What’s the most disappointing place you’ve ever visited?
For me, Stone Henge - if anybody is thinking of going there, don’t bother; it’s completely underwhelming.
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J. Tussaud’s Waxworks in Morecambe, The worst wax figures you've ever seen. Just mannequins with different wigs and clothes on.
shareLol, I remember reading an article about that once, which made me chuckle. I feel your pain.
shareIt was terrible, There was one in Great Yarmouth as well that looked like it was much the same.
shareI’m actually sat in a hotel bar chuckling to myself.
sharehttps://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2014/jan/08/worlds-worst-wax-museum-in-pictures
share"Hey ! This looks just like Keanu wearing his sunglasses in The Matrix. Amazing !"
shareI liked Stonehenge. A couple of decades ago I was lucky to go on a gray drizzly day with few tourists, and that gave the place the appropriate atmosphere. But what really interested me was not the henge itself, but looking over the valley around it. It's on a small hill with good views, and when I looked out at the valley I saw all sorts of unnatural mounds and channels, and I realized that the whole valley was full of old barrows and prehistoric ruins! Since then the archeologists have gone to town on the area, they've found all sorts of ancient roads and palaces and temples and things. Awesome!
Now as to the most disappointing place... New York City. I was young and wasn't getting along with the people I was traveling with, and I hated the grubby streets with a tiny strip of sky far above (which was a creepy shade of orange at night), I hated the crowds of rude people and the fact that every little damn thing cost a fortune, I hated the bums on the street and the garbage in the gutters, I had such an awful time I started to get sick after a couple of days. Of course if I went back I'd probably have a great time, I mean even in that awful mood the Metropolitan Museum of Art was too awesome for words, and now I can afford a few fun things, so maybe someday I'll let someone drag me back. But I'm just not a big-city person, and New York was too big a city for me.
I ❤️ NY. I am such a tourist.
shareRoyal Gorge Bridge in Colorado. When we visited it was the highest suspension bridge in the world, but it was so tourist-trappy that it soured the experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Gorge_Bridge
And now I feel compelled to go there, thanks.
shareDisney World. I made the most of it, but it's just kinda underwhelming given the hype. But I learned there that amusement parks are not really all that amusing to me.
shareYes!!!
I went there twice--once as a kid and another time as a teenager. As a teen, it seemed even more pathetic, especially what with Epcot Center blowing that park out of the water and then some.
As a non-American, I've only been there once as an adult, but nothing prompted me to want to return to that particular place. There are far more interesting places in the U.S I'm keen to see next.
shareDisney World bored the shit out of me. But Universal Studios and the other parks we went to in the areas were a blast. This was back in the early 90s and the whole thing was basically running on nostalgia. They've done a lot there since then so who knows.
shareInteresting. While I thought Universal Studios was alright, I don't have any strong desire to return - I visited in 2013.
shareDid you see it before or after this?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DewEKz9TzmM
This explains everything.
shareMy mind.
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