| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Not as good as last time
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| Wed, May 30, 07 9:00 PM |
lmitch8080 |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| My wife took our son on this tour a few years back and really enjoyed it. So when some of our friends and their son came to town we thought it would be a good idea to do this again. However, the tour was very limited compared to the last time we went. We only stopped at a few locations and didn't make it to many of the attartctions we did the last time. |
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Don't waste your time or money
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| Wed, May 30, 07 9:00 PM |
TinaMac117 |
Female |
40-49 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| Extrememly disappointing. Tour guide set pace at a fast trot. Stories were told in boring and drawn out manner. No "spook factor" at all. Save your money and go on a carriage tour. |
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Loved it!
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| Sat, May 26, 07 9:00 PM |
leahbeckham |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| We had a great time! Dan our tour guide was a great story teller! |
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TOO MUCH
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| Sat, May 26, 07 7:00 PM |
Chally |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Too much walking, Too much talking. We felt like we were on a camping trip , hearing about silly ghost stories. Would not recomend this tour. |
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FUN EVENING
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| Fri, May 25, 07 9:00 PM |
barrybecker |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Though I forgot our groups guide....he was great. Very well informed amd he made it fun. Nothing was scarey however. It was just a nice night to take a walk and learn a few things about Charleston..thanks
Barry Becker |
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Historic tour but not a ghost tour
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| Fri, May 25, 07 9:00 PM |
MichaelTodd |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was the third ghost walk I have attended in Charleston. I have also be on several other ghost walks, both in the US and in Europe. I attended this particular walk with my husband and children, ages13 and 10. Our purpose for going on the walk was to be entertained. Sure we wanted to learn a little about Charleston's history, but what I was looking for was that sort of "tingle down your spine" feeling you get when you hear a really good ghost story around a campfire. The impossible becomes quite plausible in the cobblestone alleyways of one of the United States' oldest cities. I think deep down, we want to be made to "believe".
What we got was a pleasant, knowledgeable tour guide who took us from place to place, mechanically, efficiently and on schedule; all the way relating facts about Charleston's history and sprinkling in what was clearly obligatory tales about people who had died and were supposedly still lurking around. But the guide made it clear that she was buying none of it and that really disrupted my experience. The guide also commented more than once that something we were looking at would have been better to view in the daytime and I agree wholeheartedly. This was not a ghost tour.
I guess in the end what I learned is that there are guides and there are storytellers. Both are knowledgeable and both can convey the exact same information to their audience. The difference is that whereas the guide simply sets forth the facts, gives an opinion and allows you to draw your own conclusion, the story teller weaves the facts into a tale that makes the audience a part of it and really sucks you in. Based on their enthusiasm, you believe the story teller believes the story and you certainly wind up believing it because you came to the tour desperate to believe.
Now frankly, I may have overthought this whole thing and my intent is not to hurt anyone's feelings. But as an attorney by trade, I spend a lot of time in seminars learning how to convince juries that my position in a case is the correct one. What the seminars alway say and what I have never understood as clearly as I did last Friday night is that it is not what you say, but how you say it. |
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Very Interesting.
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| Sat, May 19, 07 7:00 PM |
IrishSJ |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| I recently took the Charleston Ghost and Dungeon Tour. Our guide was excellent. She told some very interesting stories and made the tour very enjoyable. If I get a chance to return to Charleston, I'd lke to try some of the other tours they offer. |
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great tour!
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| Sat, May 19, 07 7:00 PM |
loriestarke |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour guide was fantastic! We loved the tour of the jail house. It was fun and informative. We have alot of pictures full of orbs, especially in the hallways. We can't wait to come back. We are bringing alot of our friends with us next time!!!! Thanks! |
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interesting and educational
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| Tue, May 15, 07 9:00 PM |
kpjones1 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour was very interesting. Our tour guide told interesting stories and made the tour fun. |
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Wasn't bad, wasn't good.
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| Sat, May 5, 07 7:00 PM |
ammustin |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| The tour was so-so. The stories were okay, but the tour itself was quite dull. By the end of the tour we were more than ready to be done with it. We only heard a total of 5 stories in an hour and a half. We spend over 45 minutes on one story. Thought they could have packed more ghost stories and excitement into the tour. Would not recommend it to someone else. |
