Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park Tackles Criticism With Sarcasm and Humor

Recently, Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park earned the less-than-stellar distinction as one of the "most disappointing tourist attraction in the U.S.."

Mist Disappointing Tourist Attractions in the U.S.

More specifically, the Bluegrass State's natural wonder landed in the number 3 spot on the list, only being beaten out by the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame at #2 and the Kennedy Space Center taking the #1 position. The study, as shared by our friends WEHT, utilized data from Google and Tripadvisor reviews to determine the ranking.

World's Longest Cave

For the uninitiated, Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system - and in 2022, they discovered another 6 miles of it! The total length of the cave measures at more than 400 miles long. That's pretty impressive, if you ask us.

Mammoth Cave National Park Has a Sense of Humor and a Touch of Sarcasm

Fortunately, the folks at Mammoth Cave National Park have a sense of humor. They aren't taking the criticism too seriously, and whoever managed their social media is rather brilliant, if not a little bit snarky.

Mammoth Cave Is "Nothing Cool" and "Very Dark"

Apparently not everyone shares our love of cool, natural wonders as some reported the cave to be "very dark," while other visitors said there was "nothing cool" there. First of all, it's a cave... underground... of course it's dark. What were they expecting? As for nothing cool, well, actually... it stays about 54 degrees all year round. We'd say that's pretty cool. *shrugs

Delivering the Sarcasm and Snark to the Critics

Of course, we don't have to defend the cave. They did a great job of that on their Facebook page:

[Source: Mammoth Cave National Park via Facebook]