The Ghosts of Charleston Tour - Waterfront Park

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.

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.

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.

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.

Great job incorporating Charlestons history into the ghost storys. Great tour guide.

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.

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!

tour guide was informative and entertaining, learned some of the history of Charleston, but the ghost stories were a bit weak and we expected to go inside some of the buildings not just walk outside, would have liked a little more subsatance to the tour...

It was not the most exciting tour but we were glad to have an activity that we could do with our two dogs.

Daughter age 13 liked it. Some people in group complained that the guide spoke too fast and rushed the tour.