| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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fun stories
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| Mon, Apr 23, 07 7:30 PM |
thesheehans |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| learned a lot of obscure facts on Charleston. Whole family enjoyed, kids were 13,11. |
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I was disappointed.
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| Sat, Apr 21, 07 9:30 PM |
Elledon |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I had heard good things about the ghost tours given in Charleston from other friends and family members-they all recomended we give it a try. Our tour guide took us on a fairly fast pace for some distance before he stopped and gave a few facts about the spot we stopped. He was a nice young man, but not much of a guide. In total, we did much more walking and very little ghost talking. We stopped maybe 5 times for a very few minutes each time. The guide did not even take us back to the fountain where we had started the tour. (Remember, we are not Charleston natives and are not familiar with the city in the dark!)
This is what I had expected: A slower walk with interesting ghost or strange history tidbits. I expected to be taken at least in sight of where the tour originally started. I know these are just for entertainment, but I feel ours was not entertaining enough and would not recomend it or go on another. |
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History of the tour was top draw
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| Sat, Apr 21, 07 9:30 PM |
sduffee |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The tour provided a great lesson in history about Charleston with some spooky elements. I expected some tour guide trying the scare us to death, but instead was pleasantly surprised. I felt like we got some "inside information" on some of the histoery that only a local would know about. |
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Stay Away from this Tour
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| Tue, Apr 17, 07 7:30 PM |
helenbbbbb |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Since I have been on Ghost Tours before, I was quite excited to give this one a try. Our family of five adults were in a small group with three other tourists. (all elderly women). Our tour guide met us at the appropiate time. I will highlight the issues with the tour:
1. He spoke too low
2. He was NOT a storyteller and made the stories so boring, two people in our group wanted to leave.
3. His mannerisms were staged, yet not theatrical, so it came off as silly.
4. He literally stopped in mid-sentence to stare at a girl as she walked by, and then after several uncomfortable seconds looked back at us and said, "Well..."
5. We stood in several parking lots for our "stories"
6. One parking lot was grimy and rather scary and not in the ghostly sense.
7. We did a lot of walking and some of the elderly people were quite tired. If we were going to stand in parking lots, why didn'e he just allow us to sit at the waterfront.
8. We really never got the feel of Charleston or it's ghosts. He'd stand at a corner and say well way over there somewhere there was this ghost, etc.
9. Basically it was amaturist, and dull.
10. It was a complete waste of our money and time. |
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interesting aneccdotes
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| Mon, Apr 16, 07 7:30 PM |
gjeanwatson |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We enjoyed the ghost stories on the tour, and our guide seemed to be having fun too. The kids in our party, ages 4, 5 & 8, would probably have preferred a shorter ghost walk, but they remembered some of the stories days later and shared them with other people who weren't on the tour with us. |
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Great!!
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| Sun, Apr 15, 07 9:30 PM |
stevo1 |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Great job incorporating Charlestons history into the ghost storys. Great tour guide. |
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Our tour guide was really entertaining!
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| Fri, Apr 13, 07 9:30 PM |
lkmaddox |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Our tour guide was really entertaining and knowledgeable. My husband and I really enjoyed the tour! The most amusing part was the first ghost he talked about was one at our inn - The Battery Carriage Inn!! I would recomend this tour. We had a small group and asked lots of questions to which our tour guide was more than happy to answer. |
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Teenagers enjoyed/adults so-so
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| Wed, Apr 11, 07 7:30 PM |
gpatetta |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| We were a group of seven. Four adults, two teenagers and one pre-teen. The kids really enjoyed our guide. He was a college student and I guess that was why. The adults were disappointed with the presentation itself. When we first started our tour at South End Brewery, I found the guide went on and on. Monotone. Got lost in his own thoughts. By the end of the tour he seemed to got better, but still had the moments of losing his train of thought. I expected a bit more "drama" for a ghost tour and our one teenager in the group (who read your book) said there were other stories much better than the ones our tour guide told us. |
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Quick and short
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| Mon, Apr 9, 07 9:30 PM |
susanmcd |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We arrived a little early at our designated spot. There were no signs or guides around and it was very dark so we were not really sure we were in the right place. Our guide did show up on time, but he was smoking a cigar and continued to do so for the next 20 minutes! There were only 6 people on the tour so it was a nice size group. The problem was that the guide (Brandon) who told us he owned his own tour company and was just helping this one out tonight as a favor, seemed to be in a big hurry. He walked and talked extremely fast. There were about 4 or 5 good stories. He seemed to know his stuff and could have probably given a very good tour except for the fact he seemed to be in a hurry. Our tour that was supposed to last 80 minutes only lasted 60, so we were very disappointed in that. When the tour was over we were about 6 blocks from our car and where we started so he gave us quick directions back and then disappeared. Overall it had the potential to be very good, but it was a let down. I would only recommend this tour to a friend after I had warned them first. |
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Fun, enthusiastic tour operator
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| Sun, Apr 8, 07 9:30 PM |
ChrisChillin |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| My soon-to-be fiancee and I were the only participants during the Ghost Walk time for which we registered, and we were treated to an enthusiastic, engaging tour guide - a College of Charleston student who spent over an hour's worth of extra time with us, providing not only well-told ghost stories but plenty of other anecdotes about life in Charleston. He was highly entertaining and we enjoyed every minute! |
