Erik & Smisty's Florida Oddventures

[Electerik]

Did Misty win anything for showing off her chopstick skills?

 

No. But she did better than me, so I assume she's happy.

 

 

Gonna have another go at making this Erik & Smisty & Bryan & Adam Holy Land thing happen. Keep your fingers crossed!

[cfc]

^For that you'll need . . .

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UArbzOExaBg

[donkeyman18]

Bit really A big chocolate guy but dang, that looks good!

[Electerik]

^ Yay, a Junior Space Cadet!

 

Just a quick note on a past update: Hula Dog (aka, Kona Dog) has apparently closed their physical location and become a food truck.

 

gokonadog.com/

[Electerik]

Some James Bond movies were filmed there. Stevie Nicks wrote a song about it (I guess). It's in Florida. And we're Erik & Smisty.

 

Silver Springs

It's $31.99 for adults to get in. Which is a really good deal if you hate yourself.

Hey, wanna feed a muck?

This storefront promenade was nice. Reminded me a bit of Lake Winnie.

It featured a pizza place, a gift shop, the main restrooms, and a museum of the park's history.

"My favorite tree is J. Rawk!"

But of course the main attraction at Silver Springs is their glass-bottom boats.

It seems like a lot of trouble just to see glass. I mean, I have some in my house. But tourists are weird, you know?

These statues were placed here by the James Bond film producers. I can't be arsed to figure out for which movie, which is amazing because I'm really into James Bond. But there you go.

I think these prices are a secret code for something. I've stared at them for some time, and can make no sense of their randomness.

Oh cool, a ride! Let's go!

Er...maybe it'll open later in the day.

Maybe it's just the theme park veteran-employee in me talking, but that seems like a trip hazard.

There was some sort of concert going on that day. The Country Buskins, I think they were called. I didn't really stick around to hear.

Cool, a bird show! Oh...wait....

Are you ready for ghetto Kilimanjaro?

Animals.

 

Yes, that's my caption. Shut up.

The best seat is the one right behind the jeep's exhaust pipe.

Also, our bears have psychic powers.

Animals.

This is, like, the saddest ride ever.

Please do not sit in our employee's chair. Thank you.

 

You know...if this is really such a big problem...maybe you should add some benches. Just saying.

Sorry kids, our cool animal is broken. How about that nice donkey there?

Why even have animals if you're just going to make fun of them?

This place is shaped like Six Flags Over Georgia. In other words, a big sucky U.

I just spent three minutes trying to come up with a rawk/rock pun, before finally realizing how incredibly stupid that was.

"The Spirit of the Swamp" was always my favorite Scooby-Doo episode.

Well, I guess alligators was predictable.

These ladders were bad.

One day there will be something cool here. We swear. Come back and see!

'Snake walls' always makes Smisty happy.

"Maybe they won't see me."

"Eh, it's a living."

What's this...?

Another boat ride! This is like the Moonraker of theme parks!

 

Incidentally, Moonraker was one of the Bond films partially filmed here.

 

But there were also some good ones, probably.

Animals.

This is our racist redneck boat captain. He'd just like you to know that Koreans don't mind if you make fun of Chinese people, so neither should you.

Also, he likes to watch sports, kill animals, and his daughters will never date.

 

It's possible that he steals all of his material from Jeff Foxworthy, but there's really no way for me to know.

They say that this boat died of natural causes, but I've always suspected tree murder.

 

Silver Springs: Bring your enemies!

[SharkTums]

Terrifying.

[speedmetal]

You forgot the best part of the ghetto Kilimanjaro....our driver sounded like John Wayne.

[larrygator]

I did not know Silver Springs was still open. I was about to make a Weeki Wachee joke but did a Google search first and realized Weeki Wachee is still around also. At least Weeki Wachee has mermaids.

 

Erik - thank you again for wasting your money so we don't have to.

Edited June 12, 2012 by larrygator

[Meteornotes]

That looked, um, not fun...

 

dt

[Electerik]

Eh, it was alright. I just enjoy being snarky. I've been to much worse.

[RoCo]

And people get worked up every time Disney raises their prices... You two really took one for the team at this place. But now I'm very curious to know what the Bond people shot there!

[larrygator]

^Parts of Thunderball and Never Say Never Again were shot there.

 

The water is so clear many underwater movie and TV series scenes have been filmed there.

[RoCo]

^That's pretty cool; Thunderball is a Connery classic and the underwater stuff is great. Will need to rewatch that one soon.

[ukool]

Well thats one place i never have to vist - wow....

[Philrad71]

It's $31.99 for adults to get in. Which is a really good deal if you hate yourself.[/quote

 

Note to self - don't read these updates while drinking a Manhattan....whiskey wasn't meant to shoot out of your nose.

[Erik Johnson]

The scene where Bond fights a big snake in Moonraker was one of the scenes. Jeff Bridges AKA "The Dude" grew up there due to his father had a popular TV show filmed there as well. I have not been there in years, other than stopping there for work. What, no Wild Waters photos?

[cfc]

^Do you mean "Sea Hunt"?

[BarryH]

I went to Silver Springs many years ago. Not much has really changed.

[disneyfan1313]

In all seriousness is it worth the $$ in a kitchy "lets do this even though we know it sucks" kind of way? Are there any redeeming qualities?

[sspaz1000]

Wow that seems really bad. But thanks for covering for us Your commentary can make any bad thing seem amusing

[speedmetal]

Its not a bad park, its just a half day attraction. I think it is more for locals than anything. They always have concerts going and I think that is a big pull for them right now. I loved the glass bottom boats when I was little and I still do today. It does have a few bad areas but it has personality and history.

 

I liked the park.

[better_by_design]

Is it just me, or does the bear sign primarily exist to refute complaints:

• 
  "The bear isn't lonely, it's antisocial"
  "It isn't losing it's marbles in captivity, it's expecting a delicious meal any minute now!"
  "We aren't ignoring grooming the bear, it's a natural, seasonal process found in nature"
  "This bear may not look like much, but it's the subject of a famous Disney character! Well, a Disney character anyways. For reals!"
  "The bear habitat looks sketchy, but it really lives in a condo! Just as nice as yours! So shut up about it!"
  

[The Bebes]

Erik,

 

Thanks for saving The Bebes $65 plus travel costs. I don't think I've ever wanted to NOT go somewhere so bad.

 

And Robb pumps up this "World of Beers" place so much!!!!!!!

[Electerik]

And Robb pumps up this "World of Beers" place so much!!!!!!!

 

You know, the whole "world of bears/beer" joke occurred to me, but I couldn't quite make it work. Way to pull it off!

[cfc]

SyFy is missing a great opportunity here.

 

 

There needs to be a giant-croc or mutant-snake movie shot here now. I'm sure they can bang something together in a week and have it ready for broadcast. Or if they wanted to be different, how about "Mega-Algae v. Fungaroid"?

Edited June 23, 2012 by cfc