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Post 04/21/2020 20:19     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Overnight dive boat trip out of Tampa. It was kind of weird bunking with people you did not know.

On the plus we went to Dry Tortugas one day and that was well worth it.
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Post 04/21/2020 20:17     Subject: Re:One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
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Anonymous wrote:Key West - kind of dumpy, no beach, not scenic, and the food is overpriced and not very good


Agree. For all the same reasons. Of all the places I've visited in the U.S., this was the most disappointing.


Agree. I live in north Florida and it took us 11 hours to drive there one way.
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Post 04/21/2020 20:15     Subject: Re:One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
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Anonymous wrote:Eastern shore - so boring!


+1

Not that nice, either. I expected a lot more.


You need to be rich enough to have a boat to properly enjoy it. Otherwise it is just marshy waterfront with nasty muck under the water. Not really that great for swimming.


Yes, exactly!


Except the homes aren't that great, the food isn't that great, and if it is not nice weather, well.....I could take a boat out here, no problem. It's like people who go to the beach to swim in a pool. What the actual?


Boating in the Potomac is not at all comparable to the Chesapeake. The Chesapeake Bay is one of the best places in the world to sail. There are very few places that have the combination of open, yet fairly protected, water, with such a wide variety of sailboat depth inlets, bays and anchorages all within a few days of sail of each other. Because it's a bay, the destinations are in all directions, so you can see which way the wind is blowing and decide where to go. On most coastlines, you can pretty much sail north and south (or east and west if you're on the northern Gulf Coast). If the wind is coming from a "bad" direction, you've got no choice but try to tack your way up and down. The bottom is even fairly soft in most places, so you don't wreck your boat if you run aground. Compare to LA, which has better weather for most of the year, but there's really nowhere to go. You can sail to Catalina and back, and that's pretty much it. Mexico is doable, but not in a weekend. Maine is comparable, but the weather sucks most of the time and the rocks and tides are very unforgiving.


Meh we sail somewhere else completely.


It is hard to top sailing up the Tred Avon River or the Choptank River or even the Severn River. How can you top sailing near Annapolis or sailing under the Chesapeake Bay bridge? I agree with PP. Sailing on the Chesapeake is really world class and very diverse.
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Post 04/21/2020 20:11     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
I’ve loved almost every place I’ve been, but I’m pretty easy going. Jamaica is the only spot I didn’t like. But I still had fun. Cancun was equally bad (I was there for work).
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Post 04/21/2020 19:53     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Turks and Caicos was underwhelming. So expensive, no waves, nothing to do on the island outside the resorts, extreme poverty everywhere, you can only walk up and down the same mile of beach so many times.
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Post 04/21/2020 11:47     Subject: Re:One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
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Anonymous wrote:New York City. Can't believe people go there for a vacation.


Guess you dont like Broadway!


I don't like Broadway - but I love NYC.
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Post 04/21/2020 09:27     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
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Anonymous wrote:I don't think the OBX is necessarily overrated as there are certainly some beautiful beaches, landscapes, lighthouses, and amazing sunrises. However, I don't think the OBX is all that for 1 in every 4 cars to be supporting an OBX oval sticker in 2005. What happened to all the oval stickers anyway? I thought all those people loved the OBX so much lol


LOL. The food in OBX is the absolute worst I have ever had, no exaggeration, anywhere in the world, including England (and that says a lot!). C'mon people, part of vacationing is supposed to be excellent food. Did y'all grow up on canned tuna, jello recipes, Chef Boyardee and Campbell's soup? I think I know the answer. The bar is obviously not that high here.

Plus, I expected incredible beaches - we have been to different part of the OBX, and I have yet to see anything that memorable. No thanks.


Lol at expecting “incredible beaches” north of Florida.



Ignorant! Beaches like Kiawah in South Carolina and Sea Island in Georgia are exceptional!

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I guess it's all relative. I'm from Miami so for me, Caribbean waters are my benchmark. NC and SC beaches are nice and all but for me, it doesn't compare.