“Experience the disappointment of Mammoth Cave”: National Park accepts criticism

MAMMOTH CAVE, Kentucky (WBKO/Gray News) – A national park in Kentucky seems to be taking recent criticism in stride.

Mammoth Cave National Park has been named one of the U.S.’s “most disappointing” tourist attractions, according to social media content. The national park cited a study that classified the cave as “too dark” and “nothing cool.”

However, any press is good press and Mammoth Cave has taken the opportunity to turn the negative reviews into advertising.

On Facebook, the park made fun of the review.

“Experience what has disappointed millions of people for over 225 years!” says their post.

The park mentions that it has been named one of the most disappointing attractions in the country.

“While we find the world’s longest cave system and over 4,000 years of human history AMAZING, others find the cave to be ‘very dark’ and there is ‘nothing cool’ to see,” the post continues.

The park added, “If you want to experience the disappointment of Mammoth Cave, visit our website and choose one of our many activities that will leave you unsatisfied! You may be disappointed by a ‘dry hole with very few stalagmites and stalactites’ or discover nothing ‘but trees’ on over 80 miles of hiking, biking, horseback riding and water trails. (A warning: there are outdoor insects, cell reception is spotty and there are stairs on some of our cave tours.)”

“A world of regret awaits you at Mammoth Cave! Reserve your cave tour and find all the information you need to plan your very own “not pleasant” visit to Mammoth Cave National Park at: https://ow.ly/8ifx50T59Eo.”

The park concludes the post with “#JustAnotherCavePark.”

Since the post was published on Friday, it has received 82,000 likes and nearly 6,000 comments.

“I was disappointed on every. single. tour,” wrote one Facebook user. “I can never get enough of the miserable geology, history and nature right on my doorstep.”

Others echoed similar sentiments or expressed plans to stop by the park for a miserable time.

“I can’t wait to disappoint my kids by taking them away like my parents did to me. Generations of disappointment,” another shared.

For more information about Mammoth Cave National Park, click here.

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