Dirty Dancing Filming Location ! Mountain Lake Hotel (READ DESCRIPTION)

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  • Опубліковано 9 гру 2016
  • This movie was filmed in 2 locations, Virginia and Lake Lure, NC. This video is ONLY the Virginia location.
    PLEASE WATCH the Netflix documentary where the producer visits THIS very hotel in Pembroke, Virginia and describes the lift scene being done as shes standing directly where I stand in this video! It's sad that Lake Lure tells everyone it was shot there when it was in fact shot at this Virginia hotel. Sadly almost everything from Lake Lure is gone.
    THE WATER LIFT SCENE LOCATION AND OPINIONS - There are lots of opinions about this scene and where exactly it was filmed. Lake Lure in North Carolina ( a truly amazingly beautiful place) has claimed for years that it was filmed in Firefly Cove. There used to be an old boy scout camp in the woods and the cabins were used in the movie as the staff’s bunks. The stairs and bridge that Baby dances on were also located there. HOWEVER there are still staff at Mountain Lake Hotel in Virginia who say it was absolutely filmed there, so who knows. At this point it will probably be varying opinions forever due to the fact that both areas enjoy the revenue from Dirty Dancing visitors so both will keep claiming it was at their location. The long and short of it is, IT'S A GREAT MOVIE, WHO CARES BEYOND THAT! haha Shortly after filming this I visited Lake Lure in North Carolina to see for myself what was left. The short answer is, not much. The boy scout camp was torn down years ago and is now a community of beautiful homes. I believe one of the homes was built on the original foundation of Johnny's cabin which is pretty cool. The long staircase exists as well and I was able to snap a photo of them. Unfortunately this is about all that's left. However if you get the chance you should definitely check both locations out. Lake Lure is such a cool area with tons of outdoorsy things to do. Also, make sure you check out Mountain Lake Hotel in Virginia. Come for the amazing Dirty Dancing filming locations and stay for the incredible Hotel experience!
    I had planned on visiting Mountain Lake Hotel for many years however it is so far off "the beaten path" that one must truly work a day into a trip to see this beautiful place. Trust me though, it is worth seeing if not for the hotel itself. Beautiful stone and wood work everywhere, beautiful views and of course the view of Baby's cabin! The hotel definitely embraces the movie and loves for visitors to stop in and look around. Keep an eye out for the little shed-like building in the parking lot that houses lots of movie memorabilia and information about what can be seen and where.
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  • @kristenmoore650
    @kristenmoore650 5 років тому +280

    I can’t believe it will be 10 years in September that Patrick Swayze has been gone. This is definitely one of my favorite movies. Thanks for making this video.

  • @ritaturner9906
    @ritaturner9906 6 років тому +372

    Thanks for putting movie scenes inbetween so we could get more of a visual

    • @judyholiday653
      @judyholiday653 5 років тому +2

      The actor who played Robbie sadly overdosed on heroin back in the early 90's..

    • @mitchchardonnay
      @mitchchardonnay 4 роки тому

      @@judyholiday653 thanks for informing... Love the movie so... And I own it totally 😍

    • @carlaheard2148
      @carlaheard2148 4 роки тому

      @@judyholiday653 OMGEEEEEE, I didn't know that. How sad...Thank you for letting us know. :)

    • @Khloe_dancer_model
      @Khloe_dancer_model 4 роки тому

      Judy Holiday so SAD

  • @dsprenger13
    @dsprenger13 4 роки тому +149

    So haunting now to see the same spots where such iconic scenes were filmed so many, many years later. Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach and the director are all gone now and so is my Mum, who I used to love watching this movie with. Sad 😢😢😢

    • @S_u_n_Flower_
      @S_u_n_Flower_ 4 роки тому +4

      May God comfort you

    • @jason127x99
      @jason127x99 4 роки тому +1

      dsprenger13 sorry for your loss!

    • @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639
      @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 4 роки тому +9

      dsprenger13
      I here you!!! We got the tape the moment it hit the shelves and loved watching this movie. My son was about 3 when it did hit video and boy did he love the movie also! He used to ask for it and would get in front of the TV and do the dance moves with the various scenes!!! He was so cute, his favorite dance move was the end where they basically line danced down the isle and started getting people up to dance...he had the steps down, the hip thrusts and all! LOL!!!
      So sorry to hear your Mom is gone, My Dad passed in 1987!!! I don't know how old you are, how long it has been, how raw things might still be, but I just want to offer you a bit of encouragement, as I feel what I say may help heal and/or inspire someone/anyone to know it's okay to let others in, and they find their own place and will never take anyone else's place, period. It's impossible!!!
      But life goes on with a shadow of sorrow and sometimes pain across our heart, but love is infinite so it will always be there with you and you can keep filling your heart up by bringing more loved ones into your life!!! Don't be afraid to watch the movie with someone else, especially if they love it as much as you do. You can share your likes and if any dislikes, but most of all you can swoon and swell your heart up with joy and love every time you watch it and the new person or persons can squish their love in next to Mom's, and swoon plus fill up with that joy and love as well...… and while watching, Mom will always be right there surrounding y'all with love as well!!! It's the love, closeness and companionship that movies like this can inspire and it is okay and good to also share that with others, beyond the person/people you already share or shared with!!

    • @1211jinx
      @1211jinx 4 роки тому +1

      dsprenger13,my condolences ☹️💐🙏

  • @trishpouyadou8788
    @trishpouyadou8788 4 роки тому +201

    They have "Dirty Dancing weekends" at mountain lake resort. They do tours of all the scene locations, dancing lessons etc. My husband and Iwent in our 10th Anniversary.

    • @pamb9590
      @pamb9590 4 роки тому +7

      Oh really... that sounds like so much fun! Something that i would DEFINITELY like to experience. Thanks for the info! ☺

    • @flyingveda
      @flyingveda 4 роки тому +2

      I would love to do that

    • @loulace5430
      @loulace5430 4 роки тому +2

      Oh wow I had no idea this sounds amazing

    • @nicholasmaude6906
      @nicholasmaude6906 3 роки тому

      Do they do some actual "Dirty Dancing";)?

  • @insaneworld9845
    @insaneworld9845 6 років тому +470

    Dude you did a fine fine job showing the shots in the movie and the shots how it looks now to compare.. if you hadn't done that we wouldn't have gotten the full effect.. great job 👌

    • @haticeraif9592
      @haticeraif9592 6 років тому +1

      insane world I

    • @brittanys.durham581
      @brittanys.durham581 6 років тому +5

      I agree☺

    • @tonytiger573
      @tonytiger573 5 років тому +4

      yes he indeed did a great job. ☺ good job buddy ol pal skipper boy luther T Jr the 2nd
      of..sorry I'll shut up now 👀

  • @stormysyndrome7043
    @stormysyndrome7043 6 років тому +1061

    About 25 miles from here. This lake is famous for draining itself, and refilling due to the geology of the mountain itself. The lake is currently full again and they had the world's largest water slide there just last summer. Just down the road we have another lake with the dam created by beavers. Every now and then there will be a flood and the dam will break. The beavers rush to rebuild the dam and it fills back up as well.

    • @trishg1842
      @trishg1842 5 років тому +17

      Stormy Syndrome is this lake really full again?

    • @eva5302
      @eva5302 5 років тому +64

      Thanks for telling us ...I was feeling so , so sad. Such a wonderful place.... Glad , very glad that the lake is still there !! 😊

    • @randydaniel8056
      @randydaniel8056 5 років тому +10

      Check the site Trish he is 100% correct

    • @msc7697
      @msc7697 5 років тому +9

      Wow...that was great...thanks

    • @911Salvage
      @911Salvage 5 років тому +36

      Those dam beavers are dam smart, aren't they?

  • @citygirl5705
    @citygirl5705 5 років тому +88

    "Road House," "Ghost," "Point Break," and "Dirty Dancing." Those films alone are an amazing resume. All classics in their own right.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 4 роки тому +4

      Point Break is something else ! They Robbed California Banks as US Presidents !

    • @jason127x99
      @jason127x99 4 роки тому +4

      Holo Holopainen don't forget I believe was his first action movie Red Dawn! I can watch that movie over and over. Very good flick! Especially at the time with the Red Scare going on when the movie was being produced.

    • @johnb8190
      @johnb8190 4 роки тому +2

      amanda davis love Point Break. Did you see the remake? 😖 terrible

    • @mrmaxcarter2306
      @mrmaxcarter2306 3 роки тому

      Roadhouse really wasn't very good. Acting, writing. Even action. Nothing that great. Point break was a far better film .

    • @citygirl5705
      @citygirl5705 3 роки тому +3

      @@mrmaxcarter2306 In addition to the great action and Swayze and Sam Elliott's incredible charisma, "Road House" has more great lines than any film I can think of.

  • @803trends
    @803trends 3 роки тому +1

    I still like going back to these videos and watching them again. I'm one of your early subscribers. Chris this channel is really growing. You're doing a great job!.

  • @odyDgonz
    @odyDgonz 6 років тому +151

    Rest in peace Jerry Orbach & Patrick Swayze, 2 phenomenal actors who left us too soon. R.I.P.

    • @wrkhrse
      @wrkhrse 6 років тому +1

      We lost both to cancer ☹️

    • @trishg1842
      @trishg1842 5 років тому +6

      The actor who played Robbie the creep also passed away not long after filming this movie...The director passed away as well, and one of the blond dancers, not penny, but the blond who was screaming Nd jumping up&down at the end when Johnnie came back in...I think she has a blue top on in that shot, she died to. She was murdered in her apartment in NYC back in may of 2001.

    • @eleonoramingari2308
      @eleonoramingari2308 5 років тому +1

      @@trishg1842 the film is actually cursed

    • @johnallen9917
      @johnallen9917 5 років тому +3

      My feelings the same...

    • @kaybeane4745
      @kaybeane4745 5 років тому +1

      Agreed

  • @jeffreyg3831
    @jeffreyg3831 6 років тому +139

    I saw Patrick Swayze when I was working at Bellagio in Las Vegas in 2009. He sat down and played Black Jack. A total gentleman! Young people take note re: the gentleman comment.

    • @seanm3226
      @seanm3226 5 років тому +5

      Jeffrey G Swayze was extremely ill throughout 2009. That being the year he died. He must have looked in really bad shape.

    • @Chantwizzle
      @Chantwizzle 5 років тому +7

      I saw him once at Kentucky Horse Park with his wife. They had their Arabians there for a demo of some kind. Super low key and nice guy.

    • @UKnowMeIMURDaddy
      @UKnowMeIMURDaddy 5 років тому

      Liar

    • @wickwire9560
      @wickwire9560 5 років тому

      @@seanm3226 from what I gather he was an health nut he exercised religiously ate good, but I've seen him smoke didn't know if he kept that up or not !
      But Damn I will never forget what I was showed as I was a kid...
      " A Gravestone that was a man that Ran Marathons, exercised every day ate good as can be never done or had any bad habits" !
      But threw all that, There he lay ....
      "One of the most Healthiest dead Man you'll ever see"!!
      "Hey Who Knew Right"!?🤷‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @jenniferbalogh9487
    @jenniferbalogh9487 6 років тому +2

    Thanks for making this. It's one of my favourite movies and I still watch it over and over. It's super sad that Patrick is gone and I teared up a little watching this. So amazing. 💞

  • @dianeluke1746
    @dianeluke1746 5 років тому +3

    This was an awesome video. I was in the 8th grade when this movie came out and my friends and I memorized every word and song! It brought back such nostalgia to see that this place still exists and is still beautiful. Thank you.

  • @jaime_lj6211
    @jaime_lj6211 6 років тому +150

    Best movie ever! Wow neat video! Thx! RIP Patrick Swayze 😢 you will be missed forever!

    • @greenriverutah4673
      @greenriverutah4673 5 років тому +3

      U r absolutely right

    • @TyhlerNovac
      @TyhlerNovac 5 років тому +3

      One of Swayze's best movie was city of joy ... Lots of great moments in my life.... I faced a fear of public fear... the same week city of joy was realeased

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 4 роки тому +1

      I really liked The Point Break ! Where They robbed Banks and wore masks of The US Presidents ! One was Nixon - Remember to Vote / No - I am No Watergate !

    • @TaliaIGhul
      @TaliaIGhul 4 роки тому +2

      Patrick made sure Baby wasn't in a corner. RIP

    • @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639
      @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 4 роки тому

      @@holoholopainen1627
      Yup Point Break was a great one also!!!! Actually I have NEVER seen a bad movie with Patrick in it, and we Must mention Ghost as an all time favorite as most!!! The masks I remember from Point Break were; Reagan, Carter, Nixon & Johnson, If I have Johnson Correct...I know the other 3 are!! lol!!!
      Every thing I ever saw and/or heard about Patrick was that he was a good man, with problems exactly like the rest of us, for the most part....meaning his life was as perfect or dismal as he chose to make it, money or no money, and with the money he did have things were not dreams and fairytale perfect like some people think money makes life!!!
      I have love and empathy in my heart for who he was and for the cancer he went through.
      I BEG ALL MEN, to if nothing else from age 40 on(which is younger then they recommend, but start early) to get their prostrate checked regularly, especially if having any issues urinating and/or with ED and or issues with the strength and/or amount of ejaculation. These can be some of the signs of issues with one's prostrate and can help detect cancer early enough to eradicate it and allow you to survive a long life with your loved ones!!!

  • @samanthawalker74
    @samanthawalker74 6 років тому +88

    I live very close to this location. Been there several times. The lake had a crack in it and slowly drained. But it is beginning to refill. It is a Beautiful place. Very secluded and peaceful.

    • @ReggieRegina
      @ReggieRegina 6 років тому +2

      Samantha Walker is the resort still open to customers?

    • @JD-mv8tl
      @JD-mv8tl 6 років тому +1

      Samantha Walker what is the name of the resort? Do you know why they did not fix the leak to prevent it from getting to this point

    • @samanthawalker74
      @samanthawalker74 6 років тому +2

      Reggie Reg yes. It is open

    • @samanthawalker74
      @samanthawalker74 6 років тому +9

      Reggie Reg it is called mountain lake. And the lake is in top of a mountain and it has a crack going through the mountain. There would be no way to fix it. The drive to mountain lake is very steep and curvy. It is breathtaking just driving there.

    • @maneater1233
      @maneater1233 6 років тому

      lol would would they know there was a leak in the lake?

  • @doglover8596
    @doglover8596 4 роки тому +10

    Thank you for filming this. I was totally into the movie, my friends and I tried doing the famous lift, but after one busted nose and another who broke her arm, we decided to leave it alone.

  • @susanmiller4159
    @susanmiller4159 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you. I am glad my mom never knew the lake has dried up. She was a young girl in the early 1960s. This movie was almost an anthem for her generation. I live about 150 miles away in southeastern Virginia and never knew it had dried up. Thanks so much for sharing. Just discovering your channel and loving it.

  • @72thcking
    @72thcking 6 років тому +756

    You look like you had the time of your life

  • @j.b.9581
    @j.b.9581 6 років тому +97

    Watching this sent chills down my spine. RIP Patrick Swayze. Patrick sure could Sway - ze.

    • @jthorner69
      @jthorner69 6 років тому +5

      J. B. It made me feel sad to a point but made me want to watch it one more time again!. Awesome video brother!!!!

    • @brittanys.durham581
      @brittanys.durham581 6 років тому +1

      Me too

    • @easternwoods4378
      @easternwoods4378 6 років тому

      I'm male and I refer to the movie as female friendly p * * n. Lots of women give a me a knowing look.

  • @libbyreesbarresi7459
    @libbyreesbarresi7459 5 років тому +160

    It would be really cool if you could go back and do this video again when the lake refills....just a thought...thanks for sharing.

    • @mmmflo7296
      @mmmflo7296 4 роки тому +3

      👍

    • @mjlives5428
      @mjlives5428 4 роки тому +10

      The lake has not refilled for 25 years though....

    • @kirbyjustine1
      @kirbyjustine1 4 роки тому +3

      Haro19 OG I wonder how full it is now and when it exactly filled up. It said it was all dirt for 25 years 💔 And then in 2015 it’s still dirt with a little water. I really hope it filled back up since the last update in 2015. This broke my heart to watch.

    • @1211jinx
      @1211jinx 4 роки тому +1

      @D D Thanks for the info ma'am...It's sad that a once beautiful lake looked like that now ☹️😞and the fishes also ☹️

    • @Giusep80
      @Giusep80 3 роки тому +1

      Just seen an article it has filled up. As of today.

  • @chriskennedy7321
    @chriskennedy7321 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the video. My first wife and I honeymooned there in 1982. We took a paddle boat all around the lake, played pool with the predominately older crowd (the crowd that now includes me), and had chicken cordon bleu as our first dinner as husband and wife all there at the hotel.
    When the movie came out we were surprised to see Mountain Lake Hotel, and pleased.
    I've never been back, so. Thanks for the video. Good memories.

  • @HerHomeschoolHomestead
    @HerHomeschoolHomestead 6 років тому +283

    It's creepy the lake dried. The lake is gone and so is Patrick 😭. Rest In Peace.

    • @kre814
      @kre814 6 років тому +10

      Gina Marisa all good things come to an end

    • @jonok42
      @jonok42 6 років тому +6

      The lake will eventually come back.

    • @ABabe-zh5vh
      @ABabe-zh5vh 6 років тому +1

      Sad & true comment

    • @hagbard72
      @hagbard72 6 років тому +2

      Looks like it must have been a very shallow lake. Any idea what happened to it?

    • @marcusjnewtonz28
      @marcusjnewtonz28 6 років тому +4

      Robert Drake there was an earthquake in the area and the water eventually all slipped through the erosion. It’ll come back, probably not in this lifetime unfortunately though.

  • @MichaelsExplorations
    @MichaelsExplorations 7 років тому +370

    One of my favorite movies R.I.p Patrick Swayze 🙏 nice video with the movie clips

  • @dlwcrazyblondeone
    @dlwcrazyblondeone 5 років тому +39

    I was there at the end of March 2017, for a quick trip up this crazy mountain. We were only there about 20 minutes on our way to see "The Waltons" 45th reunion, this is a beautiful place and the lake comes and goes due to some weird natural thing.

    • @mws755
      @mws755 5 років тому +1

      I can look at the ground and tell no water has been on it in a very long time

    • @clevelandcbi
      @clevelandcbi 5 років тому +2

      @@speedracer175 She's actually right. Happened several times since filming wrapped, 2003 one of the most recent. Has been mainly empty for several years now, though.

    • @YeshuaKingMessiah
      @YeshuaKingMessiah 4 роки тому

      Oh wow, it’s near “Waltons’ “ mountain?? Wish I had known! I took my kids there in the late 90s!

    • @GTOHHH6
      @GTOHHH6 4 роки тому

      @@mws755 oh ok... So the water there now.....? It fills up about every other year.

  • @johnlasley9384
    @johnlasley9384 5 років тому +5

    How awsome, I remember going to see my late friend Patrick in this movie when it was released. Miss ya buddy & keep on dancing dirty in heave.

  • @dawnbentleah1818
    @dawnbentleah1818 6 років тому +75

    I almost cried when i saw the lake was gone..

    • @aniaka7620
      @aniaka7620 6 років тому +1

      Dawn Bentleah Me too!! so sad to watch:(

    • @jawjagrrl
      @jawjagrrl 5 років тому +10

      It's full again. It happens periodically because of the geology. Enjoyed time there many times over the years. I know a lot of folks that worked as extras because I was in college nearby at the time.

    • @daysleeper724
      @daysleeper724 5 років тому +2

      It’s a natural lake, so when a hole opens up, it all slowly drains away and eventually the lake refills itself. Because it’s natural, they’re not allowed to change the flow or pattern of the lake to prevent it from draining. It’s back now though!

  • @ruthnovack4664
    @ruthnovack4664 6 років тому +26

    Yes some of the scenes were filmed at Lake Lure NC. In fact they have a Dirty Dancing festival every summer on the lake.

  • @Triple316
    @Triple316 4 роки тому

    The difference with the lake not there anymore is crazy... our world is changing so much.. Thanks so much

  • @ginnywilliams8159
    @ginnywilliams8159 4 роки тому +1

    This was amazing! I was born in 1984 and my parents were letting me watch Dirty Dancing at 3 years old. It is my alltime favorite movie. I even started dance class soon after and it became a huge part of my life for years to come. Loved this! 💖

    • @HollyJordan15
      @HollyJordan15 4 роки тому

      Ginny Williams I was 14 at the time. My favourite movie too

  • @mikeb7998
    @mikeb7998 6 років тому +66

    Legend still has it.....nobody ever put "baby" in the corner.

    • @RogerBates7
      @RogerBates7 5 років тому +1

      John Wayne that wasn't the same room. The dining hall you saw here was where the breakfast scenes and Max talking to his staff were shot. The dancing scenes and famous grand finale were shot in the "grand ballroom" which was at lake lure. It was the camp's dining hall heavily cleaned up and decorated to look like a grand ballroom. That location no longer exists and would have been unrecognizable outside of the time of filming, in any event.

  • @Armylady74
    @Armylady74 7 років тому +498

    Earthquakes took the water away. It caused fractures and the water slipped through the cracks. I live a few hours away and it was all over the news. Sad not to see the lake anymore. I went there throughout my childhood. It doesn't look the same anymore.☹️

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  7 років тому +19

      I had heard that. So crazy

    • @TheJer1963
      @TheJer1963 6 років тому +21

      No one is really sure why this happened. It levels have gone up and down for decades now. I grew up a couple counties away from here. Spent our honeymoon there in Jan. 85 the water temp was -30. Beautiful place in the winter.

    • @mkilner
      @mkilner 6 років тому +33

      wonder if it was caused by fracking?...seems very odd to just disappear!..Great video always wondered where this was 🙂👏🏻

    • @stevewebb7318
      @stevewebb7318 6 років тому +22

      If it was fracking we would have heard about it

    • @CARTER.J
      @CARTER.J 6 років тому +26

      Wow!! Thank you for explaining why the lake is gone, i thought he would have explained that in the video...

  • @kimmycupreacts
    @kimmycupreacts 4 роки тому +4

    This is one of my favorite movies. It's awesome getting to see where it was filmed. I couldn't help but get sad that the lake was dried up, but I read some comments below and they said it will fill up again, which is great news. Thanks for the video!

  • @triciathurman-beckman4661
    @triciathurman-beckman4661 6 років тому +1

    One of my most favorite movies of all time!! Loved seeing what you filmed and heading back in time.

  • @sunshinemishasmommy5352
    @sunshinemishasmommy5352 6 років тому +39

    A great video,well done...Dirty Dancing is one of my favorite movies,my sister played it so much that I knew most of the dialog LOL...it was really cool to see what that place looks like after all these years...R.I.P. Patrick Swayze

    • @mykingofkings1439
      @mykingofkings1439 6 років тому

      Sunshine Hornick 😂😂 my best friend and I were the exact same!! we would nearly always play this movie while we were babysitting... we practically knew every word still do... lol...good times.

  • @virginiaekblom3312
    @virginiaekblom3312 6 років тому +30

    I adore Dirty Dancing. Thanks for the nostalgic rush.

  • @lizapetty7853
    @lizapetty7853 5 років тому +25

    My family has a farm just outside Lynchburg, VA city limits. We have a 10 acre spring fed pond that my grandfather built by damning up a natural spring. About 19 years ago, it dried up. Almost completely. There was only a large puddle left about maybe 20 ft across. My dad and I walked out to it and threw grass hoppers into it and the fish snapped them up super quick. Anyway, it was like that for about two years. Then the area started getting more snow in the winter, and it filled back up again. It’s been plum full since. We were all a little sad when it was low. It was low for about two or three years. Super weird phenomenon.

  • @eveforamerica1152
    @eveforamerica1152 4 роки тому +1

    This is a beautiful place. I live near it. Been there many times. It fills and empties a lot. Great video.

  • @Martin_Skywatcher
    @Martin_Skywatcher 5 років тому +12

    Now I had the time of my life when I saw this movie in the cinema with my new girlfriend back in the day. I am sad to see that the lake (and my girlfriend) are gone ...

  • @soflodoug
    @soflodoug 6 років тому +23

    Everything in life changes. Nothing lasts forever. Interesting perspective and flashback. Youre a smart millenial you want to learn and experience the recent past that shaped the world you live in. More millenials should have such interests.

    • @TyhlerNovac
      @TyhlerNovac 5 років тому

      Millennials are way to self-centered/absorbed and 60-70% could cares less cause it doesn't have anything to do with Mumble wanna be Rapper's like 69 jerhi curl next page what ever stupid ass name kids come up with these days ... And call them selves Entertainers

  • @chop3625
    @chop3625 4 роки тому +1

    Really good content, thank you. The lake saddens me, oh well. All along I was under the impression DD was actually filmed in the Poconos!

  • @pdtech4524
    @pdtech4524 6 років тому +1

    Thanks for the tour around this classic movie location, hasn't changed much at all apart from the lake!

  • @mariarosario1715
    @mariarosario1715 4 роки тому +7

    R.I.P. Patrick you will forever be remembered & always in our HEARTS💖I can't believe it's been 10 years since you been gone☹😥you will never be forgotten. You was an amazing Person Actor Dancer Singer & songwriter. Your gone but you left us with your memories forever. I still be watching your movies. Especially dirty dancing, ghost, road house, outsiders, tiger, next of kin, my favorites🥰thank you Patrick. We love you❤❤❤may you continue to fly with God's angels🕊🕊🕊

    • @GTOHHH6
      @GTOHHH6 4 роки тому

      "You WERE an amazing person"...not "you BE!" Simple english and grammatical knowledge from the 3rd grade will help you correct your errors!
      You'll probably hate on me for correcting you but I'm not doing it to make fun of you, simply helping you so you can speak like your educated.

    • @amybaynard8644
      @amybaynard8644 4 роки тому +2

      Darren Bennett what’s comical is you are correcting her, but you made a critical grammatical error yourself...can you figure it out? 🤔😂

    • @GTOHHH6
      @GTOHHH6 4 роки тому

      @@amybaynard8644 not like hers. Minor misses of commas and such are by no means as bad as "I be watching"
      I never claimed to be perfect and I was only trying to help as I stated. Thanks, Professor!

    • @amybaynard8644
      @amybaynard8644 4 роки тому +1

      Darren Bennett just lay off of her. How do you know if English is even her first language!? You don’t! So that’s why it’s offensive the way you corrected her. And if you’re going to try “to help” as you stated, why not try to be a little less condescending? 🤔

    • @GTOHHH6
      @GTOHHH6 4 роки тому

      @@amybaynard8644 😴

  • @donnasaylors4879
    @donnasaylors4879 6 років тому +3

    Awesome video! Thank you so much for making this video. I loved the movie and probably wouldn’t have ever seen the area today, if you hadn’t taken me there. So glad to have happened onto your page!😀

  • @sandym3239
    @sandym3239 6 років тому +2

    I love this video! You did a wonderful job showing where things were filmed. It also takes me back to a time in my own life when things were much simpler and easier. You must also love this movie as much as I do. I wish I had taken the time to film while I was there. Maybe I'll go back some day. Thank you so much!

  • @roberthuttle
    @roberthuttle 5 років тому

    I think rarely your able to capture these changes in a lifetime. Here your not only just capturing the change, your contrasting it with images of the past and it makes more of a dynamic imprint on my memory. Even if the lake fills and empties as some have pointed out. This was a great job. Thank you.

  • @haroldwitham2038
    @haroldwitham2038 5 років тому +85

    i grew up there and was there when they was filming

    • @MaggMagg-pq9uw
      @MaggMagg-pq9uw 4 роки тому +2

      Harold Witham What happen to that big lake

    • @yopappy6599
      @yopappy6599 4 роки тому

      Chesapeake Bay
      I wouldn't go off comments ppl left as facts...👍

    • @jlero2568
      @jlero2568 4 роки тому

      Did you see Swayze or Grey

    • @haroldwitham2038
      @haroldwitham2038 4 роки тому +1

      @@jlero2568 swayze

    • @jlero2568
      @jlero2568 4 роки тому

      Harold Witham Patrick Swayze

  • @jenniferj5551
    @jenniferj5551 4 роки тому +17

    I just love that you went there! That film was my youth! God, I loved Swayze and Jennifer so much! I don't ever want to be cremated, but if I do, I'd want to be there!

  • @kasmaineheyoka540
    @kasmaineheyoka540 6 років тому +1

    That was great! Thanks for doing that and all you shared brought back such a great memory for this movie.

  • @luell2u
    @luell2u 4 роки тому

    That is one of my all time favorite movies. It's a shame the lake is gone, but still a beautiful place. Thanks for bringing us along.

  • @RG615
    @RG615 5 років тому +9

    Amazing and quite sad to see such an amazing movie location after sooo many years.... ugh.... great year for me, 1987.... p.s. r.i.p. mr Patrick Swayze....

  • @sofiegustafsson232
    @sofiegustafsson232 5 років тому +3

    Thank you so much for this video! I've been wanting to see what it looks like now days for a long time! ❤️

  • @EGlideKid
    @EGlideKid 5 років тому

    1987! Wow, that was 30+ years ago already. I never cared for that movie, but my now deceased wife loved it. Good thing she never found out how much Swayze and her disliked each other!
    Thanks for a neat trip back in time!

  • @SpartanMFP
    @SpartanMFP 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome, thank you! RIP Patrick, what a wonderful human being he was.

  • @Gdecorse
    @Gdecorse 7 років тому +132

    Wow great video bro it's a shame about the lake hopefully the water will come back!! To me that's one of the best movie locations!! #RIPPATRICKSWAYZE

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  7 років тому +3

      Hey thanks Gabriel!

    • @Gdecorse
      @Gdecorse 7 років тому +8

      Mobile Instinct speaking of Patrick swayze try to hit up the movie locations for Road House that would be bad ass bro

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  7 років тому +11

      Thats definitely on my list. One of my favorites!

    • @RitaWalker
      @RitaWalker 6 років тому +1

      Gabriel decorse yeah sad the water is all gone

    • @coffeegirlct
      @coffeegirlct 6 років тому +3

      Unfortunately the water may never come back. Earthquakes caused the ground to crack open and drain the lake.

  • @SherrillP
    @SherrillP 4 роки тому +3

    Great footage....my husband & I made a trip to Mountain Lake last year & pretty much did the same thing.....took pics & then compared them to scenes in the movie!!! It was AWESOME!!! Enjoyed your video!! 👍🏼

  • @teresas4440
    @teresas4440 5 років тому +2

    Awwww! I was a teen when that movie 1st come out I loved it so much! Thank you for sharing! 💜

  • @jenniferwellman5311
    @jenniferwellman5311 4 роки тому +1

    It’s sad, my mom grew up in NY, and that kind of resort is exactly where she would go during her summers as girl. It still looks like an incredible place to go. Thank you.

    • @BreeBrog
      @BreeBrog 4 роки тому

      Its not in new york, it's down here where I live. In the movies they do say it's new york, but it was filmed here in Virginia and the lake scenes was filmed in lake lure North Carolina

  • @bluestarlighting29
    @bluestarlighting29 6 років тому +9

    Thank you so much share this film movie place. Lease most buildings still there most gone. This was truly amazing film movie. Still classic film movie. Today like was back 1987. Truly did fantastic job 100%. Love see more later. Was surprised the lake was so close to baby home. Now gone. So beautiful lake in film movie. Guess lots things change though out years.

  • @Asclepius7leeu
    @Asclepius7leeu 5 років тому +77

    The lift scene was actually shot in Lake Lure, NC. It's a small alcove that is now privately owned. The staircase shown during the wipeout montage was in this same alcove. You can still see it on a boat tour.

    • @paytonquinn8973
      @paytonquinn8973 4 роки тому +6

      Exactly. I have been there and its so frustrating to see him saying it was filmed in Virginia

    • @brimtime8117
      @brimtime8117 4 роки тому +16

      Payton Quinn well the back ground matches, so until someone puts a video up on where you guys say it was filmed I’m going to say this guy is right..

    • @thelurch88
      @thelurch88 4 роки тому +11

      Not true. I was actually at Mt. Lake today and they have a plaque where the lift scene took place. The cinder block he was standing on is still there. It was in Virginia.

    • @kennethdoory8434
      @kennethdoory8434 4 роки тому +5

      "Many of the film’s most famous scenes, including the “lake lift” scene where Patrick Swayze lifts Jennifer Grey in the water, and the shots of Grey practicing her moves to the song “Wipe Out” on the stairs on a mountainside were shot at Lake Lure. The nearby Rumbling Bald Resort’s golf course was used for the scene where Grey asks her dad for money, and the Esmeralda Inn was used for interior dance shots."
      www.ncdcr.gov/blog/2014/08/21/dirty-dancing-filmed-at-lake-lure

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  4 роки тому +21

      @@paytonquinn8973 Please watch the Netflix documentary where the producer visits this very hotel and describes the lift scene being done as shes standing directly where I was! It's sad that Lake Lure tells everyone it was shot there when it was in fact shot at this virginia hotel. Now THAT is frustrating! Haha

  • @missrita1826
    @missrita1826 5 років тому +1

    Would love one day to go there. One of my favorite movies of all time and still watch the movie. You did tremendous on this take. Thank you so much.

  • @TinaLou777
    @TinaLou777 5 років тому +2

    LOVED this!!! Thank you!! You did an excellent job....its really sad about the lake😪

  • @5Beaky
    @5Beaky 6 років тому +7

    Dirty Dancing! One of my favs...great video

  • @gimomable
    @gimomable 4 роки тому +3

    This place is very unique. It was a sacred site for the native Americans and it’s one of only two naturally formed lakes above 4,000 ft above sea level in the world. It was formed due to a limestone cave collapsing under the lake which dammed up the flowing springs. The lake has drained many times at sediment becomes loose and it drains then sediment fills the holes again and it will slowly fill again. Also several years ago they dove to the leaks and used a sediment cement to try to refill the lake in order to bring the people back but it didn’t work out.

  • @marcorubio3496
    @marcorubio3496 5 років тому

    Good to know these were actual locations and not a blue screen
    My father took me to see dirty dancing back in the 80's it was a big deal. The music was a smash hit and probably helped the movie.

  • @jamielisinski6820
    @jamielisinski6820 5 років тому

    Thank u for showing us this. I'm a huge fan of Patrick swayze & dirty dancing. Sad to see the water is all gone. RIP Patrick

  • @lizzysixx4386
    @lizzysixx4386 6 років тому +14

    Thanks for this video, I love dirty dancing! This movie is an all time classic. I've owned it on VHS since 88 & I have both soundtracks on cassette, talk about old school! I hope Hollywood doesn't try to remake this too. IF IT AIN'T BROKE THEN DON'T FIX IT! There should be some kind of rule/law that movies cannot be remade unless they're at LEAST 50 years old and they can't be classics, eg: The Godfather, Dirty Dancing, etc.

    • @gazzalenbrick6381
      @gazzalenbrick6381 6 років тому

      Elizabeth DaRosa it was remade

    • @lizzysixx4386
      @lizzysixx4386 6 років тому +1

      Gazza Lenbrick Ya but that was a made for tv movie not a major motion picture. They did the same thing for Grease, which is another movie I hope Hollywood doesn't try to do a major motion picture remake on.

    • @TyhlerNovac
      @TyhlerNovac 5 років тому

      Whats to say is considered a classic defers from belief to belief on whom you talking too ...I.e ... In my opinion Godfather isn't a classic can't form an opinion I have never seen it before I'm 43 yrs old my first concert was at 37 yes old. Wasn't ever interested in concerts till I met G/F I'm with now . I'm almost 44 now

    • @Fandango541
      @Fandango541 5 років тому +1

      @Jon Doe 🤣 Seriously -- Who gives a rat's ass Tyhler? BTW, Tyhler your name is misspelled. Shouldn't it be Tyler?

  • @johnb8190
    @johnb8190 4 роки тому +43

    That’s crazy how a lake that big just dries out.

    • @richardm3023
      @richardm3023 4 роки тому +2

      Blame the beavers.

    • @april_bug
      @april_bug 4 роки тому +8

      It didn’t dry up, it basically drains and refills itself

    • @Fievelavie
      @Fievelavie 4 роки тому +3

      Climate change

    • @suznardi
      @suznardi 4 роки тому +7

      I worked up there right as the movie wrapped up for a good so I can give you'll some insight on why the lake dried up. The water source is from several under ground springs that were created by an earthquake.

    • @DedHedJosh
      @DedHedJosh 4 роки тому +2

      Where I live is one of the largest lakes in the world that does this. It’s called Lake Jackson in Tallahassee. It’s been doing it for centuries.

  • @Angelmom824
    @Angelmom824 4 роки тому +1

    Great video about my all time favorite movie! Thanks for making this, the scenes added in were great too! I'm so happy to hear the lake refills too!

  • @transcendingtravel297
    @transcendingtravel297 2 роки тому

    Went there a out 6 years ago on the way back from Lynchburg, VA. It was a mild fall day and by the time we reached the hotel it was snowing. Totally worth the few hours out of the way to see. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures!

  • @juliajurcisin1289
    @juliajurcisin1289 7 років тому +9

    This is AMAZING!! I can't believe it looks exactly the same as even they filmed the movie. Awesome video!!! Definitely adding it to my list places to visit this summer. I can't wait!

  • @brendafarmer3584
    @brendafarmer3584 5 років тому +3

    Thanks for doing this video!! Dirty Dancing is one of my All Time Favorite Movies!!! It was So Neat seeing where it was filmed. Too bad the lake is gone! It was a pretty big lake, so I wonder what happened to it!! Is the main Lodge still in operation?!? It looked like the dining room was set up for dinner, plus the whole place looked in pretty good shape!
    Thanks for the Video!! Keep At It!!

  • @WarrenDunning
    @WarrenDunning Місяць тому

    I was sitting on the couch watching the movie when it first came out. The music transports me back to a better time.

  • @petacampbell4466
    @petacampbell4466 4 роки тому +2

    Oh wow, how I loved that film still watch it to this day, made me a bit teary, thank you sooo much it was beautiful 🤗xx

  • @kellykeller9640
    @kellykeller9640 4 роки тому +12

    The experts say that the lake goes through a healing state every 400 years...the water will come back but don't know when...such a beautiful place.

    • @Khloe_dancer_model
      @Khloe_dancer_model 4 роки тому

      We won’t be alive when that happens then,lol!

    • @poohbare8o5o
      @poohbare8o5o 4 роки тому

      There’s a few comments already saying it refills it each year. They even had a water slide in the last couple of years. It’s know in the area for doing so

  • @xendava8495
    @xendava8495 6 років тому +136

    There is something kinda sad about this but im not sure what.

    • @kre814
      @kre814 6 років тому +36

      Xendava maybe because the amount of time that has passed by

    • @xendava8495
      @xendava8495 6 років тому +15

      K Re ....You're probably right friend.

    • @pamburgess4434
      @pamburgess4434 6 років тому +9

      Yeah sad

    • @BrandyH-eh9up
      @BrandyH-eh9up 6 років тому +33

      Sad because Patrick and the lake is gone, reminds you how time goes by and things end

    • @silvilev9071
      @silvilev9071 6 років тому +15

      K Re the scary thing is: it was not so long ago. Life is short...

  • @allsummersingle
    @allsummersingle 5 років тому

    Amazing video. Brought back so many memories. I went to see Dirty Dancing in the theaters with my sister when I was 14. When I was 19, I took a vacation in the Catskills (where the movie is supposed to take place). Love this movie to this day. Good times. Thank you for this video

  • @fakiola9184
    @fakiola9184 4 роки тому

    Thrilled to have stumbled across this video, it’s actually become my all time favourite UA-cam upload & I’m going to be sharing it far & wide! I’ll never get to see this in person so to have someone bring it to me is actually really cool. There’s just so much nostalgia surrounding this magical place & it transports you back to your own life & what you associate with that era ( young love! P.J ❤️). Thank you so much for sharing this with us it’s cheered me up no end & Id never have known about a Netflix documentary if I hadn’t have found this either so I’m heading over there to watch that now! As a new subscriber I look forward to watching more great things from you 🤗

  • @bridgetts4767
    @bridgetts4767 4 роки тому +3

    One of my favorite movies ever!! This is very interesting and neat!!

  • @RH-zr5or
    @RH-zr5or 6 років тому +9

    That Swayze sure can dance dirty, breaks my heart every time

  • @cotyalvarado77
    @cotyalvarado77 4 роки тому

    I don’t know how I came upon this video but OMG!!! Talk about a walk through memory lane!! Thank you so much for making this video! I’m looking forward to what other awesome memory lane videos you’ll make!

  • @sophiedan5329
    @sophiedan5329 5 років тому

    One of the best movies in the world and I loved how you did the comparisons so thank you and great job!!

  • @eliteladieswrestling232
    @eliteladieswrestling232 4 роки тому +5

    i'm sure the people who filmed this movie, probably would of known about the lake draining itself and refilling itself again, from asking the locals around the area. pretty cool to visit a area that's still pretty intact after all these years.

  • @robertsmithUH60driver
    @robertsmithUH60driver 4 роки тому +10

    I grew up about 12 miles from the lake. I went back to see in. Jul 2019 and had risen some. Sad to see. Still a great place to stay.

  • @thereseember2800
    @thereseember2800 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for uploading this video. What a treasure!

  • @SonnyGTA
    @SonnyGTA 6 років тому +1

    Wow man! That was really cool! I like how you cut the actual film pieces in to how it looks today. Looking forward to more vids!

  • @kswalker75
    @kswalker75 6 років тому +4

    Great job on the video!!!

  • @0817sweetstacy
    @0817sweetstacy 6 років тому +4

    My all time favorite movie 🎥.
    Rest in Peace
    Patrick Swayze
    🕯🙏🕊
    Thank you so much for sharing this.
    Wonder why it's drained?

  • @carolmcdowell6791
    @carolmcdowell6791 4 роки тому

    Awesome video.... Thank you!!! A spark of sadness that we are all so much older .. and a lot of time has passed.

  • @justhavinfun9492
    @justhavinfun9492 5 років тому +1

    Love, love, love your channel! Thanks for all your effort to share your interesting adventures!

  • @chalesmeyers2727
    @chalesmeyers2727 4 роки тому +22

    Several years ago while the lake was drained objects were found that gave some closure in the drowning of a man many decades earlier

  • @teenachristy977
    @teenachristy977 4 роки тому +6

    The lift scene was filmed in Lake Lure, NC. Most of the cabins for the help were at Lake Lure also.

    • @marybethmcknightpotts6049
      @marybethmcknightpotts6049 4 роки тому

      Yup...the initial cabin where Baby carries the watermelon to....is at Lake Lure, NC...it's NOT in Hendersonville as mentioned. It's a real town by itself...next to Chimney Rock, NC...both towns are about 4 blocks long🤣😂...the cabin WAS there, I should say....burned down😥

  • @ericdraven7185
    @ericdraven7185 5 років тому

    Wanted to say thanks for making this video... Ive watched it several times over the past few years. I really liked the little flash backs from the movie and then how it looks now, and the tiny bits of information. You have inspired me to take a trip here... and maybe some other locations. So Im planing a trip in late Sept or the beginning of Oct.

  • @melanieb9861
    @melanieb9861 7 років тому +52

    Such a neat place to check out!!!! I am shocked about the lake!!! Will you go to the other location in North Carolina? Dirty Dancing was such a great movie!!!

    • @RedheadWhovian
      @RedheadWhovian 6 років тому +2

      Melanie Bennett as of 2-3 years ago, Lake Lure was absolutely gorgeous! Family vacation at a House right on the lake

    • @sandym3239
      @sandym3239 6 років тому

      Lake Lure did not preserve the movie locations. It's private gated property and the buildings are gone.

  • @clairehachey2189
    @clairehachey2189 7 років тому +6

    Amazing! Thanks for sharing :)

    • @MobileInstinct
      @MobileInstinct  7 років тому +2

      Thank you! And thanks for watching!

    • @luv1sincerelee830
      @luv1sincerelee830 6 років тому

      Claire Hachey this must be mom or grandma cuz you sure don't interact with ur actual fashion that's lame like I said u lost a sub cutie pie

  • @hollylynn9322
    @hollylynn9322 5 років тому +2

    Nice trip back memory lane, thanx! Soo glad they made a dedication stone in honor of the great Patrick Swayze 💋 my kitty kat, Lucy Liu passed the same day as him 💕

  • @OfficeofImageArchaeology
    @OfficeofImageArchaeology 5 років тому

    My wife and I really enjoyed this thank you. I have terabytes of vintage film, photographs and negatives. I have digitized over the years. I wish I had the time to do something like this with it. Nice job thank you.

  • @jamesforbes3128
    @jamesforbes3128 4 роки тому +37

    The lift scene was shot in Lake Lure, NC

    • @jblooz2371
      @jblooz2371 4 роки тому

      This.

    • @justinraystyles3537
      @justinraystyles3537 4 роки тому

      Yep all that's left is the foundation!

    • @amybaynard8644
      @amybaynard8644 4 роки тому +6

      Thank you! I’m tired of Virginians trying to claim what North Carolinians know to be true 😂😂😂

    • @sommeresposito6208
      @sommeresposito6208 3 роки тому +5

      Incorrect. The producers of the film finally verified.

    • @austinhight2648
      @austinhight2648 3 роки тому

      Lake lure baby love it there!!!!!!

  • @ldandco
    @ldandco 4 роки тому +7

    I can tell you feel nostalgic as you walk through those places and remember the scenes of the movie.
    Like the closest thing you can get to time travel
    Even the backgroung music at the end has that 80s feeling... is that synthwave ? 6:20

  • @craighuxtable746
    @craighuxtable746 4 роки тому

    Great video. Thanks for all the effort you put in to finding these places!

  • @brey1720
    @brey1720 4 роки тому +1

    This was so bittersweet, thank you 😊 you visit some wonderful places!!

  • @daniellestark1248
    @daniellestark1248 7 років тому +43

    Very cool! ♥️ Patrick Swayze