Danielle ([info]subrosa_florens) wrote,
@ 2007-02-07 17:26:00
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$1,000 a day
I am in the middle of watching Westworld (thank you Netflix), and early in the movie they make the statement that the resort costs $1,000 a day. That got me thinking... Is not that less than people typically pay for a typical resort-style vacation today? Like going to Hawaii and staying at a beach-front hotel, eating in restaurants for all your meals, doing 'touristy' stuff like para-sailing, etc...?

I am not really sure, since I have never been on a "real" vacation. My day-trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is the nearest I have come to that in adulthood. For those people who do go on resort-trips, what does it normally run you, all together?

In any case, it was obviously supposed to sound like an awful lot of money, and probably did back when the movie was made. It is another one of those cute examples of how sometimes films can show their age, like with the tape-driven computers lining the walls of Westworld's mission control, or the monocrhome monitors...

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[info]grimshear
2007-02-08 09:43 pm UTC (link)
Figuring for inflation since '73, that "$1000 a night" would put it somewhere between http://www.altamer.com/ (for the more expensive) and http://www.sandylane.com/ (for the "cheaper") in terms of cost.

I haven't done the resort thing personally, but from a quick poke around, most of the "upscale" ones look at around 300-500 a night for the hotel itself. That can probably go up a fair bit if you start adding eating out and entertainment (of various kinds) to the mix.

http://www.hospitalityguild.com/Guide/Hotels/Worlds_Most_Expensive_Hotels.htm <-- for a list of ridiculously priced hotel rooms :P

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[info]indigodaisy
2007-02-09 03:34 am UTC (link)
you've been in my thoughts lately. While listening to my music collection, sometimes a song just really makes me think of a person, so i'll stick that song in a playlist, and hopefully once I have enough songs I can make them a cd. When a while back a band called Arab Strap (their from ireland) had a cool traditional song that i thought you'd like .. but then yesterday I was listenign to a song titled "Subrosa" .. but that slike hard rock .. haha i worry your cd will be very weird

Anyway, tonight I found this gallery (http://linwood.deviantart.com/gallery/) and toward the bottom he does a series of pictures of black birds, some holding trinkets in their mouth. I really enjoyed it and immediatly thought of you.

::hugs:: hope you're having a swell day.

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[info]subrosa_florens
2007-02-10 05:14 am UTC (link)
Well, hard rock works for me. I am a dyed in the wool Led Zeppelin fan after all. Can you email me the songs? It would be cool to listen to them.

I like Blackbird III the best. I always like crows and ravens. They feel like siblings to me.

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