 Hey friends, today is a great day because it is phase one of opening up central Florida It's the first day of it actually and a lot of the local restaurants and retailers are opening up here on international drive So I decided to come over and just give it a little peek-see and check it out. Anyhoo's Let's go do this And I want to say thank you to Amber for making me this wonderful face mask Mickey. Look at him I am going to be wearing a face mask as I get closer into the icon park area Which is where you see the wheel at icon park or formerly known as the Orlando eye And then we have the star flyer right here. I Wish that I could actually take a scooter ride around like I did Just a couple of weeks ago, but the scooters are gone like they took them away So no scooting around tonight, I guess as we start walking into icon park towards the wheel Notice like they have the music just be bopping over here. There's nobody here Look at got an Orlando snow cone stand right there I do want to point out one thing on the Orlando snow cone stand. They actually have a flavor called zombie virus little strange Lots of restaurants advertising that the dining rooms are now open. We got caravans out back Shake Shack Buffalo Wild Wings and Yard House all open and ready for business, but only at 25% The 25% is part of the stipulations for the local businesses to open up So they can basically seat 25% of what they normally can seat in the restaurant So if a restaurant has seating for a hundred people only 25 people at a time and all of the employees have to wear face masks gloves Sanitized and everything has to be disposable But even though we've got the okay go to open up retail businesses Some businesses decided to just stay closed like the flip-flop shop Usually it's very crowded and busy over in this area We're gonna make a turn right here and face the Orlando eye or the wheel peeking right over the building there Right There she is Look at that big beautiful wheel and Wow, like I said, nobody A lot of people are just Self-quarantine at this moment they can't be out, but they decided to stay inside And it is just so beautiful over an icon park itself I like the waterfalls that they have on both sides, and I just like it over here It's a very nice chilled out relaxed atmosphere Little bit peaceful if you take away the music and all we got is the sounds of the waterfall Inside icon park you do have see life the Orlando aquarium the wheel at icon park and madam to so's Another restaurant the sugar factory is actually open and has outdoor seating Very interesting, you know a lot about the Kardashians. You might know a lot about the sugar factory things that are not allowed to be open are bars and service-friendly Establishment so barber shops on nail salon stuff like that where you have to have close contact with the guests So places like the tin roof here not open yet But they did just dump their ice out over here. It's a good way to get rid of it And all the restaurants that are actually inside icon park have little tents and tables out here and they're basically for takeout and delivery people and They have to actually run the food out to their designated tent So like right here is the yard house tent and they actually have to run all the way from over there And then bring it over here whenever the driver or pickup person comes and gets it And it looks like a couple people went over to the grassy knoll over there And they're just admiring the view, but that's the first People I've seen so far that are just kind of gathered and hanging out over here The yard house also has a little pretty patio seating area. Look at these little flowers They make it a little quaint And I think I'm done visiting icon park for now gonna move on down International Drive and see what else they got going on Thank you Gonna take the mask off because I'm heading back to my car. It's really hot out today. I think it's in the 90s Hmm But take a look at that Still so bright out, but we see the moon appearing in the sky It's a pretty pic Yeah, just like I thought it's 92 degrees out. I need to get some gas as well But also I'm gonna sanitize my hands with big machine. This is straight-up Alcohol sanitizer it smells just like whiskey. I don't prefer it But this is what I got to work with people One thing I do want to point out they picked the perfect time to actually repair the sidewalks on International Drive because there's hardly any foot traffic down here now Pulling in the Hulk Hogan's Beach Shop, and they got a Popeyes behind it It looks like Hulkamania is not open or running wild on you But how cool is that? We're gonna take a look in from the outside because they are closed they have a whole Entire wrestling ring in there some cool statues and then some awesome cool wrestling merchandise I could see right here. You got Kevin Owens glasses Brock Lesnar, of course, Hulkamania glasses Rowdy rowdy Piper It's really nifty one of these days. I got to come back here and check this place out Can't even sell discount tickets free $100. Look at that. I just love the gift shops that they have down here They're so colorful and themed Just take a look at that storefront there is a picture of a loaf of bread And some bologna and hot dogs I Decided to pull into a little plaza here and across the street We have the Titanic Museum and Zombie outbreak both of those are not allowed to open yet. They're not a part of phase one But also they have a new restaurant right here called the Juicy Crab Now this restaurant was set to open the week everything shut down. Can you imagine? Can you imagine having a grand opening and then the whole country shuts down and Take a look at the billboard they have up there hop a board Disney's Hollywood Studios for Mickey and Minnie's Runaway We're away. I'm so glad I got to ride it before the park closed down. It's a fantastic ride They sure do have some weird naming stores down here subs lotto beer wine smoke Sub's lotto beer wine smoke. Thank you Another strange thing to see down here is the magical Midway Which used to be home to the Star Flyer here But now the world's tallest store flyers at Icom Park and you can see there's just a bunch of birds up there See them and it just looks so empty here And they have the tallest slingshot in the world right here And you could see it just sitting there with a tarp over it But soon to be replaced over at the Icom Park area They're gonna have an even bigger one. That's gonna be the tallest slingshot in the world. That's gonna be really cool They have goat carts going on in here. Just crazy to see an empty little park right here. I Wish I could get in there. I really do. Oh Man, I would have a ball if I had a park all to myself I could see they got little goat cart tracks over there right here Junior goat carts, and then that's a goat cart track the ones that go up on the hills and stuff like that Very cool. I Would even say it's pretty nifty. Oh Look at that. We are now entering Orlando the city beautiful Traffic is still just very empty also Look at all the signs Dining room open dining room open Letting people know come on in even the Venezuelan burger. Look at those guys Gonna drive through the endless summer resorts. These are universal studios value resorts and Actually, one of them was planning on opening the same week that the state shut down the country shut down So that's postponed until further notice Driving around I realized that there's not really much to do Without any of the attractions open like yeah, the restaurants are open and only about half of them are open the other half decided to stay closed and Some of the retail stores are but no attractions. No like museums No that fun cool offering stuff that international drive usually offers. I Do want to point out one thing though if you plan on dining at Olive Garden watch out for the parking lot because there are Nesting hawks and they may be aggressive. So use caution I want to make sure None of them are around. I Circled back to where I actually started because I was gonna get something to eat and I was looking for Places on international drive that was family owned and operated and there's not that many I mean, it's very expensive. The real estate over here is very expensive So family owned operated restaurants are not very common and I stumbled upon Vincenzo's which is family owned and operated locally right here in Orlando, and it's an Italian cuisine Right up my alley. So let's check it out And they do have available seating. I think that they are abating by the 25% They should everyone should but they actually have a little added benefit because they have outdoor seating I do want to dine inside though Seems so strange to be in a restaurant and it's pretty empty in here, but look at the menu I am excited. You guys know I love Italian food Garlic bread. Oh, yeah. Oh, where's the soup pasta faggul and then some other really good ones here, too. Oh, man We're definitely having pasta tonight It's a very nice atmosphere in here and even though I do work in the restaurant industry I've been in restaurants this whole entire quarantine time it's just nice to be able to go out have a meal and I'm kind of excited because if I like a good Italian restaurant, then I will be a loyal customer Like it's hard to find good Italian food, especially in Orlando. I know I talk about this all the time But it's just how I feel I feel like I needed to get the garlic bread and also I got the polo al parm legion for chicken parm, but no milk in mozzarella So just the chicken the sauce and the pasta. I'm excited. Also. I got myself a nice Italian beer to go with it And look at that. I love more ready and they even give it to you in a more ready glass fancy That's good The music in here is amazing. I don't know if you can hear that but wow Look at the bar area And garlic bread is here. Look at this That is perfect. Wow Oh boy Decided to get a little marinara sauce with it and boy, this looks good It is amazing garlic bread. I decided to take a couple pieces off so you can get a good look at it But wow, that's a lot and I think this was only six dollars Which is really shocking because like that is some of the best garlic bread I have ever had Very nice dining room in here All tables just very quiet. I am the only one in here now, so I didn't want to show before because there was a table sitting over there and I like it in here. Very nice. Nice lights. Oh Yeah, and there it is the main course Pasta looks good chicken looks good. I'm excited to try this This pasta is phenomenal. Oh boy And look at that chicken Perfect nice and saucy And that's it That was good. I'm very happy. I found this restaurant. I'm definitely coming back. I I'm definitely So that was vincenzo's and I really liked it very very delicious. Definitely coming back there and Think I've done for the night. It was so nice to get out and do a video It's been a while actually guys I mean, I've done some live streams and I did the cereal video But well over a month since I've actually gone out and about so very happy I hope you guys enjoyed it because I enjoyed making it so We'll see you next time Bye Just look how beautiful that is I love living in Florida