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What to do on VA Beach Trip?

post #1 of 16
8/4/10 at 7:15pm
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Thinking about going down to Virginia Beach for a week. I know there's the aquarium, zoo, cart racing & amusement parks. Taking our 7yo son. What else should we hit when there? Hotel to stay at, etc?

Thanks!
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post #2 of 16
8/4/10 at 7:19pm
dont go. va beach is so trashy
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post #3 of 16
8/4/10 at 7:52pm
yeah i was gonna say "anything but the beach itself"
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post #4 of 16
8/4/10 at 8:02pm
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dont go.

+1. Went a lot when I was growing up, but that ended due to the congestion and commercialization. Too many people in a small amount of space.
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post #5 of 16
8/4/10 at 8:03pm
hook a right and take him to williamsburg? va beach is gross.
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post #6 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:49pm
Hang out with this du:

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post #7 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:52pm
pharrell?

also isnt clipse from somewhere near va beach
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post #8 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:53pm
Get drunk and yell, that's was everyone else there does.
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post #9 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:54pm
listen to dmb and chill on the beac
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post #10 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:56pm
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pharrell?

also isnt clipse from somewhere near va beach

Yep, yep. Also Timbaland and Missy Elliot. Strong town for contemporary rap.
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post #11 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:57pm
go to chincoteague/assateague instead. seriously tho, vabeach is a tourist trap shit hole. if you do go, go to the bay and not the beach.
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post #12 of 16
8/4/10 at 9:59pm
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go to chincoteague/assateague instead.

seriously tho, vabeach is a tourist trap shit hole. if you do go, go to the bay and not the beach.

You trying to do this before the semester starts up?
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post #13 of 16
8/5/10 at 10:44am
assateague is awesome. wild horses runnin everywhere
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post #14 of 16
8/5/10 at 11:45am
If you must go, I'd recommend staying at The Cavalier - which marks the northern end of the strip of commercial development along the boardwalk (42nd street). Lots of amenities and your choice of the historic property on the hill across Atlantic Ave or the modern property on the ocean front. Close enough to the kid-friendly attractions you mention - but not too close.

The ocean front becomes residential north of the Cavalier, and the beach becomes wider, nicer and less crowded the farther north you go - up through the 80s until you get to Fort Story.

There's a Ramada that is sort of an outlier up in the 50s which would be a good call if avoiding the crowds is your priority.

I used to spend a lot of time in Va B in the 1990s at a friend's house in the 80s. Beach is very nice, wide and uncrowded up there. All of the commercial, touristy stuff south of the Cavalier might as well be on the moon - total non-issue.

Doc Watson's for brunch. Taste Unlimited for lunch/sandwiches/take-out. One Fish, Two Fish for dinner.
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post #15 of 16
8/5/10 at 11:53am
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Thanks VA Dandy and everyone else for the input. Wow, who woulda thunk it.

Maybe I should just go north, like to New England.
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