| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender [v] |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fantastic Christmas activity!
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| Sat, Dec 20, 08 7:00 PM |
betteliddell |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This tour was very well organised and a great way to see the holiday lights in Brooklyn. We were lucky enought to have snow on the evening of our tour so it was very magical! Highly recommended! |
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Great!!
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| Fri, Dec 19, 08 7:00 PM |
Evlieshout |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We've been on the slice of pizza tour in April 2008, when Tony informed us about the christmas light tour. So the first thing I said to my boyfriend was "we need to came back to New York around christmas time!" and so we did.
I need to confess that at first I was a bite disapointed when we heard that Tony wasn't our gide that evening, instead Rick did the tour. Which of course was also very good and much fun!
We really enjoyed the tour and where surprised how many houses are decorated!
We had snow that day, so it was even more beautiful! |
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A Christmas Lights Tour of Brooklyn
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| Fri, Dec 19, 08 7:00 PM |
marcymckean |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour guide was not waiting on the street carrying the "A Slice of Brooklyn' clipboard. If you do need to call the emergency contact number, leave a message, then call back because they don't call you. It was unfortunate that it was a rainy evening because the windows of the bus fogged up and didn't clear up right away. Bring some paper towels because they don't have anything for you to wipe the windows. Once you're on the bus the tour is nice. You receive some interesting information about Brooklyn and see some great "stuff." (Stuff = lights) |
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Would do it again
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| Sun, Dec 14, 08 7:00 PM |
Express16 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Highly recommeded. Tony was great! |
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"This tour is a must"
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| Sun, Dec 14, 08 7:00 PM |
alison47 |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Wow !! what a great night out in brooklyn, the lights tour is a must , Tony is a great guide and we had a great time there was festive music playing on board the coach, which i must say is sooo comfortable and warm, so if your taking a trip a to ny and its christmas time, get yourself booked on the trip, our group is still talking about it!!
Alison
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Must be seen to be believed
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| Sun, Dec 14, 08 7:00 PM |
alexismucha |
Female |
20-29 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| One of a kind experience. At first I was unsure what the tour would be like and how you'd actually see the lights from the bus windows. However, that was unfounded as the bus does stop in areas with concentrated lights to allow everyone to get off and look closer and take photos. Tony our guide was very real and enthusiastic and knowledgeable giving just enough commentary as he pointed out the different neightborhoods from the Gowanus expressway and talked about the lighted houses as we drove by. I thought the tour was the easiest, quickest, and most relaxing way to make sure that you saw all the highlights of the decorated houses in Dyker Heights |
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beautiful lights
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| Sun, Dec 14, 08 7:00 PM |
JoanneD |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This tour was wonderful, tony was a great tour guide. The homes were decorated so beautifully. It was just amazing and magical. I would recommend this tour to everyone. |
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disappointed with the optional stop
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| Sat, Dec 13, 08 7:00 PM |
bxw2721 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Bus : great and I'm glad he had gotten the larger-size bus that knees.
Bus driver: great & able to make those tight turns plus knows his way around.
Video presentation: great.
Audio: disappointed that we were not able to connect the radio channel to be in sync with the lights at the final house, hence a disappointing finale.
Optional: Mona Lisa Bakery: very poor rating. [ I would add that we have some in our group that had lived in Europe, been to Italy and grew up in NYC's Little Italy!]
Lousy food, bad service, but large cups of coffee.
Guide: OK, but can show a bit more enthusiam and passion. Some bare facts had already been mentioned on the other tours.
[ FYI, these are the usual specific comments that we ask our travellers]
I am a professional Travel Agent with over 20 years of experience.
Sincerely, Linda Loo |
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Fun trip, but overpriced
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| Fri, Dec 12, 08 7:00 PM |
lsiebenhaar |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Much of your experience will depend on where you call home and what you are used to seeing at Christmastime. We live in Utah where electricity is cheap and there are single-family houses galore. A large majority of the population decorates their houses with Christmas lights. Thus, we felt like this excursion merely showed us the same things we can see by driving around our home, but at a rather costly price.
However, we must say that if you live in a big city such as Manhatten, where there are few homes, this would be quite a scene. There were people on our bus from Australia who loved it and took 10 photos of each house.
One hint for Tony, if you're going to play vintage Christmas music, turn it down a bit. It was obnoxious after a while. |
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Brooklyn in a new light (Christmas that is....)
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| Sun, Dec 7, 08 7:00 PM |
jcm1967 |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| We had a wonderful time viewing the Holiday Lights of Brooklyn. Our guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgable and also sensative to and accomodating of our issues with the "cold" weather last Sunday night. The light displays were fantastic!!! We would definitely recommend it. |
