Post #683910 by Ragbag Comics on Sat, Jun 29, 2013 10:26 AM

I signed awhile back;

We've never been to Hawaii, but (of course) it's on our list of "somedays."

The International Marketplace would be one of our top "must visits" (along
with La Mariana)... I dunno, tho- the more I read about modern Hawaii, the
more it sounds like kind of a bummer even while being one of the most beautiful
places on earth.

Spending the time and cash to fly to Hawaii from Chicago just to walk around in
what sounds more and more like the tropical equivalent of The Shops at
Caesar's Palace is not my bag at all, whatsoever.

(...Of course, just having read the thread(s) about the Waikikian & Tahitian Lanai
might have something to do with my crappy outlook on the 50th State at the moment.)

Let's hope someone has the cojones to turn down the giant bags with dollar signs on them
and keep the IMP going. I would think most modern travelers going to Hawaii for the first
time (whether they care about Tiki or not)would want to see SOMETHING with some vintage,
tourist-y charm. Certain things are always popular, no matter how long they've been around
or how potentially out of fashion they've become.

Removing all the classic tourist spots from the islands is like building a
Wal-Mart at the Grand Canyon... you don't want to go to Wal-Mart, you want to look
at the Grand Canyon and see cool, old Wild West stuff.

It's like going to the Kahiki and seeing a Walgreens instead....

er...

OK. Now I'm officially bummed out.

--Pete