Pushing The Boat Out..

[real mad hatter]

Ok..Question time...So your planning your biggest WDW vacation ever..For what ever reason..It may be a big anniversary..A wedding..A big birthday...Your last one...So how far would you push the boat out to achieve your goal..$$$$$$$$...We always have a target in our heads how much we are willing to spend on a Disney trip..Yes it's probably our most expensive vacation that we ever do..But how far would you go,money wise,to fulfil your dream holiday..?

 

[englanddg]

I wish I hadn't responded as my head now hurts ( and that's with no drink ) It's not even noon here..But to clarify one thing..My parliament...???Oh you mean England...Wrong country...

Yes...wrong country...

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/

 

[englanddg]

Oh....wait....

You all have a parliamentary system as well.

 

[real mad hatter]

Oh....wait....

You all have a parliamentary system as well.

Yes..We all gather in a secret building..drink gallons of whisky..eat plates of haggis..Then fall asleep..

 

[englanddg]

Yes..We all gather in a secret building..drink gallons of whisky..eat plates of haggis..Then fall asleep..

And that's the way government should be run! <grin>

 

[real mad hatter]

And that's the way government should be run! <grin>

Cheers..I'll raise my glass to you later Sir.."Should auld acquaintance be forgot,and never brought to mind."

 

[JIMINYCR]

My attitude has always been.... Plan what I want, I can always work more tomorrow and make more money. I'll spend what I know I can pay back on the trip but never so much that I start to worry about what I've spent. We're very conservative in our lifestyle and have never been in financial straights, so at least until the govt starts demanding more from me and my business, I'm OK. Trip spending, dollar wise, on an ultimate trip..plan until I see my bank balance drop to where it would begin to make me worry.

 

[jkl2000]

He obviously has never lived there, or frankly...didn't stay very long to see that much of the city.

Doing it on that sort of budget, yep, I'm sure he adored it. It's like people who rave about what a wonderful place Charleston, SC is...or NYC...

Mind you, I'm not a detractor of NOLA, and I'm not trying to get into a discussion about it. The city has changed quite a bit since Katrina...but...it is still NOLA.

There are 3 types of people in NOLA.

1) The people who make the city wonderful
2) The people who are tearing the city apart
3) The people who come and visit for a weekend or two and think that happy guy they meet to suck up their tourist dollar isn't stuck between the two...

I know that's generic, but to get much deeper into it would require a lot more than this forum post will be.

It's culturally probably the most complex city in the US I've ever been in. Close competators would be Charleston, Savannah and NYC.

The rest are rather...plain, with more "regional" brushstrokes rather than wholly unique cultures.

Nice to know someone from Europe considers one of the crappiest cities to live in the US one of their best experiences though (not meant as a slight, it's just a fact)...

Are you saying NYC is one of the worst US cities to live in? I lived in it for about 45 years and heartily disagree!

(I've removed my political comment because...why go there? But my NYC comment stands. However, on with the thread...)