The Karl Pilkington Society of Tourist Attraction Let Down Awards

[jjandellis]

Just saw a post elsewhere about the Astronomical Clock in Prague being a great disappointment, second only to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid. I was discussing the Little Mermaid only yesterday!!!

So that's my first nomination: The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen.

I visited in 1998 and found it to be pathetically small akin to something you would find at the waters edge of a small UK towns' boating lake.

This isn't my photo, just pulled off google with people for scale - but I'm sure it was even smaller:



LET THE NOMINATIONS BEGIN!

[Woodsey]

I used to work for a Danish company, been dragged past that thing more times than I care to remember 

Somebody chopped its head off once though, that was quite funny 

[theprawnidentity]

The Needles Park on the Isle of Wight.  Absolute fucking wank.  Eroded so they're not even needles, just stumps.  The park that's built on the top of the hill is wank, the beach is wank, the walk down the beach is wank, the prices are wank and the attractions in the park are absolute complete fucking wank.

I would rather cut my dick off and throw it in a river then ever go back to that absolute shit hole!!!!!

[DMorgan]

The Needles Park on the Isle of Wight.  Absolute fucking wank.  Eroded so they're not even needles, just stumps.  The park that's built on the top of the hill is wank, the beach is wank, the walk down the beach is wank, the prices are wank and the attractions in the park are absolute complete fucking wank.

I would rather cut my dick off and throw it in a river then ever go back to that absolute shit hole!!!!!

Can confirm that The Needles are pretty.....lame

[TightEnd]

Stonehenge



Truly cracked tourists take a 40-minute hike up something called the "Hollyridge trail" to see big letters up close.




Loch Ness escapes because its beautiful.

[redarmi]

Just saw a post elsewhere about the Astronomical Clock in Prague being a great disappointment, second only to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid. I was discussing the Little Mermaid only yesterday!!!

So that's my first nomination: The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen.

I visited in 1998 and found it to be pathetically small akin to something you would find at the waters edge of a small UK towns' boating lake.

This isn't my photo, just pulled off google with people for scale - but I'm sure it was even smaller:



LET THE NOMINATIONS BEGIN!

I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised or disappointed when "The Little Mermaid" was small.  Surely the clue is in the name.

Not sure it counts as a tourist attraction as such but the Dulwich Portrait Gallery is by far the dullest afternoon I have ever spent anywhere.  Although an ex girlfriend once tried to sell me on a house in Stockwell on the basis that the "Type museum" was nearby and had  a glorious array of historical technologies for type design and manufacture.  I dodged that bullet though. 

[Graham C]

Golden Gate Bridge. Just a bridge made out of orange girders. Crap.

!!! It's an amazing bridge

Trevi (spelling?) fountain in Rome was a let down, pretty small and ugly and you can't move for people

[BorntoBubble]

Golden Gate Bridge. Just a bridge made out of orange girders. Crap.

!!! It's an amazing bridge

Trevi (spelling?) fountain in Rome was a let down, pretty small and ugly and you can't move for people

And it's no wonder the Italians don't play cricket. Your dodging bullets (coins) left right and centre!

[millidonk]

+1 on whole of Rome in general. Dirty place, felt let down by most things apart from the pizza and ice cream.

Actually like Stonehenge. Baffles me how they managed to knock that up.

Grand canyon was pretty meh for me.

[Woodsey]

lol at the Grand Canyon 

[millidonk]

lol at the Grand Canyon 

Big hole innit. Got one of them myself..

[Claw75]

Chicago, as a whole.  Like New York but without any of the stuff you'd actually want to see in New York.  Drinking establishments very thin on the ground too.

Was also very underwhelmed by Stonehenge first time I drove past it as a child (just thought it would be bigger!).  Like Milli though, I find the whole thing pretty incredible.

Stonehenge has also reminded me of something else, but it needs a new thread.

[AndrewT]

Was also very underwhelmed by Stonehenge first time I drove past it as a child (just thought it would be bigger!).  Like Milli though, I find the whole thing pretty incredible.

That's because Nigel wrote 18" when he meant to write 18'

[Claw75]

Was also very underwhelmed by Stonehenge first time I drove past it as a child (just thought it would be bigger!).  Like Milli though, I find the whole thing pretty incredible.

That's because Nigel wrote 18" when he meant to write 18'

haha was thinking of that whilst I was typing it

[corkeye]

Buckingham palace. Had no idea what I was expecting (well hello der queen)? But yeah completely shite.