Mall Of America is INSANE - Largest In United States With Indoor Theme Park / Log Ride & Pastamania

0:04 welcome everyone ad woo here as the

0:04 recording of This is Thursday June 20th

0:07 2024 I am in a suburb of Minneapolis

0:10 Minnesota by the name of

0:12 Bloomington and I am at the Mall of

0:15 America a triumphantly massive

0:17 impressive and gargantuan mall that is

0:21 thriving some malls are not thriving

0:23 this one is parked over here in the west

0:26 parking structure and I'm going to make

0:28 my way in I have been here one before

0:30 maybe about 7 years ago or so there is a

0:34 log ride in here they used to have Camp

0:35 Snoopy and the log ride was built by the

0:39 same people that did the log ride at

0:41 knottsberry Farm which I really love

0:44 over in wayen Park California Orange

0:46 County California rode the log ride when

0:49 I was here 6 Seven 8 years it's been a

0:52 long

0:53 time don't know if the log ride is

0:55 operational today or if I will even be

0:57 going on it I want to explore a little

0:59 bit bit of the actual mall and not the

1:03 attraction per se and just see what I

1:05 can find join me Mall of America time

1:09 shall you now from the area I parked at

1:12 I ended up walking through the offices

1:14 at Mall of Mo MOA Mall of America and

1:18 went up the elevator and it has dumped

1:20 me out over at the food court which is

1:23 good cuz I could start off here and find

1:25 myself a proper piping hot caffeinated

1:29 bever also known as a toasty coffee

1:32 maybe start using that toasty

1:35 coffee I don't know maybe not now also

1:37 speaking of food court I'm going to be

1:39 talking about a food option with the one

1:41 and only Hulk Hogan they are say my

1:44 favorite wrestler just noal for

1:46 Nostalgia purposes opened here now he

1:49 opened it over where the log ride is it

1:51 was called pasta Mania opened in 1995 of

1:55 course it closed shortly after but I

1:57 want to show where that for all my

1:59 little Maniacs out there I'm kind of

2:01 surprised they didn't have a coffee

2:03 place in the food court they had a BK

2:05 and things like that but there wasn't a

2:09 specific coffee place so take a look

2:11 over here again I did the log ride but

2:15 there is so much more than just the log

2:17 ride there is an adventure golf place

2:19 over here I see a plane dangling from

2:20 the roof I see moose Mountain Adventure

2:24 Golf over there I see a revolving sushi

2:28 bar oh yes you know this has got to

2:31 happen there's a freaking ferris wheel

2:34 in here that is I mean it's like a foot

2:37 away from the railing that holds the air

2:40 conditioner unit up there I mean it's

2:41 like right up against the beams I got to

2:45 do it all right Carlos bake Carlos bake

2:48 shop I see some styrofoam cups over here

2:51 I think they probably do have coffee

2:53 right here look at this Carlos bake shop

2:57 the Associate's actually going to make

2:58 me a fresh fresh cup like a new pot

3:02 while I'm waiting I'm going to look at

3:05 these that I am not going to be eating

3:06 but they have some lobster tails over

3:08 here little classic

3:10 canoli I feel like this is a chain I

3:12 think I've seen Carlos bake shop other

3:14 places too but man look at the all these

3:16 nice delicious

3:21 treats not for me oh they even have the

3:21 black and white cookie just watch the

3:23 Seinfeld episode The other night with

3:25 that one where George has that humongous

3:28 coat he's like you know not cold in it

3:32 and check out Beard Papa I think that

3:34 was that was a song right I love it when

3:35 you call me Beard

3:37 Papa has to be a play it has to be on

3:39 based on that all right it is now

3:41 prepared from Carlos when exploring a

3:45 active and thriving Mall one of the

3:48 few must need some caffeine over there

3:51 you could get a relaxing massage you

3:53 could pop inside Spencers and I think

3:56 the same company down there owns

3:57 Journeys down there on the end I think

4:00 it's there all the

4:01 same also there's also a Amazing Mirror

4:05 Maze over there is dock

4:08 popcorn followed by the Rainbow store

4:12 yeah there's a dockor for popcorn here

4:14 is the alpaca connection and there are a

4:17 lot of little stuffed alpaca is down

4:20 here for $29 you get a tiny alpaca or

4:23 for probably a little more you get a

4:24 large alpaca ooh I can see there's a

4:26 roller coaster over there that's about

4:28 to drop in now this little section down

4:30 here is also where they when Hogan

4:33 announced that he was going to be doing

4:35 the pasta place he had Macho Man Randy

4:38 Savage down here on a stage with him

4:41 right down there in that in that

4:42 particular area now when I was here back

4:45 78 years ago I believe Lou Anderson was

4:48 here doing a thing I think Louis has

4:49 since passed but he was down there doing

4:51 an appearance that happened to be

4:53 walking by yeah Hogan and Macho Man were

4:57 right down there I put a little of my

4:58 own cream and sugar in this and I got to

5:00 say not really feeling that coffee so I

5:02 think I'm going to go to another wasn't

5:05 wasn't too big on that coffee I don't

5:07 know what it was it just something about

5:08 it and she brewed it freshly fresh made

5:11 but it just

5:12 wasn't yeah didn't I'm going to get a oh

5:14 the log ride is working the log ride is

5:17 working over here well I can see the

5:19 water but I don't see a log going by

5:21 yeah this was built by the same people

5:23 that designed the knots Berry Farm log

5:26 ride one of my favorite freaking log

5:27 rides at knots

5:30 this one's good too yeah check out how

5:32 many people showed up for the opening of

5:34 pasta Mania all my little pasta Maniacs

5:37 out there brother here's Jimmy Hart

5:39 right down there on that stage see pasta

5:41 Mania right over there there's Jimmy

5:44 Hart announcing it and there's people on

5:45 all the different levels wanting to see

5:48 Hogan and consume some pasta it was

5:51 short lived but yeah yeah I love that

5:53 there's a freaking coaster in here

5:55 there's roller coasters inside here this

5:58 is now not called called Camp Snoopy

6:00 anymore it's now called Nickelodeon

6:03 Universe right over there I see

6:05 SpongeBob SquarePants this one's about

6:08 to drop in right there this a ride

6:10 vehicle that someone is on is about to

6:12 drop in going along you know now that

6:14 I'm looking at it I think the water is

6:16 on on the log ride oh look over here

6:18 there's a there's another attraction I

6:20 think the water is on on the log ride

6:22 but I don't believe any logs oh look at

6:25 this there's someone here we

6:28 got that is so cool that kind of reminds

6:31 me of Jaguar that almost looks like

6:33 jaguar at knots that is that's totally

6:37 freaking

6:38 Jaguar oh Harry Potter's looking at me

6:41 right there you're a wizard Harry you're

6:44 a wizard the reason I'm going down one

6:45 level is because a beacon of actual good

6:47 coffee around this corner is calling my

6:50 name there's a Duncan right there I'm

6:52 going to go with Duncan can't go wrong

6:54 all right that's more like it that is

6:55 definitely I take took a swig of this

6:57 that is more oh there's actually an

6:58 aquarium down here too as well there's a

7:00 Sea Life Aquarium down on the bottom

7:02 level there's even an M&M store over

7:04 here one for all all for fun there's an

7:07 M&M over in the corner with it AR her

7:09 arms crossed she has the glasses on they

7:12 also have their own version of the

7:14 rainbow tunnel here which is pretty cool

7:16 through there you can walk through the

7:18 rainbow tunnel Epcot used to have a

7:20 rainbow tunnel they got rid of it years

7:22 ago now Eminem has taken the rain M&M's

7:24 has taken the r I'm going in to

7:27 Nickelodeon Universe

7:30 oh look at that thing that right there

7:32 would definitely make you regurgitate

7:34 anything if you did have a breakfast of

7:37 any sort this is this was kind of neat

7:39 it's like the spin around type thing

7:40 it's a coaster but also the thing spins

7:43 around the uh the mild precursor the

7:46 Guardians of the Galaxy it's like uh

7:47 it's like the the precursor now way up

7:50 on the wall is about the area that

7:52 Harmon killabrew hit a home run way back

7:55 in the day in the old Metropolitan

7:57 Stadium where the twins used to play in

7:59 this exact spot and that is the general

8:01 area with those red seats I think as The

8:03 Story Goes he broke or damaged one of

8:05 the seats now either was open or it is

8:08 opening the Mal the Malibu Barbie cafe

8:13 right here I can't tell if it just

8:15 didn't last or if they are preparing for

8:17 it to open doesn't look there's anything

8:19 inside those windows there there's a

8:21 really big SpongeBob staring at me up

8:23 there oh look at these little characters

8:25 and that's also interesting the ferris

8:26 wheel is up on a second level it's not

8:29 on the front the bottom level get on the

8:31 second level and you go on it right up

8:34 there dropping ooh coming

8:43 in this also looks eerily similar on a

8:43 smaller scale of something they have

8:45 over in the boardwalk area at The Bu

8:48 Park fee Park as well a little smaller

8:51 scale but you going have to have it

8:52 indoors but yeah this is kind of the

8:54 same setup right there this is a really

8:57 great that they have this like a theme

8:58 park inside of an active mall I love it

9:01 and who lives in a pineapple under the

9:04 sea well what is underneath the

9:07 pineapple that is under the sea that's

9:09 right the Metropolitan Stadium home

9:12 plate from 1956 to 1981 this is where

9:16 the action happened this is where the

9:18 freaky home plate was think at how much

9:20 stuff happened right here how many games

9:23 how many players iconic moments just

9:27 happened right here this is where the

9:28 freaking home PL was right underneath

9:32 this right next to the

9:34 pineapple and underneath all the

9:37 different

9:38 characters SpongeBob square

9:51 PS pretty freaking cool oh wow that is a

9:51 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles attraction

9:55 right there where you kind of flip

9:56 around you're like flying through the

9:58 air like flying turtles I guess flying

10:01 turtles perhaps they on a flying heroes

10:03 in a half shell that fly through the air

10:07 and spin around like

10:28 thing Turtle Power right there coaster

10:28 power right

10:37 there this place is like a dream world

10:37 of the

10:38 escalator got to head up to the

10:41 top still on a

10:43 mission to find that

10:47 Hogan pasta restaurant pasta

10:55 Mania some Great Clips online too of the

10:55 opening of the Pepsi Cola bottle top

10:57 there the Pepsi Cola load go all the

11:00 coasters off in the distance and look at

11:02 this

11:03 gargantuan thing over here on top of the

11:06 oh it's the LEGO store area or is the

11:08 Lego section down there oh my goodness

11:11 look at all this down here look at all

11:13 the the

11:15 Lego activity happening down on the

11:18 lower

11:30 level I think I the right level to to

11:30 the Hogan's place I think the Hogan's

11:32 place was right over there it wasn't

11:34 called Hogan's place it was called

11:35 pastamania I believe it was right over

11:37 there where that Popeye's Chicken is

11:38 yeah looking at this photo and lining up

11:40 the little guard rails in that Pole

11:42 right there and then also the barn that

11:44 the log ride goes out of you can see the

11:47 awning with Hogan's colors pasta Mania

11:50 over there in the corner which is where

11:52 the papy's chicken is nowadays Popeye's

11:56 Chicken is taken over for all you little

11:58 pasta Manas out pasta Maniacs out there

12:01 now you got to get some popey's chicken

12:04 instead there's the

12:05 barn there's the

12:07 pole here's the lining up of the beams

12:10 and

12:11 there's where past Mania Hogan shop was

12:14 Pop

12:16 Eyes highly encourage you to find any

12:18 clips from the opening of that it is

12:33 yeah you had Hogan inside doing a little

12:33 promo he had a bunch of people watching

12:35 his autograph the announcer went up

12:36 trying to interview

12:38 him right in here the whole facade has

12:41 changed quite a bit it was right back in

12:44 there that's right brother all my little

12:47 pasta Maniacs out there that was the

12:49 inside of the place that tonight's Fair

12:51 had the menu of all the pasta who would

12:54 have ever thought that a pasta place by

12:58 WWE WWF at that time wrestler Hulk Hogan

13:02 wouldn't have worked out who would have

13:04 ever saw that coming yeah I went and did

13:06 a quick little match up to it's not

13:07 completely down to the the the exact

13:10 inch of where I was standing but pretty

13:12 dang close with the railing and the barn

13:14 and all that you see how it was in '95

13:17 when Hogan was here and then you see how

13:19 it is now currently in

13:22 2024 this is the spot right next to the

13:24 log Rod missed that last time I was here

13:27 years ago and afterwards I I saw a clip

13:30 I was like holy cow he opened a freaking

13:33 pasta Quick Service place all I found a

13:35 couple things hul Hogan's pasta Mania

13:38 last said from what I can tell about a

13:40 year they had the grand opening they had

13:42 daily Main Event specials the hulksters

13:45 favorite International pastas from

13:47 around the world featuring mix and match

13:50 create your own pasta platters special

13:52 menu for the little pasta Maniacs out

13:54 there located in South foodport next to

13:56 Daddy's Deli free beverage the purchase

13:59 of a pasta platter with the coupon only

14:01 they also have fat free and lowfat

14:03 specials daily and this is the

14:07 promotional it was on Saturday June 17th

14:10 which what I am assuming was 2000 or not

14:14 2000 but 1995 in the runda from noon to

14:18 3: they were having a grand opening

14:20 pasta challenge that was the one that I

14:23 was showing earlier and look at this

14:26 freaking photo he's holding

14:29 probably some spaghetti or some lasagna

14:31 here got the chef's cap on and he has

14:35 not a Hulk Mania shirt but a pasta Mania

14:38 shirt on in a big bowl of

14:42 pasta it's the greatest freaking thing

14:45 ever and right here is where it

14:49 was you don't if you don't love that

14:52 chicken for Popeyes maybe you love

14:53 Hogan's pasta all right there is a

14:55 Crayola Experience over there and

14:57 there's also a rainbow

14:59 Forest Cafe so yeah there's also a

15:02 Rainforest Cafe inside the mall pretty

15:04 cool and a Jimmy Buffett margar reaville

15:08 as well oh my goodness and just like

15:10 they won they won at Disney Springs they

15:13 have a gator down in here too as well

15:15 people have thrown pennies and quarters

15:16 and nickel and dimes on the gator but

15:19 look down in there you can see the

15:20 Gator's mouth emitting through the

15:23 foliage and through the fog and the

15:26 water right there I always say hi to the

15:28 Disney Springs Gator but this one does

15:31 not seem to be oh you are awake oh I see

15:33 it out in there I see it out in there

15:36 Gator hello and evidently there was a

15:38 time when they were pre Planning and

15:39 Building this place they were going to

15:41 have an

15:42 indoor submarine attraction a submarine

15:45 ride but that never panned

15:48 out that would have been pretty wild

15:50 also having an indoor submarine

15:52 attraction in here you gu should get my

15:55 ear pierced they have ear piercing here

15:57 Claire's they've always done this free

16:00 piercing it's kind of their thing yeah

16:02 if I wanted to get my ear pierced I get

16:04 my ear pierced here now look at the

16:05 climb Zone over here you can climb all

16:08 these things there's people going up the

16:09 side got Abraham Lincoln over there you

16:12 got a knight right here you got a piano

16:16 keyboard you got a lighthouse there are

16:19 people scaffolding the side of

16:22 Abraham Lincoln over

16:31 there so sometimes sometimes Ferris

16:31 wheels would not let you ride as a solo

16:34 Rider I'm hoping they'll let me but if

16:37 not then I won't I to be paired up with

16:40 someone maybe it's like a weight

16:41 distribution

16:46 thing what if there's no one what if

16:46 there's nobody else in line there's

16:47 nobody else to pair up with me maybe I

16:49 get the worker to jump on it with me

16:51 going around full

16:53 circle yeah I would imagine that this

16:56 had a different name before well po

16:58 Nickelodeon took over going right over

17:00 home plate

17:03 H going

17:14 around

17:14 nice right by the

18:08 all right they will in fact not let you

18:08 ride alone there's two workers one of

18:10 the worker rode with me accomplished the

18:14 feris wheel at the Mall

18:18 of

18:21 America and they have a version of this

18:23 dragon in the lake at Disney Springs

18:26 cross the Rainforest Cafe this is a

18:28 smaller version the one there is like

18:30 much much bigger but this is a similar

18:33 in the same family maybe it's brother or

18:35 its cousin or maybe even nephew not

18:38 really sure right here at the LEGO

18:40 store related in some fashion I think

18:43 all dragons probably know each other

18:45 Elliot's in there somewhere to Peach

18:48 Dragon Elliot was Peach

18:59 dragon all right you know you know what

18:59 since I'm in a mall over here at Dairy

19:01 Queen not getting ice cream but I'm I

19:04 got myself an Orange Julius Orange

19:06 Julius used to be a staple of malls back

19:09 in the day they they have changed a

19:11 little bit of the formula though it

19:12 doesn't taste exactly like it used to

19:15 but it's pretty dang close and it's

19:17 still an Orange Julius and evidently

19:19 they don't have orange julius cups

19:20 anymore they're serving it in this but

19:23 yeah a little orange julius inside a

19:27 mall what ear is it

19:29 throwback yeah these are really well

19:32 were really diff difficult to find maybe

19:34 they're starting to make a comeback but

19:36 only in

19:41 malls you can find the DQ a Dairy Queen

19:41 in the mall might find an Orange Julius

19:44 I don't even know if they have orangen

19:45 julus in regular Dairy Queens this area

19:47 over here which is also known as the

19:49 retunda you can see many many times I

19:52 mentioned obviously that Hogan was over

19:54 here but it's been using a lot of other

19:56 things as well including jingle all the

19:59 way with Arnold that's right that's

20:02 right come on they show the outside of

20:05 Mall of America then they show them

20:06 going down these series of escalators

20:08 over and over and over they use this

20:10 whole little section right over here

20:12 that's right come on put the cookie down

20:17 all right you know

20:18 what I'm going on the log ride it's log

20:21 ride time I do remember babe the Blue Ox

20:25 Paul bunion were through here in fact

20:26 there's Paul bunions

20:29 axe right

21:01 definitely reminds me so much Timber

21:01 Mountain long

21:19 yes that first drop got completely

21:19 soaking wet there he is Babe the Blue ax

21:22 right there got the chef's cap on

21:25 there's Paul

21:27 bunion right there oh my gosh look at

21:29 this there's a a bunion

21:32 Stanley what

21:35 the there a bunny and

21:50 wet the camera got a little soaked as

21:50 well up

22:09 there P

22:12 Mania yeah got just a little wet here on

22:16 the pants a little little moist all

22:18 right heading back over to the parking

22:20 structure I parked over here in P2 West

22:24 California with the

22:25 glasses it's the parking area I parked

22:28 in

22:30 you're across from the mall which is

22:32 located right

22:34 there back over to the rental car a

22:37 successful day at the Mall

22:45 America thanks for watching I'll see you

22:45 in the next video the

22:47 Vlog is over

Mall Of America is INSANE - Largest In United States With Indoor Theme Park / Log Ride & Pastamania

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