点评:Watch the informative film in the Visitors’ Center, which includes some visuals of the house’s interior, but we totally wasted our time on the group bus tour.
We were driven by the house and saw lots of fencing and brush, watering holes, the old thoroughbred facilities, a few quarter horses, wild javelina and birds.
Within several fenced pastures we also saw groups of cattle —- many with their calves. Danny repeatedly honked at them! Not the behavior of a professional tour guide.
The bus engine had difficulty staying on at the start, and a few minutes later the A/C went out. We got out at the “weaver’s cottage” for a break. When we re-boarded, “Marge in Charge” stood behind our seats in the first row and placed her hands down the backs. She told us to trade seats and go to the back of the bus because some woman had asthma and she had to sit there. The bus had no A/C and the heat was worse in the front because of all the glass, but who am I to argue with “Marge?!”
The King family is clearly proud of their accomplishments, commercial success and stewardship. However, they need to invest this expertise in developing an engaging tour with well trained and knowledgeable guides, and maintain fully operational tour vehicles, or just not conduct group tours at all!
翻译:在游客中心观看信息丰富的影片,其中包括一些房屋内部的视觉效果,但我们在团体巴士游览上完全浪费了时间。
我们开车经过房屋,看到许多围栏和灌木丛、水坑、旧的纯种设施、几匹四分之一英里赛马、野生野猪和鸟类。
在几个围栏牧场内,我们还看到了一群牛——许多牛都带着小牛。丹尼反复向它们鸣喇叭!这不是专业导游的行为。
巴士发动机在启动时难以保持运转,几分钟后空调就坏了。我们在“织工小屋”下车休息。当我们重新上车时,“负责人玛吉”站在第一排我们座位后面,把手放在椅背上。她告诉我们换座位,去巴士后面,因为有个女人患有哮喘,她不得不坐在那里。巴士没有空调,而且由于全是玻璃,前面的温度更差,但我又有什么资格与“玛吉”争论呢?
金家族显然为他们的成就、商业成功和管理工作感到自豪。然而,他们需要投入这些专业知识,开发一个引人入胜的旅游项目,配备训练有素、知识渊博的导游,并保持旅游车辆完全正常运行,否则就根本不开展团体旅游!