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Post by Al Alven on Sept 24, 2006 12:25:53 GMT -5
I was joking, Hulk. I do have many Wildwood-related regrets, but, for sure, never staying at the Grand was NOT one of them. Honestly, I feel like I need to take a long shower every time I even pass the place.
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Post by Al Alven on Sept 24, 2006 12:27:22 GMT -5
Fitting, huh? This is just awesome. ;D Great pic, Kathi... yep, this says it all!
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Post by hulk007 on Sept 24, 2006 20:07:11 GMT -5
I think even the gulls are grossed out by this place.
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Post by hulk007 on Sept 24, 2006 20:29:07 GMT -5
They should take out the Grand and Pier 6600 in one huge explosion.
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Sept 25, 2006 1:37:50 GMT -5
This is just awesome. ;D Great pic, Kathi... yep, this says it all! Thanks I took that shot with this forum in mind, of course... glad you enjoyed my little exercise in photographic black humor. At the time, I was sorely in need of it. I tried to be judicious in the use of the dusk hours during my visit; as you've said, Al, dusk is an especially good time to photograph signage. That night I decided to devote the dusk period to the southernmost portion of the Crest (below Farragut) to grab whatever was left that was worth a photo, which ain't much, as we all know... Well, that Sunday twilight time turned out to be the low point of my trip. The combination of decaying old buildings and sterile new ones--all those condos down there--with almost no people on the street makes that end of Atlantic Ave so spooky and foreign to me, I was almost having agoraphobic attacks as I walked around. I think my days of wishing I could afford to stay at the Reges (mainly for the sake of those big oceanfront sliding doors on the rooms) are over. But I'm glad business seems to be holding up for the Reges. With most of the firemen gone home, it was still full, according to the woman at the desk, and the number of vehicles in the parking lot supported her claim. She said the Reges had not been affected at all by the changes swirling around it. It is probably protected somewhat by its group business, which tends to be repeat business. You know, all those buses full of bluehairs
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Post by thelastresort on Sept 25, 2006 7:00:03 GMT -5
maybe someone can do a haunted house in it for Halloween?
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Post by MMM on Sept 25, 2006 20:55:33 GMT -5
But I'm glad business seems to be holding up for the Reges. With most of the firemen gone home, it was still full, according to the woman at the desk, and the number of vehicles in the parking lot supported her claim. She said the Reges had not been affected at all by the changes swirling around it. It is probably protected somewhat by its group business, which tends to be repeat business. You know, all those buses full of bluehairs They tend to sell a lot of packages for the weekdays in the off-season - don't think they do much with the bus groups...
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Sept 26, 2006 0:25:15 GMT -5
But I'm glad business seems to be holding up for the Reges. With most of the firemen gone home, it was still full, according to the woman at the desk, and the number of vehicles in the parking lot supported her claim. She said the Reges had not been affected at all by the changes swirling around it. It is probably protected somewhat by its group business, which tends to be repeat business. You know, all those buses full of bluehairs They tend to sell a lot of packages for the weekdays in the off-season - don't think they do much with the bus groups... Well, it's just an impression, Martin, but a long-standing one. My family stayed at the Reges for a week or so every year from the year it opened (1972 I guess) until about 1995, more than 20 years. And EVERY time we were there on a Sunday, there was a busload of seniors on the premises. What made that memory indelible was their annoying tendency to show up all at once for breakfast in the coffee shop , which put a noticeable strain on the teamwork of Ted and company at times... But maybe the motel's business mix has changed somewhat over the past decade.
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Post by hulk007 on Sept 27, 2006 7:27:20 GMT -5
I know the Royal Hawaiian was running a senior trip last week out of Pequanonck up by me.
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Post by fuzzyscorpio on Sept 27, 2006 10:30:58 GMT -5
Heh, funny you should mention that, Hulk, because I visited the Royal Hawaiian at one point during firemen's weekend, and it looked like an AARP convention was in session (nothing against AARP, I'm a member myself )--in fact, most of the open space in the game room was occupied by a huge table packed with senior women playing cards. Hey, it's their kind of place (as is the Reges), it's a cushier environment than the typical doo-wop motel. You reach a point in life, I guess, where you don't want to be dragging luggage up a metal staircase to the second floor of a place like the LuFran. I like the LuFran a lot but I'm probably not going to be booking there when I'm 80.
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Post by hulk007 on Sept 27, 2006 16:26:38 GMT -5
It was a seven day trip to RH which included day trips to cape and AC. What more could a senior citizen ask for. ;D
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Post by thelastresort on Sept 27, 2006 16:47:58 GMT -5
It was a seven day trip to RH which included day trips to cape and AC. What more could a senior citizen ask for. ;D Not only for seniors! Hell, that sounds like a great time, even for a soon-to-be-middle-aged citizen like myself!
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Post by wildwanderer on Oct 12, 2006 12:11:31 GMT -5
They should take out the Grand and Pier 6600 in one huge explosion. Definately the Pier 6600. Yuck.
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Post by nance on Oct 15, 2006 2:10:51 GMT -5
Well, looking at the picture, the birds seem to think it's "grand."
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