I love that you consistently find and use old footage and pictures in your documentaries as comparison between then and now. It makes it easier to follow and really satisfies the curiosity of what was
Me too I do enjoyed his video, anybody can records abandoned property. But he put history and faces of the property during glorious days. Keep up excellent work Bright Sun Films.
agreed! it is my favorite channel for abandoned structures and bankrupt companies. Truly fascinating to watch these videos, my curiosity is constantly peaked.
You wouldn’t even be able to tell humans lived here after about 2 hundred years. Almost like it’s happened before and now we can’t explain things like the pyramids.
That's because constructing infrastructure in modern times has become a front for money laundering and scamming clients by cutting costs in materials and skilled workers.
Staff is the biggest expense for any service oriented operation, especially in vacation locations where staff has to either live on site or get paid enough to commute in from outside of the wealthy areas. They probably figured scrimp on staff and try to get more work out of fewer people, but people can only be stretched so thin.
This absolutely broke my heart even more. I grew up going to Almond every year for Christmas, back when it was Almond Beach Village. So many happy memories. I knew the place like the back of my hand. RIP Almond. Thanks for everything 😢❤
So I live in Barbados and when sandals came to the island and built their other resorts they got something like 40 years duty free concessions on imports, but just as the government changed in 2018 when sandals started doing work on the beach area, other hoteliers on the island put pressure on the government about sandals duty free concessions, saying we’ve been here longer why can’t we get as well, so government and sandals went back to the negotiation table, sandals asking for if any company gets a better deal than what sandals has, that they be upgraded to a similar or better deal and they also wanted protection from any new tax law parliament may enact. The two parties couldn’t reach an agreement on the aforementioned issues and therefore the project was put on hold.
@@skeletor9121I read that 3 times and couldn’t work out the difference haha - coffee time! PS Thanks to OP for this comment, its crazy how almost everything comes back to Politics :(
It's amazing how much change happened in 5 years. It looks like it has been closed for a decade or two (from the outside at least). Great Video, Jake!!!!
As soon as water makes it's way in, it's all over. Just having air conditioning going really keeps moisture out .... and it's REALLY bad if a hole gets in a roof . You'd be surprised ,but houses deteriorate fast with no occupants . my town has a bunch of derelict houses , crazy how fast some of them go to shit .
I concur with the others. Water is horrible. If you ever have a leak or flooding, stop and/or turn off the water ASAP. It’s imperative that you properly dry out the area and fix the problem immediately . It may be expensive, but ignoring the problem, even for one hour, can make a huge difference.
Those ceiling fans at 9:00 are Hunter Originals which are cast iron and pretty indestructible, shows compared to the other fans which have lost blades and are badly rusted. Such a sad place now it’s decayed and it was obviously a lovely resort back in the 80s and 90s. Great video Jake
@pierreklee8032 this is true but those at the resort would have been the earlier generation US made models if they were installed in the 80s or 90s. The non-US models were 2000s onwards.
I have to wonder if civil engineers or materials engineers study places like this to determine what products and materials hold up to the elements better than others.
It's wild how so many of these abandoned videos mention the 09 financial crisis as turning point in the property's history and almost exclusively led to the downfall and eventual closing of the property. Also at 8:00 that's definitely the Lego Island font
Thought it looked familiar; went on holiday here in the early 2000s. Was our last full family holiday as my folks split not long after, so a lot of fond memories despite only being 11 at the time.
You didn't go into it, but I find it interesting. The reason the Sandals resort has stalled is that Sandals is apparently wanting concessions promised to them (not in writing but verbally) by the previous administration. For an idea about what those kind of concessions are, One was that Sandals would get paid if Barbados ever gave another Hotel company a tax break. That alone is essentially asking for a defacto monopoly on the Hotel business on the island, as the added expense would reduce any prospective tax break or incentive the government could give a competitor. Allowing Sandals to out-compete them with that unfair advantage.
Stellar work as usual Jake! The before and after photos you were able to include were amazing! What a beautiful resort it used to be back in the day. Too bad it’s prime real estate will one day be bought up and then overcharge guests for years to come
honestly this tropical resort was really cool the desgin and everything so sad to see it go now! i really hope somebody fixs it up i cant believe this used to be a big resort now its just all abandoned
The mattresses were likely piled in the lobby for a buyer who upon seeing them (perhaps already waterlogged) decided against buying them or even taking them. So there they stayed.
It makes me happy to see someone who i consider on of the first people to do abandoned content on the internet and also being on of my first subs when i got onto youtube is still chuggin along
This was a fantastic hotel. With amazing staff. It breaks my heart to see this video. My girls and I made great memories here. And miss it dearly. So sad. 😢
Absolutely love your videos Jake. You always get the vibe across of the places you explore, feels like I was right there on the island and could smell the breeze. Thanks for the fantastic work you share
I just have to say I adore your videos. When I was on surgery I watched these constantly and now im back to watching them again. As a fellow urbex enthusiast you as a creator hit all the points I like to see for abandoned buildings. I just really really love these and hope you know how appreciated your content is.
Jake, I'm not sure if I'm the only one or not, but I'd love to see a 3rd person angle. You're totally the star of the show. I'd offer to be your cam op one time to test it out! 😅
Such a Shame, it’s on a beautiful beach and next to a public dock that some larger boats utilize. Had a walk by on our last visit to Barbados. Thanks for posting!
Wow hard to believe it was only abandoned/closed down a decade ago, it looks like it's been abandoned for double, or even triple that amount. Nature definitely took over/reclaimed that spot.
I was visiting the Sandals Resort, and on a private Island tour in November 2018. The driver took us here to show us where the new resort was going to be. They were actively working on the site at the time.
As a fellow Barbadian 🇧🇧 who watches your vids occasionaly and saw a video posted 1 hour ago while i was eating, only to hear barbados in the first couple seconds of the video was extremely cool
I never mentioned it on your videos for “The Colony” in Sarasota, but I really appreciated those. (This reminded me of them) I used to go to The Colony every summer for a few years in the early 1980s, and loved that place.
Keep hearing the same story with places like this. Some Corpo entity buys the place with no idea how to run and maintain the place, cheaps out on maintenance and the people stop coming because of it.
So cool. Really great video. Wasn't a huge fan of the TV static transitions, they were kinda disorienting. But your work and art is highly appreciated, thank you for the video! You are a great travel buddy.
Such a captivating piece of land. Even in its current state the beauty and quaint charm pull through. I wish it could be restored to former glory instead of demolished for more souless megaresorts.
I find it very sad to see these abandoned resorts whether they are on the beach or in the catskills or New York. I love that you show pictures of when they were bustling with families and guests and then compare to what they've become. It's hard to imagine that the island has let that prime piece of real estate just sit in ruins and that something else has not wanted to come in and take it's place. I understand that Beaches was going to build there, but apparently that's not going to happen. I'm sure the pandemic and covid has something to do with that. People are still reeling from that and probably a lot of companies don't want to invest the money it would take to build a first class resort just yet. I always enjoy listening to your voice and you telling about these abandoned properties.
That place is a deteriorating mess they should completely demolish it and get the beauty of the land back sad to see such a grand place come to this thanks for sharing 👍👍
Holy hand grenades, I literally remember this place being advertised on TV, it looked SO luxurious, as a kid, I kept asking my parents if we could go there. Great video! (no, my parents laughed it off, we never went)
If theres one thing i can complement them on, that blue paint hasnt faded in the sun at all. Impressive. (Living in Florida, im used to everything fading quickly)
Great video! There's a lot of newspaper advertisement to be found, starting in March of 1990 and being extremly present in 1990 (much less after that). So I agree with you that it may have opened sometime in the 80's, probably very much near the end of that decade.
That tower with the bench inside, I remember seeing it in old commercials, especially during game shows like Wheel of Fortune or something. Didn't realize this was that resort.
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I stayed at the village many years ago - the same week Peter Stringfellow got married in the wedding windmill (we called it). We had the 1st week at the Almond Casuarina (now Sandals) & the 2nd week at the village. It was full of character then, albeit a bit run down. Great beach & snorkelling.
You should do an "Abandoned" video on Paradise Park, an aviary zoo and bird sanctuary that was once a major tourist attraction on Oahu, HI in the upper Manoa valley above Honolulu.
❤ This was a great video 📷📷 unfortunately the buildings would have to be demolished .if something else would eventually be developed there . I see alot of waste of money .. I do like how you match up the old videos to what it looks like now
Had the best holidays as kids at Almond Beach and the nearby now demolished Kings Beach throughout the late 90s/early 00s. Went back recently having not visited for the island 20 years and was gutted to see a place full of such treasured memories in ruin. Everyday we'd walk all the way from St Peters bay down to Gibbes, stopping off at the few bars & BBQs on the way, shading under the trees lining the edge of the beach, now you can't walk more than 100ft of sand without having to find a way through the super developed sea front to get back to the road to bypass rocks from the devastating sea erosion. Barbados is still a fantastic place to holiday, but the endless tranquil beach that stretched virtually the whole way along the West coast dotted with quaint developments nestled in natural vegetation is far bygone.
I love that you consistently find and use old footage and pictures in your documentaries as comparison between then and now. It makes it easier to follow and really satisfies the curiosity of what was
Me too I do enjoyed his video, anybody can records abandoned property. But he put history and faces of the property during glorious days. Keep up excellent work Bright Sun Films.
agreed! it is my favorite channel for abandoned structures and bankrupt companies. Truly fascinating to watch these videos, my curiosity is constantly peaked.
It's amazing how quickly nature can take back the land that we use.
You wouldn’t even be able to tell humans lived here after about 2 hundred years. Almost like it’s happened before and now we can’t explain things like the pyramids.
That's because constructing infrastructure in modern times has become a front for money laundering and scamming clients by cutting costs in materials and skilled workers.
My parents got married there back in 2002 at the sugar mill. We visited again around 2016, so sad to see it like this now.
We were there in 98ish, and it was so good. It's pretty sad to see it now.
Agreed, can’t stop crying
There's nothing like a new bright sun film to brighten my day. Keep up the great content!
Thanks!
I will never understand not cleaning to save costs. You will 100% guaranteed loose a majority of paying customers if it isn’t clean enough
Reminds me of my mother talking about how nasty her brother’s house was and said “cleaning supplies ain’t that expensive”.
its always easier in life to be lazy......never forget that sadly
*lose
Staff is the biggest expense for any service oriented operation, especially in vacation locations where staff has to either live on site or get paid enough to commute in from outside of the wealthy areas. They probably figured scrimp on staff and try to get more work out of fewer people, but people can only be stretched so thin.
Costs money to clean
This absolutely broke my heart even more. I grew up going to Almond every year for Christmas, back when it was Almond Beach Village. So many happy memories. I knew the place like the back of my hand.
RIP Almond. Thanks for everything 😢❤
So I live in Barbados and when sandals came to the island and built their other resorts they got something like 40 years duty free concessions on imports, but just as the government changed in 2018 when sandals started doing work on the beach area, other hoteliers on the island put pressure on the government about sandals duty free concessions, saying we’ve been here longer why can’t we get as well, so government and sandals went back to the negotiation table, sandals asking for if any company gets a better deal than what sandals has, that they be upgraded to a similar or better deal and they also wanted protection from any new tax law parliament may enact. The two parties couldn’t reach an agreement on the aforementioned issues and therefore the project was put on hold.
Curious. Since you live in Barbados, is the Shady Lane Resort still operating?
Lol if you’re referring to sandy lane, yes it still operates.
@@rohanlaron Thanks much. Sorry I got the name wrong.
@@skeletor9121I read that 3 times and couldn’t work out the difference haha - coffee time!
PS Thanks to OP for this comment, its crazy how almost everything comes back to Politics :(
It's amazing how much change happened in 5 years. It looks like it has been closed for a decade or two (from the outside at least). Great Video, Jake!!!!
As soon as water makes it's way in, it's all over. Just having air conditioning going really keeps moisture out .... and it's REALLY bad if a hole gets in a roof .
You'd be surprised ,but houses deteriorate fast with no occupants . my town has a bunch of derelict houses , crazy how fast some of them go to shit .
@@Sorrowablaze To piggyback off of this a bit, the tropics have a LOT of very intense rain, and with it, moisture.
I concur with the others. Water is horrible. If you ever have a leak or flooding, stop and/or turn off the water ASAP. It’s imperative that you properly dry out the area and fix the problem immediately . It may be expensive, but ignoring the problem, even for one hour, can make a huge difference.
Those ceiling fans at 9:00 are Hunter Originals which are cast iron and pretty indestructible, shows compared to the other fans which have lost blades and are badly rusted. Such a sad place now it’s decayed and it was obviously a lovely resort back in the 80s and 90s. Great video Jake
you are correct but I am not so sure they are that great any more, like so many American companies, Hunter is made overseas and has been for years.
@pierreklee8032 this is true but those at the resort would have been the earlier generation US made models if they were installed in the 80s or 90s. The non-US models were 2000s onwards.
@@RichieRouge206 exactly
I have to wonder if civil engineers or materials engineers study places like this to determine what products and materials hold up to the elements better than others.
The use cheap material these days. Back then they didn't
It's wild how so many of these abandoned videos mention the 09 financial crisis as turning point in the property's history and almost exclusively led to the downfall and eventual closing of the property.
Also at 8:00 that's definitely the Lego Island font
For ANY property that was relatively near break even, 09 plunged those MILLIONS of properties below the survival point.
it was a big deal
Thought it looked familiar; went on holiday here in the early 2000s. Was our last full family holiday as my folks split not long after, so a lot of fond memories despite only being 11 at the time.
Bitter sweet :(
I'm surprised that the resort hasn't become scrap piled ruins, given it deteriorated this fast and the constant hurricanes it faces
BSF is so fascinating. Fav YT subscription in my feed!
I love the juxtaposition of the vintage photographs with the current views of the same area.
As a fan of your channel it's nice to see uploads from my home country, hope you enjoy your stay in Barbados Jake
You didn't go into it, but I find it interesting. The reason the Sandals resort has stalled is that Sandals is apparently wanting concessions promised to them (not in writing but verbally) by the previous administration. For an idea about what those kind of concessions are, One was that Sandals would get paid if Barbados ever gave another Hotel company a tax break. That alone is essentially asking for a defacto monopoly on the Hotel business on the island, as the added expense would reduce any prospective tax break or incentive the government could give a competitor. Allowing Sandals to out-compete them with that unfair advantage.
Hmm. Sounds about right. Great summary.
Stellar work as usual Jake! The before and after photos you were able to include were amazing! What a beautiful resort it used to be back in the day. Too bad it’s prime real estate will one day be bought up and then overcharge guests for years to come
My wife stayed here around 2010. She was amazed at the amount of decay. And she remembered playing air hockey on that table!
This place hosted Grand Tour? That’s surprisingly awesome. Didn’t expect that
honestly this tropical resort was really cool the desgin and everything so sad to see it go now! i really hope somebody fixs it up i cant believe this used to be a big resort now its just all abandoned
I still wish for this as someone who regularly stayed at ABV/ABR 😢
The mattresses were likely piled in the lobby for a buyer who upon seeing them (perhaps already waterlogged) decided against buying them or even taking them. So there they stayed.
My first thought, as well. Also thought about how one or more people probably broke their backs moving them there for nothing. 😞
@@73KarlitaPresumably they got paid to move them, but since it’s unskilled labor they probably didn’t get paid much.
Great writing/editing on this ep. You integrated the history and tour really well.
Thank you so much!
It makes me happy to see someone who i consider on of the first people to do abandoned content on the internet and also being on of my first subs when i got onto youtube is still chuggin along
Having lunch while watching a new video by Jake what a good day to spend my Friday 😁🙌🏽
It's a miracle that this place is still standing in the hurricane Alley
Breaks the heart to let something like this resort just fade away!
Hard to believe such a cool place is abandoned.... how?!
poor management
As always, thank you for starting everyone's weekend off with a great video!
This was a fantastic hotel. With amazing staff. It breaks my heart to see this video. My girls and I made great memories here. And miss it dearly. So sad. 😢
Absolutely love your videos Jake. You always get the vibe across of the places you explore, feels like I was right there on the island and could smell the breeze. Thanks for the fantastic work you share
Another great video Jake! ❤ And perfect timing for the weekend no less.
I like those flashbacks to the past or the retro intro fading to what's today.
amazing location and wow what a beach 😎
In my fictional world, this place never gets abandoned and still successful
Mine too 😢
its a tremendous amount of decay and destruction for only having been abandoned a few years ...great video!
Great video my first time watching
Finally getting back to good videos, your good at this abandoned videos, keep it to that. We all miss it and the #1 reason we subscribe
I just have to say I adore your videos. When I was on surgery I watched these constantly and now im back to watching them again. As a fellow urbex enthusiast you as a creator hit all the points I like to see for abandoned buildings. I just really really love these and hope you know how appreciated your content is.
i love this series so much
You do suchhhhh a good job on these videos ❤
Jake, I'm not sure if I'm the only one or not, but I'd love to see a 3rd person angle. You're totally the star of the show. I'd offer to be your cam op one time to test it out! 😅
Such a Shame, it’s on a beautiful beach and next to a public dock that some larger boats utilize. Had a walk by on our last visit to Barbados. Thanks for posting!
Jake you're one of the best story tellers I've seen. I love your content
As always, a really great and amazing Video! How quick the nature is taking back is fascinating to see.
Wow hard to believe it was only abandoned/closed down a decade ago, it looks like it's been abandoned for double, or even triple that amount. Nature definitely took over/reclaimed that spot.
Thanks again Jake for another great video!!
I was visiting the Sandals Resort, and on a private Island tour in November 2018. The driver took us here to show us where the new resort was going to be. They were actively working on the site at the time.
You tell great stories in these videos!
Awesome video. I love how you put the before and afters in like that.
As a fellow Barbadian 🇧🇧 who watches your vids occasionaly and saw a video posted 1 hour ago while i was eating, only to hear barbados in the first couple seconds of the video was extremely cool
Also cause just before this, I was watching Outer Banks which had scenes filmed in Barbados
When life gets in the way and I fall behind on bright sun films but all up to date now great work as always Jake look forward to the next one
Looks like it was such a nice place in its day. Lots of charm.
I remember this The Almond Resort way back. I thought this was what might have happened.
Another informative video, Jake. Thank you.
Damn, I stayed there as a kid in the 80”s. It was amazing.
Thanks Mr. Jake. I absolutely love these videos!
What a great beginning to your video! Awesome as always....
I never mentioned it on your videos for “The Colony” in Sarasota, but I really appreciated those. (This reminded me of them) I used to go to The Colony every summer for a few years in the early 1980s, and loved that place.
One of the most underrated TH-camrs
Without your comparison pics i never would've thought there was pool or water on some of those areas before.
Thank you very much for not adding any music during the video. ❤ It’s way better that way
Just needs a bit of a sweep. I'll grab my things and pop round. No problem!
I know I’m late but this was really good thank you jake
Thank you for watching!
Keep hearing the same story with places like this. Some Corpo entity buys the place with no idea how to run and maintain the place, cheaps out on maintenance and the people stop coming because of it.
So cool. Really great video. Wasn't a huge fan of the TV static transitions, they were kinda disorienting. But your work and art is highly appreciated, thank you for the video! You are a great travel buddy.
Recommend you take a look/investigate the abandoned resort in Bavaro, Dominican Republic. Paradisus Punta Cana
In 24 hours 3 of my fav youtubers all uploaded at the same time, including jake.
I love your content! Thanks for the video ☺️
Thanks for watching!
Such a captivating piece of land. Even in its current state the beauty and quaint charm pull through. I wish it could be restored to former glory instead of demolished for more souless megaresorts.
likely to expensive to restore.
The sheer waste of materials is appalling, as is the fact they just left it all. Sigh . . . .
Sheer
I always enjoy watching your video's. thank-you.
I find it very sad to see these abandoned resorts whether they are on the beach or in the catskills or New York. I love that you show pictures of when they were bustling with families and guests and then compare to what they've become. It's hard to imagine that the island has let that prime piece of real estate just sit in ruins and that something else has not wanted to come in and take it's place. I understand that Beaches was going to build there, but apparently that's not going to happen. I'm sure the pandemic and covid has something to do with that. People are still reeling from that and probably a lot of companies don't want to invest the money it would take to build a first class resort just yet. I always enjoy listening to your voice and you telling about these abandoned properties.
That place is a deteriorating mess they should completely demolish it and get the beauty of the land back sad to see such a grand place come to this thanks for sharing 👍👍
Jake! Great episode as always. My week end is ALWAYS a plus when I get a BSF video!
So funny thats the beach from the Grand Tour!
Holy hand grenades, I literally remember this place being advertised on TV, it looked SO luxurious, as a kid, I kept asking my parents if we could go there. Great video! (no, my parents laughed it off, we never went)
The Sugar Mill tower reminds me of a memorial structure in the Dachau Concentration Camp-which I visited in 2016
If theres one thing i can complement them on, that blue paint hasnt faded in the sun at all. Impressive. (Living in Florida, im used to everything fading quickly)
Great video! There's a lot of newspaper advertisement to be found, starting in March of 1990 and being extremly present in 1990 (much less after that). So I agree with you that it may have opened sometime in the 80's, probably very much near the end of that decade.
That tower with the bench inside, I remember seeing it in old commercials, especially during game shows like Wheel of Fortune or something. Didn't realize this was that resort.
loving these Barbados videos, hope you enjoyed your stay here brother
Great video as always, These places are nature's wonder over time.
Babe wake up. It's a new Bright Sun Films video
Plenty,plenty scary at night now....cold chills like.
I enjoyed thisvideo!
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Jake,
Thoroughly enjoy your videos very interesting and informative. 😎👍
I stayed at the village many years ago - the same week Peter Stringfellow got married in the wedding windmill (we called it). We had the 1st week at the Almond Casuarina (now Sandals) & the 2nd week at the village. It was full of character then, albeit a bit run down. Great beach & snorkelling.
You should do an "Abandoned" video on Paradise Park, an aviary zoo and bird sanctuary that was once a major tourist attraction on Oahu, HI in the upper Manoa valley above Honolulu.
As always great video. 👍
❤ This was a great video 📷📷 unfortunately the buildings would have to be demolished .if something else would eventually be developed there . I see alot of waste of money .. I do like how you match up the old videos to what it looks like now
Great video jake keep up the good work
Google street view is a really cool way to see the past.
Another amazing video!
It only takes one hurricane...& a lack of will to rebuild.
My family stayed here is I think 2003. It was beautiful! sad to see it ended up this way.
2018 doesn't sound that long ago, but that was 5 years ago... There's no way it's been that long, no way.
Had the best holidays as kids at Almond Beach and the nearby now demolished Kings Beach throughout the late 90s/early 00s. Went back recently having not visited for the island 20 years and was gutted to see a place full of such treasured memories in ruin.
Everyday we'd walk all the way from St Peters bay down to Gibbes, stopping off at the few bars & BBQs on the way, shading under the trees lining the edge of the beach, now you can't walk more than 100ft of sand without having to find a way through the super developed sea front to get back to the road to bypass rocks from the devastating sea erosion.
Barbados is still a fantastic place to holiday, but the endless tranquil beach that stretched virtually the whole way along the West coast dotted with quaint developments nestled in natural vegetation is far bygone.
It’s really cool that he traveled there!
What I saw of the sheraton resort on the cook islands came back to me with this...
So sad to see such wastefulness