INFORMAL POLL: Graceland

[Killick]

Just saw on 60 Minutes a mention of Graceland, and the fact that it costs $28 a head to tour Elvis' home.

So, I'm wondering - INFORMAL POLL TIME - has anyone here forked over the dough and toured what I imagine is the most morbid/garish place on earth?

Me? I don't think I can picture myself ever going there.

 

[User 1019]

Yep. Well worth it. Especially with the Christmas lights.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Overrated album.

Sorry ... wrong thread.

(If I visited the area, I'd go to Graceland. Why the hell not?)

 

[DanOregon]

When I blew through Memphis I hung out outside for a few minutes, signed the wall and headed to the hotel where MLK was shot and spent some time at Sun Records and Beale Street.

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

I did.

If you include parking it's $38.

 

[Killick]

Well, there you go, Dan. I've visited the hotel where MLK was shot. I missed out on Sun Records, but hit Beale Street - places where something happened. It just seems to me the G'land is somewhere to go see where a famous guy once wallowed in excess. Holds no interest for me.

But maybe my outlook is colored by the fact that I'm not really an Elvis fan. From the 50's movies to the sequined jumpsuit, he'll always be kitsch to me, really.

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

The kitsch factor was what appealed to me most, actually...

 

[Huggy]

I went and thought it was great. I did do the Spinal Tap "Heartbreak Hotel" thing out by the garden where he's buried.

I did Sun Studios too and that was very, very ****ing cool.

 

[ScribePharisee]

Not to do it twice.
I feel sorry for anyone living in Memphis who gets out-of-town guests.

Can you take us to Graceland?
Sure, it's our 29th visit.

 

[Huggy]

I didn't do the plane or the car collection.

 

[dixiehack]

Went at the wife's insistence like eight years ago, and don't remember it being that much. It's worth it ... once.

 

[John]

I went once, with my aunt and my grandmother. We had a blast.

But once was enough.

I've been to Graceland Too in Holly Springs, Miss., a couple of times.

 

[User 1019]

I went once, with my aunt and my grandmother. We had a blast.

But once was enough.

I've been to Graceland Too in Holly Springs, Miss., a couple of times.

Way better than the real Graceland, if you ask me.

 

[Killick]

Dear God, there's another one?[/facepalm]

 

[User 1019]

Oh, yeah

 

[DanOregon]

I checked out the Holly Springs place. Pretty cool. When I mentioned it to a woman at the local visitor's center she didn't seem to proud of it.
And I did check out Elvis' first house in Tupelo, Miss. They have a little museum there with a lot of his stuff - don't think it cost more than $15 bucks.

 

[Killick]

That one, I think, I'd check out. I'm weird.

EDIT: I mean Tupelo, not whatever that pink atrocity is.

 

[John]

That one, I think, I'd check out. I'm weird.

EDIT: I mean Tupelo, not whatever that pink atrocity is.

It helps to have a few beers before heading to Graceland Too. I was a student at Ole Miss the two or three times I went.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

Went to Graceland several years ago and like others have said, it's fun ONCE. ... It's much smaller than I ever imagined it and if you get bored easily, it's likely not the place for you.

I don't recall the admission being $28 though. That's steep.
For $28, I want at least a happy ending.

 

[Killick]

Holy ****. I had to check... $28 is the cheapest ticket, and that goes up to $30 after Jan. 1.

Highest, btw, is $69.
http://www.elvis.com/graceland/tickets/