I didn’t find it scary or lonely when I went for the 1st time alone. I know we’re all different though. I wouldn’t hesitate at all to do it all over again. I stayed at the Kahler which is connected. I explored the buildings when I had nothing to do (no need to ever go outside. Everything is connected). I never felt weird being lost or exploring because most people didn’t know where they were either lol. I didn’t stick out like a sore thumb 🙂 There’s signage everywhere which made it easy. I have severe social anxiety and was proud I handled it well. Everyone is kind and you absolutely won’t regret going to Mayo! I decided to pretend I was on vacation and a tourist looking for photos to take to let people at home see what I was seeing. That worked well for me.