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The difference is that there are no derelicts or crack addicts bugging you while you're at Disney World. Leave Disney property out the Main Gate entrance and drive a couple of miles east and it will be not so far from a Vegas experience--complete with plenty of neon, cheap buffets, and people of questionable character.
I've witnessed plenty that could only be interpreted as trashy at Disneyworld. There is a back street element that flourishes amongst the rebellious youth workers that reject the prim and proper status quo. For one, that little passage leading into Cinderella's castle is rife with peddling more than mice on sticks and a hidden passage leads down below into a storeroom that smells pretty weird....if you know what I mean.
The difference is that there are no derelicts or crack addicts bugging you while you're at Disney World. Leave Disney property out the Main Gate entrance and drive a couple of miles east and it will be not so far from a Vegas experience--complete with plenty of neon, cheap buffets, and people of questionable character.
When me and my wife were in Disney a couple of years ago, going off property is the only way we got a decent meal. We didn't know that you have to make reservations months, sometimes years in advance to eat as some places. There was plenty of low grade cafeteria food, greasy burgers, but the nice restaurants reserves were required. We found that International Drive had plenty of nice restaurants no reservation required.
We didn't see any derelicts or crack addicts, maybe we were in the wrong part of town for that.
When me and my wife were in Disney a couple of years ago, going off property is the only way we got a decent meal. We didn't know that you have to make reservations months, sometimes years in advance to eat as some places. There was plenty of low grade cafeteria food, greasy burgers, but the nice restaurants reserves were required. We found that International Drive had plenty of nice restaurants no reservation required.
We didn't see any derelicts or crack addicts, maybe we were in the wrong part of town for that.
Maybe you missed "Main Gate Entrance and go east a couple of miles." Different part of Orlando. Actually the area I'm talking about isn't in Orlando or even Orange County.
We're going to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks time. Ninth time in only six years. It is a wonderful place, nowhere else I'd rather be, and I'be been to plenty of places on holiday. Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Cyprus, Canary Islands, Italy, Tunisia. None of them touch Las Vegas for a good time.
Quelle Surprise ! That was certainly my experience.Trashy, flashy, tasteless and vulgar. My idea of hell on Earth.
Amen! I went out to visit an acquaintance from a former job who had moved there.........yeck! Totally sleazoid...the idea that someone could use the word "glamour" and Las Vegas in the same sentence is a joke.
Amen! I went out to visit an acquaintance from a former job who had moved there.........yeck! Totally sleazoid...the idea that someone could use the word "glamour" and Las Vegas in the same sentence is a joke.
The fact that world class personalities then and now have performed and visited Vegas, considering famous people have enjoyed Vegas, offering some of the best shopping, dining, entertainment, nitelife and accomodations compared to many cities around the world, the word glamor or glamour however you want to spell it is an understatement. You may not like Vegas but plenty more people appreciate the Entertainment Capital of the World.
While I would concur that Vegas isn't for everyone, I am sure there are many parts of the third world that would be more apt to earn the title "Hell on Earth", unless of course your version of Hell only includes the so-called "Seven Deadly Sins".
I think it goes without saying I was talking about non war zones or extremely dangerous places like Sierra Leone or Afghanistan. Though I would prefer many third world places to Vegas still.
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You may not like Vegas but plenty more people appreciate the Entertainment Capital of the World. 
