Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 20:09     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:Smith Island Md and Tangier Island Va--in August

Hotter than hot
No shade
No breeze
Jelly fish 18" long (so you can't swim)
Killer horse flies
Food--if it ain't fried it ain't a food


Completely agree. And the Northern neck of Virginia is a nightmare. Horrible.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 20:07     Subject: Re:One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Vegas or maybe I went with the wrong people
There was nothing to do
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 20:07     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:Costa Rica. Full of prostitutes and gross old guys.

Maine. Although I haven’t made it to Acadia. It’s such a strange place. I’ve been twice. Once for work To Augusta and another time for a wedding in one of the coasts beach towns and didn’t like it at all.


What did you dislike that mean? It’s my favorite place in the country. I should never have moved away from there!
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 20:05     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Rehoboth does have good food

We didn’t love Key West or any of the Keys really except maybe Longboat Key.

Did love France, Italy, Switzerland, Charleston SC. Disney was fine, did not love SF and did not love Seattle at all.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 19:56     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Outer Banks - too red-necky and food wasn't good. Even the more expensive rental houses weren't that nice.


What beach town has a lot of good food? Not many. There are some good restaurants on the outer banks.


Rehoboth
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 19:22     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:Outer Banks - too red-necky and food wasn't good. Even the more expensive rental houses weren't that nice.


What beach town has a lot of good food? Not many. There are some good restaurants on the outer banks.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 18:26     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:Bahamas cruise. Everything about cruising, to me, is disgusting, overpriced, tacky and horrid. Never again, for me. And this was my opinion 20+ years ago before we started hearing about pirates, power outages, rampant illness, and COVID-19.


You picked the absolute worst possible cruise to take.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 17:29     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
I’m in the Disney underwhelmed camp. Won’t go back. However, I liked universal.

Also didn’t like Brussels much.


Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 17:21     Subject: Re:One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. SO unbelievably crowded so you couldn't really see any of the works of art, and just really boring. We had more fun at lunch at a local Saint Petersburg restaurant.


When did you go? We went in early August and there were lots of halls where we were pretty much one. I thought it was lovely.


Mid-June, right after our kids got out of school.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 17:18     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:Miami. Just no. No to all of it. No to the food, no to the bad service in all the restaurants, no to South Beach, no to the nightlife. I kinda get why some people love it but it was NOT for me.


I forgot about Miami, must be how unimpressed i was. I was there for work, not vacation, but did check out South Beach. So fake...full of people tryimg to look and act like they have money.

I have been to Key Largo, which is close to Miami. Not mich to the town, but really good snorkeling.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 16:27     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Miami. Just no. No to all of it. No to the food, no to the bad service in all the restaurants, no to South Beach, no to the nightlife. I kinda get why some people love it but it was NOT for me.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 16:25     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought I'd love Portland, Oregon but it was just ok. I liked Minneapolis better.

I was really looking forward to floating in the Dead Sea and riding a camel in Israel but both were less comfortable and smellier than I expected.


Can you describe what the Dead Sea was like?


Very salty (obviously, that's why nothing lives in it--hence, "Dead"--and why you float) so uncomfortable if it got on any abrasion on your skin (like if you'd shaved in the past 24 hrs) or your eyes. Smearing sulfur-smelling mud on yourself and then washing it off and floating around is only fun for a little while.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 16:04     Subject: Re:One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
The Outer Banks. SO BORING.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 15:36     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:Costa Rica. Full of prostitutes and gross old guys.

Maine. Although I haven’t made it to Acadia. It’s such a strange place. I’ve been twice. Once for work To Augusta and another time for a wedding in one of the coasts beach towns and didn’t like it at all.


I forgot to add Key West! Expensive and the beach sucks. I really don't get it.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2020 15:19     Subject: One vacation spot/ activity that was hyped and a let down
Anonymous wrote:People are trashing some fairly fun places. Vegas, LA, Disney. Come on, you can have a great time there if you have money to spend. Wayyyy better than any city or small town in most of Europe. I've been basically bored to tears traveling and living in Europe.

You see 2-3 eastern european castles and you've seen them all. Tons of poverty, sketchy gypsies and countryside folks, tourist traps left and right. Food is merely decent. Alcoholics everywhere. I'm talking Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary (at least some spicy food in Hungary I guess).

The germanic countries are the most plain vanilla, boring places ever. Terrible food in Germany and Austria. People are so stiff everywhere. Not much interesting architecture thanks to getting bombed all to hell. Wow, Vienna has an opera house. Ok, never seen one of those before. Berlin at least is a somewhat "happening" city but probably the only one. Skiing in the alps is fun but you can ski in the US too.

London felt like America but with worse store and restaurant hours and an indian food restaurant on every corner. Wow a big clock tower. Amazing. The small towns throughout ENgland are snooze fests."Bed and Breakfast #253, coming up!"

Stockholm was almost as boring as a German city except they have that cool waterside amusement park. Some decent restaurants. But come on, Abba museum? Old town (brownish buildings with no personality).

Outside of smoking weed, Amsterdam and the surrounding areas are a letdown. Wow, you can bike! If I wanted to bike I'd do it at home.

Belgium I guess at east has liege waffles, strong beer, and jenever. Some nice architecture.

I'll give Paris and Rome a thumbs up because the food and things to see are quite good. I did legitimately enjoy these cities.

The greek islands are so-so. Tons of tourist traps but at least the weather and scenery is nice. The sea is waaayyyyyy too cold, though. Give me Hawaii or Puerto Rico any day over any European beach destination!

If someone gave me the option between Disney, Vegas, or Europe (Italy and France excluded), Europe would be my third choice.


Smh. No words. Enjoy fake culture in Vegas & Disney.