| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Best Tour I've Taken
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| Mon, Aug 30 1:30 PM |
mzgela |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The Memphis Mojo Tour was awesome! Memphis Jones was entertaining, informative and fun. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Memphis or even locals. Definitelly worth $25 and then some. |
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good tour depending on which "host" you have
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| Sat, Aug 28 2:30 PM |
reneei |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| A group of us went on tour in Dec with Memphis Jones serving as the entertainer and it was so much fun. He combined great musical abilities with his historical knowledge of Memphis music scene as well as other notable facts about Memphis. I took the tour again this past weekend and was disappointed because it was not nearly as informative or fun. I felt as if our guide was singing or playing for his own enjoyment rather than for his audience. He seemed to be compelled to sing every last note of a song when the time could have been spent playing/singing parts of a song and then sharing information. I learned so much more the first time and the whole atmoshpere was more upbeat when Memphis Jones led the tour. So my recommendation is whole-hearted if Memphis Jones is included. We were offered a choice of where to stop on the tour the first time but the past weekend it was decided for us. Unfortunate since almost everyone on the bus had already been to Sun Studios at least once.
Also- we were not on the same bus. It seemed that the a/c did not work well so most of the time we were uncomfortably hot. |
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it was OK, but not great.
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| Sat, Aug 28 2:30 PM |
ginasquires |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| having taken this tour once before, i was disappointed in this version. The musician was not as good as the previous. All in all, OK, but just not great. |
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Unorganized stream of consciousness narration
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| Fri, Aug 27 2:30 PM |
cnphillips1 |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| I surprised my husband with this bus tour of Memphis for his birthday after reading the rave reviews. We left on the tour about 30 minutes later than was scheduled. Then the poor bus driver was new and I’m pretty sure she had never ridden the route with anyone, just given a list of turns to make. We went the wrong way several times, turned around, and at some points just gave up on trying to get where we were supposed to go since we were running so late. The tour guide was an older gentleman who at one time owned Sun Studios (a stop on the tour) and had a lot of interesting first hand knowledge, but basically he was like listening to an unedited VH1 Behind the Music episode. He wouldn’t complete thoughts, he’d pass by important places on the tour and forget to mention them so we got a lot of “ Oh, we just passed this, but back there was ….” . He also name dropped a lot and bragged about things he had done with famous artists, which is not what we were looking for on a tour of Memphis. My husband described his style as “stream of consciousness” where he just spouted off whatever was on his mind at the time, whether it fit it with what he had just talked about or not. It was a 90 minute tour that was supposed to leave at 2:30 and get back at 4:00, but we ended up getting back at 5:00. We exited the bus not knowing much more than we knew when we got on. I would not recommend taking this tour and we were very disappointed. |
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Fantastic !
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| Sat, Aug 21 2:30 PM |
aviddds |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| 'Our trip to Memphis wouldn't have been complete without Memphis Jones' tour.
It was both fun and entertaining. He pointed out significance in the otherwise unremarkable scenery around us in between having the entire bus 'skakin', rattlin' and rollin'. Best tour ever ! |
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TOTALLY FANTASTIC! NOT TO BE MISSED!
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| Fri, Aug 20 2:30 PM |
rachelrachel |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| WE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OUR MOJO TOUR. MEMPHIS JONES IS SO INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING AND TALENTED. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR TRIP. IT EMBODIED WHAT MEMPHIS IS ALL ABOUT AND GAVE US AN APPRECIATION OF THE CITY AND IT'S HISTORY. |
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Awesome
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| Wed, Aug 18 1:30 PM |
graycar |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This is a wonderful tour to learn a wealth of knowledge about the music and history of music as it pertains to the local area. We were originally booked on the Hound Dog tour but it was cancelled and we were put on the Mojo Tour instead. The bus was full, the man giving the tour, Gary, was so knowledgeable and fun, I could have listened to him for hours. It was oh so very hot on the bus, the air conditioner decided to quit working, the day was extremely humid, but yet, I don't feel he missed a beat in his level of enthusiam for the tour. When we stopped at the Stax Museum, there was a chest of ice cold water provided for all of us at no charge, with continual apologies for the bus' air conditioning quitting. One of the other members of the business met us there with the ice water, which was over and above what most places would do, I believe. Refunds or partial refunds were offered. My husband and I told them it was not necessary, it was not their fault the weather was so hot and the air conditioning decided to quit, but yet we have been credited. We were first time visitors to Memphis, deciding to go there for our 20th wedding anniversary after great reviews from a family member, and we are not one bit disappointed with our choice. We had originally planned to go to Las Vegas. I found this tour company went above and beyond to provide a wonderful informative tour despite the hot and humid conditions. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Thank you so much for a very memorable part of our anniversary trip to Memphis. Dorenda & Tom Heather, Marydel, MD. 8/24/10 |
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Mempis Jones rocks!
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| Mon, Aug 16 1:30 PM |
omalleyk |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our guide, Memphis Jones, was excellent! He was knowledgeable as well as entertaining! |
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Interesting tour of Memphis
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| Sat, Aug 14 2:30 PM |
fieldscat |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Lots of fun and interesting facts from Tennessee Tom. Very enjoyable. |
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History Comes Alive
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| Sat, Aug 14 1:00 PM |
rbrtl123 |
Male |
50-59 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| I was disappointed that the bus was not the vintage model featured on their web site, but the tour guide more than made up for it with his performance. I left with a feeling of what it was to live during this era. |
