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Heritage USA - Inside the remnants of the fallen PTL CLUB theme park

Date: December 01, 2011 Duration: 6m 7s
PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & THUMBS UP ! www.AdamTheWoo.com - Decades after the demise of one of the US most popular theme parks, some memories still remain.
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0:25 as the Sun hits my eyes I have to block
0:25 it we're walking towards a spot that in
0:28 1978 opened and eight or nine years
0:31 later was one of the top tourist
0:33 destinations in the
0:34 us rivaled only by Disney World what I'm
0:38 referring to is a Jim and Tammy Fay
0:41 Baker Metropolis known as Heritage USA
0:46 there's not a whole lot left but there
0:47 are a few structures left to remind us
0:50 of the glory that once was Heritage USA
0:53 the first one here is over this wall
0:56 where the sun is beaming down this was
0:58 the old arena it's going
1:19 inside so this is what they called The
1:19 Arena they had a bunch of shows over in
1:21 here look how massive this place
1:24 is Ginger's back there doing some
1:28 sightseeing I'm just standing here at
1:30 the bottom of the Arena which is
1:33 now basically all debris and brush this
1:36 whole complex has been closed since
1:39 1989 it's crazy to think how many years
1:41 it's been sitting here Barren so the
1:43 only form of life that's left out here
1:45 at the old arena are the Crickets over
2:15 Ginger is emerging from the
2:15 bottom of the Arena Victorious right
2:19 behind these trees filled with blue
2:22 things was the arena out here at
2:24 Heritage
2:25 blueberries I was just commenting on
2:27 them are they blueberries no I was
2:30 totally just
2:32 kidding she fooled me she fooled me I
2:36 fooled
2:44 you right here at this massive building
2:47 is where they had the television
2:49 Ministries broadcast on television was
2:51 right through here pretty good sized
2:53 place and you can definitely tell there
2:55 used to be a good amount of people that
2:58 would come out here cuz look at the size
2:59 of that parking came out down
3:06 there
3:06 hello
3:08 everybody Welcome to Heritage USA it's
3:11 nice to have you here
3:42 this dock is no good to walk across
3:43 however there are some pretty cool ducks
3:45 and swans over
3:55 there used to be a water park here also
3:55 it's been torn down covered back in you
3:58 can see remnants of it check got these
4:00 rocks
4:13 here check out this Old Bridge there's
4:13 even an old ride rating sign still up
4:24 there banister is busted and it leads
4:27 right up to this decrepit old
4:47 building this would have been the King's
4:47 Castle you can see right in here the
4:50 fence is kind of torn
4:52 down there even some pigeons up top
4:55 there check out those pigeons empty
4:57 parking spaces
4:59 no one
5:00 here except pigeons
5:37 I'm always on the hunt for new places to
5:37 go so if you want me to go somewhere go
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5:45 fuel my van to get around to other
5:47 places thanks for
5:55 watching look at her she's all tuckered
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