SYSTEM. SO IF YOU NEED AN AIR DUCT CLEANING, CALL 1, 800 STEAMER TODAY.
>> BRIDGETT: WELL, TOMORROW’S
A BIG DAY. THE OFFICIAL
RELEASE DATE OF THE NEW LIVE
ACTION. BARBIE MOVIE, ALTHOUGH
BARBIE HAS BEEN A STAPLE IN
HOUSEHOLD NAME FOR MORE THAN
60 YEARS, SOME LOCAL
ATTRACTIONS ARE REALLY GETTING
INTO THE BARBIE MANIA AND THE
RENEWED INTEREST IN THE
FRANCHISE BECAUSE OF THE FILM
WEARING PINK TODAY NEWS 6
ANCHOR AND INSIDER GUIDE.
CRYSTAL MOORE JOINS US NOW
WITH WHERE YOU CAN GO TO GET
YOUR BARBIE MAY SEE
>> OKAY. IT’S OKAY TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE DONE QUITE A
FEW STORIES ON LIFE-SIZED
BARBIE, DREAM HOMES AND
ATTRACTIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT THERE ARE FEW SPOTS
WRAPPED IN PLASTIC IN
FANTASTIC RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
>> A TRIP TO BARBIE’S MALIBU
DREAM HOME IS CLOSER THAN YOU
THINK. IT BRINGS A LOT OF
PEOPLE IN. AND YOU CAN TELL
THAT THERE’S JUST THIS MOMENT
OF NOSTALGIA THAT JUST TAKES
OVER A FEW STEPS UP INSIDE THE
ONE UP ARCADE BAR IN DOWNTOWN
ORLANDO. AND YOU’RE
TRANSPORTED INTO THE WORLD OF
MALIBU, BARBIE, EVERYTHING
THAT WE BUILD, IT’S LITERALLY
JUST TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE
YOUR KID. AGAIN, THE DETAILS
ARE ALL THERE FROM THE VINTAGE
LAMP IN SURFBOARD TO THE
KITCHEN THAT THE WALL PAPER,
EVEN A SPA LIKE BATHROOM.
THERE’S REFERENCES TO KEN AND
BARBIE’S FRIENDS AND OF
COURSE, LOTS AND LOTS OF PINK.
IT’S ALL BRINGING CHILDHOOD
IMAGINATION TO LIFE. THIS
ATTRACTION HAS BEEN INSIDE THE
ORLANDO BAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR
NOW. BUT THE OWNERS SAY THE
RELEASE OF THE LIVE ACTION
MOVIE BARBIE HAS BROUGHT THE
MUCH NEEDED EXPOSURE. IT WAS
ALREADY LIKE THE MAIN DRAW FOR
THE SPACE. AND THEN ONCE A
BARBIE MOVIES ARE COMING OUT,
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHEN DO
PHOTOSHOOTS GIRLS ARE COMING
IN EVERY NIGHT TAKING PICTURES
ABOUT
>> HAVE A GREAT TIME AND IT’S
NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE
EXCITED ABOUT THE BARBIE MOVIE
AND HAVE PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT
THE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE AT THE
SAME TIME. SO HOW LONG DID IT
TAKE TO CREATE THIS VERSION OF
BARBIE? MALIBU STREAM HOME A
FEW MONTHS, ACCORDING TO THE
OWNERS, WANT TO ASK HOW MUCH
THEY SPENT ALL THIS. THEY
COULDN’T TELL ME EXACTLY HOW
MUCH. BUT THEY DID HAVE TO PUT
BARBIES CREDIT CARD ON ICE.
THE OWNERS AT HASSLE AND LAURA
WILLIAMS SAY THE MOTIVATION
BEHIND THE SPACE IS THE
INSPIRATION THAT COMES FROM
THE ICONIC BARBIE BRAND. I
LOVE THAT BARBIE COULD BE
ANYBODY GOING TO BE ASTRONAUT.
FINE. YOU WANT TO BE A VET.
YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR. YOU
WANT TO ANYTHING AT ALL.
>> ALSO TO DO IS CHANGE YOUR
CLOTHES AND SHE COULD BE. AND
I THINK THAT AS A GIRL LIKE
YOU DON’T GET THAT MESSAGE
VERY OFTEN. ONE UP ISN’T THE
ONLY LOCAL BUSINESS GETTING ON
THE BARBIE BANDWAGON. WE JUST
HAPPENED TO HAVE THE BARBIE
BUCKY AS PART OF A COLLECTION
THAT MISTER DESERT PURCHASED
THIS 1965. VOLKSWAGEN BARBIE
BUGGIES. IT’S OUTSIDE THE
THEATER WHERE BARBIE FANS ARE
EXPECTED TO FLOCK THIS OPENING
WEEKEND. DOES OR LAND ALSO
OFFERING PINK TREATS DRINKS
AND EVEN HEAD FLIPS FOR
GO-CART RACING EARLIER THIS
MONTH DOES ERLAND PARK PLAYED
HOST TO A CAR SHOW AS PART OF
A BARBIE CONVENTION AND WE HAD
NO IDEA THE PHENOMENON THAT EU
IS CREATING THE EVENT BRINGING
OUT ABOUT 1000 VISITORS
CHECKING OUT THE DOZENS OF
BARBIE INSPIRED VEHICLES. IT
WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE ALL
OF THESE DIFFERENT BARBIE
FANS, 2 OR 3 TO 103 AND WITH
ALL KINDS BACKGROUNDS AND
INTEREST EVEN AFTER THE MOVIE
CRAZE IS OVER. BUSINESS OWNERS
SAY THE BARBIE BOOM WILL
CONTINUE. NOW THEY HAVE LIKE
ALL THE DIFFERENT BARBIES, A
DIFFERENT BODY SIZES,
DIFFERENT SKIN COLORS, A
DIFFERENT STYLES. I THINK THAT
IT’S REALLY COOL THAT SHE’S
LIKE.
>> OF ALL WITH THE TIMES. AND
I THINK SHE’S AROUND FOREVER.
>> BARBIE WILL DEFINITELY BE
AROUND FOREVER. AND SURE
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO VISIT ALL
OF THOSE SPOTS IN THEIR PINK
IN HONOR OF BARBIE. AND OF
COURSE, WE WANT TO HELP. YOU
ALL ARE INSIDERS. IF YOU WANT
TO GO SEE THE BARBIE MOVIE,
WE’RE GOING TO GIVE AWAY SOME
I WILL GET THAT CONTEST UP AND
RUNNING IN ABOUT AN HOUR’S. IF
YOU CHECK OUT AND CLICK
ORLANDO DOT COM SLASH INSIDER.
I’M GOING TO POST THAT CONTEST
IS GOING TO COME WITH MOVIE
TICKETS AND DINNER ON. LOVE
IT. I LOVE THE QUIZ THAT YOU
DID EARLIER WHERE YOU TALKED
ABOUT. WHERE DO WE THINK
BARBIES FROM WHERE DO YOU
THINK SHE’S IMUS IN CALIFORNIA
MAYBE SHE’S FROM MIAMI? WHAT
SAYIN ISSUE I WOULD NOT
THOUGHT SHE WAS FROM OUT OF
IT, TOO. BUT I GUESS. OKAY.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE TODAY. IF
YOU WANT TO LIKE THEIR SNEAK
PREVIEWS. THE ORLANDO THEATER.
SO YOU KNOW, TONIGHT.
>> BRIDGETT: MEAN, IT’S FUN TO
GO TO MOVIE THEATERS THAT SHOW
LIKE PREMIER NIGHT WHERE
EVERYONE CAN LIKE DRESS A IT’S
A STAR WARS CAN DRESS UP. THIS
IS THIS THE BIG GIRLS WHO I
MEAN IT’S A PG 13. THAT’S
CORRECT. YEAH. AND THE COOL
THING ABOUT THIS IS MICHAEL
HOLFELD. HE’S ALSO DOING A
SPECIAL STORY ON BARBIE DOLLS.
IF YOU HAVE BABY IN YOUR
ATTIC, DUST THEM OFF BECAUSE
THEY COULD BE WORTH A PRETTY
PENNY. YEAH,
>> JULIE: BECAUSE HE WAS
ASKING ME IF I HAD A STILL IN
THE BOX AND I’M LIKE, NO,
EVERYTHING IN MY THESE
BARBIES. YEAH. WHEN I GOT THE
ROSA PARKS BARBIE MY DAUGHTER
IMMEDIATELY LIKE RIPPED UP THE