Has a tv show inspired you to travel somewhere?
Sep 11th, 2004, 04:27 AM
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Great thread, ncgirl! Many movies set in hawaii have me thinking about a trip there. And while we've been in the southwest usa many many times, i just LOVE the various car commercials done in the area, many in Moab, God's country!
Sep 11th, 2004, 06:23 PM
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A few years ago, public television had a series on great train trips. One of them featured The Skeena - ViaRail's two day trip from Jasper to Prince Rupert in northern Alberta and British Columbia. It's a daylight only trip (overnight stop in Prince George, BC) through the Canadian Rockies.
The next summer I took the trip in both directions and it wildly surpassed my already high expectations. Mile after mile of the most superb scenery, highlighted by frequent sightings of bears, moose, and eagles. For train buffs, its also a great trip because it features the old 1950's restored polished stainless steel Bud rail cars with the tear drop lounge cars and the real old-style vista dome cars. I even met one of the ladies who had been featured in the public TV film. When they filmed it she was a passenger attendant. By the time I made the trip, she had been promoted to engineer and worked the trains I was on in both directions.
The trip was so wonderful, I'm going again later this year.
For those who don't know, Prince Rupert is located on the Pacific Coast and they get a fair amount of rain. I met a lady on the train who told me she had lived in Prince Rupert for five months and it had only rained twice in that time - once for two months and the other time for three months.
It was pretty nice when I was there in July with only a few showers.
The other movie that tempted me a lot was "Out of Africa" but I've never been able to make that trip. The aerial sequences across the veldt in an old open cockpit biplane are nothing short of breath taking.
The next summer I took the trip in both directions and it wildly surpassed my already high expectations. Mile after mile of the most superb scenery, highlighted by frequent sightings of bears, moose, and eagles. For train buffs, its also a great trip because it features the old 1950's restored polished stainless steel Bud rail cars with the tear drop lounge cars and the real old-style vista dome cars. I even met one of the ladies who had been featured in the public TV film. When they filmed it she was a passenger attendant. By the time I made the trip, she had been promoted to engineer and worked the trains I was on in both directions.
The trip was so wonderful, I'm going again later this year.
For those who don't know, Prince Rupert is located on the Pacific Coast and they get a fair amount of rain. I met a lady on the train who told me she had lived in Prince Rupert for five months and it had only rained twice in that time - once for two months and the other time for three months.
It was pretty nice when I was there in July with only a few showers.
The other movie that tempted me a lot was "Out of Africa" but I've never been able to make that trip. The aerial sequences across the veldt in an old open cockpit biplane are nothing short of breath taking.
Sep 11th, 2004, 07:26 PM
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A family I know went from Toronto to New Zealand because of Xena, Warrior Queen.
It was a huge project. The kids (preteen, young teen)did all sorts of research on everything from how a tv show was produced to alternative routes to the country, plus history of NZ, current politics and economy and culture of the country, and then they headed off on the adventure of a lifetime.
The post-trip report was that it was a wonderful trip; full of education and beauty, but rooted in the fun concept of learning about a television show.
In my own case, probably the closest TV-related trip was a four-day cruise from Florida to The Bahamas. My father phoned me one day when he was in Florida and I was about to fly down to drive him back in his car, asking if I could take a few extra days to go on a cruise. He said he'd nevber taken one, and wanted to. We did not discuss what prompted the desire for a cruuise, but i'd credit it to Love Boat combined with some movies from the 40s and 50s,. He was 82 at the time, we took a Big Red Boat cruise in the lowest priced cabin, taking advantage ofhis senior discounts, and it was both a bargain and a great time.
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It was a huge project. The kids (preteen, young teen)did all sorts of research on everything from how a tv show was produced to alternative routes to the country, plus history of NZ, current politics and economy and culture of the country, and then they headed off on the adventure of a lifetime.
The post-trip report was that it was a wonderful trip; full of education and beauty, but rooted in the fun concept of learning about a television show.
In my own case, probably the closest TV-related trip was a four-day cruise from Florida to The Bahamas. My father phoned me one day when he was in Florida and I was about to fly down to drive him back in his car, asking if I could take a few extra days to go on a cruise. He said he'd nevber taken one, and wanted to. We did not discuss what prompted the desire for a cruuise, but i'd credit it to Love Boat combined with some movies from the 40s and 50s,. He was 82 at the time, we took a Big Red Boat cruise in the lowest priced cabin, taking advantage ofhis senior discounts, and it was both a bargain and a great time.
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