The thing I love so much about these videos is that unlike so many others who explore abandoned places, you don't just walk around with a camera going "Oh wow, look at this. That's so crazy." You intercut it with a look into the history of the place, whether it's a former 5 star resort, or an abandoned motel on the side of the road.
You can really tell that the construction was done properly, with quality materials. Even the workers quarters had the sink area tiled. After so many years, the abandoned buildings did not have any pooling of water bodies, sunken floors, cracked walls etc. It's a shame it ultimately ended up in this state
I like how you get further and further from the US and Canada in search of specimens. When you’re age sixty you’ll have to explore abandoned things in Antarctica ✊
@@BrightSunFilms Pretty sure Antarctica only has two seasons, cold and insanely cold. There are a number of abandoned settlements on the islands surrounding Antarctica, most notably South Georgia, which has several. Apparently it's accessible enough to have an operating museum in the summer months.
I was mid 20s then. Great time for. Grabbed a house from foreclosure for cheap. Sold it for 4 times more 5 years later. Paid cash for the house I have now. This house appraises now for 3 times i paid for it. I’m not rich by any stretch but if you have a decent paying job you can boost yourself off the less financially secure.
@@Chocolate_dragonYou need a more than decent paying job, or another person buying with you. The average income in 2021 was half of the income needed to afford a home apparently. 😅
As a Barbadian every time I go to Paradise beach and see that eyesore it breaks my heart. I've also always wondered what inside the structure looked like, so thanks for this.
@@BrightSunFilms It's amazing that Four Season's still has their name etched in the main sign, usually that kind of thing gets knocked down or chiseled off. Expensive brand names like that do not like bad publicity, which kind of goes without saying, but there it still is.
Think about what people build that gets destroyed as well, like the World Trade Center a civil engineering marvel worth billions destroyed in just one day in a couple hours.
I really appreciate how you do not fill the silence. You limit the use of background music and you space the narration out. That really allows the silence and ambient noise to sink into the viewer and envelop them in the melancholy of the structure. Thank you for your hard work. Loved the video.
From the moment I heard "completion expected in 2009", I knew this would be a victim of the recession. 2008/2009 and 2020/2021 were the worst years for construction projects in the 21st century.
Fancy seeing my home country on one of my favourite channels! This property is quite near to where I grew up. I never quite knew what went on with this project and it has become a terrible eyesore in the area. However, the hollow pandering to the mega-rich on that coast while many Barbadians who live not 5 minutes away struggle to make ends meet make this project's failure somewhat ironic and poetic. In any case, seeing somewhere so close to my childhood home made me quite homesick. Great video as always and I hope you enjoyed visiting my home! ❤
If I, from here in the U.S., could afford to visit such a beautiful destination as Barbados, your home country, don’t think I could enjoy a resort w/o considering the lives of the people and workers around me. (And the whole notion of Balinese design in the Carribbean makes no sense and rings false to me.) While the recession was worldwide, it’s inexcusable that these developers w/their grandiose plans just left the property to rot. It just goes to show how soulless and unspecial such people really are. “The hollow pandering to the mega-rich…” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
@laurat1129 unfortunately our government has tanked our economy and dug their heels in against income diversification for many years and that pandering has become the main source of income. Through projects like this and COVID we saw how fragile our quality of life truly is in Barbados and it is depressing to say the least. They're all complicit.
Jake as a student at University I visited Paradise beach in 1992, it was very exclusive and the ocean at that spot is some of the best on the west coast. In around 2017 I returned to the property and it was a sad eerie site...not to mention a danger to the public. The beach however remains magnificent. Excellent video.
When I hear “Four Seasons” and “Cunard,” I think that I’m going to see something beautiful and amazing! It’s hard to believe that two such massive and well known companies also have projects that suffered like this! So sad!
It’s important to remember that the Four Seasons is a hotel property management company, not the developers themselves. The developers would have paid a licensing fee to have the Four Seasons name on the property, which would include the staffing and day-to-day operations. The developers abandoned the project long before the Four Seasons management company took over.
That’s correct, however, it’s important to know that Fourseasons did take a larger equity stake in the project than they do with most of their announced projects
@@rogersmith7396 I doubt that he would have made it work. remember they picture of him with gold toliets isn't jsut because he is rich, it's because he is successful. ANd consdiering Maralago I bet he could have done somethign with this or managed it better.
@@Revkor Mar a Largo was a decrepit white elephant that the city took title to to keep it from falling to ruin. They had tried to unload it on someone for years. Trump bought it for next to nothing. It was built in the 1920s I believe. He probably figured the ground alone was worth something. Given that he is always in debt up to his ears and he has had multiple bankruptcies and his real estate company will probably be closed due to illegal activities, and how he is always crying for money from his dupe cultists I would'nt bet the farm on him actually being rich. He seems to be always one step ahead of the repo man.
One can truly see just how bad the finacial crises of 2008 was. You have covered so many different places that didn't survive it and this is just another example. Thanks Jake and your crew!
The sheer amount of such high end materials going to waste is heartbreaking. That is some of the costliest material on earth, factoring in the extra import and crafting costs. I hope one day the people can get together and rebuild places like this. Rebuild and repurpose to provide more housing to replace all that was lost since 2008.
Once again Jake, nicely done. My in-laws are from here and the downturn in the economy really hit the Caribbean islands hard because many relied on tourism for much of their economic growth. I was in Barbados in 2019 and they were still having a thought time recovering from the 2008 recession. Beautiful place none the less and very friendly people.
Between the original footage interspersed with historical footage and proper history lessons, this is a top notch channel for history and abandoned exploration
I worked for the Four Seasons Beverly Hills for almost 21 years - wasn’t aware of this. Four Seasons Residences are the only thing Four Seasons actually owns - other than that, they’re just a management company for privately owned hotels.
I was born in Barbados but left over 20 years ago so I never got the history of what happened. There are a number of abandoned buildings in Barbados however this is an intriguing one. Thanks for making this impressive video.
Jake, you continue to impress me with your content. You fit a full-scale movie experience into a 23-minute RUclips video. The production values are unmatched. Keep it going!
Thank you for sharing. I really appreciated this video. I’m originally from Barbados and this abandon site is such an eye sore when entering the West Coast. It’s also an awful reminder how this project turned out. I hope in future something happens to that site because the beach is lovely there. Hope you had a great stay in Barbados!
I'm from Barbados so I'm so stunned to see this video. I've seen that building for pretty much all of my life. People my age ( early 20s) kind of just see it as part of the beach. Or use it for shelter and pictures on trips to the beach. It's so interesting seeing it from this perspective. Thanks for the video! I hope you enjoyed our island!
Totally disappointed, not so much that it was never completed, but more for the remaining eyesore at such a beautiful location! Great insight into this fascinating abandoned development!
My ancestors came to America on the Mauritania (Cunard Ship). My grandparents went to the Cunard Paradise Beach Hotel on a Cunard Cruise in the late 1970s. My parents had their honeymoon on the QE2 (Cunard Ship), and my family is about to go on vacation on the QM2 (Cunard Ship). It all comes full circle.
That's been infuriating me throughout watching this - a bunch of rich foreigners fancied using the place as a colourful backdrop for their lifestyles, made a huge mess and then just walked away. They don't have to live with the consequences so they'll never do anything to clean it up or restore it. Meanwhile the poor people who live nearby have to put up with the mess, smells and probably infestations. Every day I'm more drawn to guillotines as a policy option.
The locals stripped the place of anything that had value and then used it for their personal dump. Do you want to "guillotine" them as well? If not then you're a hypocrite.
It's crazy how much money was wasted, especially when parts of it were so close to getting to a point where they could have survived the elements. So many of these abandoned places could have been preserved with little investment compared to how much was already spent. Another job well done, great video.
Fascinating. The two times I've been to Barbados and driven past the Four Seasons sign, I always wondered what happened. With such a prominent and reputable name it surprised me that it was closed. Now I know!
For anyone interested, it's possible to see pictures of how Villa 1 was in its heyday, if you search for Alana Alang or Alang Alang Villa Barbados (both apply). As late as 2013 they were trying to sell it - I recall seeing it on the net, started at £25m - or rent it at US$5500 per night! Strange no-one has tried to recover this prime land, though the best way in Barbados is to work with local people and local materials as much as one can. Thanks for this, Jake, really interesting (as always).
Ah, 2008 strikes again. Loved the intro, very dramatic and a cool property to explore. As you mentioned it's interesting to see how quickly even brand new sites can be reclaimed by nature and scrappers.
Your videos just keep getting better and better, and I don't even know how thats possible. But thank you, for all your content.. I watch some over and over again. Truly remarkable what you bring to us, and to RUclips Jake... amazing.
Wow, never thought I would see an exploration of an abandoned place in Barbados, especially an abandoned hotel. Awesome video Jake, I love how this is the first abandoned place exploration that isn’t in the US or Canada. Wonder if you might do others abandoned explorations in places like Europe or South America, that would be very cool
Jake, I’ve gotta say I love how your videos have taken such a different approach. I thought I was watching a movie at the beginning! I’ve been following all your videos since 2015! Keep up the great work!
It's insane to me that there's a housing shortage and somewhere out there someone is burning millions of dollars into absolutely nothing. Imagine if this person invested all their money into affordable housing instead of just burning it?
Writing off the value of one of these mansions was probably why it actually made sense given the amount of fiat cash injected into the economies of the world during the banking crisis of 2008-9. Inflation sucks, and instant demurrage is another name for the burning of the cash itself because of the carrying cost of the currency.
@@doowroh Then why are there some communities and regions that don't have a housing shortage? Saying there's too many people completely misses the point that we got into this mess because of bad real estate investments and not building nearly enough housing because it's not profitable to build high-occupancy buildings compared to "luxury" apartments and massive single family homes.
I still think you need your own TV show. It would be great to do a whole series on all of this stuff globally. This resort could've been something special and I do believe that they should take the original concepts and try to complete it. I really like the balinese style. Such an awesome video from one of my favorite channels.
The thing that always sticks out to me in these abandoned videos is the amount of plastic waste that builds up and sticks out so badly. The half torn down structures being swallowed by the jungle and nature almost feel like art, but the plastic bottles and trash do not fit anywhere. They rarely ever look decomposed either. A skeletal structure of a building could at least be used with wildlife as shelter once it has been left behind, but not the plastic garbage that fills these places.
I love your videos. Please never stop. Also is there a way to suggest a location? Cool old folks home abandoned in 2019, still has power, and super untouched. anyways thanks for improving my day
As an Indonesian, Im Very proud Of my country. It has Inspired those who wants to build the Resort. When jake said "Batu Hijau" "Bali" I just cant stop smiling for some reason
Once again an astonishing and fascinating video. It is really hard to believe that this sits abandoned for 15 Years, this would be a great location for Holidays.
Jake, always enjoy watching your videos. One of my favorites was Murf Klaubers Colony Beach and Tennis Resort in Longboat Key Florida, which I've watched several times. Thanks for memorializing these once wonderful places. Looking forward to your next location 😀👍
Another amazing video. The cinematography the editing perfect. As someone who has made several documentaries I know the length it takes to make these. Keep up the great work!
If you look it up on google maps it‘s even more impressive. Those beachside houses with their huge pools, man, what a sight! You think for a second it wouldn’t take that much to get it back to life - then you get real and realize: it’s almond impossible to rebuild without loosing tons of money in the long run. Sad, very sad!
@@zachsmith1676 such a waste of resources benefitting noone! At least the looters got in and took stuff before it rotted away! Using Chinese workforce instead of locals is also shady.
There's a brand new luxury resort in Malaysia styled in French Riviera abandoned soon after opening. Every guest got haunted out never to have a night of peace. According to the Wiseman the djinns inhibitors of the island vowed to never allow anyone to sleep there in peace as they were never considered when the resort was built. They claimed they would have moved if given a new place.
Very interesting documentary. Even Four Seasons couldn't overcome the debilitating effects of a global recession. And we never really conquer nature. It just sits and waits, and it can always outlast us.
Ooooooh stunning location. Thank you Jake for visiting it and bringing it to life with your usual stunning cinematography, research and narration. I just cannot believe it has never been resurrected! If you ever want to come to Australia, there’s an abandoned resort on an island off Queensland…
Superb production yet again Jake, you do abandoned like no other 😊. I feel for the local people who now have to live with this, the developers should be made to clean up their mess and leave something of a positive legacy for the people of Barbados to enjoy. I do wonder how the properties would have fared by design given the open elements and the fact that storms could have damaged the proprieties. Guess we will never know
This was a great video, one thing that annoys me about these type of investments, is how much money that goes to waste on these projects if they fall through, that money go to so many’s other things lol.
I'm pretty sure when I visited Bora Bora in 1986 there was an abandoned Four Seasons resort. We passed near it while taking the water taxi/ferry from the Atoh airport to the main island. Not sure if it had been open and failed or something like this failed venture. It would have been interesting to explore it. A different location than the current one on Bora Bora.
I can really appreciate the hustle of getting to travel to Barbados for "work" and writing off the travel as a business expense. I should find a way to do that....
I PRAY you will see this. I make these requests to every single big Disney documentary makers. You should make a story on the history of Disneyland Trading Pins. From their Iconic start in Epcot in 2000 to today’s massive trading in parks and pin trade events going on since then.
As it happens, Pompeii _was_ in fact a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans in the years leading up to its destruction in AD 79. Its scenic location on the Bay of Naples made it sort of the Capri of its day (the actual Capri having been the private property of the emperors at the time).
I just finished watching Closed For The Storm and really enjoyed it. Very well done and I loved the music. I always look forward to watching your videos.
The pavillion-style indoor/outdoor villas would have been truly magnificent. The quality of materials is evident in the fine condition of what remains. What is not surprising is that this was to be a Four Seasons managed property. It would have been remarkable to see it completed successfully.
I'd like it if you made a video about Dogpatch USA. I lived in the area for many years. My sister and I would drive past it and talk about how cool it would be to have enough money to purchase it. Wintertime driving around there is so hazardous, any facility open to the public could really only be open during the summer.
Favourite BSF video yet. The only thing I don’t understand is why The Four Seasons needed loans to get this project over the finish line. It’s an insanely wealthy brand with a lot of leverage. They’re not a risky start-up or an individual developer. Surely they can afford to throw the necessary money at this project to get it finished. I guess they reevaluated the project and decided they simply didn’t see the potential in bothering to finish it, and would rather sell off the land. In which case, it’s surprisingly they haven’t sent someone down there to remove the Four Seasons branding! The video was a little light on the background financials and politics compared to some other BSF videos. Still, an incredible subject for a video, and some great shots.
Im a sucker for the beach and tropical architecture, and I gotta admit these would have been some seriously beautiful and stunning buildings. Seeing the ocean sunset from one of those upper patios surrounded by tropical fauna and brush, sipping on a coconut tiki drink sounds extravagant.
Just a lesson for you, the more expensive the property is, the harder it is to maintain. Most if not all expensive property are made with excessive considerations, making the property unsustainable over time.
You go to any of these islands in the Caribbean you will find many abandoned or half built houses, hotels, and structures. Its sad to see but thats life. They are left to rot and crumble over time.
It boggles my mind that a resort backed by such titans in the industry wasn't already done long before it got to the point of abandonment, never mind that it could be abandoned in the first place. Having travelled to many tropical resort destinations, I've seen so many of these types of complexes get built. You show up one year, and you can see them start breaking ground, and the next time you come by the whole place is fully built out and they are booked to capacity. Even from 2008-on, many places were building these types of facilities full-steam ahead. Heck, even when they get ravaged by a hurricane they are fully repaired and reopened within a year. Even COVID, where tourist and investment dollars almost completely dried up, a bunch of new ones got built.
I LOVE YOUR NEW INTRO i was always saying the "whats up guys, this is abandoned" or whatever it was, sounded soooo unprofessional. also, love your new cameras or editing software!
The thing I love so much about these videos is that unlike so many others who explore abandoned places, you don't just walk around with a camera going "Oh wow, look at this. That's so crazy." You intercut it with a look into the history of the place, whether it's a former 5 star resort, or an abandoned motel on the side of the road.
Same!!
You can really tell that the construction was done properly, with quality materials. Even the workers quarters had the sink area tiled. After so many years, the abandoned buildings did not have any pooling of water bodies, sunken floors, cracked walls etc. It's a shame it ultimately ended up in this state
Cinderblock is a common quality material
I like how you get further and further from the US and Canada in search of specimens. When you’re age sixty you’ll have to explore abandoned things in Antarctica ✊
As long as they have an abandoned four seasons
@@BrightSunFilms Pretty sure Antarctica only has two seasons, cold and insanely cold. There are a number of abandoned settlements on the islands surrounding Antarctica, most notably South Georgia, which has several. Apparently it's accessible enough to have an operating museum in the summer months.
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@@BrightSunFilms please don't forget to mention the environmental impact and habitat loss associated with all the wasted materials.
@@nonna_sof5889Actually, Antarctica's seasons are sunny and cold, and dark and brutally cold with gale force winds.
It comes up a lot on this channel but I feel like it’s so hard to understand how devastating 2008 really was around the world for younger people.
They will find out soon my guess is later this year. History always repeats itself.
I was mid 20s then. Great time for. Grabbed a house from foreclosure for cheap. Sold it for 4 times more 5 years later. Paid cash for the house I have now. This house appraises now for 3 times i paid for it. I’m not rich by any stretch but if you have a decent paying job you can boost yourself off the less financially secure.
@AzureWolf168simple, he made it all up
@@Chocolate_dragonYou need a more than decent paying job, or another person buying with you. The average income in 2021 was half of the income needed to afford a home apparently. 😅
We have never recovered from it I. The uk
As a Barbadian every time I go to Paradise beach and see that eyesore it breaks my heart. I've also always wondered what inside the structure looked like, so thanks for this.
What a mess. :( It's too bad they couldn't have cleaned it up, for locals to do something with. Or something?
It needs to be flattened, cleaned out and left to the people of Barbados as public land for public use.
@@MolloyPolloy People had their chance and ruined it. I say they clean it out, then give the land back to the crab and monkeys.
What a tragic waste of beautiful land. The contractors who created this should have to clean it up?😢
Sad to see so much waste, especially the beach. You would think they would bulldoze those buildings so maybe something else could be built there
Incredible that something of this scale and value, was just abandoned, and by such a large company. Thanks for exploring this one for us Jake!
Glad you enjoyed it
@@BrightSunFilms
😲 Super🦸♀️ surprising 😯.
What a famous discovery, like never before
That was the 2008 GFC for you...
@@BrightSunFilms It's amazing that Four Season's still has their name etched in the main sign, usually that kind of thing gets knocked down or chiseled off. Expensive brand names like that do not like bad publicity, which kind of goes without saying, but there it still is.
Bird watchers sued to have an inviron mental impact report completed 😮😢
Its kinda depressing how people work on projects so much just to abandon them, crazy to think its been abandoned for 15 years
What are the criminals doing today breaking and entering, trespassing as usual
@@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307
😲 Super🦸♀️ surprising 😯.
What a shocking discovery, like never before
It’s all about timing….2008/2009 ouch 😢
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😯 Whoa. That's gonna leave a mark
Think about what people build that gets destroyed as well, like the World Trade Center a civil engineering marvel worth billions destroyed in just one day in a couple hours.
Bright Sun Films documentaries are Must-See TV. Well Done.
Thank you so much!
Agreed
I really appreciate how you do not fill the silence. You limit the use of background music and you space the narration out. That really allows the silence and ambient noise to sink into the viewer and envelop them in the melancholy of the structure. Thank you for your hard work. Loved the video.
This is what I love too. Other channels would fill that silence with stupid spooky music and sfx, but for me it's the silence that speaks volumes.
id like some background music. don't need to hear nothing but people breathing or anything.
It’s beautiful how quickly nature can take back over
A lot of healing has to do. That proyect made a lot of damage...
@@DavidAbyssali don't think nature really cares.
...especially in Barbados
Nature's old, it waits you out
In the southeast US, with kudzu, honeysuckle, wisteria, and poison ivy, just a year or two in an abandoned state can look like a jungle grew over it
From the moment I heard "completion expected in 2009", I knew this would be a victim of the recession. 2008/2009 and 2020/2021 were the worst years for construction projects in the 21st century.
Fancy seeing my home country on one of my favourite channels! This property is quite near to where I grew up. I never quite knew what went on with this project and it has become a terrible eyesore in the area. However, the hollow pandering to the mega-rich on that coast while many Barbadians who live not 5 minutes away struggle to make ends meet make this project's failure somewhat ironic and poetic. In any case, seeing somewhere so close to my childhood home made me quite homesick. Great video as always and I hope you enjoyed visiting my home! ❤
If I, from here in the U.S., could afford to visit such a beautiful destination as Barbados, your home country, don’t think I could enjoy a resort w/o considering the lives of the people and workers around me. (And the whole notion of Balinese design in the Carribbean makes no sense and rings false to me.) While the recession was worldwide, it’s inexcusable that these developers w/their grandiose plans just left the property to rot. It just goes to show how soulless and unspecial such people really are. “The hollow pandering to the mega-rich…” I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Homesick? Where are you living now?
@laurat1129 unfortunately our government has tanked our economy and dug their heels in against income diversification for many years and that pandering has become the main source of income. Through projects like this and COVID we saw how fragile our quality of life truly is in Barbados and it is depressing to say the least. They're all complicit.
@@Three_Random_Words the great white north!
Jake as a student at University I visited Paradise beach in 1992, it was very exclusive and the ocean at that spot is some of the best on the west coast. In around 2017 I returned to the property and it was a sad eerie site...not to mention a danger to the public. The beach however remains magnificent. Excellent video.
When I hear “Four Seasons” and “Cunard,” I think that I’m going to see something beautiful and amazing! It’s hard to believe that two such massive and well known companies also have projects that suffered like this! So sad!
It’s important to remember that the Four Seasons is a hotel property management company, not the developers themselves. The developers would have paid a licensing fee to have the Four Seasons name on the property, which would include the staffing and day-to-day operations. The developers abandoned the project long before the Four Seasons management company took over.
That’s correct, however, it’s important to know that Fourseasons did take a larger equity stake in the project than they do with most of their announced projects
Sure it was'nt a Trump property? He would have cashed out before the fall and left the mess to others.
@@rogersmith7396 I doubt that he would have made it work. remember they picture of him with gold toliets isn't jsut because he is rich, it's because he is successful. ANd consdiering Maralago I bet he could have done somethign with this or managed it better.
@@rogersmith7396do you just have to make this political?
@@Revkor Mar a Largo was a decrepit white elephant that the city took title to to keep it from falling to ruin. They had tried to unload it on someone for years. Trump bought it for next to nothing. It was built in the 1920s I believe. He probably figured the ground alone was worth something. Given that he is always in debt up to his ears and he has had multiple bankruptcies and his real estate company will probably be closed due to illegal activities, and how he is always crying for money from his dupe cultists I would'nt bet the farm on him actually being rich. He seems to be always one step ahead of the repo man.
One can truly see just how bad the finacial crises of 2008 was. You have covered so many different places that didn't survive it and this is just another example. Thanks Jake and your crew!
Fake crap!
the saddest thing is that if not for that it would have worked. this and others are the prime example of shitty timing
The sheer amount of such high end materials going to waste is heartbreaking. That is some of the costliest material on earth, factoring in the extra import and crafting costs. I hope one day the people can get together and rebuild places like this. Rebuild and repurpose to provide more housing to replace all that was lost since 2008.
Once again Jake, nicely done. My in-laws are from here and the downturn in the economy really hit the Caribbean islands hard because many relied on tourism for much of their economic growth. I was in Barbados in 2019 and they were still having a thought time recovering from the 2008 recession. Beautiful place none the less and very friendly people.
Oh, that's sad that it's taking so long to come back from it. 😞 Ans covid probably didn't help.
It's boutta get even worse 😄
Between the original footage interspersed with historical footage and proper history lessons, this is a top notch channel for history and abandoned exploration
I worked for the Four Seasons Beverly Hills for almost 21 years - wasn’t aware of this. Four Seasons Residences are the only thing Four Seasons actually owns - other than that, they’re just a management company for privately owned hotels.
Yup, correct. The Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia is actually owned by Comcast, who licenses the name from The Four Seasons.
So essentially, Four Seasons franchises out its name like Starbucks, McDonalds, or 7/11. How the mighty have fallen. 🤔
@@njwebwiz Four Seasons DC was owned by Gerard Louis-Dreyfus (father of Julia Louis-Dreyfus). The one I worked for was owned by two brothers.
As someone who lives in the Caribbean, projects like this one are infuriating since they're massive wastes of money, resources & land.
I was born in Barbados but left over 20 years ago so I never got the history of what happened. There are a number of abandoned buildings in Barbados however this is an intriguing one. Thanks for making this impressive video.
Jake, you continue to impress me with your content. You fit a full-scale movie experience into a 23-minute RUclips video. The production values are unmatched. Keep it going!
Thank you for sharing. I really appreciated this video. I’m originally from Barbados and this abandon site is such an eye sore when entering the West Coast. It’s also an awful reminder how this project turned out. I hope in future something happens to that site because the beach is lovely there.
Hope you had a great stay in Barbados!
I'm from Barbados so I'm so stunned to see this video. I've seen that building for pretty much all of my life. People my age ( early 20s) kind of just see it as part of the beach. Or use it for shelter and pictures on trips to the beach. It's so interesting seeing it from this perspective.
Thanks for the video! I hope you enjoyed our island!
Barbados was absolutely stunning in every single way imaginable, thank you for watching!
Barbados rules, been there 3 times and i did not know this place was there to explore :)
Totally disappointed, not so much that it was never completed, but more for the remaining eyesore at such a beautiful location! Great insight into this fascinating abandoned development!
cost money to remove crap
My ancestors came to America on the Mauritania (Cunard Ship). My grandparents went to the Cunard Paradise Beach Hotel on a Cunard Cruise in the late 1970s. My parents had their honeymoon on the QE2 (Cunard Ship), and my family is about to go on vacation on the QM2 (Cunard Ship). It all comes full circle.
Wow. What a beautiful journey.
@@joaquinhernandez6940
😲 Super 🦸♀️ surprising 😯.
What a powerful💪 discovery, like never before
There's also a Titanic connection - Cunard was a competitor of Titanic's White Star Line. Cunard later absorbed White Star Line.
@@jgood005
😲 Super🦸♀️ surprising 😯.
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To be fair, if a cruise ship _doesn't_ come full circle, something has gone badly wrong.
It’s sad that the company that owns the land isn’t made responsible to clean up all the trash debris in the area
That's been infuriating me throughout watching this - a bunch of rich foreigners fancied using the place as a colourful backdrop for their lifestyles, made a huge mess and then just walked away. They don't have to live with the consequences so they'll never do anything to clean it up or restore it. Meanwhile the poor people who live nearby have to put up with the mess, smells and probably infestations.
Every day I'm more drawn to guillotines as a policy option.
But isn't the trash inside the buildings and around the area, along with the dog bones etc from the locals?
Comparing to the vast majority of abandoned sites, there isn’t that much trash.
The locals stripped the place of anything that had value and then used it for their personal dump. Do you want to "guillotine" them as well? If not then you're a hypocrite.
They need to tear it down at least. bring the beach back there.
It's crazy how much money was wasted, especially when parts of it were so close to getting to a point where they could have survived the elements. So many of these abandoned places could have been preserved with little investment compared to how much was already spent.
Another job well done, great video.
Fascinating. The two times I've been to Barbados and driven past the Four Seasons sign, I always wondered what happened. With such a prominent and reputable name it surprised me that it was closed. Now I know!
Yes Four Seasons and Trump have the same quality name for grifting wealthy people
“Opening in 2009” 10 seconds in was all I needed to hear 😐
Definitely ominous.
For anyone interested, it's possible to see pictures of how Villa 1 was in its heyday, if you search for Alana Alang or Alang Alang Villa Barbados (both apply). As late as 2013 they were trying to sell it - I recall seeing it on the net, started at £25m - or rent it at US$5500 per night! Strange no-one has tried to recover this prime land, though the best way in Barbados is to work with local people and local materials as much as one can. Thanks for this, Jake, really interesting (as always).
The quality production work of this channel is top notch; never disappoints. The opening was motion picture level!
Thank you!
Thank you and your team! 👍
Ah, 2008 strikes again. Loved the intro, very dramatic and a cool property to explore. As you mentioned it's interesting to see how quickly even brand new sites can be reclaimed by nature and scrappers.
Your videos just keep getting better and better, and I don't even know how thats possible. But thank you, for all your content.. I watch some over and over again. Truly remarkable what you bring to us, and to RUclips Jake... amazing.
This site shows how superficial the luxury resort experience can be.
MTE!
One of your more fascinating video's in the abandoned series. Enjoyed it.
Much appreciated
Wow, never thought I would see an exploration of an abandoned place in Barbados, especially an abandoned hotel.
Awesome video Jake, I love how this is the first abandoned place exploration that isn’t in the US or Canada.
Wonder if you might do others abandoned explorations in places like Europe or South America, that would be very cool
Jake, I’ve gotta say I love how your videos have taken such a different approach. I thought I was watching a movie at the beginning! I’ve been following all your videos since 2015! Keep up the great work!
Bright Sun's editing and narrating skills go continually unmatched....
It's insane to me that there's a housing shortage and somewhere out there someone is burning millions of dollars into absolutely nothing. Imagine if this person invested all their money into affordable housing instead of just burning it?
Some of these people got their money from the housing crisis...
Writing off the value of one of these mansions was probably why it actually made sense given the amount of fiat cash injected into the economies of the world during the banking crisis of 2008-9. Inflation sucks, and instant demurrage is another name for the burning of the cash itself because of the carrying cost of the currency.
no housing shortage, just too many people.
@@doowroh Then why are there some communities and regions that don't have a housing shortage? Saying there's too many people completely misses the point that we got into this mess because of bad real estate investments and not building nearly enough housing because it's not profitable to build high-occupancy buildings compared to "luxury" apartments and massive single family homes.
@@doowroh You’re right, we should just kill everyone and then nobody would need food and shelter. Very smart.
I still think you need your own TV show. It would be great to do a whole series on all of this stuff globally. This resort could've been something special and I do believe that they should take the original concepts and try to complete it. I really like the balinese style. Such an awesome video from one of my favorite channels.
The thing that always sticks out to me in these abandoned videos is the amount of plastic waste that builds up and sticks out so badly. The half torn down structures being swallowed by the jungle and nature almost feel like art, but the plastic bottles and trash do not fit anywhere. They rarely ever look decomposed either. A skeletal structure of a building could at least be used with wildlife as shelter once it has been left behind, but not the plastic garbage that fills these places.
no one does abandoned videos quite like you, absolute GOAT
I love your videos. Please never stop. Also is there a way to suggest a location? Cool old folks home abandoned in 2019, still has power, and super untouched. anyways thanks for improving my day
I always get excited when I'm informed that Bright Sun Films has posted a new video!
As an Indonesian, Im Very proud Of my country. It has Inspired those who wants to build the Resort. When jake said "Batu Hijau" "Bali" I just cant stop smiling for some reason
Amazing how nature reclaims a place.
Once again an astonishing and fascinating video. It is really hard to believe that this sits abandoned for 15 Years, this would be a great location for Holidays.
Enjoy your stay in Barbados, definitely visit oinstins and enjoy the night life. My whole family is from Barbados so its nice to learn some history.
He’s probably been back for months if not years.
@AzureWolf168 a fishing town with vibrant nightlife.
It's actually Oistins and it's a very popular spot especially on Friday and Saturday nights to get great food, particularly fish.
Cool! Now do the Coco Palms Resort on Kauai! :) Awesome history as always. Thanks!
Jake, always enjoy watching your videos. One of my favorites was Murf Klaubers Colony Beach and Tennis Resort in Longboat Key Florida, which I've watched several times. Thanks for memorializing these once wonderful places. Looking forward to your next location 😀👍
Love the respectful, knowledgeable undestructive, well sought out pov you put into these abandoned videos. You don’t add some bs theories etc. 👌🏻👏
Another amazing video. The cinematography the editing perfect. As someone who has made several documentaries I know the length it takes to make these. Keep up the great work!
If you look it up on google maps it‘s even more impressive. Those beachside houses with their huge pools, man, what a sight! You think for a second it wouldn’t take that much to get it back to life - then you get real and realize: it’s almond impossible to rebuild without loosing tons of money in the long run. Sad, very sad!
It’s disgusting to see the amount of garbage people leave behind with no respect for nature
It's starts with those who build these MONSTROSITIES [Elites] and Abandon them and the land is rendered useless.
I wish the locals would take over the structures and somehow finish them to create housing.
@@legoqueen2445 if they were, with how long it's sat abandoned, they'll likely have to tear everything down and start over from scratch...
@@zachsmith1676 such a waste of resources benefitting noone! At least the looters got in and took stuff before it rotted away! Using Chinese workforce instead of locals is also shady.
There's a brand new luxury resort in Malaysia styled in French Riviera abandoned soon after opening. Every guest got haunted out never to have a night of peace. According to the Wiseman the djinns inhibitors of the island vowed to never allow anyone to sleep there in peace as they were never considered when the resort was built. They claimed they would have moved if given a new place.
Looks like it needs Four Seasons Landscaping.
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Fascinating documentary, very interesting backstory and progress of this property. Amazing work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just want to sit on that beautiful beach and watch the sunset.
Wow, this is amazingly done. I only just found your channel, but now have a lot to catch up on!
Your Abandoned videos are great!!
Very interesting documentary. Even Four Seasons couldn't overcome the debilitating effects of a global recession. And we never really conquer nature. It just sits and waits, and it can always outlast us.
Everytime I hear the year 2008 or 2009, I automaticlly know why its abandoned lol
Great video, perfect match of actual and old footage. Thanks 👍!
It's incredible how quickly nature can and will take a space back once people vacate it. Everything really DOES return to the earth, eventually.
Ooooooh stunning location. Thank you Jake for visiting it and bringing it to life with your usual stunning cinematography, research and narration. I just cannot believe it has never been resurrected!
If you ever want to come to Australia, there’s an abandoned resort on an island off Queensland…
I really love these episodes. Abandon places are awesome
That was some insanely astounding architecture!
Superb production yet again Jake, you do abandoned like no other 😊. I feel for the local people who now have to live with this, the developers should be made to clean up their mess and leave something of a positive legacy for the people of Barbados to enjoy. I do wonder how the properties would have fared by design given the open elements and the fact that storms could have damaged the proprieties. Guess we will never know
They should bulldoze the lot and make the space for the public so everyone can enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
Move the concrete into the water offshore and eventually a new reef will grow. Good for tourism and the ecology of the ocean.
Nothing compares to the four seasons Orlando.
This was a great video, one thing that annoys me about these type of investments, is how much money that goes to waste on these projects if they fall through, that money go to so many’s other things lol.
I'm pretty sure when I visited Bora Bora in 1986 there was an abandoned Four Seasons resort. We passed near it while taking the water taxi/ferry from the Atoh airport to the main island. Not sure if it had been open and failed or something like this failed venture. It would have been interesting to explore it. A different location than the current one on Bora Bora.
I can really appreciate the hustle of getting to travel to Barbados for "work" and writing off the travel as a business expense. I should find a way to do that....
I PRAY you will see this. I make these requests to every single big Disney documentary makers. You should make a story on the history of Disneyland Trading Pins.
From their Iconic start in Epcot in 2000 to today’s massive trading in parks and pin trade events going on since then.
I wonder if what we consider as ancient ruins were actually vacation destinations for the elites of that time period 🤔
The market crash of 2800 B.C. was brutal
As it happens, Pompeii _was_ in fact a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans in the years leading up to its destruction in AD 79. Its scenic location on the Bay of Naples made it sort of the Capri of its day (the actual Capri having been the private property of the emperors at the time).
@@ZGryphon wow that’s really amazing. Thanks 🙏 for the information I’m going to research this whole vacation destination idea I had .
@@BurnAfter8 yes absolutely brutal crash in 2800 b.c they had a huge housing boom after that tho lol
Maybe it was owned by Four Seasons Total Landscaping and not Four Seasons resorts. Sometimes those two companies get confused with one another 😂
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In my fictional world, this hotel never gets abandoned and still successful
Always enjoy another Abandoned video 👍
I remember your first abandoned episode youve gotten so amazing. I hope you are able to meet your biggest goals
I just finished watching Closed For The Storm and really enjoyed it. Very well done and I loved the music. I always look forward to watching your videos.
Thank you very much!
The pavillion-style indoor/outdoor villas would have been truly magnificent. The quality of materials is evident in the fine condition of what remains.
What is not surprising is that this was to be a Four Seasons managed property. It would have been remarkable to see it completed successfully.
someday when humans are gone mother nature will reclaim the earth .
Such an amazing piece of property to just become an eyesore.
Hey Super Regional shopping malls 1.5 million sqft are being torn down all over the US. The value just is not there for these types of buildings
Hell yea been waiting all week for this! Happy Friday everyone !
What an awesome opening. Show the promo video and then pan up and you see the stark reality of the run down property.
I'd like it if you made a video about Dogpatch USA. I lived in the area for many years. My sister and I would drive past it and talk about how cool it would be to have enough money to purchase it. Wintertime driving around there is so hazardous, any facility open to the public could really only be open during the summer.
When we were in Barbados we went swimming at this beach. It was some of the softest sand I’ve walked on.
This underscore is epic as hell. Great intro!
Don't mind if I watch this immediately.
Favourite BSF video yet. The only thing I don’t understand is why The Four Seasons needed loans to get this project over the finish line. It’s an insanely wealthy brand with a lot of leverage. They’re not a risky start-up or an individual developer. Surely they can afford to throw the necessary money at this project to get it finished. I guess they reevaluated the project and decided they simply didn’t see the potential in bothering to finish it, and would rather sell off the land. In which case, it’s surprisingly they haven’t sent someone down there to remove the Four Seasons branding! The video was a little light on the background financials and politics compared to some other BSF videos. Still, an incredible subject for a video, and some great shots.
Im a sucker for the beach and tropical architecture, and I gotta admit these would have been some seriously beautiful and stunning buildings. Seeing the ocean sunset from one of those upper patios surrounded by tropical fauna and brush, sipping on a coconut tiki drink sounds extravagant.
Just a lesson for you, the more expensive the property is, the harder it is to maintain. Most if not all expensive property are made with excessive considerations, making the property unsustainable over time.
This is an incredibly cool one mixing the exploration of the site with history portions!
You go to any of these islands in the Caribbean you will find many abandoned or half built houses, hotels, and structures. Its sad to see but thats life. They are left to rot and crumble over time.
It boggles my mind that a resort backed by such titans in the industry wasn't already done long before it got to the point of abandonment, never mind that it could be abandoned in the first place.
Having travelled to many tropical resort destinations, I've seen so many of these types of complexes get built. You show up one year, and you can see them start breaking ground, and the next time you come by the whole place is fully built out and they are booked to capacity.
Even from 2008-on, many places were building these types of facilities full-steam ahead. Heck, even when they get ravaged by a hurricane they are fully repaired and reopened within a year. Even COVID, where tourist and investment dollars almost completely dried up, a bunch of new ones got built.
What great research job. This fascinating. Amazing how quickly the forest came back. I wonder if any of the roof damage due a hurricane
So many games based on abandoned locations now, I can't help but see game scenes at every turn. The lighting really helped.
I LOVE YOUR NEW INTRO
i was always saying the "whats up guys, this is abandoned" or whatever it was, sounded soooo unprofessional.
also, love your new cameras or editing software!
this is hauntingly beautiful, thank you!