Saying Goodbye To Unusual Theme Park Grocery Store / Final Days Before Its Gone Forever
A visit to Kissimmee Florida to check out the former Splendid China themed grocery store which is closing this week . Not much left inside as far as merchandise goes but all the fixtures , characters and buildings remain for now . Goodbye to this hidden central Florida gem .
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here
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today's adventure brings us to CMI
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Florida this grocery store behind me has
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been open for a couple decades but is
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closing its doors in the very near
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future I'm going to go check out what's
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inside it's very
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unusual let's get in there join me shall
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you and when I say unusual I'm referring
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to the fact that it still exists so long
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after the theme park Splendid China was
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located directly behind it closed you
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can see the banner stated bold lettering
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right there the date they're giving is
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March 25th but as you walk inside you
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will realize that it probably isn't even
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going to last that long there is
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virtually nothing left in here a little
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display stand there and some shopping
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carts strewn around probably a half
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dozen or so tucked away in this corner
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for current use a small handful of
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helium balloons are left 75%
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off only probably six or so right there
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on that display and there's the
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helium over there in the far right
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corner you can just imagine the
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excitement when this place first open
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with the theme park in the neighborhood
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notice a few customers in here getting
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uh some last minute deals before
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everything is said and done I honestly
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have to wonder what's going to happen to
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the the mannequins up on that railing
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and I did hear a rumor at one point
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there were koi fish in this little
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wraparound Pond area this particular
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structure was used as a magazine stand
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there's a couple books left and there
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against the far right wall left wall is
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empty even the water and soda machines
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bear nothing of substance just
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completely empty 95% off rack completely
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bare and only a few things left where
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you going to go panda bear now that it's
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all said and done and the crowds have
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gone completely by by the wayside check
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this out it was a boat it's not laying
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down it's standing up on its side now
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the theming in here is rather amazing
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even above the lettuce racks try to get
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a far away wide shot from this
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perspective of the store this is not the
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normal kind of stuff you see below a
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roof line in most grocery
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stores not a so back there cutting any
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meat still have their security system
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operational however that's me right
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there hello brief Glimpse down aisle
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number one potato chips and
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pretzels all gobbled up will this place
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be bulldozed after it's gone like what
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will happen to the whole property in the
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premises who knows the lighting above me
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and on the walls is very unique very
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unique indeed from the opposite angle of
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the store I have to say I may just give
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this as its last day the really I don't
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even know how they're going to last out
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the rest of the week virtually nothing
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in here notice the Ved ceilings they go
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way up they're probably about 25 30 ft
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tall I'd say by panning down from the
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ground upward some 2 L of Coca-Cola and
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Sprite down there I
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believe not many but a few coconut milk
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creamer sour cherry spread and even real
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coconuts
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if you're so heart desires if they end
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up auctioning any of this off I want
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that panda bear for real I I kind of
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want that panda bear greeting cards in
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full effect they might not have the
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occasion you need but there are some
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greeting cards this was a very impulsive
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non-planned video idea I was driving by
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I heard a rumor that it was closing saw
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that it was soon and popped in glad I
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did because obviously it is kind of a
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different subject matter than you've
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come to expect from me but we're
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documenting the path
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that's for sure already started to rip
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out some of the shelving next to the
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beer cave cooler says please walk
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in all right I'm going
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in woo it's chil chilly in here
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I worked in grocery stores for a good
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portion of my retail career and a lot of
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those hours were spent inside milk and
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dairy coolers brings back some
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memories I don't have a jacket on though
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so I'm going to go back out into the
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normal store elements pretty fantastic
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Decor look at the pots down there with
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the
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plants very ornate not a bad deal on
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some of these items
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for sure people have fully rans sacked
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these bins oh yeah they're eliminated
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maybe I should Dy my hair what what
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color though what what color should I
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change it you know I'm not going to I'm
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just asking a hypothetical made to
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resemble bamboo up top here it's not
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bamboo it's really like some steel but
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it gives the essence of bamboo hanging
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from that this might be the silverest
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peg board I've ever seen it's like the
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Terminator peg board that's right
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come on for whatever reason bug spray
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still holding strong you think it would
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be gone by now for that price being here
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in Florida there's a lot of mosquitoes
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red ants and roaches come stock up on
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that now it didn't technically say it on
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the sign out front said Marketplace but
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was this once a wind Dixie maybe the
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radio is kind of blaring but it doesn't
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even sound normal it's so echoey in
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here just kind of gives it a weird
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Distortion of source because there's
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nothing for it to bounce off of I don't
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even know if that's scientifically
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possible or proven I just made it up off
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the top of my head get your last sip of
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water wet your whistle one last go round
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ooh there's a popsicle maker next to
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that kind of sort of unicorn thing and
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some Dino World puzzle pieces
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glow-in-the dark nice something called
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an apple Splendor broom never heard of
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that before here's a prettyy good shot
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of the closed registers and the little
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vestibule in the background it's kind of
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sad to see this place go so very unique
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and different than most shopping center
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places I mean think about it how many
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times does this view greet you when you
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walk in a store anywhere in the Orlando
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area with a gargantuan roof line like
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none other this building's
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tall very tall goodbye awesome grocery
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store you served your purpose you served
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your purpose
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well yes one day when this is nothing
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more than an apartment complex we can
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look back and say we were here if you're
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in this neck of the woods and would like
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to see this with your own eyes before
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it's eternally finished it's located in
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CMI Florida the marketplace food Bakery
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Supermarket come check it out while
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they're still talk time you'll also
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notice this entire shopping center was
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built around the same time frame as that
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former theme park Splendid China that
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was behind it this is kind of the last
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Harrah when it comes to architecture of
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that bygone era saying goodbye that's
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going to do it for today if you're new
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Vlog is over had a pretty nice
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exterior these palm trees out front
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waving in the
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breeze another cart Corral goes into
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early retirement