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Tourist Trap: Gold plated drinks
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  • Updated by b1bob on Jul 27, 2006
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  • If they aren't gold plated, they should be. Drink machines like the featured one outside the Visitor's Centre and across Colonial Williamsburg charge $2 for a miserable bottle of water. I'll bet that during the summer, they keep the water in the omnipresent drinking fountains warm to make tourists, who pay $33 a pop at the very least for admission, captive audiences to these cussed vending machines and to the restaurants. Maybe visitors to Colonial Williamsburg ought to stage a soft drink party dumping the soft drinks into the nearest body of water to protest these confiscatory prices which would have done King George III proud!

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    Alternative: Bring your own in a mini cooler. I know of no prohibition against doing that.
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    Comments for b1bob about Williamsburg
    richiecdisc Sun Mar 16, 2008 02:23 UTC
     Forget that turkey sandwich, Nat. Hog Wild or even La Tienda would be a better eating option every time!
    ATXtraveler Wed Feb 27, 2008 16:06 UTC
     Sorry to hear your Open Faced Turkey should have been a closed casket affair. Why the distain for mashed potatoes though?
    barbskie Mon Feb 25, 2008 21:56 UTC
     your tips is featured right now....reminds me of our wonderful day in Williamsburg. We visited the Prime outlets and enjoyed shopping every minute...luckily we had lack of time ;)
    volopolo Tue Jan 29, 2008 03:44 UTC
     Nice page! Nikos
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