Originally Posted by
lkar
Interesting question -- I live in the states so vacation here a lot. I have the same question sometimes. Why are there so many English in the overcrowded vacation spots like San Diego and disney world and Sea World? If you live here, particularly on the west coast, you sort of do these things for long weekends and stuff because they are close and you can drive, and they are easy. But getting to Anaheim from London is like flying to Asia from the US. Why do you do it? If I could take a train to Nice or a short flight to Copenhagen or Istanbul, I don't expect you'd see me in disney land. Though I expect the dollar is a big draw. Also, a two week holiday from national park to national park and including the Grand Canyon, maybe with a detour up to Banff and Lake Louise, seem like a one-time holiday that perhaps rivals any trip to any part of the world.
Edited to remove some snark.
Exactly the same thing could be accused of Americans!
While there may be many English in Anaheim, I wouldn't for one second assume they all stay there for a fortnight, that's the same as assuming that no Americans leave Windsor Castle!
I suspect a lot of British do not leave the international drive boundaries of Florida over a course if a week, these will be families though, experiencing a type of holiday that is unavailable elsewhere
Also I don't know a soul in the UK who would consider taking a train to Nice!