Growing up in Florida in the 80s we had family in New York Virginia Toronto. My mom had a "Happy times" Chevy conversion van. Needless to say I've been here a few times. The last time was 2006 and my heart almost sank because of the ghost town vibes. Loved the year round fireworks. Both parents are gone now but I will never forget. Thank you!
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@@letsgoseeit457 Same. We live in South Florida now and are about to make the trip to Virginia. I haven't been to South of the Border since 1989 when I was 10. It's soul-crushing seeing the signs so faded. You could barely find a parking spot back then, day or night. The signs used to be a fun mile-marker as we traveled. My dad even bought a coffee-table book of the road signs last time we went. Now, I'm a dad and I was looking forward to my kiddo being able to see it. We're going to go anyway, but at least I'm prepared for the sadness.
I remember as a kid excitedly waiting for each sign as my dad drove from Virginia to South Carolina. And then getting there and see Pedro. Good memories.
If you ever get a chance to go back, you’ll realize that nothing has changed. If you do stop in, please let me know what your experience was like. Also, thank you for watching this video and for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate your support and viewership.
As a kid growing up in the 1960's, our family would take a yearly vacation, driving from Maryland to Florida and back. We always stopped at South of the Border, and it was packed full of people back then. It was still a travel destination for many more years. Unfortunately the founder of South of the Border, Alan Schafer, died in 2001. Since he died, it seems like the place has gone downhill very quickly. It's sad to see that it is like a ghost town now. 😢😢 The newer Buc-ee's that opened in 2022 in Florence, South Carolina, is less than 30 miles from South of the Border, and is now the travel destination in that area.
I agree with you that, Buc-ee’s he is definitely the new travel destinations layover stop. I’m sorry that I wasn’t around to see South of the Border in all his glory. Thank you for leaving such a thoughtful comment.
It is hard to resist stopping after seeing a million signs telling you about it. Thanks for watching and check out my channel for many other interesting stuff. Safe travels.
Hi and thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video and my channel which has lots of additional travel ideas. It's sad that they don't do a better job taking care of the place. So much loss potential. Thanks again for watching and please let me know if you found my channel and any other video's interesting. If you do, please subscribe and thanks again for your time. It is greatly appreciated.
I visited there in …1966. It was a blast for us kids. Our parents NEVER let us have fireworks, except once, when we got them here. I’m a surgeon but my side gig is professional fireworks display operator. I credit SOB for planting a seed in that endeavor! No matter what shape the place is in now, I want to go back and relive the memory. The place was a gas, man.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. Please let me know what you think if you ever decide to visit SOB again. Also, thank you for your work in the healthcare industry and I appreciate your feedback.
Hi, I’m glad to hear that you still enjoy it. It’s not for everyone but I can understand that it has a certain nostalgia. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate your viewership and your support.
If you ever get a chance to stop there I would love to know what you think. Thanks for watching and I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. I hope your vacation went well.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I’m surprised at its height the hotel wasn’t much to speak of. I would think that’s what created the big attraction for south of the border. Thanks again for watching and I appreciate your support.
Stopped there 4 days ago. I live in Québec, Canada, and we stop there on every Florida trip we take. There's something charming about that place, but I can't quite tell what it is.
I used to go here with my dad as a kid. I even got a cute shirt with the sun and moon on it. It was one of my favorite shirts. WAIT IT DOES HAVE AM AMUSEMENT PARK OMG I REMEMBER THAT
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I always thought about visiting this place because I always passed threw it whenever me and my older brother decided to go to Florida to get a slice of pizza in Merritt Island. I sure know since I watch this video, I’m not sure if I want to visit now but I probably just eat at the restaurant they have there if I decide to head to back to Miami but that’s probably about it.
Hi and thank you for watching the video. South of the Border is definitely not for everyone. In many ways it’s very nostalgic. Some folks like that stuff others (I would say most) don’t. I hope you found my video helpful and informative and thanks again for watching and for your support.
@@letsgoseeit457 I look forward to it, I have really great memories of the place; I was stationed in Camp Lejeune, NC and my favorite aunt lives in Georgia, so I would drive down and visit her whenever I had a 3 day weekend or holiday, and I would always stop by South of the Border, so it has a nice feeling associated with it, and so I remember it really fondly
Hi and thank you for watching. I wish I was able to experience South of the Border in its heyday. The only experience I have is of this rundown place that exist today. I hope they invest the money to build it back up to what it once was. Thanks again for watching and please see my channel for other great vacation ideas. Also, it helps me a lot if you subscribed. Thanks again for watching.
@@letsgoseeit457 i don't know if it will ever be like it was i think most people on I 95 just want to make it through so if they don't need the gas they don't stop. And also now days less people use 15 501 for myrtle beach and everyone use to come through there.
I stopped there once on a trip and I felt unsafe at the gas station. I drove around some of the area, I believe it was in the evening and it looked washed up and dilapidated. Won't be going again.
@@letsgoseeit457 I suppose it is once but it's really sad and depressing. I assume it must be profitable to endure this long but it just seems sad to me. I went as a child and for some reason looked it up. It's not something I'd waste any time revisiting so thanks RUclips for giving me the update without having to visit.
Hi and thanks for watching. I truly hope that you enjoyed my video. I do agree that 8 dollar for all you can ride appears to be a good deal. I never saw this while it was operational I only saw it during the daytime. At that time it looks fairly dilapidated. However, it may be a completely different thing at night. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a comment and for watching.
Growing up in Florida in the 80s we had family in New York Virginia Toronto. My mom had a "Happy times" Chevy conversion van. Needless to say I've been here a few times. The last time was 2006 and my heart almost sank because of the ghost town vibes. Loved the year round fireworks. Both parents are gone now but I will never forget. Thank you!
Hi and thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video and my channel which has lots of additional travel ideas. It's sad that they don't do a better job taking care of the place. I am sorry that I did not get a chance to see it in its prime.
Thanks again for watching and please let me know if you found my channel and any other video's interesting. If you do, please subscribe and thanks again for your time. It is greatly appreciated.
will do. Very interesting channel
@@letsgoseeit457 Same. We live in South Florida now and are about to make the trip to Virginia. I haven't been to South of the Border since 1989 when I was 10. It's soul-crushing seeing the signs so faded.
You could barely find a parking spot back then, day or night. The signs used to be a fun mile-marker as we traveled. My dad even bought a coffee-table book of the road signs last time we went.
Now, I'm a dad and I was looking forward to my kiddo being able to see it. We're going to go anyway, but at least I'm prepared for the sadness.
I remember as a kid excitedly waiting for each sign as my dad drove from Virginia to South Carolina. And then getting there and see Pedro. Good memories.
If you ever get a chance to go back, you’ll realize that nothing has changed. If you do stop in, please let me know what your experience was like.
Also, thank you for watching this video and for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate your support and viewership.
As a kid growing up in the 1960's, our family would take a yearly vacation, driving from Maryland to Florida and back. We always stopped at South of the Border, and it was packed full of people back then. It was still a travel destination for many more years.
Unfortunately the founder of South of the Border, Alan Schafer, died in 2001. Since he died, it seems like the place has gone downhill very quickly. It's sad to see that it is like a ghost town now. 😢😢
The newer Buc-ee's that opened in 2022 in Florence, South Carolina, is less than 30 miles from South of the Border, and is now the travel destination in that area.
I agree with you that, Buc-ee’s he is definitely the new travel destinations layover stop. I’m sorry that I wasn’t around to see South of the Border in all his glory. Thank you for leaving such a thoughtful comment.
I have driven past South of the Border many, many times and never actually gone inside - thanks for the video!
It is hard to resist stopping after seeing a million signs telling you about it. Thanks for watching and check out my channel for many other interesting stuff. Safe travels.
Hi and thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed this video and my channel which has lots of additional travel ideas. It's sad that they don't do a better job taking care of the place. So much loss potential.
Thanks again for watching and please let me know if you found my channel and any other video's interesting. If you do, please subscribe and thanks again for your time. It is greatly appreciated.
I visited there in …1966. It was a blast for us kids. Our parents NEVER let us have fireworks, except once, when we got them here. I’m a surgeon but my side gig is professional fireworks display operator. I credit SOB for planting a seed in that endeavor! No matter what shape the place is in now, I want to go back and relive the memory. The place was a gas, man.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. Please let me know what you think if you ever decide to visit SOB again. Also, thank you for your work in the healthcare industry and I appreciate your feedback.
Use to go here every year since I was a kid, only difference is is they took some of the rides away. Still love it
Hi, I’m glad to hear that you still enjoy it. It’s not for everyone but I can understand that it has a certain nostalgia. Thank you for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate your viewership and your support.
I still have my cat wood carving I got from them lol and my light up rubber chick
Funny 😆
I just passed this going on vacation, Very cool!
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@@letsgoseeit457 Thanks! I Apperciate It
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Awesome review!
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I've stayed at the hotel when it was at it's height and it was ok nothing to brag about just ok.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I’m surprised at its height the hotel wasn’t much to speak of. I would think that’s what created the big attraction for south of the border. Thanks again for watching and I appreciate your support.
Didn't get a chance to stop here on our last trip north, but I know more now than I did before, which was nothing! Thank you.
Thanks for watching. I am glad that I was able to give you a little insight as the what that location was all about.
Along time ago I was here. Me my grandma and her sister's. So much memories. Just brung me back .
Hi, I am really glad that you took the time to watch this video and I hope it brought back fond memories of your grandmother and sister.
I stop there every year on the way to Hilton Head 😁
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Stopped there 4 days ago. I live in Québec, Canada, and we stop there on every Florida trip we take. There's something charming about that place, but I can't quite tell what it is.
Hi, I’m glad that you enjoy. It’s not for everyone but some people do enjoy it. Please let me know if there any major changes so I can stop next time.
I used to go here with my dad as a kid. I even got a cute shirt with the sun and moon on it. It was one of my favorite shirts.
WAIT IT DOES HAVE AM AMUSEMENT PARK OMG I REMEMBER THAT
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Hi and thanks for watching this video. The amusement park may have changed a little (then again maybe not) but it is still there.
I haven't been there since 1987.
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I grew up in NC in the 80s. We took vacations to Florida every summer and stopped here like once. Decided it wasn’t worth the time or money.
It’s still not worth stopping in my opinion. It is definitely a Taurus trap. I recommend instead you drive further down the road and go to Bucees.
I always thought about visiting this place because I always passed threw it whenever me and my older brother decided to go to Florida to get a slice of pizza in Merritt Island. I sure know since I watch this video, I’m not sure if I want to visit now but I probably just eat at the restaurant they have there if I decide to head to back to Miami but that’s probably about it.
Hi and thank you for watching the video. South of the Border is definitely not for everyone. In many ways it’s very nostalgic. Some folks like that stuff others (I would say most) don’t. I hope you found my video helpful and informative and thanks again for watching and for your support.
Oh man Pedro's Pantry sells Blueheims Ginger Ale, its some of the best in the world and used to be $1 a bottle
Good I catching that! I plan to do a follow up video. I would love it if you were to let me know what you think.
@@letsgoseeit457 I look forward to it, I have really great memories of the place; I was stationed in Camp Lejeune, NC and my favorite aunt lives in Georgia, so I would drive down and visit her whenever I had a 3 day weekend or holiday, and I would always stop by South of the Border, so it has a nice feeling associated with it, and so I remember it really fondly
The place had people all over the place back in the day, now days nobody stops there.
Hi and thank you for watching. I wish I was able to experience South of the Border in its heyday. The only experience I have is of this rundown place that exist today. I hope they invest the money to build it back up to what it once was.
Thanks again for watching and please see my channel for other great vacation ideas. Also, it helps me a lot if you subscribed. Thanks again for watching.
@@letsgoseeit457 i don't know if it will ever be like it was i think most people on I 95 just want to make it through so if they don't need the gas they don't stop. And also now days less people use 15 501 for myrtle beach and everyone use to come through there.
I stopped there once on a trip and I felt unsafe at the gas station. I drove around some of the area, I believe it was in the evening and it looked washed up and dilapidated. Won't be going again.
So much loss potential. I thanks that if they invested in the place folks would go there.
Can I stop there and visit both North and South Carolina, like a day visit for each?
Hi and thanks for watching. Yes, you can visit both. Both states have lots to offer in the form of fun and entertainment. Thanks again for your time.
Leave the guidelines. So moist.
I’ve been a few times family down in South Carolina, so I stopped here trash place
Yes. A lot of people don’t seem to like it too much.
This looks awful!
So far I have had mixed reviews. Most people agree that it is an awful tourist trap. A few found it nostalgic and enjoy it. I tend to find it amusing.
@@letsgoseeit457 I suppose it is once but it's really sad and depressing. I assume it must be profitable to endure this long but it just seems sad to me. I went as a child and for some reason looked it up. It's not something I'd waste any time revisiting so thanks RUclips for giving me the update without having to visit.
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I mean $8 all you can ride? How is that not a deal? Especially when you have small children.
Hi and thanks for watching. I truly hope that you enjoyed my video. I do agree that 8 dollar for all you can ride appears to be a good deal. I never saw this while it was operational I only saw it during the daytime. At that time it looks fairly dilapidated. However, it may be a completely different thing at night. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a comment and for watching.