Abandoned - Disney's Legendary Years Resort
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- čas přidán 4. 04. 2019
- Back in the early 2000's, Walt Disney World had a tough decision on their hands with a brand new value resort they had been building. One that left the delay of Disney's Pop Century Resort, and abandoned the entire other half of the hotel, never to be finished. Leaving abandoned towers across the lake, with their fate uncertain. This is the Legendary Years Resort.
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My family stayed at Pop Century in 2006. Me and my younger brother went walking around the lake one night and wandered around the vacant buildings. It was real strange to be in what felt like an overgrown wasteland just to look back across the lake to the pop century all lit up with its colorful lights. We eventually had to avoid the security guard doing rounds and head back but it’s a great memory I have from that Disney trip.
“One of the most devastating tourism crashes in history”. Little did we know a year later covid would literally shut down the whole world
Not the whole world exactly but a good chunk of it.
The tourism crash he was talking about was in the early 2000's... 16/17 years ago...
Okoro 9/11
@@tiffprendergast yes, I'm well aware.
@@Pikachu2Ash it was literally the whole world in March-April
Fun Fact: the art of animation's main pool has underwater speakers, so you can listen to Disney music while you swim!
Epiiiiiiiiiiicccccccc!!!!!!!!
That is so cool😍
Well.... mostly it’s just random country music for some reason 😂😂😂. I was in there for an hour and there was about 7 country songs that aren’t from Disney movies or shorts.
How many people rise up out of the water to match "Part of your World"?
Jackson Education ya it’s so cool
When you hear the years "2000" and "open in 2002" you already know what's going to happen.
Yeah, after 9/11 and the subsequent recession, tons of projects were cancelled or abandoned.
DC makes no sense why they would do that
@@jdizzle7249 I mean the reason they were postponed makes sense- no one would come. Some were resumed (like the opening of pop century) but outright cancellation could be anything from a better idea or disinterest in a current one, or just a pernament lack of funding.
Evan [REDACTED] thats what im saying bro lol they cancel a whole project and waste money but in a way i guess they didnt in the end cause they still built the park
@@jdizzle7249 Better to cancel it and cut your losses sometimes rather than pour more money into finishing something that isn't going to be successful.
Nice to see you getting back into abandoned Disney/amusement park stuff
He needs to go back to Discovery Island
Yes, he hasn’t... ABANDONDED it!
Nice to see you getting back into abandoned Disney/amusement park stuff
@@themusicguy2879 nice to see that you can copy and paste someone else's comment
Nice to see this
Tacky? I'd die to have a grand piano shaped swimming pool lol
Elton John has one, so they have to be coo!
@@haileyshannon7548 Frank Sinatra had one and Liberace had one, too.
Hes talking about the façade and the interior of the rooms. They are hideous.
@@UnchainedAmerica - That's your opinion.
@@UnchainedAmerica It's obviously geared more to a kid's taste and aesthetic, not an adult's. All of the value resorts are like that. You also have to think about the timeframe in which they were built as well (a little...a lot dated!) You have to step up to the moderate resorts to start seeing a level of sophistication.
2001: one of the most devastating tourism crashes in history.
2020: hold mi pandemic.
It’s cool that they reused some of the abandoned buildings for the Art of Animation resort. How they turned an abandoned resort into a thriving and popular resort to stay at. Although I like AoA, I wish Legendary Years opened. I love Monopoly so it would be nice to see a giant Monopoly board since I’ve been to all the streets on the board in Atlantic City. It would’ve been interesting to see how they would do the 40s and 30s. How would they incorporate the Great Depression...into a hotel room
I agree
Honestly they probably just did that to save money lol
Avery Lopez-Baines BOT
How is this a day old?
Right
They actually made the right business move
Christian Thomas yeah
Disney? Economy? Seriously, though, I do remember this. It's always fascinating to hear even companies like Disney have to scrap and redo plans
Joshua Ayres relative economy... only
They didn't know 911 was going to happen !
When it opened you could stay there for $50-$75 a night. Now it is really expensive.
Joshua Ayres We’ve stayed at the Disney Aluni in Hawaii, a double hit, first everything is automatically more expensive in Hawaii, second everything is even more expensive at Disney resort. We carried one suitcase with groceries from the mainland
if you have ever stayed at WDW and then stayed at one of these properties you would understand. There is no comparison.
Wow, I stayed at the Art of Animation section with my family about 10 years ago, had no idea those buildings were abandoned for so long before that
Sadly the Legendary Resort sounds like a place I would had liked to stay I love early 1900's to 40's designs.
Universal Florida has a 40s-60s themed hotel.
I think you're ascribing too much artistic value to the budget hotels. The decor would be less art deco and more that giant Monopoly board.
Me too. It too bad that disney couldn't finish on what they had out.
same
I would love to stay in an early 1900 hotel because that’s my favorite era lol
The remodel of the rooms of the Pop Century is really nice. It felt modern with bits of mickey here and there.
I watched this, then one of your earlier videos. You've made HUGE improvements in that time! You are still casual and friendly but give a ton of brilliant information and visuals. You've gained a subscriber. I'm glad you stuck with this concept and really made it work. Great job!
Pop Century is my favorite resort at Disney and I really enjoy the history of it. I love when you re-do some of your earlier videos that were a little less than perfect. You have grown and improved so much since the beginning. I am a big fan of your work and listen to it often. I know you can not re-do all your earlier videos however I hope there will be others ones like this one and Discovery Island(my favorite).
We stayed in Pop Century in 2005 in one of the end buildings facing the legendary year buildings. I can remember being taken back by the eery empty buildings but never knew the whole story behind them. You could tell they had just given up on them. It made me a little sad.
I stayed there around that time when I was much younger. I remember seeing those but just thought they were still building them.
exact same story, we went to croos the lake but we're called back to the room and never got to see up close. always wanted to see the abandoned resort
SAME
In the old photos, they kind of look like a smaller version of Prora, which, well, wouldn't be the absolute strangest resort concept Disney's ever gone with.
This came up on my recommendation page quickly. Nicely done YT algorithm.
bless.
@@BrightSunFilms Hello
Well I saw this because I’m in the NoTiFiCaTiOn SqUaD.
Bright Sun Films
5 hours ago
bless.
Well I saw this because I’m in the NoTiFiCaTiOn SqUaD.
I've been a fan since the first Abandoned and it's crazy to see you're already at Ep 45! Your original videos were NEVER bad but you've definitely improved your skills over time. Stoked for another 45 epic vids.
I watched your original video on this and loved it so much! thank you very much for a re-doing it or adding any additional information. love what you do so much!
Walt Disney considered the years 1933-1945 to be quite legendary.
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only og's will remember when brightsungaming not films made this
That’s what I was thinking! I could have sworn he did this one already.
I was starting to think 'Wait. Did I see this on Defunctland? That doesn't sound right, but I know I've seen this somewhere before.'
I remember making that video in like 4 days in the basement of my parents house... Hopefully this version is better.
wow I forgot he used to be called that... oof
Bright Sun Films the original will always be the best
the legendary years would have been amazing i really wish it would have been completed
Not to get off subject or disrespect or anything but visiting Disney during The Great Recession was the best time to go for us. Minimum lines and hotel prices were affordable af
there’s free birthday admissions so that’s great
Your storytelling continues to improve...looking forward to the next one!
Says "literally" a bit too often
Art of Animation is a fantastic resort. My family and I stayed there for 2 weeks back in 2016, I was 21 and my sister 19 with our parents and we all loved it. It was one of the best resorts we've ever stayed at and created the best memories of any Disney trip we've ever done. I have to strongly disagree that the rooms are tacky. They are so well thought out and there is no detail missed, to a true Disnerd this is what we live for in a Disney Vacation.
It is. I was just staying there this week until Thursday!
Anyone remember the song from 1973/74 that's was played at WDW resorts...polynesian, and contemporary at the time. On the WDW TV station they repeated the comercial w a lady in blue, families behind her..they sang a jingle..that repeated walt disney world? I would love to find it.
This is a very good re-do. When compared to the earlier one, it goes to show how much this channel has improved. And how much talent and potential you have. This is definitely one of the quality channels on CZcams. CONGRATULATIONS and keep it up!
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How interesting! I actually stayed in the art of animation little mermaid resort the first year it opened! I had no idea it had this background! Thank you!
I ended up going to WDW in November 2001, 2 months after 9/11. Round trip from New York York was $125, and hotels in Downtown Disney were $25/ night!
Unbelievable.
Whoa! You should've stayed for a month, lol.
That’s crazy! 😮
@@thisismysea Lol, imagine!? (Annnnd I had a season pass already so the trip cost me almost nothing for the week)
Wow.
So terrorism actually did have some benefits.
It's great to see the place come back to life. I love learning about abandoned places but it's always a little saddening when it just slowly dies away instead of being revived
Your first video of the legendary years was the video that got me hooked to your abandoned series
A 1920s themed resort sounds fire. Art deco everywhere, swing music playing throughout the resort, old cars placed throughout, and food offerings that served food that was popular at the time. Sounds great.
Maybe they could have used the buildings to house their employees so that the employees don't have to sleep in their cars?
That's not such a bad idea. They'd probably need to be totally renovated and made suitable again. But definitely possible.
It wouldn't be free for staff, but it could be greatly reduced prices for staff. It's not making ANY money atm so even $20 a night would be great for both sides.
Kind of like a a cruise ship where the crew live onboard in the lower decks. This hotel would be far more spacious of course.
This is America dammit, we don't care about employees.
@@tampabaybuccaneersfan7904
Oh ok, I'm not American so I'm not sure if you're serious or not. I know restaurant staff (and a lot of other jobs?) have to rely on tips too. I guess that's where the great customer service comes from (more smiles - more tips) and you can get fired on the spot for no reason? Loads more that I can't remember now.
They are not employees, they are called Cast Members
@@dustin9035 They are employees.
Disney chooses to call them 'cast members' but anyone who works for a company, and gets paid for it, is an employee of that company.
They can be called anything they want, but they are still employees.
Could not have been a better day. Just watched The Grand Tour and now another Bright Sun Films video!....ahhhhhhh
Great special huh!
@@BrightSunFilms Best one.
the remake is very informative. i'd never even heard of this resort.
I love how much research you do for each video! Way to go, Jake
It’s nice to see Old Key West represented once in a while on youtube videos I see, always feels like the ‘forgotten’ resort despite being a good resort room wise.
I remember staying at the Pop Century in spring of 2004 as a kid. I think we were in the 70s building. The decor is extremely tacky and gaudy, but for a kid it was quite the experience. There was the big wheel of course and the bowling pin and rubik's cube. I remember waking up early every day and seeing the workers hosing off the concrete and how fresh everything seemed. It's crazy to think that we stayed there only a few months after they opened it.
I also remember looking across the pond and being confused as what they were supposed to be. My parents explained that they were the other buildings to complete the other decades for the resort. It's interesting that they revived partially complete buildings and went in a different direction.
Tacky and gaudy ? It sure beats the heck out of the generic decor of some of the other WDW resort hotels.
I mean, 1970s design isn't really that great
I learned more in this 11 minute video than I have in 4 middle school semesters
In 2005 when I was 11 my family went to Disney and we stayed at Pop Century. I loved watching the original as well as this one and found it interesting! Brought back memories as well. ☺️
Egads! First, a Disney vacation sounds like a nightmare. Doing it on a budget in "value" accommodations surrounded by other "value-oriented" travelers sounds even worse.
Amen. Spot on!
A Disney vacation is hardly a nightmare.
Amazing how wrong one post can actually be.
@@Sockimus I agree. Denise got it wrong when she said "A Disney vacation is hardly a nightmare."
Disney's projects..
please never stop making videos
Would you be interested in doing the abandoned wizard of oz theme park in north carolina? I just found this channel last night and have been watching it all day. I love abandoned places and this is the first channel that chose an engaging narrative rather than a creepy one
I absolutely loved the first video on the Legendary Years Resort. I am glad that you made an updated video. Thank you! I am a big fan of your videos!
Remdmber watchinh this when you first released it. Today i just returned from a family trip with my girlfriend where we stayed at art of animation. Was cool to stay there knowing the histiry of the buildings. Thanks for making all these videos
"What's up guys my name is Jake and welcome to abandoned episode...." Is the best intro ever!
Ummmm.......o.......k
Our family stayed at Fort Wilderness in 1972, I think...I remember being so impressed as a kid that the bathrooms had A/C haha
Great video Jake! Your stuff is so well thought out.
In 2019 I stayed in the 70’s portion of the legendary years resort, I never saw the abandoned parts really, only a slight glance, but I thought nothing of it.
Classic Years*
I remember staying at pop century and seeing the abandoned part of the hotel, it was so creepy !
I stay at Art of Animation every time I go, it’s awesome.
You do such a great job exposing and explaining the history of all of these abandoned places! I’ve watched them all! Great job brother!
Stayed in the all star with the giant foosball outside our door. awesome experience. Still have my green goofy cup from that time in 2012!
I love this series, and I'm wondering how open you'd be to looking at "abandoned" online companies. Specifically, I'm curious about what happened with Xanga since it used to be so popular. There's still a website there, and the last post is from the company talking about Xanga 2.0 -- but that was in February of 2015. I bet a lot of your viewers remember Xanga from their angsty youth. :D Might be an interesting spin on this series (even though I'll never tire of abandoned brick and mortar places)!
I love Art of Animation, but I wish they had finished The Legendary Years.
Hanskah me too
You're just getting better and better. Well done. FYI, in Phoenix Arizona, right through I10 and the heart of downtown, under the tunnel is AN ABANDONED mall structure and bus terminal that was never finished due to budget cuts. The main structure is there with even the entrance tunnels along the main tunnel blocked off. Everybody drives by it every single day but hardly know what's under their car. Check that out. It's really badass. Plus the underground bowling alley and old bars still...underground in Phoenix...
Love this topic! Thanks for updating!
I can watch this over and over again!
Love the Abandoned videos! But, it always makes me want to go out and explore abandon places! Can't wait for more videos!! 😄😄😄
What a crazy story. I’m glad it has a positive outcome! It’d be weird to stay in a room that had been abandoned for a decade.
If you remake anymore videos, I would really like to see you remake the Wonders of Life video.
Same! =D
I was disappointed that he never mentioned Cranium Command in his original video. I honestly remembered more about that show than Body Wars.
@@sablelioness yeah.
Can you re-do your Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans video?? That's my FAVORITE video of yours, and I'd love to see it redone since you've come so far since then!
Stay tuned on twitter. Some huge announcements are coming with that topic...
A suggestion for another video: the abandoned Flintstones Campgrounds in Williams, Arizona :D
Fantastic. I worked at Disney from 2007-2010 and had no idea! This was fascinating!
Love these videos man! Thanks for posting!
It's amazing the speed that Disney pulls off major building projects. The government can not even begin to struggle at the thought of an infrastructure bill, and lots of projects get held up in years of hell and overruns like the Big Dig and the leaning San Francisco tower and that California rail project that ate its funding and cancelled everything, then you look at Disney with its top down control of construction, able to change plans on a whim.
compaq deskpro remember this is Florida, they don’t take time off for winter. The government infrastructure around the highways and the tourism center is like laser directed. The know where the money comes from and they want the tourists to get their as quickly and painlessly as possible. As you travel on the highways inside the giant welcome signs the highway work that is constantly be changed is done on Disney’s dime often with Disney construction crews. Any they work fast. It’s true if Disney took over our Government it would run like a clock!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@XXX-qk2cq Bob Iger 2020
Wow. I used to work at one of Disney's value resorts (All Star Movies) and I didn't even know about this. Great video!
Excellent and informative as always.
While I was watching this and you mentioned the Disney’s art of animation resort I stopped mid chew. I WAS ACTUALLY THERE, and as soon as a I saw the little mermaid pool, I already had my mouth open. It’s so cool to know what happened on that land before that!
Could you do another amusement park that is abandoned
Yeah, like Boblo Island in Canada!
Six Flags New Orleans
There were a few in MD that were abandoned such as The Enchanted Forest
@@kylev.1163 He already did new orleans foo
We have Loudoun Castle in Scotland which is a totally abandoned theme park near Glasgow!
What a amazing report. The footage was extraordinary.
I get SO excited when you upload a new video. Time to kick back and relax. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the videos Jake. I'm almost 36, and I am reminded of a lot of stuff from my youth.
I enjoy this "Update" style of content thanks
BSF has the best documentaries 👌
Bloody love this - another cracking video from BSF
First time I've seen an abandoned place comeback to life
Those abandoned hotels would make an excellent opportunity to convert the rooms into affordable apartments for the workers in Disneyworld... BUT that would be treating the workers at their theme park with too much dignity and the Disney executives are not gonna have that.
Why would they need to provide housing?
Well, the employees who work for these theme parks don't get paid much. They have to drive long distances (at the cost of gas, toll, and parking). Now if these people had the option for a place nearby to stay especially so close to work they wouldn't have to have these problems. This was particularly an issue a decade ago when the city of Anaheim, California was going to construct cheap affordable apartments near Disneyland which was geared for the workers in Disneyland... but guess who stopped that? Disney corporation. They successfully lobbied for the city to stop its construction because they were afraid it would sully the image of "The Happiest Place on Earth" and continue to screw over its workers.
@@darksideofthemoon488 What would happen if you were fired? We already tie so much to our employer (ie healthcare) that I can't imagine becoming MORE reliant on a corporation for my well-being as a wise decision.
@@Mike-ye9uh actually as part of the benefits package like many other things such as Medical and Dental some companies that offer it still offer it even after termination if the employee was "laid-off", but however the employee was terminated for reasons like getting fired for some work performance issue like stealing, yeah. They would be exited off the property.
Actually, a lot of people who work in the parks live rather close. And as far as I know, people on the college program are provided housing.
It’s cool that Disney is like your most talked about in the channel
So I live in Raleigh, North Carolina and I've always heard of some sort of castle north of Durham, never believed it existed. Well it actually does exist and it turns out it is abandoned. I don't know a whole lot of the history behind the place, but it has amazing architecture, and I'm sure it'll make for a fascinating video!
I cannot believe how much this channel has grown !
We did a family trip to disney in dec 2001. My parents still talk about how empty it was. Had a very similar experience when we did our honeymoon there days after irma
We had a family trip to WdW a month after 9/11. It was something of a BizarroWorld experience as we were able to walk onto rides like Tower Of Terror and Rock And Roll Rollercoaster, but had to wait 45 minutes for Dumbo.
Do "Abandoned - Harry Potter on the Dursley's doorstep"
Bartholomew Dan I don’t even know what that is but I’m in
Reenactment with Brennan as Hagrid
In my fictional world, this place never gets abandoned and still successful
Another fantastic video. Keep up the great work.
And now they are getting Gondolas!
This was one of my first abandoned videos, thank you for redoing it so many years later
Excellent job on this man, I remember your old video.
Loved it then, and still love this topic so much now. Thank you for all your work.
I look forward to new videos from you. I'm glad I happened upon them a few months back. You do an amazing job!
I'm amazed that no one said "wait a minute, these ideas suck".
Wait a minute, these ideas suck.
Wow this brought back a flood of memories from when I stayed at all star sports when I was like 6 years old.
I heard "Legendary Ears" and now I can't unhear it.
This videos are great. I like how you go into their financials so you can present exactly what happened to these companies
Keep up the great work!
I stayed in the Nemo room 💁🏼♀️
Another great production, Jake. These revisits are awesome
I still remember the legendary buildings hidden in the distance. never knew about them then, so its neat to hear about it now.
Been with you since around episode 9 but I've watched them all. I must say you've been humble and willing to learn and it shows! The content you release has steadily improved with each episode and is to a point now where I can't tell much difference between your editing/narration and that of a fancy Netflix documentary. Very impressed! Keep up the awesome work!
I remember staying at pop century after it opened and always wondered what was up with the abandoned legendary years hotel. I never knew that pop century was abandoned for a while, so weird to think about an entire Disney hotel (that was almost done) just sitting there. I’m not the biggest fan of pop century but art of animation is not good either 😆 You’re right, those rooms are pretty ugly lol. Would have been interesting to see the legendary years. I wonder what happened to the props 🤔 most likely thrown out lol. Great video man!! It’s always cool when people revisit old video subjects 😃
Our 8th grade class stayed in all stars sports resort
Great review and history. Thank you.
Thanks for posting this, took me down memory lane. Worked at Pop Century in 2008. Use to look over at the legendary years with curiosity and amazement.