点评:The greed of the owners absolutely ruined this place. Wachusett used to be an affordable option for people that couldn’t afford to drive up north to the better mountains. However the owners have seem to become so focused on maximizing their profit margins that now they charge similar amounts if not more than the better mountains up north while offering less than 1/4 of the experience. I can pay $119 for a whole day at mount snow, or pay $99 for 4 hours at wachusett, make that make sense. I understand the costs to run the mountain have gone up a little, but if the profit margins of the owners have increased dramatically in the last few years it negates the ‘cost’ argument. They could easily make the costs more reasonable so that families that have enjoyed skiing/ snowboarding together for years could continue going, but instead they are seemingly choosing to pad their retirements that much more instead leaving those families to have to find new more affordable hobbies. The owners should be ashamed of themselves, but won’t be because they apparently only care about money and not providing a fun experience to their entire community like wachusett mountain used to be known for. Avoid the extortion and drive up north to the real mountains, you’ll pay a similar amount and have a much better experience.
翻译:老板的贪婪彻底毁了这个地方。沃楚塞特滑雪场曾经是那些负担不起去北部更高级滑雪场的人的经济之选。然而,老板们似乎一心只想最大化利润,现在他们的收费甚至比北部那些更好的滑雪场还要高,而提供的体验却不到四分之一。我可以在雪山滑雪场花119美元滑一整天,也可以在沃楚塞特滑雪场花99美元滑4个小时,这合理吗?我知道滑雪场的运营成本有所上涨,但如果老板们的利润在过去几年里大幅增长,那就否定了“成本”的说法。他们完全可以把价格定得更合理一些,让那些多年来一直一起滑雪/单板滑雪的家庭能够继续来这里,但他们似乎选择让自己的退休金更加丰厚,而不是让这些家庭去寻找其他更经济实惠的爱好。业主应该感到羞耻,但他们不会,因为他们显然只关心赚钱,根本不关心像沃楚塞特山以前那样为整个社区提供有趣的体验。别被宰了,开车去北部真正的山区吧,花同样的钱,你会得到更好的体验。