Robert I.
Yelp
Checked out today after 3 days, monday night into Thursday Am.
Most unfortunate experience in years, an evaluation shared with Jim Thorpe in general. No one told us the truth about the changes in the OFF SEASON which this obviously was. There was almost no place to park in any of the 5 different tiny areas relegated to the Inn. Cant imagine what its like in July. Check-in was 300pm monday and the restaurant was open until 400pm. Thats right, 4:00pm. The room was tiny, especially the 5 ft wide bathroom. The TV didn't work. Management said it was " because customers keep changing the "input." So they "fixed " the input and it worked.... briefly.. except for finding channels. That was Monday night.. I asked why they don't change the " input" before guests arrive and not wait for complaints. "Oh we have 46 rooms and we cant." Tuesday morning breakfast was good , the waitresses were wonderful. We asked at the desk about supper. "Oh we are closed on Tuesdays." Most of the stores were also closed, virtually all the restaurants were closed. Wife and I went on the Scenic Railway tour for $45.00..The train seats were in need of replacing since Jim T. rode it, they were literally thread-bare with only a few strands mingling with the underlying foam rubber. Disgusting. The tour was 7 slow miles through forest and rocks with a narrator telling what used to be here and was once there before fires. We went under a 6 inch defunct oil pipe which he felt was noteworthy. If the trees had leaves we would not have been able to see the stream. What good is the tour in Summer? Other than being told one spot or other was special for fishermen, there was little to see. The train stopped so the engine could switch to the other end to pull us back, with a repetition of the tour in reverse. Thats when a child screamed for the remainder of the return trip . Back to town on the single file sidewalks, miniature stores ( the few that were open) selling junk from China and India and warning that strollers would not fit indoors. Wednesday, we drove out of town for a respite. Knowing we would need to have supper at 3:30 at the Inn ,we searched in vain for a diner. Back to the room after searching for at least a donut for desert following a 23.00 pizza at Antonios, which offered paper plates but not deserts. We were told the Donut store sells out by 1:00pm. It was closed. I took a photo of a store that had signs saying " open 7 days a week all year long" above a sign that said " closed." Knowing that it meant TV or nothing, we were careful to turn the TV on without trying to change a channel , vowing to settle for whatever came on. Luckily, it was the news. About a half hour later, the TV unceremoniously went off leaving only a grey screen that stayed on all night. The TV could not be turned off or back on. We dismissed ideas of pulling the plug for fear of setting off an alarm. Forget the staff. Bedtime Wed night was again 6:00pm. Thats when we heard loud conversations, realizing that chairs on the balcony outside were right up to our windows.
Our poor dog had to endure a kennel for this?
NEVER again.
Dr. Bob Izzo, retired forensic psychologist