Things not to do in Orlando

If you're idea of a vacation is spending a week at Universal Studios and shopping at outlet malls and Ikea, then you deserve everything you get

 

In fairness, I wanted the rental car, but she overruled me.
Indeed, the only time we have needed it was the first night, after that, the I-ride trolley has been getting us where we need to go.
As for the Ikea, my Podunkville doesn't have a store and she wanted to go.
Also of note: The Dr. Doom ride, crushed her boobs. To the point of she didn't up, they have this test seat and she tried it out. It was a no go.
Lots of Europeans here, I said more than half the crowd has been international tourists.
And I haven't seen a Bennigan's. Now, if you had said TGI Friday's, that would have been a hell yes. One on every corner.

 

Trying to add the missing word on my own is producing some disturbing results.

 

I didn't even go to an Ikea when I went to Sweden. And I've never been to one, either.

You really expect a minimum-wage-earning clerk to know how much a cab costs to get from point A to point B?

And yeah, outlet malls are a ripoff. That's not news, though.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip. Do you at least have a street map?

 

TTIUWP

 

Bennigan's is out of business now.

And I didn't mean Bennigans, literally. It's just that type of town ... a series of mediocre chain restaurants, speckled in between the strip malls.

It's not a bad city. It's just that, for the most part, I can get the same effect by driving out to the suburbs of the city that I live in.

 

There's still a Bennigan's in Tampa's Channelside district. Not sure why, because every other one I know of is gone. But your point is taken. I liked to visit Orlando when my sister lived there, but I would never live (or spend more than a few days) there. Like you say, just chains, outlet malls and theme parks. And the traffic is brutal.