| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Tour Guide
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| Wed, Jul 2, 08 10:00 AM |
worc1013 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Hi!
Thanks for helping my group and I (the Shoemate's/Munaco) have such a great time! I thought that this tour was very informative. Our tour guide was really great and very encouraging. He told us that we were the best "band" that he has had for a while, it was nice to be encouraged like that!! I definitely would come back for the experience and the fun again!
I loved the fact that we got to see the sites of Elvis that I would have had no clue about otherwise. The facts that our tour guide told us and the facts that Sun Records told us were consistent.
I definitely felt like this tour was personalized.
Thanks for the great time!!
Dana |
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Friendly, Fun and Informative
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| Wed, Jul 2, 08 10:00 AM |
jckelley |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide was very knowledgeable about Elvis and was a great musician. He was very friendly and upbeat. It was well worth the cost. Sun Studios was a fabulous component of the tour and coordinated nicely with the excursion. Bus was in great shape and very comfortable on a hot summer day. We liked the way it started and ended on Beale St. We would recommend it to others. Can't think of a thing we would change. |
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really fun!!
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| Wed, Jun 25, 08 10:00 AM |
balloonbabe |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We picked this tour because it sounded fun and it really was You get to sing along plus learn a lot of history about Elvis while doing it. Memphis Jones, the tour guide was excellent.We would go again in a minute. |
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Informative, friendly and great fun!
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| Sun, Jun 1, 08 10:00 AM |
joblackwell |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Thanks, Memphis Jones - and sorry for the measly tip. I kept getting my currency in a twist! I'll be writing some freelance articles about our trip, so I'll try to make up for it by giving you a plug in the British press. Just let me know if there's anything you'd especially like us to know! |
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A must do
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| Sun, May 25, 08 10:00 AM |
deannemoore |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We had an excellent singer that sang Elvis songs and shared jokes. He had a wonderful attitude and made the experience fun. I enjoyed his cute personality and he was very knowledgable about Elvis and the area. When I go back to Memphis I will tour with this company again.
From,
The girl with the white teeth!!!! |
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A fun, great factual tour about the life of elvis
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| Wed, May 7, 08 10:00 AM |
swindon |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| We had a really great tour, we visited all of elvis's old haunts and saw where he grew up and went to school it was very interesting. The bus was very fun, especially memphis Jones the entertainer he sang elvis songs and gave us lots of information, we even joined in with playing musical instruments on the bus. We would highly reccomend this tour. |
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Elvis Fan from Newcastle, England
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| Sun, Apr 27, 08 10:00 AM |
BarbaraLou |
Female |
70+ |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We took English friends on this tour and Nora .....the singer and Howard the driver took excellent care of us.............was fun. |
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awesome
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| Wed, Apr 16, 08 10:00 AM |
fayester |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| would highly recommend memphis jones is amazing. x |
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Enjoyable with Caveats
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| Sun, Apr 6, 08 10:00 AM |
kbranan |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My daughter, 16, and I took this tour based on a different tour we had taken previously and how much we had enjoyed it.
The upside: There was a great deal of interesting information about Elvis on this tour. Not the least of which is the fact that one can rent out the apartment where the Presley family lived at Lauderdale Courts!! The tour around the city to get a glimpse of places associated With Elvis' life was very interesting. Our bus driver was extremely knowledgeable of Elvis lore and trivia. Also, having taken another tour that included some Elvis info, this tour did not feel like a duplication of that at all. The tour is very upbeat, and it is fun to use the hand-held instruments provided to join in the songs.
The not-so-upside: The songs sung on the tour were mostly very early-Elvis tunes. While these were pertinent, they weren't (for the most part) the most well known. Where were Heartbreak Hotel, Can't Help Falling In Love, All Shook Up, Love Me Tender, Are You Lonesome Tonight, Return to Sender, Crying in the Chapel. We would have loved to hear the background info on the recording of Are you Lonesome Tonight, wherein Elvis starts laughing and can't stop. Also, while we know that Elvis recorded at Sun Studios, the tour there is only partially about Elvis. It's an interesting tour, but would have chosen to leave that part out and learn more about Elvis only, since the tour billing is about him. (The Sun Studios tour time - in all - was 1 hour and 20 minutes of the total 2 hours and 45 minute tour.) Also - and we fully realize this couldn't be helped - the *old* circa 1962 bus we were supposed to tour on was in disrepair. Instead, we toured on a 15 passenger shuttle bus. It wasn't quite the same, as we had the older bus experience on our first tour. |
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The most fun filled tour of my life!
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| Wed, Mar 26, 08 10:00 AM |
SJAguilar68 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I took the Hound Dog tour and the entertainment on the bus was phenomenal. I rode on the Miss Clawdy bus and Memphis Jones was an excellent tour guide. I recommend this tour especially to all Elvis fans who will appreciate it more. I learned so much more about Elvis' life that I'll remain a fan for life. I highly recommend Back Beat tours. I am planning to return to Memphis and take the other tours such as the Mojo tour from Back Beat. |
