My LEAST Favorite Place to Visit 

You just confirmed all my preconceived ideas about it. I have never had a desire to visit there for those reasons.

But why you visited Dubai then? isn't that what Dubai all about?

any place that lists shopping as a major attraction is usually not for me

It's not fake, it's just new because it has just been built, it lacks greenery, it gets its funding from superficial people, rather than taxes, which I find cool, the air is polluted for half the year, the heat is unbearable and the air conditioned malls basically substitute the streets, sure ... but calling the people unfriendly... I don't know man, I've found Dubai residents to be the most likely people to help you out when you need something, much more so than Europeans. There's a ton of people online who have never even been to Dubai just randomly spreading hate and you sound like one of them. Every place has pros and cons, stick to the real cons, please.

Isn't that the point of Dubai?

I'm so sorry you were married to a Disney adult. I loved Disneyland and Disney so much as a kid in the 80s and 90s but I can't imagine making it a lifestyle as an adult. Something wrong with them.

With how much it costs nowadays you could go on a really nice vacation somewhere else and see new things!

Agree. Disney is a place where you take kids to please the kids. I don’t understand why adults would like it.

I have one of those as a friend. Made her first husband go there every year, then after divorcing him she dragged her adult kids every year. Now she's remarried and they're more financillay secure, so she drags him there 3 times a year. I cannot fathom wasting all that money for some amusement rides. I can spend a week in Europe for the same amount, and have a much more fulfilling time.

PREACH

What I loved about Brussels--every five steps there was another chocolate shop!!!

My husband and I loved Brussels. The Grand-Place with the Maison du Roi was so beautiful, and the food was amazing!

Great sense of humor. Ji, ji,…

Brussels: +Chocolate +beer +nice and walkable - The strange fascination with peeing statues is a bit iffy, but not Akihabara iffy. -Politicians -Lots of prostitutes -lack of sunlight Solid C tier in terms of Europe. B+ tier in terms of the US. A tier in comparison to some really bad places my ancestors lived. As for his "would never go again" choice of Orlando, that competes with Las Vegas and the central part of Long Island as the worst part of the developed world.

Ha! I could tell by photos that I would hate it. Same for Las Vegas and LV lived up to my expectations!

I agree, the place is soulless, I would never go back.

Dubai is a dead city, i've been there, overrated.

Dubai, Las Vegas, Disney, are nothing but piece of s...hit.

I just imagine Dubai as Las Vegas minus all the fun parts of Vegas.

Agree

Dubai’s hideous. Too hot. Nothing to see here. Just dodging the sun in soulless, air-conditioned malls surrounded by pretentious wannabes. With you on Edinburgh, Marrakesh (and Morocco in general) but never been to Bangkok.

@@titteryenot4524 Bangkok is my favorite city in the world, you have to go!

@@movementii I go this year, do you have some recomendations?

Interesting because I spent 5 months in Thailand and the trip improved immeasurably once we left the capital.

You’re not alone. I grew up near Disneyland, wonderful memories but I’m done.

I despise Disney! 😂

It’s gone downhill over the last 20 years. Weird political agenda, too many people, sky high prices. Universal Studios is much much better and more fun!

Disney world has become woke programing for our children. Should be banned by law all things Disney as they've proven themself as partisan hacks and most likely pedo aswell

FYI- Disneyland is not any better. At least in Disney world , we’ll they have brews….

I'm not into beer, so that's not my jam in Belgium, but I LOVED Ghent when we visited last year. The Ghent Altarpiece was one of the most amazing works of art I've ever seen, and I've visited many of Europe's greatest art museums. I enjoyed visiting Bruges and Bastogne on different trips as well. I've never been to Brussels, though.

Yes -- I thought the food was outstanding in Brussels! (But I don't need to go back for anything else.)

@@lisalu910 You didn't go to Brussels ? Where did your plane land ? To go to Bastogne you need a car or maybe there a special bus for Muricuns ? Nothing to see there anyway it's just a litle town that's been destroyed in a recent war like many cities in Belgium , like Dinant, Leuven, Tournay, Nivelles , Veurn, Ieper etc, etc ...

Is that a “capital city syndrome” though. I feel like we all dislike our capital / major cities

@@sams3015 Nope, not really. Its just the people over there. Not super unsafe but I wouldn't wanna be alone at night, especially if I were a woman.

Unsafe? Come to Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo in the neighborhoods that are not for tourism...

@rhinnwai95 Agra is a dump (no offense). Nothing outside the Taj Mahal and the fort there. Yes, other cities are a lot more welcoming, despite their fair share of scams there. Mumbai is incredibly safer than many Western cities. I haven't been to Chennai although I stayed for 4 years in Karnataka. The entirety of the south is mostly humid haha. Jaipur too was nice (although in Rajasthan, I liked Mount Abu and Udaipur more than Jaipur).

​@@sahilanant123trust me ,every capital is horrific

As an American, most all our big cities are pretty generic. The secondary cities have all the flavor.

It’s sad that LA is so overrun with homeless people! I lived in SoCal in mid-80’s and it’s a shell of itself now. Nashville is getting overrun with tourists and is pretty much a huge generic country bar! Myself I agree WDW is way over rated. And in I am saving for a trip to Tokyo in 2025. I can’t wait and my favorite place in the USA is Gettysburg. I am a history nerd, and it’s close to so much there as well

I loved visiting LA. The weather, the cool people, a lot of outdoor activities, etc. You just have to plan it out decently.

@@GhostofSicklesleg If you don't like being overrun with tourists then good luck in Tokyo. Tokyo has double the population of the entire state of Tennessee. It's also one of the biggest tourist destinations in the world. You might do better in Osaka.

LA is my favorite city😢

I went to Disneyland as a kid and it was pretty great. Granted it was dumping rain when we went so the park was empty. You could basically walk on to every ride. What really kills Disney for me is the amount of people there normally. The rides and the experiences are carefully curated and really well themed something you could get at other parks like Universal studios so Disney is no longer unique in that respect but its still pretty neat. The people though really kills it. Pirates of the Caribbean and The haunted mansion are great but not so much when you have to wait 2 hours to get on the ride. If I want another well themed and expensive experience I will go back and see the Gol Stavechurch again in Oslo. Cant get much better themed than walking through a nearly 1000 year old wooden church.

Its crazy capitalism there, everything is so overpriced and extremely crowded so it certainly makes the experience sub par

Yes! I feel like Disney took a page out of PT Barnum's playbook: Hmmm, let's see....yeah, yeah, let's get people to pay a super high price just to get into a place where they are now a captive audience. And we'll have them do what?? Yeah, yeah, pay incredibly high prices for junk that has some sort of Disney logo on it. God it is awful!

@@ekaufman666 Same reason beers at a concert are 15 bucks. They got you captive so they are going to wring you for cash.

Glad to hear you won't be there. One less Karen at the parks.

Me too. High five.

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Disney at seas in Japan was amazing. I agree with the other parks in the USA

♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏 Yes

Wouldn't want to support Disney anymore, anyway.

Disney World and Disneyland are not the same place.

@@Lil_Angry_Bitch Really? Wow! Here's another one for you: Spain and Portugal are not the same country.

I think that’s the point of it. There are millions that enjoy commercialization and tackiness is in the eye of beholder. In any case, the remark smacks of elitism.

@@pawelpap9 no not at all I enjoy a bit of fun but Disney are a terrible corporate organisation remember they wouldn't allow a spiderman picture on some child's headstone "because of copyright infringement..." horrible organisation.

I went to Walt Disney World several times in the 80s, and really enjoyed it. Maybe it's changed a lot?

@@Shauma_llama Crowds, crowds, crowds. So expensive. The last couple of years they have been raising the admission price on a pretty regular basis. I think it's close to $200 now. The lines are horrendously long and in the summertime Florida weather, no thank you. Food is ridiculously overpriced. Fights between people and families break out all the time.

Might be crazy to say this but as someone who also worked at Disney, I honestly had more fun going to the malls in Orlando than Disneyworld itself.

@@BruceMusto I think it's fine if you go once or twice, obviously with kids or teenagers involved. The only park I would go to often if I still lived in florida would be Animal Kingdom, the rest can get pretty boring in my opinion.

Disney - been there/done that/don't ever want to go again. Vegas - never been/never want to go/couldn't make me go if you paid me.

@@lisalu910 for me "never been/never want to go/couldn't make me go if you paid me" would be any Carnival cruise or any all-inclusive resort. Those are "travel for people who don't actually like travel but want to Instagram like they do"

Vegas is amazing, sometimes I wonder if people know how to vacay.

Vegas is fun about once every 5 or 6 years for a weekend. Two days. No more. It is sensory overload and I just feel like I need a shower several times a day.

@@granolagirl71 I'd only ever go to LV if the trip is fully comped (don't care by who -- casino, my work, etc). I won't pay a dime of my own money to go there.

Difficult to skip on Santorini but I wouldn't go in June, July or August. Naxos was fantastic and relatively inexpensive when I went some years ago, and I wish I had spent some time on Paros.

We went to the island of Aegina instead. Only a 40 minutes boat trip from Athens, and absolutely lovely. Not too crowded, great weather, fantastic food. Loved it.

@@RuRaynor Aegina is fantastic, check out Agistri or Poros next time if staying in Athens!

Oh good golly! Yes! Last September four of us took a seven day cruise of the Greek Isles. One of my friends had made a restaurant reservation on the island to watch the "famous" Santorini sunset the evening we would be there. But then I started watching a RU-vidr named GreeceExplained. He is a tour guide in Athens and Santorini. He gave a very detailed description of what to expect when arriving by cruise ship at the island. He mentioned the often insane wait times for the gondola. So I did the math and realized we would not have enough time to eat at the restaurant, watch the sunset, travel back to the gondola, wait in line for it and a tender boat before the cruise ship left. So I had to break the news to my friends. They watched the video I sent to them explaining it all and had to agree it would not be possible. First thing in the morning at Santorini, one of my friends got us our tickets for the tender boat. We caught an early one. Happily there was no line at all for the gondola. We returned to the ship early evening, so the wait time was about 20 minutes for the gondola. We got freshened up, bought a cocktail and went on the top deck of the ship to watch the sunset. It was gorgeous! I actually think it was better to do it that way than from the island. Because to watch the glow from the sunset on the white cliffs of the island was beautiful. Then to see all the lights on the island come on as it got dark was magical. It was enjoyable being on the island. But I would never do Santorini again.

Once upon a time there was a beautiful island in Greece called Santorini. Delicious dishes, wines and a sunset. End of the tail.

There is a of truth to that. The more you plan for a certain destination the higher ones expectations tend to get for that destination which makes it a lot harder for that place to live up to what you were expecting.

@@damienyuen7718 totally, I had so much expectations to travel to Berlin, everyone I knew who went there said that it was their favorite city, and in just a matter os 6hs it went in to my Do not go if possible list

For me I was dying to go to Dubrovnik ever since I randomly found it on Google maps years ago and book my trip for last May. Months later, and I booked a trip to Rome because there was an extremely good airline deal/ cheapish hotels 2 weeks before my flight. Dubrovnik was beautiful, but it was mostly crowded by Americans and British tourists. There were no local cuisine restaurants that werent high end. Everyone spoke fluent English and so I didnt get a goof feel for the local culture. I then found out recently that Dubrovnik is one of the most touristy cities in Europe in terms of the amount of tourists vs locals. Rome, a last second trip, was beautiful, with waaay more Italians than tourists (French, German, Chinese, and sometimes British). There were a lot of local, cheap, Italian cafes and restaurants that served local foods. So overall I agree with you

I agree with this--I'm like this with movies too! I just returned from Finland and had very low expectations--because I didn't know anything about the country or area I'd be in--and now I want to return and explore even more of it!

@@Bards.98 Berlin is a nice place to switch trains. Hamburg is more interesting.

hmm... I don't know. It's still a pretty average City. London has mainstream sightseeing, but has A LOT of "off the beaten track" sightseeing, as does Berlin, Paris, etc.

@GeekyMedia Brussels actually has A LOT of sightseeing - both mainstream and off the beaten track. Some amazing architecture (sometimes a mix of great and awful modernist sh*t), some good museums, weird hidden spots, cool cafés and a big choice of good restaurants. There's many accessible green spaces and parks. It's also WAAAY smaller than London or Paris, less overwhelming, more laid back but still very multicultural. It's also pretty dirty (definitely in the city center), often badly organized, sometimes hard to navigate, doesn't really have an authentic identity anymore, etc. But it has a lot to offer🤗

I went there to stay with relatives on the southern edge of it and in the first week wondered whether I would get to the city centre. The roads and tram lines didn't seem to go there only to the inner city or they skirted past them. We didn't live near a Metro or train station. Then I accidentally found the tram behind some shops as we lived by a tram terminal so I went back the next day and jumped on it. It went round the houses a but bit the journey was so scenic taking me past different types of architecture. I would imagine I was in France, an Alpine village and Morocco.

​@@rheinhartsilvento2576Much of that is in tbe suburbs if you know where to look. It feels like it has two centres; the normal one and the Berlaymont.

but Ghent and Bruges, Leuven, Ypres, all those are better options for that

Mark's kids have plenty to compare it to. They have seen the real wonderlands; they don't need the expensive fantasy. 🏰

@@jgw5491 yes, Disney is a lot more impressive when you've never left your small stagnant town but constantly see the movies and parks on tv. To see this super pristine technologically advanced place can leave a very strong mark even on a young adult. And Disney was a lot more futuristic back in the 90s when there was no internet, videogames were lowpoly and tvs were small.

Not so busy these days.

Disney can kiss me arse😊 ...I hope that isn't too vulgar--just picture Shreck saying it instead of an angry Irishman

Ross Geller (of Friends) will love it there😂

When I went to Vegas, I spent more time in the desert than on the strip

Why Vegas?

@@EmpireStateExpress01 Have you ever been? It's a garishly tasteless mess full of heavyset yokels in casinos. Not to mention it's sprawling hellscape, completely car-centric and hostile to pedestrians. The most depressing place in America. Completely artificially built for tourists. It's literally full of replicas of actual nice places (New York, Paris, Venice, etc).

I loathe Vegas

@@stevenb9766 You nailed it.

Brussels is so much better than Amsterdam where you will mostly find American and British tourists behaving badly. There is zero flair in downtown Amsterdam, it's just tourists, tourists, more tourists and shops for tourists, nothing is authentic anymore. locals basically hate it and try to get rid of all the tourists. I hope they succeed. I will actively do my part and try to only be there if I cannot avoid it.

@@ag4444 I loved Amsterdam. One of the coolest places I’ve ever been to. As an American, when I think of a city, I think of New York, Boston or Chicago: skyscrapers everywhere, cars rushing through the streets, tons of noise, and a general dirty feeling. Amsterdam blew that completely out of the water. It was so busy but also so quiet at times, the weather was amazing, being able to walk literally everywhere was awesome, and everyone we met was so polite. I’ve been wanting to go back ever since we left.

For me as a dutchman the city of Amsterdam is just awfull. The smaller cities like Haarlem Alkmaar Leiden Utrecht Delft Schiedam Dordrecht are much nicer to visit.

Brussels is one of the most awesome cities in Europe! The Grand Place is the most awesome square in Europe that I've seen. And I've visited 32 cities across 19 European countries.

​@thistlebites2167 I'm an American who livedin NL, and I speak Dutch. Amsterdam is ok, but I agree, the smaller cities have something (I'd add groningen to the list)

were the sprouts a lot fresher there?

@@JK-br1mu Terrible name for a city. Reminds me of that gemmiferous tragedy.

I agree, a few days is certainly worth it.

I appreciate reading your comment. I can't understand how he says that Brussels is overrated, I don't think that many people in the US care too much about visiting Brussels or even Belgium in general. I often heard people said they were actually surprised by how many nice things there are in Belgium. So hearing him say that Brussels is overrated because it apparently has a "rep" is really weird to me.

I think the “rep” is more of a European thing due to it being EU capital of sorts, although it is EU capital precicely because some other countries have capitals in less important cities too, because big cities were competing for this status and if you have both France and Germany in EU, you will not give the capital to one or another 😃 But for many this status leads to hightened expectations

Hong Kong is not known for friendliness. Good food and shopping . Friendly service ? No.

I've just come back from Brussels and this was my experience as well. I travel mainly for art and architecture so I wasn't disappointed at all, but I made a point to skip the Manneken Pis and Atomium since I knew those things weren't going to be of much interest to me. I was also pleasantly surprised by how mellow the people of Brussels were.

Do you really rate Bruxelles over Bruges?

@@Lucian86 That's not all what I said, if you re-read my post

@@bastian6625 I didn't say you said that. I asked a question

@@Lucian86 I think they are very difficult to compare, especially regarding the size. I think for a day or two I would certainly chose Bruges as it is very pretty. But regarding culture (as the comment above mentioned) or even for a living, I would definitely chose Brussels. For me also one of the nicest market squares in Europe.

It's fun in your 20s with a group of your friends. I look at it as sort of enjoying that last hurrah of childhood pleasures before it starts to get old which i find nothing wrong with in my opinion.... I've done theme parks well into my 20s and early 30s but now that I'm reaching my 40s, I've become more of a museum, culture, walk around quaint shops in historical areas kinda guy. Mostly because I'm less tolerant of rides now.

@@knucklehoagies I went to Disney World the first time when I was 11 and hated it. Living in Atlanta, we went to Six Flags now and then in my teens, and I barely tolerated it even then. So that kind of thing isn't fun for everybody - regardless of age, some of us just don't like the theme park atmosphere.

@@lisalu910 no shit i didnt say it was fun for everybody and i am aware it's not everyones cup of tea. I was responding to the OPs comment about theme parks being fun as a kid but not so much as an adult and that he/she did not understand the whole "groups of adults going to theme parks" thing. I don't care about your own personal experiences. I'm speaking for those who like or have liked theme parks before.

Totally agree.

i honestly don't even like Bellewaerde anymore but it is likely way better than disney parks, they are busy but never extremely so and you can in fact bring your own food and drink if you wish so that is fine, it helps that people don't come to Belgium for the amusement parks specifically, still the allure dies down quite a bit when you are an adult

Me too

I love the original Disneyland in California. I was five years old when it opened, and our parents took us at least twice a year. It was one of the last places I went to when "saying goodbye" to my native California to retire in New York City. The Florida Disney is just not "warm and cozy" like the original Disneyland is.

Please clue me in - Assuming you're American, why would you go to France and waste one single minute of your time in that country going to DISNEYLAND PARIS? I honestly can't wrap my mind around that. 🙄

I used to live 30 ' from Disney Paris ® . I only went once with my son when he was a kid a week after inauguration in the 90's because I had a free pass for him, we saw Michael Jackson on stage.

How did Disney discriminate

Bleunau Ffestiniog in North Wales 🐑 is the Lizard King 👑 of places you *don't* want to visit 😩

Will you elaborate, please? Was it the company or the guests that harassed you? Regardless of the answer, I am so sorry. People su@k.

@@dianakorz0730 This was a corporate job so I had no interaction with guests- I was a technical writer. I was harassed and discriminated against by an employee and as a contractor I had no access to HR or any way to defend myself. Thank god I was financially stale enough that I could quit.

I expected the exact same lol. Kudos to him for naming two places!

Snowing in Orlando?

We did that too and ended up in Utrecht.

Brussels is one of the cities where you get decent food at 3AM. Actually that's one of the reasons why Brussels is on the top list for me ^^

Note that the Grand Place and most of the centre of Brussels isn't "medieval" but dates from 1695 or later. Due to a French artillery bombardment that year destroying most of the city. Those bloody French were aiming for the city hall tower but hit everything except that tower.

But as a whole they just don't come together as a nice city. I was in Brussels last summer and the only reactions that I had were "wtf is that", "is THIS a capital of the EU?" and "wow, this city is lost". As you said - a couple of interesting locations, but overall the city felt out of context, out of place, lacking charm and character. Like it doesn't know what it is.

@@the_doomcliff They are NATO. Enough said. Asia is much better.

@@the_doomcliff I guess it's an acquired taste

@@Elatenl It's without any doubt the de facto capital.

@@damienyuen7718 wtf youre talking about man? How is NATO related to this topic at all?

Really? I have the opposite feeling. I liked nothing in Brussels. Generally, I enjoy traveling in the region... I was expecting much more. Whatever

@@Dida16 I went in with zero expectations, so that's probably why I was surprised by how much I liked it. I can see how it wouldn't be everybody's cup of tea.

Brussels is beautiful!

Those strollers, the horrible strollers. The children were walking and mom had the stroller full of stuff they didn't want to carry. Awful place.

Naples is gorgeous but it's funny, even tho my family is from the region (all my male ancestors graduated from the University) I didn't care for it when I was there 2 years ago. it was just overwhelming. I joke that they're trying to be the Milano of the South. I speak Italian and I didn't find the people that warm and welcoming. Didn't do the tourist circuit so rather than stay the planned two weeks, I jumped a cheap flight to Palermo and LOVED it. the Sicilians are fantastic and this year, I spend a month in Salerno. Big difference from Napoli. Wonderful, warm, people. I had actually been in Napoli as an 11 year old kid and of all the places I saw that summer, good and bad, I remember Napoli the least. Except for my uncle's wedding, I can't tell you what we did there and it was 10 days in all. I only remember going to the house my grandfather maintained in the province and Pompeii on the way there. P.S. Salerno is not Sicily, I realize that came out confused. It is part of Campania and I was comparing to Napoli.

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For me Milan for some reason misses the typical Italian charm that you can find everywhery in Italy from Roma, Sicilia to even Torino.

the frankfurt of italy

​@@samelmudirFrankfurt has it's own charm, I think. Milan however, not.

I think bland would be a good description for Milan.

What's being a Scot have to do with anything?

Disneyland, CA is great. (except for crowds and Tomorrowland) Magic Kingdom, FL has become bleh and soul crushing.

@KoRnBaKo to show their perspective as someone not from the U.S.. It’s helpful to get an outside perspective on a cultural phenomenon. Makes me wonder why the US is so obsessed with Disney.

​@@KoRnBaKoit's unheard of in Europe for someone to visit Disney if you are adult 😂😂I

@@SRBOMBONICA86 I'll take you there any day, uh huh-huh huh-huh.

😆Kinda hard to blame Springfield for that! The Lincoln stuff is very cool though, if only for a day or so.

Out side of the Lincoln stuff not much to see or do in Springfield but couple of good places for a burger and craft beer and the people were friendly not like Chicago people at all.

Mate, we're talking about ACTUAL renowned cities in the world. Not some rural small town in the US no one travels to.

the largest on site employer in the united states that isnt the military? whats confusing?

@@resist1581 Disney is smart. They employ lots of people paying them low wages and then like good consumers they all go into debt.

Because kids absolutely love it? Not really for parents, but they do it for their kids.

@@damienyuen7718 Disney is known as one of the most expensive places on earth. they dont force anyone into debt.

@@resist1581 What's confusing is that it's so artificial and tacky...

It is symbolically important, but some of the other SA missions are just lovely.

Texas is not a desirable tourist destination.

Fellow Texan here and I agree with you. We found the nearby Ripley’s museums a lot more interesting lol!

Another fellow Texan and I loved the Alamo. It was moving. I thought of all the lives that were lost there.😢 Graceland and the Alamo were not as big as I expected but it didn't diminish the experience for me. 😊 I read that there are other missions as well as the Alamo to visit but so far I haven't. Remember the Alamo!