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With a little time before my guest's flight, we stopped at Estate Whim. Rather than pay $20 for the guided tour, we just started to enjoy the view at the entrance. We were told loudly that we had to pay the $20, even just to walk onto the property. I don't plan to return to that site.
Posted : January 6, 2011 2:06 pm
Were you outside the entrance, inside the entrance, or out on the grounds?
Just curious.
Posted : January 6, 2011 2:58 pm
Sounds like someone was trying to explore the great house without paying for the tour 😀
Posted : January 6, 2011 3:10 pm
Took my mom there on Tuesday. $20 for the two of us...which is expensive but I consider it a donation to the Landmark Society, so no biggie.
They should, however, fix up their signage (or lack thereof) around the place. At $10 per person, you should get signage. The little museum next to the cookhouse about slavery needs some help too.
Posted : January 6, 2011 5:31 pm
Whim operates exclusively on donations. You should have paid.
Posted : January 6, 2011 5:39 pm
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Were you outside the entrance, inside the entrance, or out on the grounds?
Just curious.
Walked on the gravel not much more than 25 feet from the parking lot.
Posted : January 6, 2011 7:31 pm
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Sounds like someone was trying to explore the great house without paying for the tour 😀
Never got near the great house,
Linda, I just wanted to show my guest that there is such a place and had no intention of avoiding any fee.
BTW, it's clearly a fee, not a donation. Donations are voluntary, not compulsory.
I donate to lots of causes. The way I was treated at Whim was impolite. I won't "donate" to them.
Posted : January 6, 2011 7:33 pm
Never got near the great house,
Oops! Sorry about that, chief.
Posted : January 6, 2011 8:29 pm
What is Estate Whim ? Justin
Posted : January 6, 2011 10:53 pm
This is the Estate Whim Plantation Museum: http://www.stcroixlandmarks.com/default.aspx/MenuItemID/105/MenuSubID/102/MenuGroup/Home.htm
Posted : January 7, 2011 12:06 am
Beautiful , thanks STXBOB. Justin
Posted : January 7, 2011 12:42 am
I've had a similar experience with st whim. All of them have been bad. I understand they work on donations but I can see ruins for free all over the island. I understand most of the people are probably just volunteers but what are they thinking? Being pleasant would cost them nothing. I never take visitors there.
And paying money to get into their "starving artist" shows are insulting when the artist prices are not reduced at all. I think that's a stateside concept that is just not understood here.
Just my opinion
The botanical gardens which are near by are also run by volunteers and a delight.
Posted : January 7, 2011 12:25 pm
