Disneyworld. Poke me in the eye with a stick. Utter hell on earth. Standing in the hot sun in line after line for hours and hours to either buy overpriced cold drinks or get on some contraption for a 90 second "ride" while horrid music plays all around you.
Then it's off to "Epcot Center" for more of the same. Except at least now, I get to do the "11 Countries" circuit in which I try to purchase an alcoholic drink from each country. I managed to collect 9 on one trip before I collapsed onto a bench and fell asleep. I think it was the Japanese sake that did me in. Or maybe it was the 90 degree temperature.
I did it for the kids. I suffered greatly but kids wanted to go to Disneyworld and so I spent thousands of dollars to make it happen.
Now kids have grow up and instead I go to Las Vegas casinos. So much more fun than Disneyland. When did anybody come off Space Mountain with a $1300 jackpot? Or sit at an oblong green-felted table for hours, with free drinks, and walk away with $80 at the end playing blackjack?
OK, so you end up losing in the long run. Everybody who goes gambling at casinos does. But sometimes you win. And the games are fun. And the food is better. And it might be 105 degrees outside but you have no idea even what time it is because they do not have clocks in casinos and it always feels like 10PM on a Saturday night.
Now that's Las Vegas. It's different at these other casinos across the country. Those are usually sad and depressing places. Little old ladies throwing their grandchildren's inheritance into slot machines one nickel at a time - or playing bingo. BINGO! I hate bingo. What a stupid game.
Old men, being grouchy, sitting at the roulette wheel putting $1 at a time on red. Sad.
Las Vegas is the only place that should have casinos. And it costs less to have a good time in Las Vegas than it does to have a horrible time at Disneyworld.
the taxi driver in Vegas was telling us a few weeks ago that the unemployment in Vegas rivals Detroit, that most of the big lavish hotels are half empty even though they'll tell you that their "booked"....all it means is that they laid off lots of staff to keep going....
people are going to spend money on casinos and movies and restaurants but maybe not as much as before...
I liked Harrahs and 1300 people might disagree with you.
I'm sure the 1300 folks losing their jobs would totally appreciate your self-serving comment. Not.