Highway 192 Curse - ABANDONED - Failed Tourism Thoroughfare 

Am I the only one that saw a scary face on the roof of his car while he is driving in the beginning?

I heard "Shell World" has moved to an even newer location at the beach. Now everything is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Hello, everyone! I lived down in Kissimmee for a long time so I can comment on a lot of this material. 2:18 - That was a former sports bar called Gator's Dockside. 3:00 - The Castle was a horror attraction that closed after those four hurricanes came through Florida. I think it was called Skull Kingdom. It was a country western bar at one time. 3:18 - Fawlty towers Pub was what you think it is. Inside, you could see still photos from the BBC series and a printouts of scenes on the walls in framed photographs. There was a plush Basil the Rat on the floor near the entrance. 3;24 - This was a Friendly's Restaurant. Only one I know of that is left is on International Drive 4:06 - Looks like the Osceola Square Mall. I lived up the street from it. Not a lot of stores were ever in there, maybe seven at the most. 6:28 - Believe or not, this was a Polish Deli at one time, then became a bar. What killed a lot of that area was the four hurricanes that came through in 2004. funny oar is, if you go three miles west there is growth from the tourist industry, in the other direction is closer to downtown Kissimmee.

They should mow all that sh!t down and turn it back into farm fields. Farm fields as far as the eye can see!

Its kind of annoying how many properties are abandoned in florida and banks still have to kick people out of their homes for missed mortgage payments.....

I live in this exact area! I'm less than 5 minutes from 192. Back in the early 90's when I first moved down here 192 had a booming business along headed to the theme parks. But slowly businesses began to dry up, and by early 2000/2001 most of 192 was already pretty much abandoned, and now it's even more so. Although a few places have been taken up now, the old target has a new business, the old Mexican restaurant within the target plaza was torn down. And a few old businesses were torn down too with just empty lots, so there at least removed a few eye sores. However plenty of places still sit completely abandoned today, there's also hotels and many more defunct tourist traps and old businesses. 192 was the definition of boom and bust, and it's never rebounded, and I doubt it ever will again. Pretty much any new business is completely on the other side of Osceola county, leaving 192 to rot, and yes the markers are still around.

Fawlty Towers Tavern??? why was I not notified? MANUEL!!!

There's ANOTHER Shell World on the main road, but the S was blown off in a storm so it reads hell World.

i live close to 192 near celebration and 192 is 80% flourishing and the traffic is substantial because its a busy highway and lots of businesses still operating.

I live in Liverpool UK and have been coming to Florida since 1995 and have been 13 times. I have always stayed on International Drive but a few times every holiday or vacation we come down to 192 to Oldtown and the 192 Flea market for the day. We last came to Florida in Sept 2014 and 192 has changed so much for the worst. When i 1st came there was a Buzz when driving down the 192. I remember in the late 90s they started on work to rejuvenate the place and all they seem to do was put up Them Mile markers. I always use to say I hated that Flea Market halfway down the 192 as my then Girlfriend now my Wife Liked it, Across the road was Airboat rides that i liked but that closed in the early 2000s. When we came in 2014 we went the Flea Market and the Wife said Never again, She said all the years we have been it was the first time she felt unsafe and when we went the Car show at Oldtown she said the same.

It is a shame that so many places are now no longer in business. In the past I have patronized some of the very places shown on this video.

Almost everything he showed has since been built up, renovated and fully operational businesses are in those buildings now.. except Friendly's...it's still closed.. but still there are not many abandoned businesses along 192 anymore... so I think this video is a FAIL! what a waste of time... there are so many other effed up things in Kissimmee and Osceola county alone you could have filmed about... how about filming the homeless families living in those hotels on 192 they are filled with them!! why don't you help them somehow.... now if there is a curse on 192 it would be that....

hey adam u have a scary face in your ceiling lol

@ 6:40 onward - "What the heck are those" - "There are more of them" To answer your question, those are pieces from a beaded Seat Cover. They were very popular many years ago. I personally felt they were incredibly uncomfortable. @ 7:10 - I fondly remember Shell World as a kid. Pains me to see it abandoned and disheveled. So sad to see this route in shambles as well... After Disney Died, and Eisner took over control, no more fondness to local business... So sad.

There are still a helluva lot of restaurants, hotels and unauthorized Disney shops on 192-but not much else

I remember this area during it's heyday when we lived in Florida in the early 90's. Sad to see it's a wasteland now.

Sad fountain, Sad, Sad, Unworking Fountain.

This kind of reminds me of Route 66 from the movie Cars

Great video Adam, when we came from the uk back in the 90's we stayed near there and got married in Kissimmee. And we remember 192. So sad

this was the old Adam, ,before he became a Hollywood hipster. .

Friendly's was closed due to different reasons. Old Town(Which is on 192) and Fun Spot(which is by it) Are STILL open. Not to mention the tons and tons and tons of pawn shops. I live in Florida, in this actual part. Disney owns Kissimmee, Florida(Well not like they own the city Celebration.. which is AN ACTUAL CITY YOU CAN LIVE IN THAT'S 100% OWNED BY DISNEY) Like since Kissimmee is on the way to Disney, they have their people go and pain the lamp posts, and the garbage cans, and the bus stops purple. Even go so far as to change street names. But the real ma and pa stores are in Downtown Kissimmee, whish is IRONICALLY where you can also get the Best ice cream lol Also that Mall didn't die because of Disney. The Loop(Which if you go up Hogland(or is it down??) You'll get to it. It's on S John Young.) closed that down. But now that mall is open again exclusively to the hispanic/latino/latina patrons.

Great vid Adam, I have been going there since 91, I remember all those places in their hay day! I loved the shell covered golf cart that was out front of Shell World! If I can find my pic of me in the cart from the mid 90's I will send you a copy!

Stayed here in 88.............. Hotel was right off of a big junction on 192, opposite was a KFC, and in the front of the hotel was a restaurant called the Black Angus............... had a great time. There was a place up the road that did shells, maybe the same place (the big place)........... Only Disney and Epcot were open back then, Universal Studios was only about half way built. So sad to see the area run down............. but you hit the nail on the head.................. stick everything in one place, and you lose all the through traffic passing along 192................ hotels, eateries and shops lose out big time, great if your rich like the Disney Corp........... but their success comes at the expense of the rest of the area.............

Disney has gotten so big that it's impossible to do everything there let alone visit attractions off property. In our case, we buy packages so going somewhere else ends up costing us both in extra money and losing time at Disney we've already paid for. We went to WDW last summer, but the last time I was on 192 was in 2010 when we stopped overnight on our way down and on our way back from Key West.

ah good ol kissimmee

The walk-in clinic is across the street from my house. "Obamacare" had nothing to do with it's closing, it's been empty for about 20 years... Also, only the part near the turnpike is outside of Kissimmee. And Target closed back in Jan '14

Seeing this makes me miss Florida. Even abandoned its still nicer than west Texas.

0:21the top side of his car looks like a face

There are two things that killed 192: Bigger, faster roads into Disney/Universal and GPS. Sure, the economy has had some impact, but Orlando tourism hasn't taken nearly as big a hit as other areas of the state and certainly not enough to be the sole explanation of this. Orlando has been building bigger and better roads for two decades and a lot of those projects completed in the last five to eight years. That, along with widespread GPS navigation use has steered traffic away from 192. Tourists coming from the south are now directed to get off either at Osceola Parkway or I4 when heading to Disney/Universal. Even from I95, they either use I4 or SR 528, not 192 as they used to. So, that's what killed 192.

I used to work with the guys at Disney who designed those mile markers. You're right, the whole program was a huge failure.

Isn't it sad that big business conglomerates such as Disney World have pushed all the other smaller moms and pops out of business. When will this country wake up to big business and big government controlling everything?

0:45 is the roof of your van supposed to look like an angry alien face 😂😂👽👽

That part of 192 is pretty dead, but from Markers about 12 and down there's still tons of open businesses and tourist places. I was there for three weeks about two months ago looking for a house.

Wow, I remember when 192 was so packed with businesses. It is now miles of abandoned buildings. So sad.

Back in the early 90's, we use to stay at the hotel next to Old Town, it was booming out there, back then. I had to look on Google, and check that Orange World was still there.

I really loved this adam, hits home for us locals

Sad really,I can recall all of these places being open and flourishing at one time,as prices rose and the Parks went to on site hotels etc.,it became less realistic for these places time stay open with high overhead costs,and sadly yes there are so many places in Florida where this is happening.I live in Boston now,but most of my family is still in Fla.,at one time that econolodge was supposed to be turned into a homeless shelter, best laid plans of mice and men,it never happened.

Interesting but would be a better video without all the stupid talking

I miss D'Angelo's Subs most...I love that place, I guess it's only up North again. :(

For me this is a reminder of where I came from and now how its all gone. Everything I knew loved and enjoyed has vanished in the first year I have been out of Florida.

0:30 - I thought that was a monster's face grinning from your car ceiling o_O

Thanks a lot Obama.

I love going back to these older vids and see how you've evolved as a vlogger.

I cannot find in Google Street any part of 192 that looks slummy.

If I am correct where the old waffle house is. there was a hotel, I stayed in it as a kid, there were 2 waffles houses next to it

Even go over towards old town the area is dying. Old town is mostly seedy bars, and tourist shops now. Yes part of it was the recession but Disneys strategy the last decade has been making sure people don't leave the property, and it is working which means less tourist staying off site which means less dollars to go around.

wow this is crazy - and kind of sad - great idea for a documentary... you have an awesome collection of videos

The "What the heck are those?" looked like the remains of a beaded car seat cover to me. Not entirely sure though.

LCOATION!

Man even the vacuum at 4:58 sucks!

We had a 2011 Dodge Ram 1500 and with 4 persons on board, took our children to the airport in Orlando. We traveled highway 192. The differential failed on the way home. I can think of any reason why the drive train failed and after that experience lost faith in my Dodge. Even though the Dodge was satisfactorily replaced under warranty, I then bought a Chevy truck to take it's place.

OMGGG Faulty towers tavernnn

I had those Sunglasses, funny thing about that, I got them at Disney World lol

I drive through this area all the time now. The recession is going away. business is coming back and it looks like that area is doing well now.....

There is a smile face thing on the ceiling of your car. :). Great job. I love the abandoned places

your van has a creepy face in the roof above behind you in your van .38 seconds in to this video .

We visit the 192 area almost every year. It is somewhat diminished due to the economy but not nearly as bad as the video indicates. After all, the video poster needs to amplify his point for whatever attention it might bring him. I can't guess what good it might do for him to report such a negative view.

A lot of the stores have reopened. The open and close all the time.

Found boiling water ......haha ha I liked this video !!

Those beats are for your car seat. Kind of massage

Interesting. Never knew 192 had a lot of things going on back then. Walt Disney World is like the big box Walmart, driving small business away.

it used to be a Target, but after the Super Target a few miles ahead near 535 opened, there really wasn't a point to having 2 targets when one was failing miserably.

Look at the roof of the car in the beginning!

Informative and Entertaining. Nothing more sad then an empty Go Cart Track man. Interesting about the signs too! The End. Found water hahahahah

fascinating .. amazing how not one window has been smashed in 20 years no graffiti lol what a very strange spooky place thanks woo

Three years after this video has posted 2017. 192 is completely different. The place is no where near a ghost town anymore. Lots of shops and restaurants now.

booooooooooooooooooooooooo

has anyone else noticed adams lights on roof look like cartoon ghost faces??

Utter timewaste.

0:35 the car roof looks kind of creepy

I was at OLD TOWN just a few weeks ago, first itme I had gone down there in years. I told my wife that it would be gone now too in favor of redevelopment into condos if Fun Spot hadn't made an inverstment and the classic car cruises had stopped. I think those are the two things keeping it all going, sad indeed.

You should forward this video unto EconCat88, he would just love this one! So, Adam, where are your lovely female assistants, no offense upon thee? I enjoy your vids of course but a little "eye candy" sure helps it along! Be careful out there dude and watch out for the meth head Zombie SCUMBALLS! Hey, can you drink a brew whilst exploring, thanks man, or, a mixed drink??

I remember a lot of the stuff that was on 192! The Osceola Square Mall, the markers, Shell World (original location), etc. I used to work at Wild Bill's Family Dinner Theater at Fort Liberty and American Gladiators. Those were fun times.

lovin the vids keep up good work..also lovin the alien gray face in the roof of your van ;-)

It's called economic collapse. Between three wars, devaluing of the American currency, the downgrading of the US's credit, a massive influx of refugees from war torn Mexico, and subsequent job loss it was just a matter of time before you would see a lot business going belly up.

i had no idea there was that much stuff there..much kess abandoned....i always sty on disney property or just off universal property...usually right across the street...i went to the jungleland zoo many many years ago...i never knew it closed either til i saw your other adventure!! sad.

My wife and I always stay off 192. the hotels are always much cheaper than the resorts. It's sad to to see so many closed businesses, but i won't miss the those shady electronics stores and the "free attraction tickets" tourist traps.

Is this the same highway you would take if you were coming from the north? In 1995 my family drove from Massachusetts to Florida in our Ford Taurus station wagon. We stayed at a motel and went to Magic Kingdom, Sea World and Universal Studios.

I remember my family hitting spots along 192 years ago when we'd travel to WDW. Like International Drive, it's downfall was a change in how families vacation. When we go to WDW today we don't step foot off property and that's true of so many folks.

This absolutely sucks for the owners of these places. Imagine how much money the man or women lost on The Castle?? I wonder what it was in it's heyday! Another great vid Adam! But I'd really like you to do more spooky places like urban legends around Florida!

yep,, Like 88 said,, you would have a field day in Detroit, or even Toledo Ohio for that matter, short video, but to the point,, Good job Adam,, ive been on 192 years ago,, disney world on the 4th of july was killer,,, i mean really it dang near killed us,,

This was unethical editing on your part, you took small partial segments of 192 and made them represent the majority. I know exactly where those are and even back in 2013, they were only small segments, or particular shops that were closed, however immediately to it's right or left, stores were still busy. 192 is so crowded now that traffic shames NYC rush hours. Kissimme has changed alot. In 6 years, the population and quadrupled. Every single spot yo showed has been reopened with a new store. That spot where you showed the fountain is now a shoe store and the entire shopping plaza has turned into Nike and other large name brand malls. Sever others opened as well as a Guccia, and other Name brand designers.

are you using a different camera or resolution or something. or maybe one of YT's suggested modifications (shaky cam, etc). just seems different. like the words are tighter or something

I haven't been able to watch your videos for a while due to life issues. But I come back to this video after about 5 months, and wow, have you lost weight? Are you working out?

Whoah that's my old ucf stomping grounds haven't been through there bithlow or Christmas florida. Wow I wonder what happened to the dome house of the future going into Kissimmee that way?? Oh and I think gatorland is still out there idk.. Wow

The Econo Lodge you showed first was built in the 70s as a Howard Johnson's, complete with HoJo restaurant. The restaurant was later a Country Kitchen before going independent.

I think those bead-things were pieces of one of those wood-bead car seat covers that were all the rage in the 80s/90s or whenever. I remember seeing them a lot when I was young.

I remember this interstate very lit up and interesting when i was young during 2006. Now its a shame to see it abandoned and dieing like you have shown. I think that thing in the gas station were beads used on car chairs to help lean on for peoples backs.

I used to drive down 192 all the time to get to i4. I think it contributed to my clinical depression...

I found two abandoned places once. They are both in Pafos in Cyprus. One was a deserted complete building the other was a half of a house that was being built

I lived in south Florida in the 70's and 80's. I remember the Turnpike exit, and 192 well.

That's hard to believe what's been happening to Hwy East 192. The last time I was on that road, I had a difficult time getting through the heavy traffic due to the tourism in that area. Thank You Adam for taking the time sharing what it looks like today. By chance didjya go back & check out that old creepy looking castle that was supposed to be turned into a night club or something? The last time ya were there it was being renovated...

Just subscribed to you Adam ! First let me say ,your ink is kick ass .. Second , I absolutely love ... "I'll swallow your soul " .... The best !!!!! Third , what you are doing is something I would jump up to do any hour!! You are doing something I crave in life, the excitement of exploring these places is beyond strange & I love feeding my passion by doing this. It's a need , not a want for me. No one seems to fully get my uniqueness of this drive. You had me at Abandoned !!

I remember 192 when it was booming back in the 70's as Disney had just cranked up in 71 and Universal had not even put a stake in the ground as yet. We alsmost had Disney World right here in Palm Beach County but the land deal supposedly fell through between McArthur and Disney. Sort of glad it did not go through for here. The further you get away from Disney, the more derelict the properties become if you are heading east towards the Turnpike or I-95. Not every building had that Disney touch.

That's sad - I bet those rents are affordable now though. Maybe if they were affordable then everyone wouldn't have left and the old miser who owned them wouldn't have died pennyless and you wouldn't have a place to explore and show us videos and you would have to get a boring job as a Walmart greeter saying hi to people you despise because you have nothing better to do until people get tired of going to Walmart and they find your bones in the entrance and put them in a museum & I ran outa space

Sad to see Sunshine Go-Karts closed. I knew everyone there pretty well back in 2010 when I was trying all up and down that highway to add to the meager hours I was getting at Universal at the time. Wound up working for Medieval Times and eventually Old Town for a while. I wonder if the curse will catch up to them too?

Hello: SAD Mr. Woooooooooooooooo I wonder if you could buy one of those places cheap and make a home out of it. You dog you finally found water after all this time. I can't believe you got inside that mall. That crazy laugh at the end was far out. WATER it last. I just though of Wolf Man Jack a cool dude he's been gone for years.

Adam, if you don't mind, I shall refer this magnificent video unto EconCat88, right up his alley! Check out his channel shall YOU?? Good Day..

Hwy 192 from Historic downtown Kissimmee all the way to where it dead-ends at hwy 27...8 miles north of I-4 just past the entrance to Disney World is still a thriving hwy with a few thousand stores, shopping centers, outlet malls ( Aripostle, American Eagle, Nike...etc.), several tourist attractions...Every chain restaurant imaginable and several Mom & Pop restaurants...4 Flea Markets, Capone's Dinner Theatre, Medieval Times Dinner Theatre, Old Town Shoppes with Carnival rides, Classic Car Cruise In every Fri-Sat night with between 100-300 Classic Cars each week. Adrenaline rides such as The Human Swing, Rikki's Rocket, Mechanical Bull...there are still 3-4 miniature (putt-putt) golf courses, 2 Go-Cart tracks, Helicopter Rides and Historic Gatorland Zoo...All within a 12 mile stretch. It's NOT a cursed forgotten Hwy.

duuuude i remember i loved the old shell world because even though i never went, they had a punch buggy covered in shells outside