re: What is the worst vacation you've ever been on...

It's not my favorite way to get ringworm, but it'll do.

I have gone to Disney once, when I was a kid... I think I was 8 or 9 years old. It was okay, of course it didn't have everything it had now, but my favorite part of it was Epcot.

While I understand parents wanting to bring their kids there once, I do not understand those who continue to go back on a regular basis.. But if that's what they like who am I to say they shouldn't?

Anyway, the worst vacation I went on.. I think it was the summer before my freshman year of high school. My mom and I went on a camping trip with three of my other aunts (one of their husband's) and their kids.

We drove all day then stopped somewhere, put up the tents, etc went to sleep, got up, picked up everything and got back into our vehicles and got back on the road. We did this until we got to Wyoming. Went Through Texas, Oklahoma, & Colorado. I forgot how long it took us to get there, but I want to say the first night we camped in Texas, the next day we were still in Texas and camped out there the 2nd night in a row then on the third day we went into Oklahoma, where we stopped to grocery shop then camped somewhere in Colorado.

The next day we drove to Colorado Springs. We got there later afternoon and stayed there for a day. Then the next night we camped somewhere close to Wyoming. The next night, the plan was to drive and when it was time to stop they would just find a camp ground. Well, as it got later and later, the only place they could find was this area that had no facilities, there were only a few vehicles there and we had to end up sleeping on our vehicles. We had 5 adults and 9 kids ranging from the age of about 3 - 15.

Me and my cousins who were near the same age as me gambled for most of the beginning of the trip until we started fighting and one of my cousins won a big pot, put down the window stuck his hand with the money, out of the window, waving it to all the cars passing by.

Riding all day is boring and teenagers and kids do stupid shite. My little cousin, she was 3 or 4 at the time. She told us she wanted to be an indian, so we took markers, that we didn't really know was permanent markers and drew all over her face like an indian. When we stopped and had to go grocery shopping, when her mom realized we drew all over her face with permanent markers and she had to go into public with it all over her face, she went crazy on us.

When we were close to Colorado Springs, we saw a bear going up the mountain so they stopped so everyone could watch it. Several of my cousins jump out of the vehicle and decided to go chase it. Between all of us fighting and doing stupid shite, the adults decided they were going to make the rest of the trip miserable for us. It ended up being a huge cluster frick of a trip.

Went to Phoenix in October a couple of years ago to play baseball in the NABA Nationals. Done this trip several times in years past. This time, we stayed at a bargain "suites" hotel where the "suite" was just a room with a kitchenette.

Room smelled musty and moldy, had to be aired out constantly. Moved to another room, same smell. Couldn't change hotels because paid in advance through Priceline.

Couldn't go to any national parks because the federal government was shut down because of budget squabbles.

Cancelled a day trip to Prescott because the whole city was in mourning over the loss of 13 firefighters in a wildfire.

Nothing much to do but dine out and lose $$$ at Indian casinos. Golf out because of the wife being there with me. We had already been to Sedona, Grand Canyon, Bisbee, and Tombstone on previous trips.

Our team lost nearly every game, missed playoffs. Went home early and disgusted at considerable extra expense.

Worst thing was The Lovely & Talented Mrs. Lammo was so pissed and disgusted at my morose and whiny arse, she said she'd never go back to Phoenix for baseball ever again.

Having grown up around here, it still blows my mind that people vacation in Branson

I don't think I've ever had a bad vacation but I've never been to Disney so that's probably why

My wife and I were a few months from being married and my wife's little brother was on a soccer team that won the state championship in Mississippi, and was playing in a regional tournament at Panama City.

Somehow we got talked into going on this trip to watch "the greatest 12 year old soccer team Mississippi had ever produced" win its way to the national tournament.

We figured we would hang out at the beach while they spent the day at the soccer fields. No. My mother in law insisted that we come and watch every game. Thunderstorms came in and it delayed games so we basically did nothing but watch 12 year old soccer and go to cheap restaurants the entire time.

The worst part, they quickly found out that their team wasn't the only one that was stacked. A team from North Carolina beat them 12-0. They didn't get blown out in the other two games, but they only scored one goal total. So my father in law was pissed the entire time and the trip back was hell.

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The men I've met here that are really into Disney stuff give me a creepy vibe for the most part.

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there are a couple of them on this board and the Travel board and yes they are creepily weird guys, or come across so in their e-personalities at least

One of the worst things you can do to me is put me on a schedule or plan.

Disney World is all about a plan and it drives me nuts. I stayed in the first half of the day. I've been nothing but harassed by the other half of my family for not going out to the parks.

This is driving me nuts. I'm 32. I have no kids. This was a mistake. I'm hating my life at the moment.

Cant say i've had a bad one.