it work.
We're going to make it work.
(upbeat electronic music)
(power drill screeches)
(laughter)
- [Worker] Yes sir.
- Let's do...
(electronic music)
- So we actually have to put the heat panel here,
these fiber glass heat panels on.
We don't have enough room inside,
we didn't realize we didn't have the height.
We were a little bit off on that,
so we actually have to lift this up now,
that we can secure the panel out here,
and then take it in.
And I don't know if that's going to be enough.
I think I might be in trouble.
(laughter)
(outside noises drown out dialogue)
- [Cameraman] Don't kill me, I need to see this done.
- Yeah as soon as it's done, I don't care if I die.
Just let me get it done first.
(power drill screeching)
(upbeat electronic music)
- [Worker] Alright, ready when you are!
(upbeat electronic music)
(multiple men speaking)
- [Brian] Stop!
Let me get out of here,
let me get out of here and this side down, guys!
Good, slower.
Slow down!
Left side needs to push first!
(power drill screeching)
(upbeat electronic music)
(laughter)
- I tried to end it,
but he wouldn't let the cage fall on me.
- I'm still pretty stressed, I'll be honest with you.
Not quite halfway done, something like that.
It's going really well.
Everyone is doing an amazing job helping.
I can't thank them enough for coming out.
But, my stomach is in knots right now,
just the stress of it all.
I'll be...
I think we have about three hours left
before I'll be able to breathe a little bit,
but it's...
(sighs)
It's coming together, slowly but surely.
A lot of mis-planning on my part,
so I'll take the heat for that one.
(engine roars)
(men speaking)
(upbeat electronic music)
(sigh)
- All in all it's going pretty smooth.
Stressful, but..
- [Cameraman] Gonna make it work?
(laughter)
- I just literally was looking around going,
okay, are all the cages in?
And I walked outside and I went, oh no.
There's a lot outside.
- Dude, it's insane.
I can't believe the turnout of people, man.
This is awesome, it's like a little army.
I feel bad that I'm not doing anything,
but every time you look over, it's just like--
- [Cameraman] You don't feel that bad.
- No, I don't.
It's pretty sweet.
- [Cameraman] It's pretty cool.
- It's really exciting, though.
- [Cameraman] What's your favorite so far?
- Don't make me choose, man.
Probably...
It's between the turtle pond, I know that sounds weird,
I just can't wait to see all those little turtles in there,
and Salt and Pepper's cage is going to be really cool.
Look at that thing, here.
It's insane!
(smooth electronic beat)
- Ah man, this is so cool.
- [Cameraman] It's cool, what's your favorite?
- So, honestly, well, I'm a little biased.
Oh my god, look, I mean, like you said,
this will be a great spot for him to lay out,
something he can come down to.
This is just a beautifully done cage.
I couldn't be more impressed about this.
Stuart did such a...
Wow, there's just no words for it.
Look at this thing.
- So, the first aisle is completely in,
and guys I realize when you see the wood and the foam,
it doesn't look as cool.
This is going to be rocked out.
There's going to be trees,
it's all going to look so cool.
So, when it's all together,
it's going to look so much better than it does,
that's it, the first aisle is in.
(wood hits the floor)
Now we're working on the center aisle.
(laughter)
(buzzer sound)
Two people outside moving the braces,
to center them in the middle.
We're going to move back my way two inches,
towards the alligator tank, okay?
Go!
(buzzer noise drowns out speaking)
(laughing)
- [Cameraman] What?
Whatcha' thinking?
Take me through the mind of Lori, real quick.
(laughter)
I'll sensor it! It's fine, I can put beeps.
- It's a deep dark tunnel I can't take you down.
(laughter)
- [Cameraman] This is madness, man.
- Yeah.
- [Cameraman] Absolute madness.
- Hopefully, nobody dies.
(laughter)
- [Man] Three, two, one, up!
- [Cameraman] We'll see.
- [Brian] Well now we're way out of wack.
- The amount of strokes I'm having.
(giggles)
- Alright, so this is the part
that I was super excited about.
It's time to start taking the wall down.
Now we're not ready to take the foam out yet.
I have been so waiting for this moment.
We're going to take all the fake rock on this side down,
that way the other side, as soon as we get in,
and close the doors, get the heat up,
so that we're obviously not getting cold air in here,
we can actually bust this wall in,
and The Reptarium will be open forever.
(smooth electronic beat)
- This way guys, all the way over.
All the way over. Right on the stand.
Alright, door is back on, the heat is up.
We're cranking the heat up.
As soon as the heat is good enough, that wall comes out.
I am super stoked.
This is the moment that I was kinda waiting for,
but now all the enclosures are in.
We have a lot of work left,
but it is coming together really amazing,
and this wall is about to come down.
- Alright guys, it is time to open up the wall.
First off, I want to thank every single person here.
You guys are amazing.
Without you, we wouldn't do this.
I'm sorry I was stressed out all day.
We're going to open this wall up.
You guys are going to see it along with us,
so I'm super excited to have you guys,
so let's go ahead and just do it, alright?
(crashing)
(cheering)
(applause)
(laughing)
Thank you guys, I appreciate it.
Wow.
It's crazy man, oh my gosh.
Now, it's the Reptarium.
It's no longer the Reptarium expansion.
It's now the Reptarium, so thank you guys.
(cheering and applause)
(smooth electronic beat)
- I don't like that laugh Stuart, what was what laugh about?
- That was a scary laugh.
- [Cameraman] It's a scary laugh.
- [Worker] Threading the needle, eh?
- Oh, we really appreciate boundaries, don't we?
- Dude, it's unreal.
It's one thing to, like, talk about it,
and you put the tape on the floor and everything else,
but then when you see it, it's incredible.
It's incredible.
Yeah it's--
When you stand back here and look, it looks so big, but--
- [Cameraman] It's like a Walmart.
It's like a Walmart, except there's nothing cool to buy.
You can only look, you can't touch.
- [Cameraman] There's plushies though, there's plushies.
- That is true, and stickers, but look at that turtle pond,
that turtle pond is the highlight of my life.
- [Cameraman] That seems like that's the most exciting
thing for you.
- I don't know why, yeah!
Why, it's just turtles?
I'm on a turtle kick.
I wish I could've walked Mary through the threshold here.
- My name Jeff.
(music muffles speaking)
- [Man] Down!
- [Brian] Good job, guys!
Good job guys, there you go,
That was awesome.
- [Man] Down!
(power tools screeching)
(multiple people speaking at once)
- [Stuart] Everyone's gonna grab the corners.
We're going to grab here.
Once we just get it on then we, us two, can hop out of here.
Come back, come back.
- Watch your hand.
- Down, everyone, down.
Okay wait, coming out.
(rustling)
- Anaconda cage is in right here.
We're just kind of working on shimming,
we have a little bit of issue with it
just lining up perfectly.
But, we're slowly working it out.
I've got great people working on it,
so it's going to work its way out, I'm sure.
This is the centerpiece I've been talking about
since we started.
And now it's in, and this really gives the idea
of what this place looks like.
Even coming from the Reptarium of old,
you're going to walk around the corner of the turtle pond,
anaconda cage, then over here,
so it's definitely coming together pretty quickly.
Wow, what a crazy day, guys.
It's on, man, the Reptarium is officially expanded.
I mean, we got a lot of work to do,
but thank you for coming along.
I hope that you'll come and join us on March 13th,
the opening weekend.
It's going to be amazing.
I am beyond happy that today didn't go as planned,
but went amazing, and I had some incredible help,
and I can't thank everyone that came out to help us out.
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