Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 09:12     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:Orlando and Disney World


+1. My family hated Disney! The crowds, the bad food, the heat, the commercialism! We'll stick to our beach and city vacations. Hilton Head is one of our favorites.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 09:05     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:Captiva Island, specifically South Seas resort. It was just OK and it was also ALL white, no diversity. All of Sanibel/Captiva was. Never again.


This is the weirdest vacation criteria ever. Nice weather - check, nice beaches - check, nice accommodations - check, good food - check, convenient to fly in/out - check, good value - check. Not enough diversity? Oh, then I guess we won't go there. I've been to beaches all over the world, and I've got news for you, it's ALWAYS mostly white people.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 08:58     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rehobeth/Delaware beaches. Seriously, the only thing going for it is location and proximity to DC.

Florence- was really bored by all the same, religious art in the famous museums.


Well, yeah. No one is going to the DE/MD shore from California and I don't think anyone who vacations there is claiming it's a gorgeous beach. These are the closest beaches for a huge metropolitan area. That's why those are popular.


Boardwalks are fun!
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 08:53     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:Rehobeth/Delaware beaches. Seriously, the only thing going for it is location and proximity to DC.

Florence- was really bored by all the same, religious art in the famous museums.


Well, yeah. No one is going to the DE/MD shore from California and I don't think anyone who vacations there is claiming it's a gorgeous beach. These are the closest beaches for a huge metropolitan area. That's why those are popular.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 08:52     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I also thought Hawaii was just ok. for the amount of time it took to get there, I really wanted everything to be just over the top amazing, and while it was all really nice, I was a little underwhelmed.


I bet you didn’t go to Kauai


that's actually exactly where we went. Spent a week there and a week on Maui.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 08:30     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
^^sorry, south seas.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2018 08:30     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Captiva Island, specifically South Seas resort. It was just OK and it was also ALL white, no diversity. All of Sanibel/Captiva was. Never again.


Huh- I was just considering this for Spring Break? Details?


Lol, I just booked this for spring break after reading reviews here and elsewhere. And we’re AA—lucky us.


I’ve been to Captiva (though not Seven Seas) and it beautiful. I am white but liberal and did not encounter any rude or openly racist vacationers. In fact, most were from Wisconsin or Minnesota or other midwestern cold places and they couldn’t have been nicer.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:31     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
The first time I went to Los Angeles I was like “what”??? I feel like popular culture plays it up as this glamorous and super cool place and to be honest I found it very dirty, too spread out/car centric, and not particularly pretty. I liked San Diego 10x better.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:30     Subject: Re:Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hilton Head, S.C. Hated having to get in the car and drive everytime you wanted to do/eat/drink anything. Also the long drive to get there was a pia. Never again.


+1


Or you could have biked like most people on the island....
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:27     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Orlando and Disney World
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:25     Subject: Re:Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:Hilton Head, S.C. Hated having to get in the car and drive everytime you wanted to do/eat/drink anything. Also the long drive to get there was a pia. Never again.


+1
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:25     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
I wasn’t impressed at all by Honolulu. The fact there are people out there who go all that way just for Waikiki and such is crazy to me!

That said we LOVE both Maui and Kauai. Hoping to check out the Big Island soon.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:21     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Captiva Island, specifically South Seas resort. It was just OK and it was also ALL white, no diversity. All of Sanibel/Captiva was. Never again.


Huh- I was just considering this for Spring Break? Details?


Lol, I just booked this for spring break after reading reviews here and elsewhere. And we’re AA—lucky us.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:20     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Outer Banks.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2018 23:17     Subject: Vacation spots your friends talked up but you hated
Anonymous wrote:Captiva Island, specifically South Seas resort. It was just OK and it was also ALL white, no diversity. All of Sanibel/Captiva was. Never again.


Huh- I was just considering this for Spring Break? Details?