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Disney anything. Bleh. We took our kids in 2002 and it was three things that I hate in any vacation destination: hot, extremely crowded, and ridiculously overpriced for everything from admission to souvenirs to food and drinks. Once in a lifetime was enough for me.
Just think about this for a moment.
First, WDW is in central Florida. As powerful as the Disney company is, I believe the weather is still out of their control. What is in YOUR control is choosing a cooler time of year for a visit if you don’t like heat. Many people don’t really mind it.
Second, if it was extremely crowded, and it is definitely not a necessity of life, by definition it WASN’T overpriced. In reality it was UNDERPRICED leading to too many buyers at once. Imagine how many MORE people would have crowded in there at a lower price!
Were you expecting TJ MAXX prices on clothes & souvenirs, and ALDI prices on food? I think the food prices are comparable or even less expensive than any major closed admission venue I’ve been to. Try buying dinner for the family at a Major League Baseball game, a major concert, or a convention center. The overhead at any of these venues, including theme parks, is insanely high, and the only place it can come from is the guests.
Washington DC national mall. It’s just too damn boring and too much walking. You’ll visit it once and never have to do it again because you’re not missing anything
Times Square. Too many beggars, idiots dressed in costumes or doing performances who stick their hand out for some money afterwards. Police should start cracking down on this pathetic way to get money. And like many other big cities, the “cool part” is only a few blocks.
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I agree to a point about the national mall, but the Vietnam Memorial was well worth the trip, we spent a couple of hours there reading the letters and looking at pictures. I also loved the American History museum at the Smithsonian. I would visit both again.
This was the first thing that came to mind for me as well. Rocko, what were you looking for, skydiving dinosaurs? If you don’t care about architectural gems, American history, or the sacrifices that have been made for our country over the last 250 years, I guess the national mall would be boring.
It has been a while but I just found the place generally to be a tourist circus and a money pit -- there are wonderful things to see but, sadly, they are in Florence. I can't imagine that it has gotten any better. I found other Italian destinations more enjoyable, affordable, more authentic, and friendlier.
We had notably different experiences, it seems. Florence struck me as no more expensive that Rome or Milan while Venice was pricier. There were gypsy children thieves in Florence (not in the other cities), but the people in Rome were the least friendly by far, and at times downright crooked in dealings. And I found nothing inauthentic about any of these cities.
I just responded to this earlier- but the Alamo is something you stop by when you are visiting the Riverwalk and San Antonio- you don't make a trip to see the Alamo. San Antonio as a whole makes for a nice weekend trip. I never held the Alamo in such "awe" as the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or the Great Pyramids. I guess that's kind of the topic though......
I can’t help but feel that people have heard “Remember the Alamo” so many times without context that they don’t realize that it’s not the BUILDING that is important, it’s what HAPPENED there. I can see people without any emotional connection feeling the same way when visiting the Pearl Harbor Memorial and seeing the tiny bit of the USS Arizona. For those who appreciate either locations history, it is a very moving experience.
I can’t help but feel that people have heard “Remember the Alamo” so many times without context that they don’t realize that it’s not the BUILDING that is important, it’s what HAPPENED there. I can see people without any emotional connection feeling the same way when visiting the Pearl Harbor Memorial and seeing the tiny bit of the USS Arizona. For those who appreciate either locations history, it is a very moving experience.
I had very low expectations for Graceland, but was actually impressed with it. I expected it to be overpriced and too crowded. Yes, it is small compared to the mansions we're used to seeing today. But I felt like they did a good job of providing the history of the rooms and personal stories about Elvis. We went in January (thus small crowds) and I think that made a difference.
You're definitely right that it is in a less than stellar part of town and very touristy around it. I also could see if you had high expectations that you'd be disappointed.
How can any of this matter?
How can anyone who loves Elvis be disappointed in Graceland? IT’S ELVIS’S HOUSE - AND YOU ARE INSIDE OF IT! Nobody thought he was this impeccable decorator or potentate at the time, he was the sexy ‘everyman’ who made crazy good music and millions of hearts skip a beat.
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