Last night I remembered the time in 1992 when my auntie and uncle took me to the planetarium in their city. Now I was quite excited, having been to one in my city, which was pretty incredible.

Not this one. We drove up to the top of the hill to the observatory after sunset, paid our entry fee (we were the only ones there that night) and only AFTER we paid did they inform us the telescope was not in use due to cloud-cover Nevertheless, we proceeded to the main event, and I kid you not, the set-up was little more than a black umbrella with holes punched into it, set over a light bulb. The presenter, Claes-Göran (a real catch btw) stuttered through an incomprehensible description of our solar system, and my cousin and I had to stifle our giggles throughout (and that is why I remember this time so fondly )

What did you travel far to see and found disappointing?

ZombieKitten said:

oh no!!!


...and to answer your question, Madame Tussauds here in London was extremely underwhelming for such a freaking expensive attraction (about $45!) and it was crap!! lol

other than that, nothing I can think of. it's all been fantastic apart from that!

ZombieKitten said:

oh no!!!


...and to answer your question, Madame Tussauds here in London was extremely underwhelming for such a freaking expensive attraction (about $45!) and it was crap!! lol

other than that, nothing I can think of. it's all been fantastic apart from that!

The Greek Acropolis

it's full of ruins!!!

This genuine dull-as-fuck tourist attraction is just down the road from me:

http://www.diggerland.com/

This genuine dull-as-fuck tourist attraction is just down the road from me:

http://www.diggerland.com/

LittleSmedley said:

You must live near me dude!

LittleSmedley said:

You must live near me dude!

mdiver said:

do you ever go there?

ZombieKitten said:

No, I spend most of my spare time at FencePaintingWorld

Last night I remembered the time in 1992 when my auntie and uncle took me to the planetarium in their city. Now I was quite excited, having been to one in my city, which was pretty incredible.

Not this one. We drove up to the top of the hill to the observatory after sunset, paid our entry fee (we were the only ones there that night) and only AFTER we paid did they inform us the telescope was not in use due to cloud-cover Nevertheless, we proceeded to the main event, and I kid you not, the set-up was little more than a black umbrella with holes punched into it, set over a light bulb. The presenter, Claes-Göran (a real catch btw) stuttered through an incomprehensible description of our solar system, and my cousin and I had to stifle our giggles throughout (and that is why I remember this time so fondly )

What did you travel far to see and found disappointing?

mdiver said:

I'm in Maidstone, where r u mdiver?

ZombieKitten said:

Could have been worse, they might have taken u to Wolf Creek

is that near Göteborg too?

ZombieKitten said:

Oh, I thought u might have been in Oz, looking at your profile ZK

Wolf Creeks's an Australian horror film were backpackers get murdered in the outback

oh they have a word for places like these: Tourist Traps!
and underwhelming is such a great word

IMHO the #1 overrated tourist attraction in the U.S. is Plymouth Rock:

ZombieKitten said:

Exactly, tourists are captive audiences, and they'll see whatever you give them. I went to "Mystery Spot" (one of many) in the Redwood Forest. Why would I need anything other than the largest trees in the world, you ask? I was a trapped tourist, and the billboards again got me. "Water flows uphill, gravity doesn't work right!"

I've heard about places like this, and while I always assumed it was simply optical illusion, I assumed it was a convincing one, at least. I didn't think it was just a shack built on the slant of the hillside where you angled your camera to take trick photos.

There was some mumbo jumbo about magnetic forces, but believe me, water flowed down the slanted floor of this place, just like it does in the rest of the world.

One of the biggest wastes of money ever!

matt said:

That's funny, especially since that is most likely just a random rock.

Anyone who's driven across the U.S. using the northern route knows Wall Drug. From hundreds of miles away you begin to see billboards advertising it and its "free ice water," "6 foot rabbit," "wax museum."

Now that doesn't sound like an ad for Paris, I know, but eventually the sheer number of billboards overwhelms your good sense. There are hundreds of them, more than for any other attraction I've seen.

By the time you reach it you're generally ready for a break from driving anyway, and you just have to see what the hype is all about.

It turns Wall Drug is simply a place to buy Wall Drug t-shirts, salt & pepper shakers, paperweights, figurines, etc. I believe Gertrude Stein said of Oakland "there is no there there," but this quote couldn't describe any place but Wall Drug. There is no there, only a celebration of the lack of there. It's beautiful in a way, making so much of nothing at all.

I did visit the wax museum, one actual attraction the city held. There, classic characters from the Old West are immortalized, complete with hoodie sweatshirts covering the broken off hands and shoelaces holding the gun holsters to their hips.

Wall Drug, America. Could you separate the two? I think not!