Bulgaria Ski discussion board

I think, reading this post through, that Ski King is one of our continental cousins who are used to going out for a drink of an evening without getting his head kicked in, quite reasonable I would have thought, so really can't see why anyone would disagree with him having less than a glowing recommendation of Bansko based on his experiences. From my own experience, never had any trouble in Bulgaria, but then we are exhausted after skiing, and in bed for midnight, so probably miss all that over the top, alchohol fulled, high spirits.

Having been to Bulgaria skiing quite a few times now - I often pop into this discussion board to see what is going on...but I don't usually leave a message...until now. I am FED UP with the 'locals' trying to make the 'sometimes posters' feel stupid for expressing their opinions.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion and the whole point of the board is to let others know of your experiences. It seems to me that any negative remarks (which are as useful for potential visitors as the positive ones) are jumped on and defended by those that either live out there or quite obviously own property out there.

If someone goes to the effort of writing on the board then they obviously feel strongly about what they are writing and the constant, smarmy condescending remarks from the people that spend all year posting on this board is just really annoying...let the people speak and stop trying to make them look like fools for telling their story!

Personally, Ski King, I make you right not to want to go back to BG - and so do most people who went this year - the reason that this is not so apparent is that these discussions are padded out by the same people day in day out...they do this to make it look like there are more of them than us - but it is not true and the truth will out next year!

I'm sorry you had a bad experience in Bansko. We've bought an apartment there and have been twice so far although the apartment is STILL not completely finished. Perhaps we have been lucky - we have met some great Bulgarians who couldn't do enough to help. I agree that Bansko is a building site at the moment and I just hope they don't overdo it. It is definitely an ongoing project 5-10 years but hopefully by then it will be much different.
It is still a "young" country and they have a lot to learn but I'm sure they will.
The new ski lift has just got official confirmation and will make a big difference.
What hotel did you stay in Ski King?

Anon
I hope your posting will not get deleted because the practise by 'the locals' as you say above is to jump as soon as they read something bad about their investment nest or god knows what down there.

I think I have finally discovered the truth:

Please have a read in the NOT CONTROLLED REVIEWS SITE
where people just write what they feel without inteference fro anybody:
-With some cuts for reason not to be too long:

If you want the full text -help yourself on:

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Borovets/reviews

Here we go now:

March 27, 2008
John from UNITED KINGDOM

Don't go. There is a website bulgariaski.com and if you write anything negative about any Bulgarian resort on the threads, your post is deleted and you are prevented from writing anything else on the website in future, it happened to me. It's so they can trick you into coming to Bulgaria and that alone pretty much sums up this place. I could go on a big rant about this resort, how disapointing it is, what a rip off it is, how it is not one bit cheap etc etc but I won't as it has been done so extremely accurately from the previous posts.

March 27, 2008
Paul from IRELAND

Went first week of March 08 and I want a refund from Crystal Ski. It was an absolutely awful experience. Word of warning to anyone who is contemplating a ski trip here, if you have been to the Alps, Canada, US or any PROPER ski resorts, simply do not go. I read a lot of reviews on this website before I went and although a lot were quite negative, I had an open mind and expected to be pleasantly surprised, instead I left vouching never to return........
......... I may seem negative but this review is not aimed at those WEIRD PEOPLE that seem to love this resort but those who have experienced proper skiing and proper facilities. If you are thinking of booking here do not do it, a bit more research than I had done can get you a deal to the Alps for the same price or even cheaper. Believe me, the disappointment is not worth it, I now have to wait until next year for my next ski trip, something I am still so disappointed about....... AND ON AND ON


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