An interesting poll…I voted “yes, i think there interesting”.
The Trip Report section is one of my favorite areas of this site…nothing like living vicariously thru others!
I have also found it puzzling that some (in my opinion) good trip reports do not get noticed while other lesser ones (once again, in my opinion) get tons of comments…who can figure?
I TRY to leave a comment on any of the reports that I read…I think that is the least I can do after someone has taken so much time to type them out.
I will say that the ones that I find the most interesting are the ones that are based around something “different” that happened to the writer at the park that day…the ones that “bore me” are the ones that simply state how many times that someone rode each ride…I could “invent” a report like that from my home here in Illinois without even going. (The exception to this rule is if someone marathoned a ride…that can be interesting.)
I think it goes without saying that Photo Reports are my favorite…but even ones without them can be great…and just like I have favorite recording artists, I have favorite Trip Report authors…people that you just know wouldn’t post a bad report!
I believe it was Jesse/Avatar who posted a long time ago an observation that I also unfortunately find to be true…a negative report gets more response than a positive one…which I find sad.
So, to anyone who takes the time to write up a report, thanks…and if you don’t get many replies don’t take it personal!