Lakeland - Winter Haven | A Central Florida Getaway
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- Опубликовано: 2 мар 2022
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FESTIVALS & SHOWS
Lake Mirror Car Show(8:33) lakemirrorcarshow.com/
Fun n Sun Airshow(21:00) 4175 Medulla Rd, Lakeland flysnf.org/
Orange Cup Regatta Boat Race(21:56) visitcentralflorida.org/event...
Cypress Gardens Water Ski Show(14:35) visitcentralflorida.org/event...
First Friday Lakeland(7:20) downtownlkld.com/category/fir...
Friday Fest Bartow(9:12) / bartowfridayfest
EATERIES LAKELAND
Texas Cattle Co(4:59) 735 E Main St, Lakeland
Poor Porker(5:05) 801 E Main St, Lakeland
The Joinery(5:12) 640 E Main St, Lakeland
Black & Brew Coffee Bistro(6:30) 205 E Main St, Lakeland
Nineteen Sixty-One Latin Restaruarant(7:13) 215 E Main St, Lakeland
Harrys Seafood & Grille(7:43) 101 N Kentucky Ave, Lakeland
Frescos Southern Kitchen & Bar(7:54) 132 S Kentucky Ave, Lakeland
Taco Bus(8:11) 126 S Kentucky Ave, Lakeland
Chop Shops Burgers(8:16) 118 S Kentucky Ave, Lakeland
Palace Pizza(8:20) 114 S Kentucky Ave, Lakeland
Sweet Magnolias Cafe(9:41) 135 S Central Ave, Lakeland
Hacienda Mexico(9:46) 195 E Main St, Lakeland
EATERIES WINTER HAVEN
Richard's Fine Coffees(11:10) 330 Ave A NW, Winter Haven
Tantrums Lakeside Grill(15:55) 330 Denton Ave, Auburndale
Harborside(16:15) 2435 7th St, SW, Winter Haven
Old Man Frank's(17:14) 1005 Lake Howard Dr SW, Winter Haven
The Caribbean Bay (17:24) 1004 Lake Howard Dr SW, Winter Haven
Tanner's Lakeside(17:36) 1006 Lake Howard Dr, SW, Winter Haven
Slate 8 Billiards(18:15) 20 4th St SW, Winter Haven
Thai Haven(18:30) 309 W Central Ave, Winter Haven
PARKS
Munn Park(6:10) 201 E Main St, Lakeland
Lake Shipp Park(16:04) 1649 Lake Shipp Dr, Winter Haven
Lake Howard Park(17:03) 526 N Lake Howard Dr, Winter Haven
Lake Hollingsworth(22:21) 929 Lake Hollingsworth Dr, Lakeland
Circle B Bar Reserve(23:04) 4399 Winter Lake Rd, Lakeland
Loyce E Harpe Park(23:42) 300 W Carter Rd, Mulberry
Lake Crago Park(24:08) 525 Lake Crago Dr, Lakeland
Lake Parker(24:58) 1700 E Memorial Blvd, Lakeland
Lake Morton(25:35)
Lake Wire(24:43)
BOAT TOURS & RENTALS
Living Water Cruises(Winter Haven) www.LivingWaterCruises.com
Marine Supply Boat Rentals(16:47) www.MarineSupplyBoats.com
ENTERTAINMENT
Dart World Gaming Arena(7:03) 201 E Main St, Lakeland
Explorations V Childrens Museum(7:50) 109 N Kentucky Ave, Lakeland
Silver Moon Drive-In(10:23) 4100 New Tampa Hwy, Lakeland
Legoland(11:41) 1 Legoland Way, Winter Haven
Elite Cable Park(15:38) 330 Denton Ave, Auburndale
Slate 8 Billiards(18:15) 20 4th St SW, Winter Haven
Ritz Theatre(18:26) 263 W Central Ave, Winter Haven
Cobb Theatres Lakeside Village(25:57) 1479 Town Center Dr, Lakeland
MUSEUMS
Fantasy of Flight Museum(20:28) 140 Broadway Blvd SE, Polk City
Florida Air Museum(21:32) 4175 Medulla Rd, Lakeland
LODGING
Terrace Hotel(5:54) 329 East Main St, Lakeland
Legoland Beach Retreat(14:24) 100 Legoland Way, Winter Haven
Camp Margaritaville(15:16) 361 Denton Ave, Auburndale
GARDENS
Hollis Garden(4:38) 702 E Orange St, Lakeland
Bok Tower Garden(18:39) 1151 Tower Blvd, Lake Wales
Absolutely the best video expose of our hometown community. Bravo man
Thankyou for the feedback
Hurraaaaa 🤩👍 what a great movie from one of my favourite RUclipsrs 👏⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thankyou Hardy, I appreciate that, hope you are doing great.
My born and raised Lakeland/ Polk County 1965 it's going to hell fast! ..it was a beautiful place to live back in the good days!
There are parts of it where theres issues, but that is in any growing city
@@TampaAerialMedia Take ur videos elsewhere us true locals don't want ye here!
@@timboc105 he doesn't care as long as he gets his views, vacations and money. He's going to continue encouraging domestic migration by only highlighting the good parts of areas until all the nice places left in the country are completely ruined by transplants. I don't even want to visit my girlfriend's family in Lakeland anymore bc it's so overrun and traffic is horrible. He's also highlighted the city I live in, which continues to get droves of people from up North moving in and making it less liveable by the day. He's only helping himself, the rich that want second homes or vacations, and the tourist divisions in the areas he visits. He honestly couldn't care any less about locals and their way of life. It's a shame.
@@t-ravisaurusrex6139 Bingo you nailed it my friend...Lakeland is now infested with transplants from every direction..Sad to see it turning into to next shithole like Tampa, Miami ,Orlando, Sarasota and Jacksonville...Most call it progress I call it shizit on a stick..😁👍
@@timboc105I guess you can always tow your house somewhere else!
I think the population of Polk County was around 225,000 when I graduated from high school in '91. It is now over 700,000, but fortunately the county is so big that it has still kept it's small town feel in most areas.
True
It’s true. But back in the 90s, it was pretty boring. Had to go to Ybor and Old Town to have fun. 😃
@@aligolightly7359 For some I guess. Never liked Old Town/Orlando and the only thing Ybor ever offered was fights. Bonfires, local bars and concerts at the Civic Center was all the nightlife we needed.
@@321gates LOL Ybor is special. I had a few really fun nights there, though. :)
I miss the country. If only the leaders wouldve designated more polk county land to being wildlife management areas, it wouldve saved the natural state of this place. Ill never forget the memories i had here.
I was hooked on the intro, great job! I love the video showing detail and locations through central Florida. Subscribed right away.
Thankyou Khristiana, happy to have you part of our community
My dad chose to move there in the mid 1990s because of the tigers, our home baseball team. He loved it.
Thank you for mentioning Circle B. It’s a total gem! You did a great job covering the Lakeland/WH area.
You are welcome, thankyou for the nice words Heather
Thank you for the video. I lived in Bartow, Florida for 43 years. Now retired and live in Annotto Bay, Jamaica.
You are welcome Althea
Amazing video. I have lived in Lakeland since 1980. It's the best place to live,work,play!! Great commentary. I found things out I never knew. 👍
Thankyou for the nice words Jonathan.
Ok. You're video's are becoming More Depressing. Unless I live to be 150 Yrs. Old!
Haaa
Unbelievable how much you find for All Of Us to explore ❣️
As always, Super Great Video!!
Dude's voice is like a chill Keanu Reeves mixed with Jack Black, very informative and relaxing tour!
Thankyou, I appreciate the feedback
The space ghost voice-over is a little bit like a mix between Bill & Ted's wonderful adventure
and Nacho Libre, someone said to him, "It must be expensive going to all those fun-parks?"
Spacie answer's "Thank You".
So awesome!....such a wonderful collection of great videos all across Florida and beyond....
Thankyou Richard
YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON POLK COUNTY! KUDOS!
Thankyou Barbara
Moved here a year and a half ago from Miami , I live in downtown Lakeland now I absolutely love it here.
Sounds fun to live in downtown
Just moved to the tampa Bay Area from Miami. Looking at surrounding areas to purchase a home in the near future and the Lakeland area is a possibility. Good to know you are enjoying the area
I moving here from North Carolina in about a year! I’m excited!
Great video I moved here 11 years ago from California and fell in love with the area. You showed a great view of the lakes and there is so much more, much of which you covered in another Lakeland Video. Your video series is spectacular and I appreciate you sharing your experiences with Polk County.
Thankyou Tom, great choice to Move to FL. I also came from CA
Welcome…..hopefully politics were left in CA
@@TampaAerialMedia I’m leaving NorCal and moving to FL this summer
@@jackip2ava I’m from The Bay Area & moved to Jacksonville last year. Best decision ever made
@@CityHustleHD I was in Pleasanton/ Livermore yesterday for work. Wow they are filling in every lot. 50% of the libs were wearing makes. And almost every kid. It’s so sad what has happened to that nice area.
We are moving to Winter Haven in May/June of this year. I was excited about this video, so many things for us to see and explore when we move. Thanks for the information.
Welcome to Winter Haven, glad to help.
Wonderful Video! This is why so many move to and call Winter Haven their forever Home
We bought our second home in Lakeland! After scouting and scouting all the coastal areas, LAL felt more like home and our pace. In 60-90 minutes we can day trip anywhere from Tampa, DT St. Pete, Orlando, Sarasota and more.
True, yea thats a good point, which I meant to mention, that its not too far of a drive to the coastal areas.
You make everything look so great in central Florida. Unfortunately, it's the complete opposite, the traffic is absolutely horrendous.
Yah it can take 45 mins to go 3 miles somedays. Winter Haven especially has not kept up with the roads to support the rapid development.
It might seem horrendous compared to what it used to be, but still nothing at all like Miami, Orlando, or Tampa.
@@TampaAerialMedia Yeah, but you forget the complete lack of any kind of common sense transportation in the state has absolutely ruined it!
I agree I just left on Feb 26 and my entire trip was Omg what has happened here😳🥺 yeah nice video, but there’s nothing simple about these area. Wow they make it seem as if no blacks live there 😳 It’s no longer as quaint as this video shows. I stopped to visit my sister back in 89 and decided to stay being that I was single mom of three. It’s now way over populated.
Traffic is horrendous everywhere
Watched, shared. Excellent job!!! I live in Lakeland
Thankyou for the share, I appreciate that, especially from a Lakeland resident
I appreciate you putting us on the map showing love from The Polk county area really enjoy your videos they mean a lot because I like to travel
Thankyou, yep, Polk County is starting to make a name for itsself.
Beautiful scenery. And great info about an area that I had forgotten about; it’s come a long way over the years. Fantastic job on this video. Looking forward to your new Tampa one! 🤗
Thankyou Suzie
Mentions Lake Hollingsworth, but nothing about Florida Southern College, which has the world's largest single-site collection (13) of Wright-designed structures.
@@Rich-kp1eu I think he said briefly that the college sits at the north end of the lake? But nothing more about it. I know someone who went there 4 yrs for a BS in nursing (w/ sports and sorority) so I was wondering if he’d mention the school. I’ve heard it’s a very nice campus! But we have to keep in mind these videos are mostly tourist related so he’s not gonna spend much time on schools.
@@SuzieG.9370 Understood, but my point is it is much more than a school, it is a place of historical significance.
@@SuzieG.9370 Note also, Florida Southern, because of the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, gives tours, so it also is a tourist destination. They really are breathtakingly beautiful.
Thanks for the video ! We love our POLK COUNTY !
You are welcome, great to hear from a Polk County Resident.
Great video of the Lakeland area. Have lived here 7 years and enjoy it more all the time.
Thankyou for the nice words
Great video! Beautiful upcoming area… great community and amazing place to live and raise a family.
thankyou for the nice words
Great video, thank you!
Dude, another AMAZING video on Lakeland! Loved seeing the surrounding cities also. You have us wanting to come down for a visit from Ohio to buy a second home.
Thankyou for the nice words. Yep its a good area.
Please don’t, our little town is becoming congested, over developed and priced out. The beautiful wildlife becoming extinct. No longer the quaint, small town I’ve known all my life.
@@vette3839 not even a town 115k and I like what’s happening
Greatfull videos its find treasure for me your channel
thankyou for the nice words
I was born and raised in polk county. Cool to see a recap off all the places that we have in the local area.
It's a great place too live, gets kinda toasty in the summer ☀️ 🔥🔥
Well done Bud. I moved to Lakeland 14 years ago. You showed me I haven’t seen a lot of what this place really offers. Great work.
thankyou for the nice words
Is school in lakeland good? Is it expensive there like Orlando or Clearwater?
Great descriptions of Central Florida, love it.
Thankyou for the nice words
Wow! This is THE best intro video I've seen about this region. You put a lot of work into this. Much appreciated.
Thankyou Mack, you are welcome
I was surprised to see that you featured the incredible architecture of Florida Polytechnic but not the world's largest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings at the beautiful Florida Southern College campus only a few miles away. If you haven't, you should visit. The campus makes a very fun, informative stroll.
Excellent video AGAIN, still batting 1000
Thankyou Bill.
We were in Orlando a couple of weeks ago. Wish we had time to visit Lakeland and Winter Haven, beautiful towns.
I love these videos and really can't wait to get back to Florida! Thanks for sharing your experiences, Rah
Great video as always! I frequent many of these places. Lakeland and Winterhaven have so much to offer, there's never really dull moment around here.
Yep I agree
With every new video added to your channel, it's hard to make a good vacation plan. Sooooooo many good places to choose from :)
Every place is so green and beautiful, as if there were no troubles in the world. I love it.
As always, you do a fabulous job of highlighting an area, and all the details. I so appreciate that.
Thankyou Jill.
What a perfect time for this vid! There's a 90% chance I'll be moving there this year. Thx so much fellas!
Edit: funny you mention Milwaukee as I'm actually from there! Just make sure not to come film during our brutal winters!
Welcome to Winter Haven, yep I would do Milwaukee in the Summer
Great video
How I live here and I didn’t know we was this lit?😂😂
I recently subscribed to your channel after visiting Orlando and the Tampa Bay Area for New Year's weekend 2022 and I love the scenery and nature of what Florida has to offer. Would love to visit Miami next time and your videos are amazing! Makes me want to move to the state😃
thankyou Bryan, great to hear
Nice seeing a video highlighting Florida lakes. Lakeland and Winter Haven look like a great place to visit. Excellent video footage, Randy!
Thankyou Matt
Nice I will planing to visit
Wow, awesome video 😎👍
I happen to live in Lakeland.
I love it....
thankyou for the nice words
@@TampaAerialMedia, I walk around Lake Hollingsworth 3 times a week for exercise and sunshine. It's great
Loved this, as usual! If you could do a better job of inspiring people to either visit or relocate to Florida, I don't know how it would be! Just another WOW!
Thankyou Dotti
Haven't watched this video yet but I lived in Lakeland for 16 years. It has become awful..I visited a few weeks ago and will not be going again. Real Estate has gone full stupid and the congestion is intolerable day and night. What I noticed most was the anger...everyone is angry and grouchy all the time. Stores, restaurants...life's too short to be surrounded by that. When I moved away in 2007, the crime rate had gone up by over 1000% . The county sheriff is a no nonsense guy and he's doing his best, but between 100* summers with 100% humidity, an overcrowded city full of pissed off people, I'm still very happy to have left Lakeland for small town America.
parts of Lakeland might be like that, but the majority of Lakeland I found people to be friendly
I like the way your videos help capture the feel and spirit of the town. Enjoyed as always.
Yep, that is what we try to do, thankyou.
Awesome video. Definitely an area I’ll spend some time exploring. And thanks for the shout out.
You are welcome, great quote
Shhh don't let the secret out. 3rd generation WH resident, I could never leave the Chain of Lakes. My mom and Dad were skiers at Cypress Gardens and why I have the love of the lakes.
I’m pumped for this video! My wife and I have a vacation home nearby in Haines City and I can’t wait to find out more about our surrounding community 👍🌴
you would enjoy it. Haines City is a great choice.
Great video. Very informative
Thankyou Asher
Lovely showcase of Polk County👍
Thankyou Aurora
Love all your videos but especially enjoying watching the ones that highlight Central Florida. My favorites are the ones you've made about Lakeland (where I live). Keep up the great work!
Thankyou Mark for the nice words
@@TampaAerialMedia You're welcome! I walk around Lake Hollingsworth, Lake Morton, and Lake Mirror most Saturdays. They are my favorite lakes. What surprises me most about Lake Hollingsworth are all the rabbits I see on the north side of the lake across from the college. Love watching videos where I can say I've been/lived there!
The best video I have see done on the Lakeland area!
Thankyou Larry, that is very nice of you to say that
Great job!
Thankyou Johnny
this was a cool video and i live in winter haven
Thankyou Gloria
Great video! I will be in Lakeland next week. I've always just passed on I-4 from Tampa when we vist for work. I'm excited for Lakeland now..lol
Thankyou Christine
Marvrlous coverage-wow; Bella is such a good traveler. Blessings from TX, Mike and Jana
Thanks Mike & Jana
Great video, really helps us out since we're moving to Winter Haven
Glad to help Butch, Welcome to Winter Haven
That was great! I grew up in Lakeland, and you showed me new things I never knew about! Plus a few new things I need to go visit. To add: Lakeland night life does exist, with a handful of places to dance, and cosmic bowling is popular. It’s an old time town. That burger place used to be a nightclub called Hurricane Alley. It was super popular back in the 90s, and even had a teen night. The Lakeland civic center, now called the RP Funding Center, hosts the Lakeland Magic, a semi pro basketball team for the Orlando Magic. It also has lots of concerts and events. And I didn’t see anything about the rodeo. 😃 Just adding to all the already awesome content. When you go back to Lake Wales, be sure to visit Spook Hill.
great to hear, yea nightlife in Lakeland is growing
Grew up in Polk county my whole life and didn't realize how convenient our location was until I got older.. We have so much rural land yet a skip and a hop away from anything you could ever want to do..Besides snow ski lol .
Major thumbs up. Keep up the good work.
Thankyou for that Costaplenty
Awesome video. I enjoy all of your Florida ones. Going down in May can't wait.
Thankyou Darlene, great to hear, hope you have a great time
Hey, watching more of your videos although I can swear I probably watch one of these twice sometime in the last couple of years but with that being said, never hurts to watch it again anyway you were in Lakeland and you stopped at the Silver moon drive-in you know it’s kind of funny I briefly live there in the early 70s as a child. I actually went to that drive-in theater fact I think it’s right down the street from where we used to live although I don’t believe the trailer park is he was still there if it is, I’d be surprised. All I know is a railway track ran behind the trailer that we lived in at the time, but it was good to see that that drive-in was still there and still operating like it last time I was there was probably 1972 or 1973 so we’re that timeframe I’ve been probably three years old. Happy new year my friend.
Thankyou, Happy New Year to you as well... Yea that drive in is great, one of the great things about Lakeland
you are the best.
Thank you for doing my county. I sent the link to some northern friends that will be visiting.
You are welcome Donald
Good job , i love it , congrats 👍👍👍
Thankyou Gabriela, I appreciate that
Regards with esteem !
Car show cool 😎👍
I live in winter haven and I didn't know about some places, I will be able to visit them in due course. thanks for this video! Amazing! 👏
you are welcome Juan
Loved it
Thankyou Mari
Very well done. You've covered so many things and places.. Thank you.
Am getting hungry watching your video. I live in the area so appreciate info on restaurants.
Thankyou Eileen
great video, like to know more about the local healthcare and shopping information
Hi you do a good job
I appreciate that Jay
You did a fantastic job on this video! I just love all of your videos (and Bella), but this one hit close to home as I graduated from WHHS, and also lived in Lakeland. Made me miss it, really. Although I love Branson, the video takes me back to the love of the Chain of Lakes. ❤️🐾🎯 Ohhhh, and one more thing... I love me some Grady Judd! So glad you mentioned him. 😬
Thankyou, yep love Grady Judds press conferences.
@@TampaAerialMedia me too.
Great video. Selling my home in Texas and moving there in 2 months. Hope to call it home.
Welcome to Florida.
I love it from srilanka your videos are amazing i 👍 👊👊😍🤗
Great to hear from Srilanka
@@TampaAerialMedia ❤
Great video man love to live there!!!
Thankyou 84cman
Some more fun information about Lake Morton, it is also where the public library is located and also the Polk Museum of Art. This is the lake to go if you want to see swans. The swans were actually gifted to Lakeland from the queen herself many years ago. The yearly Mayfaire by the lake is also held on Lake Morton in May. It features many artists.
Thanks for sharing
PLEASE DON"T MOVE HERE> WE'RE FULL!
nice
Proper respect on your video. Hit all the points with out the Long drawn out fluff!
Thank you for that feedback
I wanted the corn dog!
yep, normally eat healthy, but love a good corn dog once in awhile
Let' s, get cracking.
Hello from Moscow.
Thank you for this video. Planning on moving to Lakeland or Winter Haven, just don't known which area/neighborhood
I would reccomend Winter Haven, less crowded.
Bonnet Springs Nature Park is a wonderful new park in Lakeland,the park wasn't finished at the time of this video.
True, yea I've been by there and have seen that park, looks nice
Taking my kids to lakeland to see peppa pig theme house, i stopped by lakeland for Starbucks last year but didn't know legoland and peppa pig was there. Darn it.
Hoping to moving around 2023 summer or Fall
Like most Lakeland videos, he's only showing the we have money areas.
Don't move here Florida is already full and infested with millions of invasive species
Moving to Sebring soon! Any chance of a video?
Yea, maybe at some point I might do Hardee County, very familliar with that area, just have to see if there is enough of a demand for people to see it to make it profitable on youtube.
Man, you are amazing .Do you know that?
God is Amazing, I am just lucky He has given me talents and resources.
Do you have any video in LA good job by the way
We did this video 3 years ago ruclips.net/video/Xzp8WE0Ot5g/видео.html
When are you heading back to Charleston sc.
not going back to Charleston, but looking to do Myrtle Bch in a couple of months
Quite unbelievable, more than 50 lakes in one "county" - they must be "man-made" or at least some of them,
the terrain is very flat, and low altitude, as is most of Florida, the overall "lakeland" design could be replicated
elsewhere in the livable Florida. The "canal system" that connects most of the lakes, is perfect for releasing
fish, into the lakes, one excellent species from Australia, that would be ideal for Florida is the Barramundi,
that is native to Northern Australia, and has a sub-tropical climate, just like Florida, it is one of Australia's
favorite eating fish, and can grow to over a meter in length, they are a favorite deep-fried Fish n Chips, the
potato's grown in other areas, in colder and higher altitudes. Floridian barramundi & Appalachian potato's.
Yea would love to eat some Austalian Fish
To the east of mirror Lake is the beautiful campus of Southeastern University. A growing Christian college, that I hope my daughter will attend
Yep Southearstern is a great college, we showed it in our previous Lakeland video.
I love how you look like one of our now many homeless population! Really hit the mark.
Yea, I think sometimes people might think I'm homeless, but I like to be able to just sit on the grounds, enjoy the surroundings.
Where do you park by Kentucky ave?? Is there a parking garage?
Yes the Main St Pkg Garage at Massachussetts
Born and raised