Silver Spring's Glass Bottom Boats

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 พ.ย. 2024

ความคิดเห็น • 361

  • @tommclaughlin1041
    @tommclaughlin1041 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When we were there in the early 90s, the guide told us Tarzan was filmed there, and the monkeys used in the show got loose and they are the descendants. Great place to tour.

  • @beckyeads1471
    @beckyeads1471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Always looked forward to the free OJ, as kids we'd get so excited. OMG the lady giving out the OJ today cracked me up, she looked so thrilled to be there!! lol!!! Silver Springs such a icon.

  • @Cynthia.B_87
    @Cynthia.B_87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay! You got sponsored! Good job!

  • @donnytucker
    @donnytucker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You HAVE to go to the Florida state fair in Tampa while in town! It runs feb 10th-22nd..

  • @adventuresintvland
    @adventuresintvland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve always wanted to visit Silver Springs, too

  • @tricdaddy316
    @tricdaddy316 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glass bottom boats you make the water world go round

  • @syedhamidi5643
    @syedhamidi5643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jacob is such an adorable man

  • @frankbingham53
    @frankbingham53 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this video carpet bagger and this one is in the bag.

  • @kookiemonster9222
    @kookiemonster9222 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So glad to have you back but please take care of yourself 👍🏼

  • @blakem9109
    @blakem9109 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun fact the Six Gun Territory theme park was right beside Silver Springs. It's now a strip mall named Six Gun Plaza. Six Gun Territory was the sister park to Ghost Town in the Sky.
    Also firetruck manufacturer E-One in Ocala has factory tours. Not sure if they allow photos/video.

    • @terrikennedy2004
      @terrikennedy2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I went to six gun territory as a kid! Find memories of the late sixties

  • @deniseboldea1624
    @deniseboldea1624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! I didn't realize that the glass bottom boat tours were still a thing. Gives me a reason to make it back to Florida.

  • @conniecrawford5231
    @conniecrawford5231 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stephen Collins Foster was born in Pittsburgh PA and has a beautiful museum dedicated to him at the foot of the Cathedral of Learning, the world’s tallest educational building, on the Univ. of Pittsburgh’s campus ( PITT ) !

  • @glittertrash
    @glittertrash 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I’m so glad you’re back! Hope you’re healing better now. Sending love. ❤️

  • @HeavyMetalCrone
    @HeavyMetalCrone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Loved this intro to Florida. Remembering all my own visits now and just how much I miss going back there. 🍊🐡🧡

    • @ethanol1586
      @ethanol1586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too, my trip to Florida was one of my favorites. Can't wait to go back

  • @kristencarlbon4561
    @kristencarlbon4561 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m so glad you’re back you’re my favorite person to watch on TH-cam

  • @antiquesinmotion7760
    @antiquesinmotion7760 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a kid I enjoyed Silver Springs more than Disney.

  • @maggielawson9579
    @maggielawson9579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have lived in Florida my whole life and constantly pass the state line to visit family in TN. I never knew you could get free OJ at the visitor center! I now live in TN and going back to FL to visit in March. Im stopping to get some! I’m so glad you’re feeling better!

    • @TheCarpetbagger
      @TheCarpetbagger  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I always have to stop

    • @karentucker2161
      @karentucker2161 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. I have family nlin Nashville, I'll pass by this center everytime coming and going.

  • @huggablekoi4568
    @huggablekoi4568 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Go to Lofty Pursuits in Tallahassee!! Great food and live hard candy making!!

  • @robylove9190
    @robylove9190 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My late husband and I went to Silver Springs a lot. I still call squirrels we bites because of the signs there. I'm glad to see that Silver Springs is still going strong 40 years later. Thanks for bringing back good memories Jacob!

  • @perceivedvelocity9914
    @perceivedvelocity9914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My day doesn't feel complete until I have gone on a adventure with Jacob the Carpetbagger! (also Adam the Woo). It's good to have you back my friend.
    Having said that...... If you need time off from the TH-cam grind we will understand. We do not want to see you get burned out.

  • @NessieMay
    @NessieMay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I went on the glass bottom boats when I was a kid, such a cool experience!

  • @lacyconroy7916
    @lacyconroy7916 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    ocala native here! - my great grandfather worked for silver springs. Awesome to see you there

  • @ShaneFluff
    @ShaneFluff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was going through an old photo album from when I was a kid (80's) and came across our black and white photo of our group on the glass bottom boat ours was in a red boat frame.
    Great they still do this .

  • @SankaJonesCreations
    @SankaJonesCreations 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember going to Silver Springs with my family back in 2004 when we went to WDW. That's back when it was more of a zoo-like theme park (I still have a little plastic frog I bought from there), and it was so weird and a little bit spooky watching AdamTheWoo's video from 2013 and seeing it all abandoned. Glad they've continued the old glass-bottom boats!

  • @matthewsapp4159
    @matthewsapp4159 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've lived in florida all my life. I've been to silver springs several times, love it. #flogrown

  • @Cotystevens
    @Cotystevens 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grew up down the street from silver springs and would go all the time with family. Now that I’ve been in Kentucky for years it was nice to relive this experience! Thank you jakob!

  • @jennifermccann8451
    @jennifermccann8451 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watch many of your videos trying to find places I want go one day… but how cool is it to see a place I’ve actually been! We love silver springs me and my kids have been twice as my parents live in Florida. My dad has been many times even back to his childhood. It’s a treasure !

  • @littlesthobo182
    @littlesthobo182 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that welcome centre with the baby gators. We stop there every time.
    There is something so satisfying watching you peel oranges. It could be a thing.
    Very neat to see Silver Springs.

  • @betelman
    @betelman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video. it reminded me of my first visit to FL with my grandparents in 71. I was 7. We visited all the spots you stopped at. I haven't been back to Silvers Springs since then. Back then, they would give you bread to feed the fish. I did see some monkeys on my boat ride. My teachers in school told us that they also filmed some early Tarzan movies there and for a while would show off a mechanical alligator from the film as part of the tour.

  • @Sparty-pi3jq
    @Sparty-pi3jq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great place! I spend 3-4 months a year in Florida, but I've done and seen so little. Silver Springs looks awesome. Its worth a road trip!

  • @HockeyMakeup
    @HockeyMakeup 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My friend's daughter, who lives in Florida, makes those alligator heads as a side business. I immediately thought of her when I saw them! That glass bottom boat looked so fun and peaceful.

  • @TommyTravels
    @TommyTravels 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "You have to leave all your turds here at the gate." LOL! 🙂

  • @AllenAP40
    @AllenAP40 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great to see you back! I hope all is well.

  • @marcdich9066
    @marcdich9066 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im 52 years old the last time i was there i was 5 years old i was born there in ocala and lived 12 miles east of the springs park and back then it was a happening place

  • @melanagrey
    @melanagrey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you are ever through Bardstown KY, you can tour Stephen Foster's home. Glad you're back and looking forward to Florida content.

  • @1987Megs
    @1987Megs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Leave all your turds at the gate” 😂🤣😆 your so hilarious!

  • @Eighties-Jadie
    @Eighties-Jadie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello Jacob I hope you're on the mend after your dental surgery and as always thanks for an enjoyable watch! 😄 Absolutely love your videos and your friendly warm energy. You're such an inspirational and uplifting soul and I look forward to watching you on your next adventure! 💖 best wishes ☀️

  • @finlaygalbraith469
    @finlaygalbraith469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great seeing you back on the road buddy!

  • @anneiwanowski9653
    @anneiwanowski9653 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great about Silver Springs! My parents tool me there in the 60s. There were huge catfish in the springs. I'm talking 4 to 5 feet fish! I do remember seeing lots of monkeys and them swinging and screeching! I do remember being scared of them. I think the tour guide said that they would swing from the trees and land on the boats sometimes! Great memories of going to Florida with my parents every year! Take care and enjoy your trip❤

  • @premiumlolz2984
    @premiumlolz2984 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lots of cool things to do in St Petersburg! The Imagine Museum is incredible as well as the salvador Dali museum. And check out Tampa Fresh Foods on the way there! It's a grocery store where all of the food is made of felt (and for sale)

  • @Cherocana
    @Cherocana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a kid, I used the giant peppermint sticks that I always received in my Christmas stocking as a straw for oranges.

  • @TheWampaDude
    @TheWampaDude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    U and Me hot pot with robot waiters in Orlando, fairgrounds St Pete. And Sir Henrys Haunted trail is doing a valentines Haunt in Plant City
    Gasparilla Knight parade Feb 12 also

  • @kingcraft_adamj
    @kingcraft_adamj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have recently rediscovered you and I must say I do not regret it one bit. Loving the videos new and old

  • @artandmorewithrachelnicole
    @artandmorewithrachelnicole 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad to see you back on the channel 😊

  • @jeremybenton458
    @jeremybenton458 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    JBags- missed you man. Good to see you back on that ‘lonesome road’!

  • @sweetestbluebird
    @sweetestbluebird 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jacob you are soo funny! I just love your spin on things.

  • @gordrilla
    @gordrilla 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Captain Citrus...the 70's version of Auqaman. Special power? Makes all the other superheroes their sandwiches 😂

  • @atypicalmom
    @atypicalmom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a fancy gift, the price of orange juice is skyrocketing.

  • @timothybaker9877
    @timothybaker9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope you can make it to Anna Maria Island area!! Highly recommend Rod and Reel restaurant on the pier! Sea Hag is a neat eclectic art display/shop. Lowry Park Zoo is an ABSOLUTE must- many Mold-O-Rama's if you have not been!! Busch Gardens is a top-notch amusement park that I don't recall you vlogging before. Sawgrass State Park is a blast, a self-guided tour on boardwalks overlooking some lakes and marshy areas through either a nature preserve or state park with some educational taxidermy displays and aquariums around the entrance. Homosassa Springs State Park is a beautiful experience with a lot of history and informative pieces- a highlight is a newspaper from when Steve Irwin and his wife Terri visited and filmed in the park!

  • @sewashburn0529
    @sewashburn0529 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really loved this video! I visited the museum in the early 1970s and loved the dioramas. I went to Silver Springs in 1997 and really enjoyed it too.

  • @jmorgan5252
    @jmorgan5252 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for another great video Jacob. See you tonight

  • @darkhorse8413
    @darkhorse8413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the glass bottom boats. Did them a few years ago on vacation. Never rode the glass bottom boats when I lived there though.

  • @joemac8474
    @joemac8474 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Camp town races from Blazing Saddles is funny asf

  • @lauraschlueter287
    @lauraschlueter287 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember the boats and the orange straws. I have 4 cats with various issues so the last few times I was only in FL for 2 days so I just went to Disney. Cool that the boats still exist.

  • @kimberlyb.9314
    @kimberlyb.9314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have done the glass bottom boats many times. I love the older Florida attractions. You're not too far from Weeki Wachee that has the mermaids and Crystal River this time of year has hundreds or manatees with the cooler weather at Three Sisters Springs.

  • @ellenwoodruff4518
    @ellenwoodruff4518 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a wonderful video! I am headed down to central Florida later this week and your show makes me so excited to get there. I live part time in Wildwood but covid fears have kept me stuck in Indiana for the last two years. I haven't been to Silver Springs in years but am definitely going there now. Attractions I enjoy for day trips are Weeki Watchee and the mermaid show and Tarpon Springs and the delicious Greek food and sponge industry.

  • @steveforsythe9264
    @steveforsythe9264 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this video as I was in Silver Springs way back as a kid in the 70's and my wife and I went in 1994, well worth going if you're in that area.

  • @michca318
    @michca318 หลายเดือนก่อน

    OMG, I lived in White Springs, FL with a best friend for a short period of time, about 3 or 4 months. I really liked it there. I then moved to St Petersburg, which was nice but I liked White Springs and the area better!

  • @JessFox61424
    @JessFox61424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have seen you show some of your traveling supplies and heard you mention sticky hands from your oranges. It got me thinking, I don't ever see you with baby wipes! Life hack, not just for babies. Ever since my kids were young, I always have baby wipes. Fishing, camping, eating fast food, any sort of messy situation, they are the best thing to have. Just thought I would share this helpful life hack I picked up over the years. PS. don't waste money on expensive special wipes, cheap baby wipes work fine, and they will freeze in your car in colder climates. 🤘💙💀

  • @mcwatersd
    @mcwatersd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got to love the orange crocks. I see you dressed for the occasion. My neighbor used to winter in Florida and would send us oranges . I so enjoyed those. Loved the beautiful museum and recognised all but 2 of the songs. Glass bottom boats always intregued me that looked awesome. Keep Safe❤Keep Well ❤

  • @zerxilk8169
    @zerxilk8169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was fun. I have not been on a glass bottom boat in a long time. Thank you for bringing good memories back.

  • @history_leisure
    @history_leisure 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Iron Gwazi is doing pass holder previews starting this week, and at that just the top tier people who can get into all SeaWorld/Busch Gardens parks

  • @thomasmatthews7315
    @thomasmatthews7315 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    me, an ocala resident about to go and venture into the beyond to try and find this man

  • @joedeckinflyover
    @joedeckinflyover 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny about the Steven Foster museum , The movie Blazing Saddles is 48 years old and was just watching the clip of the Cowboys singing That Camptown races ! 🤣

  • @thetravelingal9497
    @thetravelingal9497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You should go visit Mount Dora. I love their downtown and their park by the lake. Also I went to silver springs in the early 2000s and they had so many more animals there when we went. In 2018 I brought my husband there and was very surprised by how much it had changed. Still love the place though, and my husband was very excited to see a wild alligator just chilling out near the sidewalk.

  • @carlzimmerman4341
    @carlzimmerman4341 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stephen Foster wrote My Old Kentucky Home the state song for Kentucky. There is an outdoor musical/play they do every year in Bardstown, KY you can attend. Bardstown was once rated as the number one small town in America lots of stuff there including Bourbon distilleries to visit.

  • @dannymartin1114
    @dannymartin1114 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally more of the content I subscribed for, orange peeling and citrus reviews.

  • @saguaro2231
    @saguaro2231 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning......for "where should I go?"....I recommend Tarpon Springs, the Greek sponge community

  • @nicolelol
    @nicolelol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    shout out skillshare. we love carpetbagger!

  • @annaratliff4638
    @annaratliff4638 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We went to the same Florida orange stand in 2020. Funny thing about the smell of oranges. If have an anxiety attack you can peel and smell oranges and it will help you calm down.

  • @terrikennedy2004
    @terrikennedy2004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is weeki wachee springs still open? Went there as a kid. I’m 62 now. Would love to see it now

  • @Fantasmister
    @Fantasmister 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:23 "I'm watching you, Carpetbagger - aalwaays waatching..."

  • @angie8088
    @angie8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I vote more orange peeling content! The glass bottom boat was really cool, that drop off was something. I got to go on one in Bermuda as a kid and almost fell in the glass pit. I’d love to go on another one. The orange crocs are perfect for this video.

    • @Amanda-kw1vi
      @Amanda-kw1vi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was hoping he would get some jerky but I'm sure it's not the greatest to eat after having wisdom teeth surgery not too long ago :)

    • @angie8088
      @angie8088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Amanda-kw1vi oh yeah, it would have to be way too chewy. 😂

  • @tinaevans6772
    @tinaevans6772 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you doing daily vlogs! Helps get my work day started!

  • @megan_dienst_bean
    @megan_dienst_bean 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing the glass bottom boats reminded me of the ones I used to ride 30 something years ago in central Texas. And there still running so when I go up there in a few weeks I’m going to take a ride :)

  • @petetrbovich7575
    @petetrbovich7575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how taxidermied gator heads just crank up the price when you get to the big leagues. "Yeah, it's $350, and if you don't like it you can go get one yourself."

  • @Pistolpete147
    @Pistolpete147 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved this video Carpetbagger! Great content as always! I went to Silver springs back in 2002 with a good friend of mine we rode that same style boat you were on. Back then there was a water park attached next door but I do believe that closed down? As the tour guide you had in your boat said there won’t ever be an attraction there or park just the springs the way it is, so that tells me it did close. I know you can’t record every second of the tour but I did remember our tour guide in my boat saying it was the filming location of James Bond movie “Thunderball” I believe that was Sean Connery. Also Lloyd bridges did a series called “sea hunt” was filmed there and as your boat guide mentioned “the creature from the black lagoon” was filmed there. Many old relics of all those movies still remain under water they show you in the tour. I would like to go back to update my memory Of the place and to see it again it’s been so long

  • @austinaterry7012
    @austinaterry7012 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember going to silver springs back when they had the live animals

  • @kurtmatthews6649
    @kurtmatthews6649 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back when I was a kid we had annual passes to silver springs, when it was an amusement park…..used to love going there! You should check out downtown Mount Dora….it’s about 30 minutes north of Orlando, it has an amazing downtown!!

  • @ashleyphillips131
    @ashleyphillips131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad to see you're feeling better! Nothing worse than a toothache (and I'm an amputee) 😥 have fun at Disney world with your daughter 🤗

  • @johnnaile9644
    @johnnaile9644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Carpetbagger! If you are ever in Texas, you need to check out Marfma. The town has unexplained lights that come out at night.
    I hope you keep it in mind. Seems like it could be an amazing video!!

  • @seans2966
    @seans2966 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You cut an orange into wedged quarters. Then peel each quarter from the corner. It's very easy that way. That's how an adult eats an orange.

  • @AJ17_
    @AJ17_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should come to Busch Gardens! If you have a platinum pass to any of the BG or SeaWorld parks, you can get access starting Saturday the 13th to ride Iron Gwazi (passholder previews - it officially opens March 11).

  • @tianajeremybrookes4374
    @tianajeremybrookes4374 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just crossed, the state line o Georgia,….yeah, I can still hear them hound dogs on my trail!! (Washed my hands in muddy water) Elvis country song 👍🕺🏼🎼

  • @gingerlamarra1051
    @gingerlamarra1051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m glad your ok, I missed your voice. I think you should take a ride on one of those air boats in the swamps of Florida

  • @caramccormack5566
    @caramccormack5566 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Take a kayak trip down Ichetucknee Springs
    You can rent the kayaks nearby and they take you there and pick you up at the end....It's soooooo cool!!!!

  • @robertmoore2049
    @robertmoore2049 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish you could’ve went into the bottom of the bell tower because there’s a small museum there with more of Stephen Foster‘s memorabilia.

  • @ccsadventures78
    @ccsadventures78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Also recommend the Barberville Yard Art Emporium. They sale yard art and its its own road side attraction. Welcome back to Florida!

  • @puddindancer
    @puddindancer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So good to see you back on the road!

  • @ccsadventures78
    @ccsadventures78 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I recommend Blue Springs state park. They have a ton of manatees there right now, great board walk to the springs and a boat tour. Also about 30 minutes from that you have Ponce De Leon state park. They have the Old Spanish Sugar Mill restaurant where you make your own pancakes. They also have a beautiful spring, museum and boat tour.

  • @macavitymacavity
    @macavitymacavity 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those diaramas were awesome!

  • @sarahhauck3415
    @sarahhauck3415 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Monkey poop and glass bottom boats...and orange meat. Who could go wrong with that combo!

  • @caries1297
    @caries1297 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don’t forget to visit Bok Tower Gardens in Lake Wales, FL. Another idea, Legoland in Winter Haven,FL.

  • @dannykerr7454
    @dannykerr7454 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful views under the glass bottom boat. Monkeys must be hiding! Great Video!

  • @clferg01
    @clferg01 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Come check out Sanford, FL while you're in the area. Beautiful historic downtown with some My Girl filming locations, an amazing German restaurant with live music, a tiny houseboat Air BnB, steamboat river cruise, and a lovely little zoo. Would love to finally meet you and show you around.

  • @dawnsmitherman4457
    @dawnsmitherman4457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    clearwater aquarium, Florida state fair (starts February 10), Lowry park zoo, Busch gardens, Mel’s hot dogs (best to Busch gardens), bok tower gardens.

  • @theincredibleimpression
    @theincredibleimpression 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Omg you were literally just 10 minutes from me! I wish I'd known you were gonna be there, I've always wanted to meet you in person!

  • @TheEcoGuys
    @TheEcoGuys 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As soon as you hit Orlando, and I have lived in Orlando my whole life, come to downtown and show the real orlando. The downtown Orlando and all of the interesting history and interesting buildings and such. That would be a great video to get away from plastic fantastic Disney for a moment and show what Orlando really is all about the people the culture of the food

  • @barbarashirland9078
    @barbarashirland9078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So glad you are back on the road! I LOVE museums! And I always enjoy seeing them with you. Thanks.

  • @joshbrown5576
    @joshbrown5576 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dear mr carpetbagger, my late wife (who passed at 27 in 2020) and I honeymooned in Daytona Beach. That was in 2015. I would love to see how it is doing today. Thank you for amazing videos!