MALL with a GLOW IN THE DARK ARCADE! - Sandusky Mall - Sandusky, Ohio

lyd wetzel
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The mall used to be a traditional mall with anchors Sears, Macys and JCPenney. after Sears and Macys shuttered, the mall is now a complex, restructuring their dead anchors into modern uses such as Hobby Lobby, an arcade with glow in the dark putt putt and amusement rides, TJ Maxx, and Five Below. This mall has really adjusted to the times while still remaining an indoor mall. Unassuming, but it’s not going anywhere soon. Area is very nice and people are in good moods in Sandusky, the home of Cedar Point!
I'm here at the Sanduski Mall in
Sanduski,
Ohio. Last time I was
here, I think it was like the early
2000s, maybe. It's been quite a while.
So, let's go walk around and see what we
can find. Already we have JC Penney, BAM
bookstore, TJ Maxx, Ross, Five Below.
This is actually called Sanduski Mall
Complex. So, I don't think all of these
are going to have indoor
entrances, but it kind of reminds me of
Eastwood Mall complex.
I don't remember if I worked here at my
inventory job that traveled. I might
have, but I'm not recalling it right
now. So, the last time I was here, like
I said, honestly, was probably like the
early
2000s cuz we used to come out this way
on many vacations to go to like Marble
Head and Cedar Point and
stuff. So, we're going to see if this
mall
is bustling or what's going on here. I
see a lot of
cars in the parking lot and it seems
like it's
lively. I do see an empty
storefront that's been completely
gutted, but we will see what we
find. Oh, here's another empty
storefront. The Broken Egg Cafe.
Okay, here's the directory.
J C Penney.
Bam. Tilt studio coming soon. So, what
I'm gathering from this is
that J C Penney is really the only
attached anchor here because Hobby Lobby
that's not attached. These they look
like they've only got
um outside entrances and I don't know
what Tilt Studio
is. Did this place used to have more
anchors? This place feels like halfway
there. Like it's not fully bustling, but
it's
not It feels like it's hurting a little
bit.
Uh, it's not all the way. It's
definitely not all the way dead. It's
far from that. But guys, I don't know
why, but this mall kind of
smells like sewage or
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something. It feels like
um I don't really know how to
describe, but this mall feels like
home like homey like I guess the carpet
makes it feel kind of like
uh not fancy. It doesn't feel fancy.
Yeah, it's not
bad. Pretty lively.
Little bit of deadness over here by the
J C Penney
wing. There's Manny Quackow.
What's going on everyone?
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How do you like the Sandowski Mall? It
has a lot of car back. It is very nice
carpet.
It's a very cool place. It's not bad.
It's very like hometown mall. I feel
like it's not that fancy.
It's very unassuming
mall. I like this though.
It's a little oddly laid out.
kind of weird they only have the J C
Penney. Actually, I think the TJ Maxx
has a inside entrance and the BAM, but
those are kind of like unconventional
anchors are kind of like smaller
anchors, but that's okay. There's
nothing wrong with that. But here we are
at the restroom. So, we're going to do a
restroom review. This restroom area
looks pretty nice.
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So there's
a what do you call this? A
vestibule. One is out of order.
Um, this is kind of dingy, but this is
not the main
restroom. I want to give
this like a
C C or C minus cuz I got this out of
order.
Uh, it's not that clean.
I mean, I think it's sanitary, but it
looks like they don't really deep clean.
Like,
look, look at the
grout. They got this weird biohazard
thing. It's kind of weird. I don't know.
One of the lights is out. Yeah, we're
going to give it a C
minus. Seen worse restrooms for sure.
The Union Town Mall in
PA. That restroom was horrendous.
Book store looks pretty
nice. Bam.
Books, toys, tech, and more.
Federation. Not sure what that's
about. Looks like it's not really
anything. Oh, it's
something, but I don't know what.
like space
travel NASA
stuff.
Oh, see why are places like this never
open? Like there's
like it almost looks like a museum in
there. our seating
area. Is this
real? Nope, it's
not. I want to play that claw
game. Look at these
Pokemon and Sonic and Lulo and Stitch. I
love
these. This is the one I would get.
Syndicquil. Is that his name? And they
got a Hallmark. That's cool.
Nice display. But I think is this an
Easter
decoration? Yeah, that's definitely an
Easter decoration.
21 is closed, but Sweets and Geeks is
coming
soon. Bubble House.
Spencer's There's the Tilt Studio. They
said that was coming soon, but it's
already here. So, what is the Tilt
Studio? Is that an
arcade?
Oh. Oh,
wow. This is cool.
Look at the floor. That is so 90s. Look
at that. This is
cool. Oh my gosh. I've never seen
anything that
big. Look, the prizes in
here. This is awesome looking. I like
these decorations, too.
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That was a smart thing to put here.
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I think I might attempt to play one of
these. So, I checked the
kiosk for like loading money onto your
tilt card. Apparently, there is a $20
minimum. So, uh, sorry, I'm not going to
spend 20 here. I was going to like play
one game and I thought maybe I just play
for a quarter. They're not going to take
any quarters. There's a $20 minimum. So,
yeah, that's not going to happen. But,
we are going to look at these games,
though. I'm telling you, kids these days
have like the most advanced games.
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Look at this
guy. Reminds me of Candy
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Land. Here's the real
entrance. This place is
wild. Reminds me of uh
the Eerie
uh the Mil Creek Mall in
Eerie. Okay, now this reminds me of
Chuck-E-Cheese. Like a Chuck-E-Cheese
party. Look at this. This is pretty
cool. I mean, it's definitely a modern
arcade, but this eery section now that's
just straight like '90s nostalgia.
Remember the Aladdin's castle in uh
Karma
Town? I don't know how easy it is to
hear me in this place cuz it's really
loud.
But I'm going to try to talk over all
this
noise. Oh wow.
Metall has something like this,
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too. This place is absolutely
nuts. Oh my god, they have a ride here.
Are you kidding
me?
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What? That's nuts.
I've seen these Sega UFO
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catchers. There's a putt putt here. And
you get your golf balls in this machine.
Who has ever heard of
that? This looks so much fun.
Actually, look at this globe. Uh, butt
putt. I
don't Look at
that. This carpet is
wild. There's a laser tag here, too.
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This is
nuts. That's so
cool. It would make sense that Sanduski,
where Cedar Point is, would have like a
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thrill. Oh.
Look at these
horses and these
uh what are these
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cars or
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Galaxy where you win
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tickets. Wow. I thought this mall was
going to be a little bit boring and it's
kind of small, but that was a nice treat
there. That made this mall like way more
interesting. And this I don't remember
this mall being like this small, but of
course when you're like little, you
think everything's
big. This is coming soon.
Coming soon near the
BAM. I don't know what that
is. Journeys.
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Not sure if that's the other side of the
mall. If that's a different
store. I didn't get to look much at the
food court in the beginning,
so I don't know what was there. Yeah,
the food court's really small, but um
the TJ Maxx
entrance, that's kind of unique.
small little food court here. It's
almost like not really a food court.
It's kind of just like in the
hallway, but just Lotus Garden and Asian
Express. And that completes my look at
the Sanduski Mall. At first, when I
walked in, I'm like, it's really
small. I was a little underwhelmed. But
then I saw the Tilt Studio and that blew
me away. That place is what is
really I think saving this place cuz
they really only got the J C Penney as a
big anchor and then they got a a bunch
of small ones. But that's cool. I It's
kind
of I feel like this mall I just feel
like I was going to see a bigger mall
cuz Sanduski's got Cedar Point and you
would think they would just have a big
mall cuz they got a big amusement park.
They don't. The mall is very
uh it's kind of unassuming. It's just
kind of your friendly neighborhood mall.
But I like it. It was pleasant and it
was cool. So I hope you guys enjoyed it
and I will see you on the next video.
