Key West Accomodations

My family of 4, all adults, is planning to spend next Christmas in Key West.
I have been to Slow Traveler for their recommendations ( all 5 star places)
and have been perusing TripAdvisor. I would be interested in any
recommendations from anyone who has been there and what kinds of experiences
you had with your lodging. Also suggestions on things to do would be
helpful. Thanks, j.

I'd definitely recommend the Best Western Hibiscus at 1313 Simonton
Street. Its a great place and its in a great location.
For things to do there are so many - first I'd recommend looking at
the listings in the AAA guide book for a lot of great ideas. There's the
butterfly museum and conservatory on Duval, Hemingway House, light house
across the street, Audobon house, Mel Fisher treasure museum, Key Deer
National Wildlife Refuge, Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden, Truman Little
White House Museum and Tour, Seaplanes of Key West will take you to Fort
Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas Natl park, Fort Zachary taylor (both the
fort and the beach nearby), Key West Art and History Museum, Keys Eco
Discovery Center (same Road as to Fort Taylor), and many other things to
do

"Jim Reston" wrote in message
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I'd definitely recommend the Best Western Hibiscus at 1313 Simonton
Street. Its a great place and its in a great location.
For things to do there are so many - first I'd recommend looking at
the listings in the AAA guide book for a lot of great ideas. There's the
butterfly museum and conservatory on Duval, Hemingway House, light house
across the street, Audobon house, Mel Fisher treasure museum, Key Deer
National Wildlife Refuge, Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden, Truman Little
White House Museum and Tour, Seaplanes of Key West will take you to Fort
Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas Natl park, Fort Zachary taylor (both the
fort and the beach nearby), Key West Art and History Museum, Keys Eco
Discovery Center (same Road as to Fort Taylor), and many other things to
do

Great response to the OP, but man, these groups don't have the traffic
they once had...

I just dropped in to ask a few questions about Key West and lo and behold...

We've never been but wife and I were thinking about driving down from
GA maybe next week to Key West for a few days. Have you taken
the ferry to Dry Tortugas? How is it? Worth the $? Uh, also, about
the homosexual factor...you may be gay yourself and we don't hate you
for it if so, but the fact is, we don't care to be the only (or one of the
very few) heteros there. I've heard that lately the homo fabric
is breaking up a bit down there. I'm trying to decide if it's worth
the 800-mile drive down. Thanks.

On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:22:29 -0600, "singlemalt"
wrote:

My family of 4, all adults, is planning to spend next Christmas in Key West.
I have been to Slow Traveler for their recommendations ( all 5 star places)
and have been perusing TripAdvisor. I would be interested in any
recommendations from anyone who has been there and what kinds of experiences
you had with your lodging. Also suggestions on things to do would be
helpful. Thanks, j.


We stayed at Sunset Key a couple of years ago. The accommodations were
very nice but some of the staff, especially the more senior types,
left something to be desired especially considering the prices.

We saw it on one of Samantha Brown's programs and were intrigued. Our
visit got off to a bad start. It is an island and it is necessary to
take a boat. We had flown to FLL and driven down so we were a little
tired. The boat left as we were running towards it and when we said
something, we were told it runs on a schedule. Then the next boat left
about 15 minutes late when the driver was just hanging around. When
guests get to the island, they are supposed to be given a tour and
shown how the electronics in the unit work as well as the protocol for
the island. We were given a very perfunctory tour because the woman
wanted to get off work. Had we either been able to get on the first
boat or the second boat had been on time, it wouldn't have been so
late. It took me a while to figure out how everything worked. When we
complained to the manage the next day, he didn't seem particularly
interested. We weren't looking for anything in particular except an
explanation of why all this happened.

I don't know how it is now. If the people are different, it would be a
nice place to stay. We had a two bedroom unit that was huge and would
work well for two couples. We had three people; me, my wife and our
daughter. I'm thinking it had three bathrooms but it may just have
been two. We really enjoyed the pool. There is a beach but it isn't
fine sand.

"Red Greene" wrote in message
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"Jim Reston" wrote in message
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I'd definitely recommend the Best Western Hibiscus at 1313 Simonton
Street. Its a great place and its in a great location.
For things to do there are so many - first I'd recommend looking at
the listings in the AAA guide book for a lot of great ideas. There's the
butterfly museum and conservatory on Duval, Hemingway House, light house
across the street, Audobon house, Mel Fisher treasure museum, Key Deer
National Wildlife Refuge, Nancy Forrester's Secret Garden, Truman Little
White House Museum and Tour, Seaplanes of Key West will take you to Fort
Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas Natl park, Fort Zachary taylor (both the
fort and the beach nearby), Key West Art and History Museum, Keys Eco
Discovery Center (same Road as to Fort Taylor), and many other things to
do

Great response to the OP, but man, these groups don't have the traffic
they once had...

I just dropped in to ask a few questions about Key West and lo and
behold...

We've never been but wife and I were thinking about driving down from
GA maybe next week to Key West for a few days. Have you taken
the ferry to Dry Tortugas? How is it? Worth the $? Uh, also, about
the homosexual factor...you may be gay yourself and we don't hate you
for it if so, but the fact is, we don't care to be the only (or one of the
very few) heteros there. I've heard that lately the homo fabric
is breaking up a bit down there. I'm trying to decide if it's worth
the 800-mile drive down. Thanks.

Sexual deviancy---the NEW "normal", apparently. Some things SHOULD be kept
in the closet!!!

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"Red Greene" wrote in message
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"Jim Reston" wrote in message
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We've never been but wife and I were thinking about driving down from
GA maybe next week to Key West for a few days. Have you taken
the ferry to Dry Tortugas? How is it? Worth the $? Uh, also, about
the homosexual factor...you may be gay yourself and we don't hate you
for it if so, but the fact is, we don't care to be the only (or one of
the
very few) heteros there. I've heard that lately the homo fabric
is breaking up a bit down there. I'm trying to decide if it's worth
the 800-mile drive down. Thanks.

Sexual deviancy---the NEW "normal", apparently.

Yes, homosexuality was removed from the mental disorders
list at about the same time they started telling us that race
was only a social contruct. Politics does make poor science
doesn't it.

Some things SHOULD be kept in the closet!!!

Yep, I frankly don't care what they do in private,
but the thought of half-naked guys playing assgrab
and giving me the eyes everywhere doens't sound too appealing.

Didn't take the ferry to the Tortugas - I did the seaplane. But however
you go I'd definitely recommend it. It's a beautiful park in pardise and
if you're into history there's alot to see
Just saw 1 or 2 gay bars there but the rest of the place is very
straight Lots of families and visitors from the cruise ship. I'm hetero
myself and didn't have the least bit of discomfort

"John" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:38:24 -0500, "Red Greene"
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"Sharx35" wrote in message
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"Red Greene" wrote in message
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"Jim Reston" wrote in message
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We've never been but wife and I were thinking about driving down from
GA maybe next week to Key West for a few days. Have you taken
the ferry to Dry Tortugas? How is it? Worth the $? Uh, also, about
the homosexual factor...you may be gay yourself and we don't hate you
for it if so, but the fact is, we don't care to be the only (or one of
the
very few) heteros there. I've heard that lately the homo fabric
is breaking up a bit down there. I'm trying to decide if it's worth
the 800-mile drive down. Thanks.

Sexual deviancy---the NEW "normal", apparently.

Yes, homosexuality was removed from the mental disorders
list at about the same time they started telling us that race
was only a social contruct. Politics does make poor science
doesn't it.

Some things SHOULD be kept in the closet!!!

Yep, I frankly don't care what they do in private,
but the thought of half-naked guys playing assgrab
and giving me the eyes everywhere doens't sound too appealing.


You shouldn't worry.
You are ugly and obese.

That would be what the mirror tells YOU.

ask greg morrow a specialist !

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"Sharx35" wrote in message
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"Red Greene" wrote in message
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"Jim Reston" wrote in message
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We've never been but wife and I were thinking about driving down from
GA maybe next week to Key West for a few days. Have you taken
the ferry to Dry Tortugas? How is it? Worth the $? Uh, also, about
the homosexual factor...you may be gay yourself and we don't hate you
for it if so, but the fact is, we don't care to be the only (or one of
the
very few) heteros there. I've heard that lately the homo fabric
is breaking up a bit down there. I'm trying to decide if it's worth
the 800-mile drive down. Thanks.

Sexual deviancy---the NEW "normal", apparently.

Yes, homosexuality was removed from the mental disorders
list at about the same time they started telling us that race
was only a social contruct. Politics does make poor science
doesn't it.

Some things SHOULD be kept in the closet!!!

Yep, I frankly don't care what they do in private,
but the thought of half-naked guys playing assgrab
and giving me the eyes everywhere doens't sound too appealing.

"Jim Reston" wrote in message
...
Didn't take the ferry to the Tortugas - I did the seaplane. But however
you go I'd definitely recommend it. It's a beautiful park in pardise and
if you're into history there's alot to see
Just saw 1 or 2 gay bars there but the rest of the place is very
straight Lots of families and visitors from the cruise ship. I'm hetero
myself and didn't have the least bit of discomfort

Thanks Jim, your info here definitely swings us in favor of going down
there.
The seaplane is apparently not available at present, but I guess the ferry
could be fun too.