Abandoned Lovers Retreat Hotel - Heart Shaped Tubs, Champagne Glass Jacuzzis and more
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2021
- Built in the 1940's, this hotel catered to couples who wanted a retreat into the mountains and into nature to get away. With Heart Shaped Tubs and Giant Jacuzzis this resort was all about comfort. Built with three different hotel room styles we will explore the entire resort and what it has to offer , from Egyptian themed, to ones that are stuck in the 1980's with its not renovated floor plans. Walking around here was very enjoyable as resorts / hotels are one of my favorite places to visit. If you enjoyed the video, it would mean alot to leave a thumbs up! and perhaps subscribe for more exploring content! Have a goo day!
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I love the heart ❤️ tub
Had y'all been out there earlier in the year, ya probably would've been swimming in fiddlehead ferns ripe for the picking. Foraged wild foods like those sell really well to restaurants and at farmers markets for a good price.
Great film! It's so cool how you included the actual advertisement, as well.
I liked the 3 bedroom apartment+ Nice resort, in it's time....
Poconos :)
Dude I gotta tell ya , no offense but ure so cute LOL and you find the most interesting spots to explore ! Thanks for sharing man ........
My wife and I stayed at this resort in July 2007, in a room that was almost identical to the first room (though it was on the other side of the lake). It was a spur of the moment getaway where we only had one night free from our very young kids. Unlike its sister resorts, this one didn't force you to book a multi-night stay to get the Champaign room, and since it was a mid-week visit, the rates were a bit more friendly as well. The kitsch was part of its charm, and we were disappointed when it closed just one year later.
This place seems pretty awesome wish we could have stayed here before it closed 😉
I was wondering what the room rates would of been, especially having your own pool in your room
nice...........what positions did you and ur wife do that night??
Where is this resort?
@@johnstamos7888 scumbag much?
If you went over the lover's retreat with a blacklight the results would probably be horrifying.
Probably look like a Jackson Pollock painting.
@@MrRenegadeshinobi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MrRenegadeshinobi easy there “Starlord”
I know this place and can only imagine the wild lovemaking that went on in its day. DNA everywhere. Lol
That's why the carpet crunches when they walk on it. 20y of loads dropped all over. I would never walk barefoot in those rooms, even back when it was in operation.
This makes me feel all bubbly
Bubbly? 🌈
We went there for our honeymoon in 1997. I wanted to go because it was so tacky. My wife and I love kitsch although we stayed in one of the villas, not the champagne towers. We went in January to go Skiing and it was record cold that weekend. They canceled the snowmobiling and other outdoor activities because it was dangerously cold. they had an indoor skating rink ( I think that was the building near the end of the video)The food was decent and they kept us entertained. We had a great time. Sad to see it slowly rotting away.
The other 3 are still open. Just Brookdale closed.
David W Ryan. It was a lot of fun. And they did have a lot of things for Us to do. I'm might check into seeing which ones are still opened. Depending on what is happening around the World. I watched a few videos, one shows you how to look for spying bugs. You would be shocked where they can hide them. Even in smoke detectors and so many other places. The other video gives you suggestions to bring from home. Like a small bottle of bleach in a spray.bottle. make sure you clean the toilet and then the bath tub. Don't put anything on the bed cover. That's when the dark blue light will really show you stuff you don't want to see. Bring your Own Blankets and pillows and pillow cases. Bring wipes, make sure you wipe the telephone down. In case you have to call Service / Office. Wipe down the t.v. remote. Bring your Own towels and either bring flip flops or slippers. Although right now with this Covid stuff going on, they have to really clean the rooms. Still don't want to take a chance. Thanks for sharing the info. By the way the two videos that I just told you about. They were shown about 15 years ago. Since then it didn't matter where We went I still did what the two videos stated to. That includes at Disney, which We won't go there ever again. When We use to go to the Casino as well as other places We traveled to. Stay Safe Guys. God Bless.
My sister went there for her honeymoon back in 1973, so the round bed, the heart shaped pool and the champagne glass jacuzzi is more of the 60’s and 70’s influence. They were there a long time.
Nice to see a place where scrappers haven't ripped it apart. Spiral staircase room would make a nice apartment.
love these places with the 60s/70s style
Same
80s style also
That’s because it’s from 70s
I remember seeing signs and stuff for this when I was younger (back in the 90s). It was still kept somewhat nice then, but it was starting to get run down. It's a shame that they couldn't find ways to update it to more "modern" times. I understand that sometimes you can't, but with theme hotels becoming a thing again, it's a shame it couldn't hold on longer.
31:48 "While mom and dad mingle with other couples..." LOL! 😂🤣
That's code for "swingers" hehe
@@dunhill1 are you sure? "Swinging"?
😂😂😂😂😂😝😝😝😝
Honestly it does looking like a relaxing vacation spot. Just having a personal pool is awesome
When I lived in Jersey I sent away for a brochure to this place. I remember seeing pictures of the glass style jacuzzi's and thought how romantic and sexy the whole place looked.
Looks sorta like the Poconos in northeast pennsylvania. Unfortunately a ton of those resorts where burnt down in the last 10/20 years. And that service road was a logging trail as you can see from the lack of a full forest.
I loved the intro tune on this one. I definitely didn’t except to every see a romance themed hotel on this channel or at all. Thanks dude.
Great video guys. I have to agree with Devon on the rooms. The 1st one was really cool and romantic, but my favorite was the 3rd one, the villa. These places could easily be turned into condos or apartments, such a shame they are wasting away. And I am so surprised the Egyptian artwork has not been stolen. Those are beautiful. Stay safe guys and thanks for the great videos.
There are other videos of this property on UA-cam I’ve seen but this is one of the most detailed so far.
Swanky opening music, guys. Nailed it. Wonder how many couples will watch this and comment on their "hot" weekend spent in that champagine glass... 😉
My Dtr & Son in Law spent their honeymoon there. They got a picture of them in the glass. Curtesy of the motel. Also one in the tub. If they got one on the bed, I never saw it. They loved it.
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That brings back some memories! I never went to any of them but I grew-up in the region and in the late 1980s and early 1990s they advertised a lot. I heard that they were hitting hard times in the 2000s but didn't keep up when I moved away soon after that. The champagne glass hot tubs were such a big selling point in their marketing.
Fold up bed is called a "Murphy bed"
Oh ikr. That was driving me insane. I was yelling at the screen "it's called a Murphy bed!". Well, I guess people under 30 yrs old might not recognize this term.
@@tjp2109 Murphy is a brand. That's like saying "it's not a smartphone! It's a Galaxy!" Haha 🌈
@@robertschnobert9090 The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New York determined that the public had adopted the term Murphy bed as a “synonym for any bed that folds into a closet,” so the name is now generic.
Omg! As a kid I wanted to swim in one of those tall champagne glasses!
Probably better you didn't. Two yous may have come out of it afterwards. 😂
Spiral staircase for me I have always liked houses with a cool or different staircases design. Thanks for sharing 👍 from Keith in Edinburgh Scotland.
I am totally getting some Penn Hills Vibes off of this kind of reminds me of that place especially the round beds and jacuzzi tubs
Much nicer. Penn Hills was gross back into the 90s.
I stayed at Penn Hills in 1970 and 71. I saw some video of Penn Hills a few months ago and it had deteriorated terribly. So much more than this place.
Definitely. Grew up right down the road from Penn Hills, but it's almost completely gone now. This place is like Cove Haven, which is still in operation, right up the road from where Penn Hills was.
Looks like a gorgeous place in its prime, with a bit of every decade since it opened in its decor, God i hate mismanagement sometimes lol, and so cool that you found those commercials. This was a very cool and risky exploration, great video!
I couldn't help but wonder if any adult films were ever shot there. I love the style of those old 'romance' hotels though. the decades of experimentation and excess. Ohhh, if those walls could talk.....
and how much DNA was squirted on those walls. Ewww
YES.
There were many films made there. I've heard they'd rent out a whole building.
Wow! What a great find. I love how you find old footage to show what it was like 🥰
I’m glad you edited out the name of the resort in the commercials.
Hopefully it will keep this location safe from those tagging and destructive losers a little while longer.
The round bed took me straight to Austin Powers 🤣.
I could probably never relax enough to enjoy a place like this!!! 😂 too shy ☺️
although, that champagne glass/jacuzzi with star lights does sound very cool!
I went there in the 1990's and stayed in the champagne bathtub room. They had a photogropher book appointments and they came and took glamorous photos of you in the tub,heart pool, and bed. They told us to pour the whole bottle of bubble bath in the champagne tub and fill it. It was really cool. So sad to see something that was so unique back then and then to see it today.
Where is it?
@@shanae142689 its in PA in the Poconos
Wow! This was interesting. It is sad that it is abandoned and they did not keep it up.
I got married in 1987 and the resort we went to in the Poconos had that theme room too. They called those the “Champaign Towers” We opted for the “Fantasy Apple” I thought the champagne glass in the room was kind of “cringe” as my 16 year old son would say. I agree with you; my favorite was that three level room. BTW Love your work! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
You can come stay at one that is still open in Pa. It’s called Cove Haven. It’s like stepping into the past.
I wanna bring my woman there soooooo bad
@@mousejjt2 you totally should. They have all different kinds of romantic packages for add on’s. Like wine and chocolates and bubbles for the tubs. It’s a very romantic getaway.
It's true, I live right down the road from Cove Haven. Never been myself but it always seemed kinda neat! Unfortunately all the other old resorts around here are half demolished and burnt down now.
My favorite room is the 3 level specious suite with the spiral staircase so cool!
I remember the ads for this on TV in the 80s surprised this was not redeveloped.
How beautiful, why did it went abandoned?? Loved that champagne tub but the best room was that big one with the wake up and fall down the steps lol.
Their was a Pool somewhere.. That hotel looked like they had lots of fun activities to do.. nice video..
It was closed in 2008 and that was right about the Recession and the housing collapse. A lot of hotels and properties closed down or sold out to other property management companies that used the land for something else (or nothing else). Considering the timeframe the Recession was likely the reason why it closed down for good but many other commenters in the area of the resort say that it was starting to get on its last legs before then.
@@PhillyCh3zSt3ak oh wow... But it’s still a shame no one did anything with it. Thx for the info.
@@PhillyCh3zSt3ak I did take notice that they had an idea of plan to possibly reopen sometime down the road. A lot of things had plastic covering them, and if it is completely abandoned why pay security to secure the grounds 12 years later if closed in 2008?
Love the 60s elevator music ; ) You don't get to hear that anymore. I never noticed how soothing it was, just thought it was cheesy back then.
Umm you can literally listen to it on UA-cam
The last unit would make a nice apartment
It really would!
Such a great find !!! Really enjoyed the video and all the old stuff !!! Such a waste to see it abandoned!!!
A spider crawled on your backpack strap as you got up🤯 be careful. Love the videos 😍
In my worldview, a heart-shaped jacuzzi with champagne-glass jacuzzi, a sauna and round bed (I had one in the early/mid 80’s and it was really cool to sleep in! Finding bedding for it was difficult back then) do not mesh well with an Egyptian motif. Somehow I can’t imagine there were many pyramids, Egyptians or camels in the area.
The toilet room in a home with indoor facilities when it was new was named the “water closet” and they had a chain pull to flush.
I’d opt for the one furthest away from the children’s area, whichever room that would be.
I have to say I’m surprised you didn’t run across any deer. I’m certain they’ve taken the grounds over and it’s probably overrun with them when no one’s around. Cool explore, gentlemen!
I thought the same about the Egyptian décor vs. the rest of the theming.
I loved the mural but I agree it doesn't go with all of the red. I'm surprised that there wasn't more pink. The building structure itself was really cool 😎
This particular resort is/was in the Poconos still operating into the early 00's. Those 'champagne glass' whirlpool tubs were it's signature attraction. Always surprising to me how such investments are left to rot. I'm curious as to know why this resort did not sell-off most of the hotel assets when they were viable items to be reused elsewhere. The two-seater, compartment shower stall was over $3k at the time and by my guess the champagne glass whirlpools with attachments would have exceeded $15k back in the day. It's odd there is still 'paid' security on-site. A place which may still have life in the 2020's. Just a wee bit of financial love to do it.
I know this was commented a year ago, just leaving this for people watching now like me. The Poconos resort is still open, this is a sister property in the video. I've stayed in the Champagne Glass room in the Poconos recently.
@@andwatifisedno Thanks for the update.
This resort still looks like it is in good shape and it might be worth reopening with some renovation and retheming.
Omg the pool had a heart on
Bahaha, reminds me of the hotel room Clark Kent and Lois Lane stay in in Superman II, nice. 👍🏼
Was thinking exactly the same, went looking in the comments to see if anyone else thought that 😂
This is the coolest abandoned video I have ever seen.
I would stay in the Egyptian room with the champagne glass. So cool! 🥂
I as well like the room you and Chris like. I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos.
I found your freaking out when you saw the security guard and falling to the ground amazing. What fun !
I caught syphilis watching this video.
Looks like it would have been a nice place to take a vacation or a honeymoon back in the day. Its too bad thats its just sitting there decaying now. Great video though, keep up the great work man! :)
fantastic seeing the original retro styles
Best yet
I stayed at Brookdale…I’ve stayed at all the Caesar’s resorts over the years….I was at Pocono Palace a few months ago lol!
Incredible! I wish something like this still existed for use, so upset it is not operating. What a beautiful space gone to waste!
There is. There are three sister properties. Cove haven has these rooms it’s the champagne tower suite
OMG!! I went there for my honeymoon.. many many years ago.lol How sad to see it in such disarray.
The poconos is such beautiful area also these places are salvageable too .I liked the three level ones myself
Well done. Thank you.
Owners: let’s make some of the rooms an Egyptian theme
Designer: no problem. Let me get someone to paint a pyramid on the wall
As usual, great exploring😎 the artwork is amazing
This is a good video
I've so many abandoned videos on this place.. it still surprises me on how so many still continually show it
Such a beautiful forestry area to walk thru!! All those lush green ferns!!! It’s already a great video and I’m only like 3 minutes in!!!!
I absolutely love and look forward to your videos I wish we saw more more often but I get addicts a while to explore and then edit anyway sending love to your channel ❤️❤️ PS my favorite room was the last one you did by far
Hey guys do you wanna hear something really funny?… That first Egyptian room you were in all the way down the end well my husband and I was not my husband at the time stayed in that exact same room in 19 92 and it was absolutely gorgeous. Nobody needed a kitchen when you stayed in that room LOL and that thing the big heart shaped thing is a swimming pool not a hot tub. And the champagne glass you wouldn’t believe how it would bubble over one turned on after using bubble bath and then you would have to get lots of towels to clean it up LOL we had a blast. It was so much fun they were shows at night we were able to do bow and arrow and this is true I had never shot one of my life and I kept getting Bullseye after Bullseye. We went skeet shooting somewhere around there and my husband kept hitting all the skates and he’s never done that before we had a really good time it was really awesome see you in that room again thank you.
There’s more to the story that I completely forgot to add. You know how the room was nothing but mirrors everywhere you walked well my husband fiancé at the time was walking around with a video camera now we’re talking to the old video cameras all of a sudden he saw some men staring at them naked… Well that man staring at him was himself because of all the mirrors LOL it was so funny.
What a beautiful memory to have❣
Thanks for sharing your memory. My wife and I back in 2001 were going to make our honeymoon there, but instead went to Florida. 🙄
Great find mate... Glad you enjoyed yourselves and definately the last room was best.
Definatly more than 1 couple shareing these rooms 👀
Yay! Never clicked so fast! Starting my weekend off right! 🌸✌️💜
Just can imagine how any people would be filling and staying at this place. Great video!
The advertisement at the end was really cool, showing what it looked like when it was in use. I Googled (easy to find when you use certain keyword features from the property) and the pictures of it back in the day when it was still an active resort are very neat, too. Oh, and there are some UA-cam videos of people cavorting in the champagne glass jacuzzi tubs. :)
Amazing!!!
I’m definitely picking the heart shape tub ;)
Great video, thanks for sharing. I would definitely stay in an Egyptian room!
There's a very similar resort to this that's down the road that is still operating. I just stayed there with my husband in November and it honestly doesn't look much different from these rooms at all, except they were much cleaner obviously. But the tubs/pools/beds are still very of that era. I could have sworn we drove past another similar resort that looked abandoned, but we took a different way home and didn't get a second look, I bet this was it!
Another great video by one of my favorite channels.
I already said this on your Instagram, but that heart-shaped pool is 10/10. It's definitely one of my favorite things about this place. Thanks for sharing! (:
Great video guys love this
Definitely reminds me the Poconos I would almost swear that was one of the like Cove Haven Poconos Resort I know there's three in existence now maybe there were more I was at 1 just a month or two ago
Less than 30 seconds in I could tell by the forest it was the Poconos. I believe 2 are still open. Cove Haven and Pocono Palace Resort. I live about 30 minutes west of these places in northeast pa.
@@georgenichols7718 I think this is the Caesars Brookdale resort in tannersville which is now a drug rehab place
This is the Poconos
I never heard them say the location. Looks like a place I was at in the Poconos back in the 1980s
@@RR448 yes it is
Absolutely love your videos Sir your my favorite 😍
OMG THAT DECO…👏🏼
I would stay in the egyptian one !!! love it
Love this place
I would choose the Egyptian room for sure! for the pure novelty of it. Very cool explore guys x
I stayed there for honeymoon at champagne towers (champagne glass Jacuzzis) in 92 with the first hubby; now ex-hubby.lol. it was cool and a really fun time! Quick fyi... the heart shaped tubs were actually pools not Jacuzzis.
Thanks for sharing the explore brought back some funny memories!!Yours is the first I've ever seen from there excellent job!
It's crazy this particular resort is abandoned but the company as a whole is still in operation! You'd think they'd be defunct or something but when I checked them out, you can still book with them and such. Amazing find man!
Cool video. Interesting walk into the past
That song at the end of the commercial just screams, "1970s"!
90's. I have that video stashed somewhere. We stayed at all of the other resorts they owned.
Both styles are architecturally interesting, if a bit bizarre on the Egyptian side. I think the hole in the wall once contained a safe for people’s valuables. As always you have done a great job of showing it. The “Presidential “ suite was a bit of overkill to my thinking. I liked the Murphy Bed in the family cottages. The time for this style of resort has had it’s day, and isn’t likely to return since there are so many alternatives now...and newlyweds tend to honeymoon abroad. At varying points in my life I could have enjoyed staying in any of the styles, but these days I go Air B&B. Stay safe and keep enjoying what you do.🖤🇨🇦
This is the Poconos!! I have pictures of this exact place.. Same rooms. My parents went there in the 1980's!
This is pretty cool!!
This kind of reminds me of the place my wife and I stayed at for our honeymoon. But ours was Western themed. It had a lot of unique stuff also. I don't much care for the Egyptian theme, but still enjoyed you exploring this place nevertheless. Personally, I'm with you. I liked the last room that you explored the best. Very open floor plan and could of been a very nice getaway from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. I enjoyed the old advertisement you showed at the end. It really added some perspective to the video.
Great video....i think I liked the last one the most as well lots of room and I loved the design
This explore was awesome!! The intro music was spot on.
Omg I love your videos. Your lucky to be able to travel and explore. Thanks for the videos ♥️✌🏻
Love the video
Another awesome video about an almost forgotten era,Thank you🤗
I also liked the beginning, planning to avoid the car owners by using tactics, that's great. And gives some adrenaline rush😉👍
P.s. that little smirk of you while talking about the romantic 70's made my day😅
Love this place, I can imagine staying there when it was open and having a bath in the giant glass lol - brilliant. Sounds a bit pricy from the other comment I saw so maybe that’s why it’s like it is now. Fabulous find 🌹
Great videos guys!! Ty for sharing! Beautiful woods especially here.. just found your channel recently and binging today:-) excellently done. I have a lot more to watch but love it so far! Blessings and be safe guys.
I liked the one with the spiral staircase the best 👌😋😉😎👍
Just realized I'm watching this right before Valentine's Day. Pretty fitting. :D
So many cool places around there
I remember these commercials back in the 70ies as a kid. I wanted to go in that champagne glass jacuzzi so badly😆 this resort was in the Poconos! My parents went there for their honeymoon in the early 60ies...their room did not look like this though..They had a sunken walk down tub and that was as sexy as it got😆
There’s still a couple of places like that there till this day
I remember commercials in the 70s too!
🤩 🤩🤩
Actually stayed in that room with the champagne glass tub for my honeymoon in 1995. Wow cool!!