Most disappointing holiday/tourist destination/attractions?

[theplayingmantis]

MXRod said:

At present,RAF museum Hendon.
Took my grandson there last half term ,even at 10 years old he is an authority on war planes. And was bursting with expectation as what he would be seeing.
So it was with great disappointment we found only 1 major display hall open. The other 2 important display halls were closed for rearrangement ,no mention on museum web site .
A total let down

is it still free?

[MXRod]

theplayingmantis said:

is it still free?

Fortunately
So did not need to ask for refund

[TomBrighton]

Surely Paris has to win every time! Have you ever heard of Paris Syndrome, highlights how **** this place is, pardon my French :P

[captain_cynic]

theplayingmantis said:

suggest you employ a fixer if you don't think its sin city and can't find debauchery for yourself. just go to a pool party ffs!

LoL...

Cant find debauchery for myself.

If you want debauchery, you're in the wrong place in Las Vegas. I don't need someone else to help me find gambling, women or booze.

theplayingmantis said:

Vegas Jeff!

Are you serious? This guy got thrown out of Medellin, now pedalling his crap in LV? Sorry, I'm not that much of a sucker.

If I want "carnage" (whatever you think that is) I know places where I don't even have to look for it, it comes to me. If you need a fixer to find drinking and debauchery, you're going to the wrong places.

Sure you can get plenty drunk in Las Vegas, probably drugs on offer as well (not really my thing any more though), but I can get that here in Berkshire too and I'm not calling it "sin county".

[theplayingmantis]

MXRod said:

theplayingmantis said:

is it still free?

Fortunately
So did not need to ask for refund

well not sure you can complain that much really...when its all open its almost as good as Duxford i think and when you don't have to pay i find it hard to criticize. although there is a suggested donation isn't there?

[RDMcG]

I got Paris as a place to visit one time only. Have been back since then half a dozen times, partially on business and partially because someone else wanted to see it. Parts of it are pretty, but overall, will not plan on ever revisiting.

[theplayingmantis]

captain_cynic said:

theplayingmantis said:

suggest you employ a fixer if you don't think its sin city and can't find debauchery for yourself. just go to a pool party ffs!

LoL...

Cant find debauchery for myself.

If you want debauchery, you're in the wrong place in Las Vegas. I don't need someone else to help me find gambling, women or booze.

theplayingmantis said:

Vegas Jeff!

Are you serious? This guy got thrown out of Medellin, now pedalling his crap in LV? Sorry, I'm not that much of a sucker.

If I want "carnage" (whatever you think that is) I know places where I don't even have to look for it, it comes to me. If you need a fixer to find drinking and debauchery, you're going to the wrong places.

Sure you can get plenty drunk in Las Vegas, probably drugs on offer as well (not really my thing any more though), but I can get that here in Berkshire too and I'm not calling it "sin county".

ok.

if im having to sort out bottle service at clubs, find out the best table locations, and day beds at pool parties id really rather pay someone to research all the different options and put them to us even if they are taking a cut of the price. not to mention midget hire...

[MXRod]

theplayingmantis said:

MXRod said:

theplayingmantis said:

is it still free?

Fortunately
So did not need to ask for refund

well not sure you can complain that much really...when its all open its almost as good as Duxford i think and when you don't have to pay i find it hard to criticize. although there is a suggested donation isn't there?

This was a planned visit, as,due to grandsons issues with ADHD and ASD ,care has to be taken to ensure he is pre prepared for any change of routine. This included a 2hr each way drive. And having shown him the web site and what he could expect to see , he was totally deflated and the rest of the day he was very quiet.
This was a follow-up to Duxford visited a while ago

[captain_cynic]

theplayingmantis said:

ok.

if im having to sort out bottle service at clubs, find out the best table locations, and day beds at pool parties id really rather pay someone to research all the different options and put them to us even if they are taking a cut of the price. not to mention midget hire...

And getting ripped off for standard service. I can get the same by giving less money straight to the door staff. Unless you're a millionaire, fixers in LV are a joke designed to con you out of your money. I can do that and I don't have a silver tongue, look like Brad Pitt or have the moves like Jagger.

Day beds at pool parties? Reminds me of this https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4138603/sunbed-touri...
At a pool party, I intend to be doing something, not simply sitting in a sun lounger.

You haven't mentioned anything particularly... shall we say risque? Where is this kid unfriendly Vegas you keep speaking of?

[cbmotorsport]

theplayingmantis said:

nope since rick stein became a thing. the town itself never been pretty, but had character and charm of it own. and the camel estuary its beyond me if people can not see its beauty.

Only kidding. Yes, it's become a victim of its/his own success. I would suggest it's a destination for people who haven't been to Cornwall before, or go very infrequently - those that perhaps haven't discovered the rest of it. Probably aided by being that bit further east.

I'm kind of glad it catches most of the pimped Range Rover Sport mob before they get much further west (to the good stuff ;-) )

[theplayingmantis]

MXRod said:

theplayingmantis said:

MXRod said:

theplayingmantis said:

is it still free?

Fortunately
So did not need to ask for refund

well not sure you can complain that much really...when its all open its almost as good as Duxford i think and when you don't have to pay i find it hard to criticize. although there is a suggested donation isn't there?

This was a planned visit, as,due to grandsons issues with ADHD and ASD ,care has to be taken to ensure he is pre prepared for any change of routine. This included a 2hr each way drive. And having shown him the web site and what he could expect to see , he was totally deflated and the rest of the day he was very quiet.
This was a follow-up to Duxford visited a while ago

ah that is annoying then given the circumstances, they should have advertised that they were shut.

[Seventy]

Gameface said:

Paris is filthy sthole full of s.

Can you elaborate?

[MXRod]

theplayingmantis said:

ah that is annoying then given the circumstances, they should have advertised that they were shut.

We will go back in the summer break and try again .
Having carefully checked all displays are open

[theplayingmantis]

captain_cynic said:

theplayingmantis said:

ok.

if im having to sort out bottle service at clubs, find out the best table locations, and day beds at pool parties id really rather pay someone to research all the different options and put them to us even if they are taking a cut of the price. not to mention midget hire...

And getting ripped off for standard service. I can get the same by giving less money straight to the door staff. Unless you're a millionaire, fixers in LV are a joke designed to con you out of your money. I can do that and I don't have a silver tongue, look like Brad Pitt or have the moves like Jagger.

Day beds at pool parties? Reminds me of this https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4138603/sunbed-touri...
At a pool party, I intend to be doing something, not simply sitting in a sun lounger.

You haven't mentioned anything particularly... shall we say risque? Where is this kid unfriendly Vegas you keep speaking of?

why would i mention anything risque? what does that achieve. apart from a meaningless unprovable internet boast?

so i should just get a concierge to organize all my sh*t 6 months in advance and give me all the options. its funny how seasoned Vegas goers at my firm swear by fixers when going to LV. Us mere plebs they employ doing all the dirty work are dumb for taking their advise as its 'standard service'...no point organising stuff in advance with VIP services, meh i just tip the door staff less for the same thing...as long as you think that im pleased for you.

do you even know what 'daybed's' at pool parties are? from the link you posted it seems you have not a clue. frantically google it now, what was the last one you went to and what do you do at them?

[theplayingmantis]

MXRod said:

theplayingmantis said:

ah that is annoying then given the circumstances, they should have advertised that they were shut.

We will go back in the summer break and try again .
Having carefully checked all displays are open

what did you think of duxford?

[Yipper]

The enjoyment or disappointment of a tourist attraction depends very often on what you see, how much you see, and what time of day or year you see it.

For example, if you walk out of the Gare du Nord in Paris on a rainy Monday and one of the delightful locals tries to mug you, and its just McDonald's and Quick Burger as far as the eye can see, then it's a bit cr*p...

But if you drive along the Seine in a convertible on a warm sunset and stop off near the twinkly Eiffel Tower for a spot of roast pigeon and a splash of Grand Cru, there are few better places on Earth to get gout...

Long story short -- it's worth going back to a "cr*p" tourist attraction at a different time and place, to give it a second chance.

[theplayingmantis]

cbmotorsport said:

theplayingmantis said:

nope since rick stein became a thing. the town itself never been pretty, but had character and charm of it own. and the camel estuary its beyond me if people can not see its beauty.

Only kidding. Yes, it's become a victim of its/his own success. I would suggest it's a destination for people who haven't been to Cornwall before, or go very infrequently - those that perhaps haven't discovered the rest of it. Probably aided by being that bit further east.

I'm kind of glad it catches most of the pimped Range Rover Sport mob before they get much further west (to the good stuff ;-) )

many of the locals don't complain though..although some do.

i would say st ives is the archetypical first cornwall visit though. padstow is a place people tick off though along with port isaac.

ive done the county comprehensively so know the coastal areas and many in land well over my 33 years, but would say the camel estuary and around trevose is the equal to anywhere in the county. i may be biased due to childhood memories but ive yet to find anywhere better, although the majority of it is great in my eyes and a place id' love to retire to one day.

[theplayingmantis]

Yipper said:

The enjoyment or disappointment of a tourist attraction depends very often on what you see, how much you see, and what time of day or year you see it.

For example, if you walk out of the Gare du Nord in Paris on a rainy Monday and one of the delightful locals tries to mug you, and its just McDonald's and Quick Burger as far as the eye can see, then it's a bit cr*p...

But if you drive along the Seine in a convertible on a warm sunset and stop off near the twinkly Eiffel Tower for a spot of roast pigeon and a splash of Grand Cru, there are few better places on Earth to get gout...

Long story short -- it's worth going back to a "cr*p" tourist attraction at a different time and place, to give it a second chance.

as it is a person.

ive been to paris a few times as others have wanted to go and hated it. worst was in the euro's a couple of years back, 2 nights running someone had shat on the wall on the slope down to our underground hotel carpark. that huge meaty turd that had inexplicably stuck on the wall halfway down its trajectory to the floor just summed up the city for me in one image filthy, grubby and stinking. and when we saw its m8 the next morning stuck proudly along side it, it took the biscuit.

[cptsideways]

cbmotorsport said:

LordHaveMurci said:

Padstow.

Agreed. So many nice parts of Cornwall, why you'd go there more than once in your life I don't know. It's perennially popular though.

Agreed & literally across the estuary is possibly my favourite spot in the UK, Daymer Bay


But please don't tell anyone about it!

[Gameface]

In Paris, my missus and I were waiting at a bus stop and black BMW X5 pulls up and the bloke gets out and pisses up against the bus stop. The piss flowing towards our feet.

I was going to go fking mad at him but there were 4 blokes in the car and I was a long way from home.

Whole place was filthy. Full of scumbags trying to intimidate you. Immigrants everywhere. Even the normal people were rude and unhelpful. The police were fking useless. Everything was overpriced. Driving standards were atrocious.

It's a shame The Louvre is there, I really enjoyed that and didn't get to see as much of it as I wanted.