点评:We wanted to love this place but..sadly , we were very disappointed, almost depressing
Advice: lower your expectations.
We arrived on time— the time has be booked in advance. But then, we had to wait 15 minutes for “the bus to arrive.” So we, and others booked at the noon time, sat in this waiting room, looking at a video instead of being able to go out and see the bears, until a huge number of people from the bus joined us. The walkways were completely packed!
The bears wander around in huge metal enclosures. I believe it’s a sawmill that was repurposed, but looks like giant trash binsI surely there’s some way maybe a few plants to make it less industrial looking.
The story of the owner and his family’s effort and commitment in rescuing the bears is moving and admirable. We are glad we could contribute monetarily via ticket purchase. For that reason alone it was not a complete waste of money.
We first went to the Sitka Raptor Center, which is fantastic, so Fortress was even more of a letdown in comparison.
On the bright side, the gift shop has some lovely items.
翻译:我们本希望能喜欢上这个地方,但遗憾的是,我们大失所望,甚至有些郁闷。
建议:降低期望值吧。
我们准时到达了——预约的时间也是提前定好的。然而,我们不得不等了15分钟才等到“巴士到来”。于是我们,还有其他预订了中午时段行程的游客,只能坐在等候室里观看视频,而无法出去观赏熊。直到大批从巴士上下来的游客也加入了我们,这时走廊里才挤得水泄不通!那些熊在巨大的金属围栏里四处走动。我觉得那里原本应该是个锯木厂,不过现在看起来就像几个巨大的垃圾桶。肯定有办法能改善一下环境,比如种些植物,让这里看起来不那么像工业区。
那位主人及其家人为拯救这些熊所付出的努力与奉献令人动容且值得钦佩。我们很高兴能通过购买门票来提供经济上的支持。仅凭这一点,这笔钱就没有白花。
我们先去了锡特卡猛禽保护中心。这真的很棒,所以相比之下《Fortress》就显得更加令人失望了。
不过值得欣慰的是,礼品店里有一些非常可爱的商品。