I visited Freeport and found the LOCALS rude and ignorant. Happy to see the place in ruin. Since then I vacation in Mexico and Cuba where I am treated well and feel welcome.

Does anyone know if your allowed to explore the abandoned library here ?

I have a question for you? What the heck happened there? I stayed there in 1995, loved it. Any info would be great Thank you

I think we stayed there in the mid 90s. It had a great bar in the lobby. If I remember it right, it was near the country club.

was there a pool with two bridges? I met someone here in 1970 but I can't find him now.

Hum Dinger!

This was such a pleasant and beautiful place. Now it's total waste.

😁 In August of 1982 I stayed at The Bahamas Princess, but not the tower. I can't find any photos or videos. The hotel was white, 2 levels (Floors), Villas with a piano, had an interior lounge named The Cove. The Swimming pool was huge & designed like a cave with interior walkways & lit up with colored lights at night, so beautiful! I won the trip on the radio! Once in a lifetime treasured memories!

I visited Freeport and found the LOCALS rude and ignorant. Happy to see the place in ruin. Since then I vacation in Mexico and Cuba where I am treated well and feel welcome.

I visited Freeport and found the LOCALS rude and ignorant. Happy to see the place in ruin. Since then I vacation in Mexico and Cuba where I am treated well and feel welcome.

Hey,is this the same Hotel that had to pool where u could swim to the middle to the bar and on the back side they have a Jacuzzi built like a Cave,u had to go up alot of steps? On the other side if the pool was a basketball court!!! They had alot of shops and a casino??? I took my wife there back in 94"? I was on KZfaq and wanted to look it up!!! Had forgot the name of it.

Brings back so many good memories! So sad to see it like this..have been to Freeport many times and can still picture the busy stores and where I bought my first Ziggy Marley CD...

This is the saddest thing..my husband and I started vacationing there in the 90s and it was where we spent our honeymoon..I would have loved to have taken my kids there..we went every year and the people..shopping..and food were amazing..had my first guava duff dessert there and we bought our wedding bands at international emeralds in the bazaar..such a shame!

How sad. We visited every year from about 1998-2005. This & the adjacent straw market were my favorite spots .

Im Watching This Easter Monday 2022

what a shame lived their in 1968 remember jokers wild ,pub on the mall ect

Very sad. I grew up playing in that pool.

I stayed here with my family in 1973 when I was 5 years old. Howard Hughes was in residence on the top floor when we were there. Howard Hughes owned the hotel at the time. Hughes Trumpy yacht was parked out front in the marina and we were invited to board the yacht by the yacht captain and that was when we found out who owned the hotel and yacht. Here is a clip of Howard Hughes’ yacht. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qsWEac2Sz6rLYWw.html

Nice video. Is there another video with the open road that lead straight to the harbour?

Good ole days long gone. That's life.

I visited Freeport in 1972. I found the "locals" to be jerks and outright scum. I never went back.

I vacationed in Freeport in 1972 and found the locals ignorant to tourists. Now I spend my money in Cuba and Mexico.

Great video! Thank you for the tour. This is no longer there is it? Can you email us at [email protected] if you get a chance? We have a few questions! Thank you! :)

The memories 34 years ago my wedding reception was at this once grand hotel.

Tearsssss 😭. The scenery, the foot washing, the parents, so beautiful!

This is soo *SUPERB* ! love it so much 😍📷 Keep on posting more! _-Felix_

Grew up with my mother working here in Freeport. Thanks for filming.💯💙🇧🇸

Man the bazaar was the place to be at night even during the day it was boomin I’m in shock

Holy shot when I was a kid you’d think this hotel was in Dubai you couldn’t even walk in there like that

In it's hay day, my sisters and I and girlfriends made this our annual vacation destination for years. We sometime took the kids with us. Everyone loved Freeport. I loved the Princess Tower and the Princess Country Club. The Sultan's Tent was my favorite night club. It's so sad to see the destruction. I now vacation in Nassau, I love it there too, but it's not Freeport.

Well it use to be......but use to be's don't count anymore they just fall on the floor till we sweep them away.

I lived in Freeport in 1969 thru 1971. Good ole days. It was great before cruise ships and masses spoiled it.

I was very young when I went here. The stores look boarded up for a a tropical storm and then never opened again. Nature is reclaiming the land back.

I would have loved to have seen the Palm Pavilion, the Camelot, Sir Lancelot Rooms, backstage the shows corridor up pass Engineering and out to the sexy pool in the world 1998

Fix It Lord Jesus

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I stayed here back in late 90's. Before it was remodeled and waterslide, etc., added. I remember the Princess, the casino and the bazaar area. We also went to visit the Lycann, which was a brand new at the time. What happened here? So sad....

I Have Sent The Owner My Joint Venture Rejuvenation Proposal, To Reopen This Hotel Into A More Breathtaking Hotel Than It Was, To Bring Back The Ambiance It Once Carried! So Pray He Takes My Special Proposal Very Soon, For I Have many Guests Wishing To Take Their Therapy Vacation Here!

So sad to see this . We stayed at the Princess 36 yrs ago for our honeymoon. The Tower lobby was so beautiful & the grounds & free shuttle to the beach . So much fun shopping at the International Bazaar & straw market. First time I played Blackjack at the El Casino & went home with $800. Everyone got souvenirs 😁 . Thankyou Grand Bahama Princess for the great honeymoon & memories !!

was this the old King's Inn Hotel. Thought the Princess was strictly the Casino???

Wow... This place looked like a f'n PALACE when it was active!!!!! What happened to it?!?! I remember as a little girl feeling like royalty staying there as we visited every summer. This is so sad to see😢

Hola Tamara. Hablas español?

So sad great memories at this hotel

This video is like watching an Episode of The Twilight Zone. I cannot believe that the Princess Towers, the King's Inn, and El Casino are now in this state. All of these properties were economic engines for Freeport and its residents. To see them in this state is beyond emotion. It is too much to bear...how I remember all of these properties in their heyday! So many great memories of shopping, food, drinks, and most of all the Bahamian people!

What made u want to video this?

What is the other hotel in the beginning of casino

I wonder what happened to the restaurant that was there.

My boyhood friend circa 1968, when we lived in Freeport, sent me this. He lives in Scotland and I in California. I have always envisioned meeting again in Freeport to visit the old haunts. I never dreamt it would be in such ruin! Same with the Kings Inn across the blvd. Tamara, do you have any idea what happened and when? Was it caused by Prime Minister Pindling's financial coup by cutting off tourism, folding many businesses into the bank of which he had substantial interests?

Thank you for sharing your videos of the Princess Resort and casino I have home videos of my young children running around the fountain and through the resort covered walkways back around 2005 time.. As I look at these videos you have and knowing at this very moment that hurricane Dorian has been sitting ontop of Freeport for 36hrs I can only Imagine what treasures this island will lose from this go around.