| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age [v] |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great homegrown tour
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| Fri, Sep 16, 05 11:00 AM |
AnnMette |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We had a great time. Tony being a native of Brooklyn really added true color to the tour. We would definately recommend and again!!! |
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Tour was great fun!
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| Fri, Sep 9, 05 11:00 AM |
shgeorge |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| Since moving to New Jersey four years ago, we have enjoyed exploring New York City. We often have been in Manhattan, but we had not seen much of Brooklyn. This tour was an excellent opportunity to learn about Brooklyn.
Tony was knowledgeable and enthusiastic about Brooklyn. We liked him as a tour guide. He had a good sense of humor but there were no corny jokes. It was fun to see scenes of movies that took place in Brooklyn. The bus was comfortable.
Finally, the pizza was delicious! |
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When in Brooklyn, tour with a native.
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| Fri, Sep 9, 05 11:00 AM |
Aldine |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| If you love movies and pizza (and who doesn't?!) this is the tour for you. Tony, our guide, an unabashed cheerleader for his hometown was affable and informative with interesting historical facts and trivia about Brooklyn, pizza and the movies filmed on location there. I'll take off points for technical difficulties that prevented us from seeing the video presentation in full. Other than that, very enjoyable afternoon. |
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a fun look at Brooklyn and its pizza
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| Mon, Sep 5, 05 11:00 AM |
cbtaylor |
Female |
60-69 |
Combination |
Other |
| My daughter and I enjoyed the tour. The guide was very knowledgeable. I especially liked the movie clips tied into the area we were driving through. Both pizza stops were good. My only complaint is that there wasn't enough walking through some of the meighborhoods. |
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great pizza, and great intro to Brooklyn
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| Fri, Sep 2, 05 11:00 AM |
canipel |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| We had a super time with Tony, and learned a great deal about Brooklyn, including the movies that have been filmed there. He provided everyone on the tour with a list of the movies at the end of the tour. Everyone on our tour was very well satisfied. |
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Absolutely Fabulous!!! Excellent Tour Operator!!
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| Fri, Sep 2, 05 11:00 AM |
Benkowski |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My wife and I visit New York annually (15 years). We read in our local paper about Tony's "Brooklyn" tour.and thought that it would be interesting. I actually talked with Tony on the phone before I booked the tour, and after our conversation, I knew that he was energetic, passionate, smart, and would be a good guide. Well, the tour was excellent ! Tony talked: history, bridges, movies, music, movie stars, Coney Island, neighborhoods, and... Pizza! We stopped at two exceptional Pizza shops, one served us Neapolitan-style (thin-brick oven), and the other shop served Sicilian-style (thick,but light). Both Pizzas were exquisite!! (tip: after the second Pizza stop, you must try the Spumoni, its out of this world!) Tony is loaded with facts, trivia,and personality.
We have recommended this tour to about 10 people since we took it three days ago.
The "bus" was clean, comfortable and on time. There is a good blend of walking and riding and it's set up so you can walk very little if you desire, or a lot.
We loved it and recommend it highly ! |
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Best tour we have ever taken
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| Fri, Sep 2, 05 11:00 AM |
canderson |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our guide Tony was so personable and extremely knowledgable. He went out of his way to accomodate us as we had to cut the tour short to catch a flight (much to our dismay). He even called to arrange a driver to pick us up at one of the stops and drive us back to our hotel and on to the airport. We have been raving about this tour to all our friends and relatives and plan to take it again when back in N.Y. |
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this was a great tour
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| Mon, Aug 22, 05 11:00 AM |
peterrux |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Interesting and fun tour combining history, pizza stops, film locations, and local gossip. Toni the tour leader was fantastic.
The only thing we would suggest about the tour is that it would have been nice to drive by the Brooklyn bottanical garden and museam locations. |
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We loved this tour
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| Fri, Aug 19, 05 11:00 AM |
AnnCaren |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My mom and I went on this tour. We go to Manhatten a couple of times a year and when we saw this tour described in our local paper, we thought it would be something different to do in NYC. Tony, the tour guide and developer of this tour, is fabulous. He knows a lot about Brooklyn and has worked very hard to integrate music and video into the tour, so your just not listening to someone talk all the time. The pizza was great in both restaurants and it was a treat to sit down and talk to other people on the tour in the pizza shops. I've already recommended it to friends who live in NYC and they were fascinated by the idea, because they don't go to other boroughs unless it's for work. |
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Brooklyn Affection
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| Mon, Aug 15, 05 11:00 AM |
Bklyn05 |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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Tony Muia's enthusiasm and love of his native Brooklyn, its film sites, history, music and foods is so well-communicated that this love of Brooklyn becomes contagious. The 13-member tour group was very interactive and Tony provided more insight and suggestions of further NYC sights and experiences for later days. Grimaldi's neopolitan pizza was the biggest hit, both in taste and ambience as well as in its historic Brooklyn Bridge surroundings. The syncopated film clips with the tour surroundings was very remarkable as well... the Ferrari scene from Scent of a Woman is an example.
Thank you ! We totally enjoyed the tour and recommended it to our NYC and New Jersey relatives who are delighted that this tour exists since most have not been in Brooklyn for 20-40 years, but plan to take this tour this fall.
Michael & Marie O'Callaghan
Mooresville, NC |
