Travel / Vacation thread

[loomis41973]

Man I love that French dressing at Ponderosa. Think I might hit it up at lunch tomorrow, it's been awhile.

 

[cody1smith]

Also, I am headed to St. Louis for the first time in a few weeks. I know about the arch, the free museum and zoo, but is there anything else that is a must see? I am hoping to somehow score Cardinals playoff tickets, but I know that is a longshot.

Brewery tour is pretty cool.
Ballpark village is a great spot to watch the game. You can actually watch live from there and not be in the stadium.
Fast Eddie's (about 20 min) in alton is a neat place. For a bar/restaurant. Menu is worth checking out. You will tell your friends about it back home. Guaranteed
Anywhere on the hill has great food.
Sybergs has my favorite wings and pizza in the world. There is like 8 or 10 of them scattered around.
Imos is kinda a stl tradition if you arw looking for lunch or something.
Chesterfield has a new top golf thing. I hear it's cool.

Several casinos
Could be some concerts going on
There is a huge wildlife park outside of the city for fishing and such. Busch wildlife. If you go there the fish you catch came from me. Also the bait you buy to catch the fish. It's a conservation park. But I have the contract on the fish for the park. And the bait shop there is one of my customers.
Grant's farm is kinda neat.
Several outlet mallsmm.of that's your thing.

 

[NorthDakota]

Avoid St Louis at all cost. I drove through it moving my stuff back home to ND from Florida and Jesus....looked like Dresden after the 8th Air Force was done with it.

 

[cody1smith]

Avoid St Louis at all cost. I drove through it moving my stuff back home to ND from Florida and Jesus....looked like Dresden after the 8th Air Force was done with it.

Did you take a wrong turn???why in the world would you drive through stl going from Indiana to Florida? Lol. Did you see Boston on your way too.

 

[BGIF]

Brewery tour is pretty cool.
Ballpark village is a great spot to watch the game. You can actually watch live from there and not be in the stadium.
Fast Eddie's (about 20 min) in alton is a neat place. For a bar/restaurant. Menu is worth checking out. You will tell your friends about it back home. Guaranteed
Anywhere on the hill has great food.
Sybergs has my favorite wings and pizza in the world. There is like 8 or 10 of them scattered around.
Imos is kinda a stl tradition if you arw looking for lunch or something.
Chesterfield has a new top golf thing. I hear it's cool.

Several casinos
Could be some concerts going on
There is a huge wildlife park outside of the city for fishing and such. Busch wildlife. If you go there the fish you catch came from me. Also the bait you buy to catch the fish. It's a conservation park. But I have the contract on the fish for the park. And the bait shop there is one of my customers.
Grant's farm is kinda neat.
Several outlet mallsmm.of that's your thing.

Who knew?

cody is a masterbaiter!

 

[NorthDakota]

Did you take a wrong turn???why in the world would you drive through stl going from Indiana to Florida? Lol. Did you see Boston on your way too.

ND meaning North Dakota. Not Notre Dame unfortunately.

My sister wanted to drive through Missouri so she could say she has been there. Cost us about 30 minutes of extra driving.

 

[IrishinTN]

Brewery tour is pretty cool.
Ballpark village is a great spot to watch the game. You can actually watch live from there and not be in the stadium.
Fast Eddie's (about 20 min) in alton is a neat place. For a bar/restaurant. Menu is worth checking out. You will tell your friends about it back home. Guaranteed
Anywhere on the hill has great food.
Sybergs has my favorite wings and pizza in the world. There is like 8 or 10 of them scattered around.
Imos is kinda a stl tradition if you arw looking for lunch or something.
Chesterfield has a new top golf thing. I hear it's cool.

Several casinos
Could be some concerts going on
There is a huge wildlife park outside of the city for fishing and such. Busch wildlife. If you go there the fish you catch came from me. Also the bait you buy to catch the fish. It's a conservation park. But I have the contract on the fish for the park. And the bait shop there is one of my customers.
Grant's farm is kinda neat.
Several outlet mallsmm.of that's your thing.

Thanks! Our 13 year old will be with us so the Casino is out. And we are not outlet mall folks, but Grant's farm sounds cool and I appreciate the food suggestions. I think we are going to do a foodie tour.

 

[no.1IrishFan]

Disney needs something more expensive than the $15 fast pass for ride lines. This way we can weed out more poor people and not have to stand in line with them while they breathe their poor on everyone. Let the general admission people wait.

 

[ACamp1900]

Disney needs something more expensive than the $15 fast pass for ride lines. This way we can weed out more poor people and not have to stand in line with them while they breathe their poor on everyone. Let the general admission people wait.

Huh?? FP is free

 

[calvegas04]

Huh?? FP is free

I think he is talking about Max Pass, which proves he must be poor if he doesn't even know the real name of it.

 

[cody1smith]

Who knew?

cody is a masterbaiter!

I actually used to have shirts that said that on it....

 

[cody1smith]

ND meaning North Dakota. Not Notre Dame unfortunately.

My sister wanted to drive through Missouri so she could say she has been there. Cost us about 30 minutes of extra driving.

Just giving you shit. But I agree. The wrong parts of stl are the worst. Bad thing is several of the interstates take you by lots of the bad

 

[no.1IrishFan]

I think he is talking about Max Pass, which proves he must be poor if he doesn't even know the real name of it.

Yes, that thing. But poor jokes aside, they need a pass that lets you do fast pass on every ride, not just for certain times and attractions. The concierge gave us 6 fast passes that were unlimited, meaning they could be used anywhere, anytime. I asked her if I could by more and she said these type of tickets weren’t for sale, they were just giving them to us as a mea culpa for a reservation mix up.

 

[gkIrish]

Is anyone from Milwaukee or know a lot about the city? If so, can I send you a PM outlining my plans for a weekend there to get some feedback?

 

[NorthDakota]

Disney needs something more expensive than the $15 fast pass for ride lines. This way we can weed out more poor people and not have to stand in line with them while they breathe their poor on everyone. Let the general admission people wait.

Disney should raise prices so much that poors cant visit parks at all. Maybe one month a year tops the poors should be allowed.

 

[ACamp1900]

Disney should raise prices so much that poors cant visit parks at all. Maybe one month a year tops the poors should be allowed.

The 'poors' are already priced out boss... what you are referring to are 'the middles'... Two years back we took the whole family to Italy for two weeks. Last year we did annual passes. Go ahead and ask me which one ultimately cost more....

 

[zelezo vlk]

Is anyone from Milwaukee or know a lot about the city? If so, can I send you a PM outlining my plans for a weekend there to get some feedback?

A good friend lives there. If you send me the schedule I'll pass it along for approval/advice.

I'll say Lakefront is a pretty solid brewery to visit.

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[texbender]

Just giving you shit. But I agree. The wrong parts of stl are the worst. Bad thing is several of the interstates take you by lots of the bad

The majority of my work is with DOTs. They don't run interstates thru high dollar neighborhoods.

 

[irishnd31]

Disney should raise prices so much that poors cant visit parks at all. Maybe one month a year tops the poors should be allowed.

Once a month? You know how much it costs to hose down an entire park after they leave?

The Poors have Six Flags. That should be good enough for them.

 

[wizards8507]

Been working in London all week. Pubs are the greatest thing ever. They're just bars, except not shitty.

 

[gkIrish]

Been working in London all week. Pubs are the greatest thing ever. They're just bars, except not shitty.

It's because normal people of all ages in the UK and Ireland actually go to pubs to socialize. Families go there to eat. It makes the atmosphere welcoming and fun. Houses are smaller so people meet at the pub instead. In Ireland you don't tip either (not sure about the UK) so it doesn't cost 7 bucks per beer.

 

[calvegas04]

It's because normal people of all ages in the UK and Ireland actually go to pubs to socialize. Families go there to eat. It makes the atmosphere welcoming and fun. Houses are smaller so people meet at the pub instead. In Ireland you don't tip either (not sure about the UK) so it doesn't cost 7 bucks per beer.

I agree, the wife and I loved going out for drinks in the UK and Ireland

 

[IrishinTN]

I want to take my family on a trip to Europe in the summer of 21. Does anyone have experience in scheduling your own Europe vacation? Or do you suggest I use a travel agent?

Any of you try the European cruise route?

I am currently struggling with doing Ireland/Scotland, Itally, or a Baltic cruise to multiple countries. Just wondering about your experiences and recommendations.

 

[NDRock]

I want to take my family on a trip to Europe in the summer of 21. Does anyone have experience in scheduling your own Europe vacation? Or do you suggest I use a travel agent?

Any of you try the European cruise route?

I am currently struggling with doing Ireland/Scotland, Itally, or a Baltic cruise to multiple countries. Just wondering about your experiences and recommendations.

I've been over a bunch, as my wife is German. I prefer to do the rental car thing. Went to Germany/Italy this past Summer. Took my parents and kids (6 of us) and rented a mini-van and booked all of our stays ahead of time (used Airbnb). Everything was good.

I was able to get round trip tickets for $468 using Scott's cheap flights https://scottscheapflights.com
You sign up and they send you emails on international deals going on. It's free, though they have a subscription service that sends all of their deals. Always have a bunch of Europe flights although Summer time is tougher. We went end of May 1st week of June.

I've never done the cruise route. How long do you want to go for?

 

[wizards8507]

European cruises will be all old people.

 

[IrishinTN]

I've been over a bunch, as my wife is German. I prefer to do the rental car thing. Went to Germany/Italy this past Summer. Took my parents and kids (6 of us) and rented a mini-van and booked all of our stays ahead of time (used Airbnb). Everything was good.

I was able to get round trip tickets for $468 using Scott's cheap flights https://scottscheapflights.com
You sign up and they send you emails on international deals going on. It's free, though they have a subscription service that sends all of their deals. Always have a bunch of Europe flights although Summer time is tougher. We went end of May 1st week of June.

I've never done the cruise route. How long do you want to go for?

Im thinking 10-14 days.

 

[NDRock]

Im thinking 10-14 days.

I’m partial to Italy. Amazing country with so many great places to see. Spent 2 months hitchhiking around when I was a young man (1997). I’ve never been to Ireland/Scotland but that seems like an awesome place as well. Less of a language barrier with that trip.

I’d probably rank them:

1) Italy
2) Ireland
3) Cruise

 

[calvegas04]

I want to take my family on a trip to Europe in the summer of 21. Does anyone have experience in scheduling your own Europe vacation? Or do you suggest I use a travel agent?

Any of you try the European cruise route?

I am currently struggling with doing Ireland/Scotland, Itally, or a Baltic cruise to multiple countries. Just wondering about your experiences and recommendations.

Wife and I did a week in England, 8 day cruise that hit France, Belgium,Norway and Netherlands and then a week in Ireland. Was the best vacation I have ever been on

 

[wizards8507]

Montreal or Quebec City for three nights around (but not including) Christmas? No kids.

 

[texbender]

For our winter trip, we contemplated Kauai since I have free housing available, but opted for a week in the Keys. Never been, will stay in Key Largo, Islamorada, and Key West mid February. Fishin', beach combing, and margaritas.