Are you an "unbeliever?!"
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Posted on 04/18/2024 6:28:21 PM PDT by simpson96
The last thing any tourist wants is to buckle up for a boring attraction.
So a new study that reveals 'the 100 most boring attractions across the globe' serves a useful purpose for those keen to guarantee a holiday free from the mundane.
America, it seems, needs to up its game on the excitement front, with attractions in the country occupying the top seven spots, beating Shrek's Adventure London into eighth place. And four Legoland Discovery Centers make the top 25.
The ranking, by Solitaired, was drawn up by an analysis of 66.7million Google reviews of 3,290 popular tourist attractions worldwide, spanning 384 cities across 71 countries. Researchers calculated a boredom score for each site by focusing on 11 keywords indicative of tiresome, lifeless and boring impressions, to determine the least interesting.
Branson Scenic Railway in Missouri takes the undesirable top spot as the world's least interesting attraction, with a boredom score of five out of five. Departing from an old depot in downtown Branson, the heritage railroad travels through part of the Ozark Mountains on a 40-mile round trip.
While some reviewers on Google praised the 'beautiful' foliage and 'magnificent' vistas, others were unimpressed by the views' limited to trees on both sides of the train' during summertime, with 'Sheena Youngers' commenting that they were 'a little bored after a while of just seeing treetops'.
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I bought a great t-shirt at the Salem museum. Wife and I enjoyed it.
I love the Winchester house. Saw it as a kid when they explained it better than the last time in 2006.
I knew more about it from 1968 than they did.
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Excellent! Many thanks.
Ancient Chinese Art - Taoist Music Orchestra - Incense Prayer
https://youtu.be/iXWHiWzLYzw
The Branson scenic railway tour would be a great one to put all those folks who keep claiming “humans are overpopulating the world, we need more carbon-sequestering trees to stave off global warming,” on. Put them on board and keep them there until they recant.
Wisconsin Dells feels left out
I liked the Gateway Arch...the ride up and the museum below, even though I got thrown out (ok, gently removed).
A couple years later I almost got shot by a security guard as I tried to get photographs of it from across the river. Met a nice Danish couple doing the same thing and enjoyed a dinner together.
It is 630 feet by 630 feet... has round elevator cars, is clad in stainless steel, and the metalwork inside was mostly assembled by Mohawk Indians from NY.
When I was younger I remember being in a truck crossing the Poplar Street bridge towards Missouri moments after some dingaling on a parachute tried to land on top. He succeeded, but didn’t get his by then-collapsed chute off quickly enough and a puff of wind pulled him along the north side of the curve. He had no chance to get through the trap door as traction on that steel surface was nil, so he slid a couple hundred feet down the north leg until he lost contact with it and fell the rest of the way, making a large pink splat on the pavement near the base.
We just saw the big splat and thought someone had tried to vandalize the arch with paint. Found out shortly after that was a parachutist.
You must be one exciting traveler...or a non-traveler.
This is the only attraction on the list about which I am personally qualified to opine.
Visited it in 2014 with my 15-year-old daughter.
It provided an experience exactly conforming to an enthusiastic 15-year-old's tastes and expectations.
It was a little pricey, I felt - but it's only 90 minutes long. A small sacrifice to make a kid happy.
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Visited it in the summer of 1967. Was fully satisfied!
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Are you an "unbeliever?!"
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In 1967 (the time-frame Mairdie referenced), Jena was located in East Germany.
Would be surprised to discover that a FReeper was seeking employment behind the Iron Curtain.
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I’ve been to the London Dungeon (1989), and yes, it was pretty boring.
I guess somebody just got sick of stepping on Legos® all the time.
Or of spending money on all those stupid Lego® kits.
Science museums and planetariums are more for kids nowadays.
But like bad movies, boring tourist attractions are a bottomless pit — there’s always something worse somewhere out there.
12. The London Dungeon
46. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (St. Augustine, FL)
And the Rocket Center Hunstville, AL, even though it’s not on the list.
That performance is the most interesting non western piece of music Ive heard in quite some time. I will be looking for it on some used CD out there. Im not streaming music just yet, still somewhat Old School witb my shiny CDs.
I will find it!
I did not find MagiQuest boring.
I don’t necessarily want to return but I think kids might find it appealing.
Having remembered a Life magazine article on it as a child over 50 years ago we paid a 5-minute visit. Our low expectations were exceeded. It’s outside, but the town had built a covering. A woman docent was there with scissors and a string that we could add to it. There’s no cost. It wasn’t much if any out if our way.
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