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Morally Bankrupt ‘One Percenters’ Exploit Handicapped To Skip Disney’s Long Lines Just when you thought the ‘one percent’ couldn’t get any more detached from the real world, a story in today’s New York Post shows just how spoiled they really are. While doing research for an upcoming book, anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin found out about a despicable scheme that some fiscally rich but morally bankrupt parents have been using in order to give the lines at Disney World the slip. Paying around $1,000 a day, these parents have been hiring a handicapped tour guide to exploit the rules of the theme park by using her scooter and handicapped pass to bypass lines. As per park policy, the handicapped may use a different entrance to the attractions, bringing up to six guests with them. The lines at the theme park can be hours long, but one wealthy mother bragged about waiting only one minute to get on a ride. The mom goes on to say, “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.” Among these rich Manhattan parents, the information has been kept very close to the chest. “It’s insider knowledge that very few have and share carefully,” said Dr. Martin. Because of the aura of exclusivity, those who use their handicapped tour guide don’t feel like they are doing anything wrong. Instead, they feel “privileged.” One can only imagine them using their “black-market” tour guide with a smug look on their faces, but that is, hopefully, no more. Now the scheme has been uncovered, and it has been revealed that the handicapped tour guide is allegedly a woman working for the company Dream Tours Florida. Of course, their website makes no public mention of their ‘handicapped tour guide for hire.’ But all this begs the question: at $1,000 a day, who’s exploiting who? Let’s just say that Dream Tours Florida should have charged more before being discovered. After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney’s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn’t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. http://tinyurl.com/azvyhzx |
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On 5/15/2013 7:59 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
Morally Bankrupt ‘One Percenters’ Exploit Handicapped To Skip Disney’s Long Lines Just when you thought the ‘one percent’ couldn’t get any more detached from the real world, a story in today’s New York Post shows just how spoiled they really are. While doing research for an upcoming book, anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin found out about a despicable scheme that some fiscally rich but morally bankrupt parents have been using in order to give the lines at Disney World the slip. Paying around $1,000 a day, these parents have been hiring a handicapped tour guide to exploit the rules of the theme park by using her scooter and handicapped pass to bypass lines. As per park policy, the handicapped may use a different entrance to the attractions, bringing up to six guests with them. The lines at the theme park can be hours long, but one wealthy mother bragged about waiting only one minute to get on a ride. The mom goes on to say, “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.” Among these rich Manhattan parents, the information has been kept very close to the chest. “It’s insider knowledge that very few have and share carefully,” said Dr. Martin. Because of the aura of exclusivity, those who use their handicapped tour guide don’t feel like they are doing anything wrong. Instead, they feel “privileged.” One can only imagine them using their “black-market” tour guide with a smug look on their faces, but that is, hopefully, no more. Now the scheme has been uncovered, and it has been revealed that the handicapped tour guide is allegedly a woman working for the company Dream Tours Florida. Of course, their website makes no public mention of their ‘handicapped tour guide for hire.’ But all this begs the question: at $1,000 a day, who’s exploiting who? Let’s just say that Dream Tours Florida should have charged more before being discovered. After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney’s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn’t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. http://tinyurl.com/azvyhzx Don't you wish you had thought up the scheme? A minor example of exploiting the rich. Right up your alley. |
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On May 15, 7:59*am, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
Morally Bankrupt ‘One Percenters’ Exploit Handicapped To Skip Disney’s Long Lines Just when you thought the ‘one percent’ couldn’t get any more detached from the real world, a story in today’s New York Post shows just how spoiled they really are. While doing research for an upcoming book, anthropologist Dr. Wednesday Martin found out about a despicable scheme that some fiscally rich but morally bankrupt parents have been using in order to give the lines at Disney World the slip. Paying around $1,000 a day, these parents have been hiring a handicapped tour guide to exploit the rules of the theme park by using her scooter and handicapped pass to bypass lines. As per park policy, the handicapped may use a different entrance to the attractions, bringing up to six guests with them. The lines at the theme park can be hours long, but one wealthy mother bragged about waiting only one minute to get on a ride. The mom goes on to say, “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.” Among these rich Manhattan parents, the information has been kept very close to the chest. “It’s insider knowledge that very few have and share carefully,” said Dr. Martin. Because of the aura of exclusivity, those who use their handicapped tour guide don’t feel like they are doing anything wrong. Instead, they feel “privileged.” One can only imagine them using their “black-market” tour guide with a smug look on their faces, but that is, hopefully, no more. Now the scheme has been uncovered, and it has been revealed that the handicapped tour guide is allegedly a woman working for the company Dream Tours Florida. Of course, their website makes no public mention of their ‘handicapped tour guide for hire.’ But all this begs the question: at $1,000 a day, who’s exploiting who? Let’s just say that Dream Tours Florida should have charged more before being discovered. After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney’s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn’t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. http://tinyurl.com/azvyhzx More clip n paste ****. |
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On 5/15/13 2:25 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:47 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/15/13 1:11 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney?s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn?t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. The last time I was at Disney (last fall) the fast pass was free. You just get a pass at each ride and come back at the appointed time. Then you get right on. If you stack those passes, it is hard to walk between the rides fast enough to make all of them and you are riding all day. The "handicapped" situation is so loose, I can't imagine why anyone would pay. You just have to say you are handicapped and they will give/rent you a scooter. Then you can jump the line. Most of the "handicapped" people I saw looked like their biggest handicap was the inability to stop feeding their face. I detest Disney World. Took my kids there at least four times, and once to Disneyland. In the spring or fall, it's a fun place to be. In the summer, it's a place to be avoided because of the heat, humidity, and crowds. Went there about three years ago for a few days, one day in Disney World, one day in the Animal Park, which we enjoyed more. It was around Thanksgiving, and the crowds weren't bad. Busch Gardens in Tampa is a lot better than anything in Orlando with a lot less traffic. The animals there don't look as "caged" as they are at Disney. I like Tampa and St. Pete. Wife's grandmother lived there for decades, and when we visited, I loved picking fresh citrus fruit off her trees. I liked the beaches, too. |
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On 5/15/13 1:11 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney?s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn?t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. The last time I was at Disney (last fall) the fast pass was free. You just get a pass at each ride and come back at the appointed time. Then you get right on. If you stack those passes, it is hard to walk between the rides fast enough to make all of them and you are riding all day. The "handicapped" situation is so loose, I can't imagine why anyone would pay. You just have to say you are handicapped and they will give/rent you a scooter. Then you can jump the line. Most of the "handicapped" people I saw looked like their biggest handicap was the inability to stop feeding their face. I detest Disney World. Took my kids there at least four times, and once to Disneyland. In the spring or fall, it's a fun place to be. In the summer, it's a place to be avoided because of the heat, humidity, and crowds. Went there about three years ago for a few days, one day in Disney World, one day in the Animal Park, which we enjoyed more. It was around Thanksgiving, and the crowds weren't bad. First time we went, back in the mid 1970s, the Orlando airport was nothing much. I have no problems at all with tropical heat and humidity. It's the damned crowds. I've been there many many times, and I've NEVER seen it when it was other than paying a LOT of money to go stand in lines. I'm betting that the ratio of standing in line to actually riding a ride is 10:1 or so. I lived in Kissimmee when Disney opened in '71, it was a cow town. Actual cowboys even. Disney ruined the area. |
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says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 14:17:47 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/15/13 1:11 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney?s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn?t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. The last time I was at Disney (last fall) the fast pass was free. You just get a pass at each ride and come back at the appointed time. Then you get right on. If you stack those passes, it is hard to walk between the rides fast enough to make all of them and you are riding all day. The "handicapped" situation is so loose, I can't imagine why anyone would pay. You just have to say you are handicapped and they will give/rent you a scooter. Then you can jump the line. Most of the "handicapped" people I saw looked like their biggest handicap was the inability to stop feeding their face. I detest Disney World. Took my kids there at least four times, and once to Disneyland. In the spring or fall, it's a fun place to be. In the summer, it's a place to be avoided because of the heat, humidity, and crowds. Went there about three years ago for a few days, one day in Disney World, one day in the Animal Park, which we enjoyed more. It was around Thanksgiving, and the crowds weren't bad. Busch Gardens in Tampa is a lot better than anything in Orlando with a lot less traffic. The animals there don't look as "caged" as they are at Disney. Now, I remember going to Busch Gardens for $1.00 a carload in the late '60's with my parents. There was no amusement park, but was a lot of fun riding the tram around, and I'll agree it's a lot nicer than Disney. |
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On 5/15/13 2:36 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/15/13 1:11 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: After all, they were selling themselves cheaper than Disney?s own VIP tour guides, which come with a Fast Pass that doesn?t let you skip the line altogether and still costs about three times more. The last time I was at Disney (last fall) the fast pass was free. You just get a pass at each ride and come back at the appointed time. Then you get right on. If you stack those passes, it is hard to walk between the rides fast enough to make all of them and you are riding all day. The "handicapped" situation is so loose, I can't imagine why anyone would pay. You just have to say you are handicapped and they will give/rent you a scooter. Then you can jump the line. Most of the "handicapped" people I saw looked like their biggest handicap was the inability to stop feeding their face. I detest Disney World. Took my kids there at least four times, and once to Disneyland. In the spring or fall, it's a fun place to be. In the summer, it's a place to be avoided because of the heat, humidity, and crowds. Went there about three years ago for a few days, one day in Disney World, one day in the Animal Park, which we enjoyed more. It was around Thanksgiving, and the crowds weren't bad. First time we went, back in the mid 1970s, the Orlando airport was nothing much. I have no problems at all with tropical heat and humidity. It's the damned crowds. I've been there many many times, and I've NEVER seen it when it was other than paying a LOT of money to go stand in lines. I'm betting that the ratio of standing in line to actually riding a ride is 10:1 or so. I lived in Kissimmee when Disney opened in '71, it was a cow town. Actual cowboys even. Disney ruined the area. We were in Kissimmee once, in the mid-1990s. Never went back. |
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My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10.
Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. |
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On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote:
My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. |
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One other memory....to get a free breakfast for the family, and out of curiosity, we took one of the tours selling time sharing.
We were warned by friends that it can be a hard sell tour and they were correct. I wouldn't do that again...and yes, I resisted buying a week in a new condo development just so we could spend vacation time in Orlando each year. |
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On 5/15/13 4:21 PM, True North wrote:
One other memory....to get a free breakfast for the family, and out of curiosity, we took one of the tours selling time sharing. We were warned by friends that it can be a hard sell tour and they were correct. I wouldn't do that again...and yes, I resisted buying a week in a new condo development just so we could spend vacation time in Orlando each year. Been on one of those in Virginia Beach. We were told it would take an hour and in return we would get pretty good dinners at three very good local restaurants. It was raining that morning, so it wasn't a beach day. Sales pitch took two hours, we said no, but we did get three good dinners for two at two of our favorite restaurants and one we'd never previously visited. A time share, to me, is a horrifically stupid purchase. The owner of the time share gets to sell the damned thing 52 times. We did stay at a Disney time share a few years ago, though, and the place was first class. |
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On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? |
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On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
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On 5/15/13 9:07 PM, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 15 May 2013 07:59:14 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: Morally Bankrupt ‘One Percenters’ Exploit Handicapped To Skip Disney’s Long Lines === Nice try Harry but I'm not a "One Percenter" and I've never been to Disney World. Whoosh. |
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On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? |
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On Thu, 16 May 2013 05:36:21 -0400, Hank© wrote: On 5/16/2013 5:28 AM, wrote: On Wed, 15 May 2013 16:27:15 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/15/13 4:21 PM, True North wrote: One other memory....to get a free breakfast for the family, and out of curiosity, we took one of the tours selling time sharing. We were warned by friends that it can be a hard sell tour and they were correct. I wouldn't do that again...and yes, I resisted buying a week in a new condo development just so we could spend vacation time in Orlando each year. Been on one of those in Virginia Beach. We were told it would take an hour and in return we would get pretty good dinners at three very good local restaurants. It was raining that morning, so it wasn't a beach day. Sales pitch took two hours, we said no, but we did get three good dinners for two at two of our favorite restaurants and one we'd never previously visited. A time share, to me, is a horrifically stupid purchase. The owner of the time share gets to sell the damned thing 52 times. We did stay at a Disney time share a few years ago, though, and the place was first class. My brother in law showed me how to get out of those time share sales pitches in a few minutes. He has the uncanny ability to do fairly complex math in his head and he simply runs the numbers on the actual cost of ownership verses the cost of a real nice hotel and talks loud enough to distract the other sales pitches in that bullpen. I take a calculator but the principle is the same. We usually are told "well I see you are not interested" and they send us on our way. I seem to be on a black list tho. They don't call me anymore but it might just be that the time share business is going away.. Harry is the only one I know of who walked away from a time share presentation, a winner. We always got the free room and whatever vouchers they offered. Florida passed a law in the 70s that says you don't really have to listen to the whole pitch to get the gifts. FlaJim didn't take the "How do deal with the real world when you are mustered out of the navy" course. |
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On 5/16/13 11:04 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? Harry, I said that I fully understood that you don't like adventure or the outdoors. You've made it very clear in the past that you want to fly somewhere so that you don't have to see the countryside, and you want to go to a hotel and stay there. There's Bok Tower, a very nice place to visit, some very nice lakes and swamps for photography, Old Town, the Colonial Estate, the Warbird Museum. I like going to East Lake fish camp, but then again, it isn't a five star hotel so you wouldn't. I've stayed at fish camps to fish. |
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On 5/16/2013 10:18 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 5/16/13 8:45 AM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 5:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/15/13 3:10 PM, True North wrote: My memory of Kissimmee was the endless shops selling t-shirts...around $12.00 for 10. Seems to me there was a place where you could go see alligators for a fee. This would have been the early 90s. My most vivid memory of that trip was loosing our 12 year old son at Disney and then losing our 10 years old son at Epcot Center. Yes, found both....the youngest after searching for hours. I remember the Tee-Shirts of Kissimmee, too. There's not much else about the town I recall, other than the same "See the Gators" exhibit. We were there in the mid 1990's; wife was taking a two or three day state exam in one of several large classrooms in a building owned by the Tupperware company. Widely used facility...the CPA exam was being given there at the same. The Orlando area is pretty congested. Orlando is now, it didn't used to be bad at all. There's some cool things to see and do in Kissimmee, but not for those who do the tourist thing and don't want an adventure. Staying two nights in Kissimmee seemed adventure enough. If there is a compelling reason to revisit, what is it? Yes, but I know you aren't the adventurous type and don't like the outdoors, so no, not for you. You're wrong on both counts. What could I do in Kissimmee that I couldn't do in a million other places? Wrestle alligators? Have you ever tried it? It might be fun. |
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On 5/16/13 12:20 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/16/13 11:24 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:14:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/16/13 11:04 AM, iBoaterer wrote: I've stayed at fish camps to fish. If you like Bass fishing, it is hard to beat central Florida. That is where people get the fish that they cheat with everywhere else ;-) I've fished for bass many times in central Florida. This fish camp is the real deal, it's not a resort. You wouldn't like it. Gee, I had no idea you were the arbiter of what is or what is not a fish camp. |
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says... On 5/16/13 12:20 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/16/13 11:24 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:14:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/16/13 11:04 AM, iBoaterer wrote: I've stayed at fish camps to fish. If you like Bass fishing, it is hard to beat central Florida. That is where people get the fish that they cheat with everywhere else ;-) I've fished for bass many times in central Florida. This fish camp is the real deal, it's not a resort. You wouldn't like it. Gee, I had no idea you were the arbiter of what is or what is not a fish camp. The resort types are just like canned hunts. I detest that. |
Wayne's World...
On 5/16/13 2:00 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article , says... On 5/16/13 12:20 PM, iBoaterer wrote: In article , says... On 5/16/13 11:24 AM, wrote: On Thu, 16 May 2013 11:14:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 5/16/13 11:04 AM, iBoaterer wrote: I've stayed at fish camps to fish. If you like Bass fishing, it is hard to beat central Florida. That is where people get the fish that they cheat with everywhere else ;-) I've fished for bass many times in central Florida. This fish camp is the real deal, it's not a resort. You wouldn't like it. Gee, I had no idea you were the arbiter of what is or what is not a fish camp. The resort types are just like canned hunts. I detest that. Never stayed at a "resort" fish camp, and don't know of any. The few I have stayed at had small cabins, or places for pickup trucks with slide-in campers, a launch ramp, a bait and tackle shack, and a place to clean your fish, and sometimes a rustic restaurant. |
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