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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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A wonderful memory jogger!
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| Fri, Oct 21, 05 11:00 AM |
Jerome32 |
Male |
70+ |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| For someone who moved away from New York City 69 years ago, visiting many of the places I barely remembered was a wonderful treat, and a great way to spend a day.
Besides, the bus was comfortable, a better tour guide than Tony would be hard to find, and the pizza (and spumoni) were delicious. |
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Tour was canceled
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| Wed, Oct 12, 05 11:00 AM |
anitapage |
Unspecified |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Our tour was canceled the night before it was to occur. We were disappointed, but will reschedule next time we visit NYC. Our money was IMMEDIATELY refunded and we appreciated the prompt communication. |
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I thoroughly enjoyed this tour! Highly recommend
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| Mon, Oct 10, 05 11:00 AM |
Margie_Mills |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Unspecified |
| I thoroughly enjoyed this tour! Tony made it really fun, interesting and enlightening. He sure knows the history. The video and music totally round out the tour nicely - adds some really GREAT ambience! I would highly recommend to all - locals as well as other people from outside the NY-NJ area. |
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Best part of our 4 days in NYC. HIGHLY reccommend
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| Fri, Oct 7, 05 11:00 AM |
zorrosmom |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We loved the authenticity- that the owner[leader] was a Brooklynite and so partisan. Loved seeing residentail neighborhoods and how peole lived. Going to places only LOCALS went . Moveie clips added a lot. We are telling everyone about it.It was my friends first visit to NY and this humanized NY for them. |
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we had a great tour
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| Fri, Oct 7, 05 11:00 AM |
DonaldDoneff |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our Group all loved the tour and our tour guide was really great, he new the area and could tell us all about it. He was very flexable with our time and let the group stop and buy T-shirts at Coney Island. The pizza was wonderful . Tony our guide was terrific. Would recommend to others. |
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Exceptional Tour
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| Fri, Oct 7, 05 11:00 AM |
djreed |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Tony, our tourguide was simply great, had all the answers to our questions, and even made an extra stop upon our request. Accomodated one tourist when she couldn't walk the distance which I thought was very kind. I really liked seeing the different cultures and the historical information. The videos of various movies that were filmed in Brooklyn was really interesting and fun to see them match up with the streets we were traveling. Seeing Coney Island was fabulous along with the seeing the various bridges up close. And of course the two stops for pizza was so enjoyable. I hope to travel with this tour again whenever I'm in the area. |
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A Perfect Slice of Brooklyn
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| Mon, Sep 19, 05 11:00 AM |
kzoodiva |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| What a great day! Tony was such a good guide and totally knew his Brooklyn! I didn't expect the tour to be so informative as it was. We also loved the film clips and actually driving thru the areas at the same time the clip was showing. We lucked out having a perfect day weather-wise - so our stop at Coney Island was just icing on the cake. Loved driving thru Brighton Beach and the other neighborhoods as well.
And speaking of food - can we talk about the pizza? OH MY God!! It was FABulous. Very fun to try two different types of pizza, and they were both amazing. Living in the hinterlands of Kalamazoo, Michigan - it will take me a long time to actually want pizza from Little Caesars or Papa John's again!!!! And the spumoni at the Spumoni Gardens was delish as well.
And Tony. We LOVED him. He is perfectly suited to do this sort of tour.
If you are looking to do something different and fun while in New York City - I'd highly recommend this tour - you'll love it!!!
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Fabulous!
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| Mon, Sep 19, 05 11:00 AM |
johnkeane |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My wife and I were celebrating our 40th wedding anniversary in NYC and planned some activities for the 5 days we were there. A few weeks before we left for our trip, the San Francisco Chronicle, our local paper, printed a small article about this tour. It sounded fun so we booked it right away. We knew nothing about Brooklyn at the time, now we know lots!
When we first met Tony, we knew we had made the right decision about the tour. Tony is enthusiastic, knowledgeable, friendly, fun, professional and passionate about his hometown, Brooklyn. He was so well prepared for this tour, timing the music and film clips presicely as we drove through each neighborhood. It was fun watching the video and trying to see the exact spot that was filmed. We loved the stop at DUMBO, with magificant views of the bridges and the Manhattan skyline, the devine pizza at Grimaldi's and L&B Spumoni Gardens (save room for the delicious spumoni), our stop and walk along the boardwalk at Coney Island and the history and informative drive through the neighborhoods.
We loved this tour and have already recommended it to many of our friends! Now they just have to plan a trip to New York! Thanks Tony, it was the best!! |
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FANTASTIC!!!
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| Mon, Sep 19, 05 11:00 AM |
marilyne |
Female |
60-69 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| What a WONDERFUL way to spend a day. This was a 4-hour tour with the 2 stops for pizza (1.5 hours separated the two) and wonderful scenery. Tony, the tour director, is a very friendly outgoing people person. He has done extensive research for this tour and it really shows, from the movie clips which were done very effectively to all the tidbits which he gives throughout the tour. Right from the first minute we met Tony, we felt as if we had been friends of his forever -- he is just super. I have recommended this tour to all of my friends and I recommend it to anyone reading this review -- this is NOT one to miss!!!! Thanks, Tony! |
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Don't miss Tony and "The Slice of Brooklyn"!
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| Fri, Sep 16, 05 11:00 AM |
fwittenberg |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| As a lifelong NJ residents we thought we had a fairly sophisticated knowledge of Manhattan but alas, our familiarity with Brooklyn was sorely lacking. We are so happy to report that 4.5 - 5 information packed fun filled hours hours with Tony changed all that.
Tony was so much fun to be with that we just didn't want the tour to end. He really knows and loves his Brooklyn. He has so many great stories and vignettes to share that you really come away with a great appreciation for this boro where so much in our nations history has taken place (fascinating tales of the Revolutionary War). The list of famous people who grew up here reads like a who's who in literature, comedy, theater, music and maybe some other fields we'd best not talk about if you get the drift.
We've been fortunate enough to travel to many places in the world and we have seen
some pretty spectacular sights but, I can't say that we have ever had a better time on a tour!
Don't miss this tour! You will be so happy you were on it that you just might be telling all your friends, as we are, "You've just got to meet Tony and really see Brooklyn"! |
