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BuxtonTours

  Tour Charleston, LLC
Ratings Summary:   Rating: 3.8 (111)
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Last 3 months 27 26 37 11 77% 3.7
Last 6 months 62 58 81 23 77% 3.7
Last 12 months 104 111   150   39 80% 3.8
All 303 307 418 111 78% 3.7
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The Ghosts of Charleston Tour - Waterfront Park 108 80% 3.8
The Pirates of Charleston Walking History Tour 3 100% 5.0
The Ghosts of Charleston II - Specters 0 0% 0.0
The Story of Charleston Walking History Tour 0 0% 0.0
Marcus Dagan at Buxton's East Bay Theatre 0 0% 0.0
Ghost Stories at Buxton's East Bay Theatre 0 0% 0.0
The Ghosts of Charleston 2 - Specters 0 0% 0.0
Paranormalist Jim Callahan at Buxton's Theatre 0 0% 0.0
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Rating: 5
secrets of Charleston
Wed, Aug 23, 06   7:30 PM cooney16 Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
We really enjoyed the ghost tour. Spooky but not frightening. Our guide Kyle was a great storyteller.
Rating: 3
Not bad, not great
Sun, Aug 20, 06   9:30 PM bbertoglio Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Family Without Children
We enjoyed Charleston, and some of the stories were good. The tour guide should have been more dynamic and polished in his storytelling. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that we took the 9:30pm tour, but I thought it also would have been more interesting if we could actually see inside some of the places that we visited (e.g. the dungeon). Also, the fact that we apparently couldn't even visit the outside of many of the places because of residential zoning restrictions, took away a bit from the enjoyment of the stories. It would have been better if the tour was more focused on stories about places that are available to visit, or if some other technique was used to better put the stories into context. Overall, the tour was enjoyable, but not great. We had previously taken a walking ghost tour in London and it was far superior.
Rating: 4
Informative but not scary
Tue, Aug 15, 06   7:30 PM wtl_65 Female 40-49 Local Family With Children
Was a good tour with lots of information but not scary and didn't seem to follow same guidelines set in advertisement through the company; was hoping it to be a little more aprehensive with the "GHOST" theory; also not as many stories told as was first thought from the add either. Overall ...good .......recommended for the family style so as not to scare children but not as 'spooky' as would have likened to hear and see.
Rating: 4
Creepy
Sun, Aug 13, 06   9:30 PM sharrell Female 20-29 Local Group of Friends
Good stories!
Rating: 5
Great!!!
Sat, Aug 12, 06   9:30 PM AdamWebb Male 20-29 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
The tour is a ton of fun! It has everything you would want!
Rating: 2
Disappointed
Sat, Aug 12, 06   9:30 PM megoxford Female 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
My husband and I were extremely disaapointed. We were highly anticipating this tour and could not wait to do the tour after reading a Southern Living review. Unfortunately, it did not live up to our expectations. A tour is only as good as your tour guide. We felt that it was boring and stale.
Rating: 4
Interesting
Fri, Aug 11, 06   9:30 PM jackbagwell Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
Our tour guide was had a wonderful oice and good stories. She was very approachable and enteretained many questions as we walked around the city.
Rating: 3
Enjoyable diversion but not earth-shattering
Paranormalist Jim Callahan at Buxton's Theatre
Sat, Aug 5, 06   8:30 PM randyguarner Male 30-39 Local Couple on a Date
The show we attended had only 7 people total in the audience. It probably would have been more fun with a larger group. Mr. Callahan's tricks were entertaining, but he promises a paranormal experience, and that's certainly not what he delivered. It was polished but very easy to see how the tricks were done. If the show were marketed strictly as a magic show, that would be one thing, but Mr. Callahan has to take it in another direction. He claims that he's made a deal with a man who has yet to be born. That's nothing but a silly gimmick. He uses some pendulums to "prove" that this being is present, and he shows a short film of how he originally made contact with him. That's the extent of his deal with a man yet to be born. On the plus side, Mr. Callahan is a good storyteller and performer. It is an enjoyable diversion, but don't expect to be blown away.
Rating: 5
Ghost Walk for a family
Sat, Aug 5, 06   7:30 PM sparker Female 60-69 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
The Ghost Walk was very good and was enjoyed by our family on a very hot night in Charleston. The presenters were informed and interesting, even our young grandchildren were interested in what they had to tell. Afterward, we each chose a favorite ghost story, to tell a little about among ourselves Thanks for a good, not evening.
Rating: 1
Frustrated
Fri, Jul 28, 06   9:30 PM ElliottEpps Male 30-39 Local Other
The ghost tour was extremely disappointing. Our first impression of our tour guide was way too laid back bordering on unprofessional. He seemed to be a very nice guy but did not speak loudly enough. Also his stories were not told in a clear or entertaining way. Finally, there were 2 to 3 other groups at each location we visited. It would seem that the different companies would communicate and cooperate in some way to stagger the beginning times so the groups were not on top of each other. I was very disappointed.
Rating: 1
Don't book till you get there.
Fri, Jul 28, 06   7:30 PM Tomlucha Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
Numerous discounts were available from Visitors Center and Hotel. Tour guide was poor. Acted as if he wished he were not there. Never made eye contact and repeatedly stifled yawns. We observed other tours that appeared to be having a much better experience.
Rating: 5
A very informative tour
Wed, Jul 26, 06   10:00 AM preidling Male 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Family With Children
My family and I were on vacation, and my wife found this tour on the web. Our son is a huge pirate fan. Anyone who does not know the history of pirates in Charleston should take this tour. Our guide was John and he took us on the tour. It was very interesting to know Black Beard was a decent fellow, and Stead Bonner was a bad pirate. Also the other pirates were unique. We learned quit a bit, anyone who does not know much should go on this tour. The tour was terrific and we had a great time. We really enjoyed it, I recomend more people go on this tour.
Rating: 3
Cancelled
Sun, Jul 23, 06   9:30 PM CarlaTuttle Unspecified 30-39 Domestic Tourist(s) Unspecified
Unfortunately, a thunderstorm was passing through the first night we were scheduled. The tour was cancelled that night, but the guide nicely booked us for the next night. Evidently, Charleston's ghosts were not ready to play that night either and sent another thunderstorm, thus cancelling that night. We asked for a refund. The tour, I'm sure, would have been interesting. The weather just didn't cooperate.
Rating: 4
Very Informative Ghost tour
Sat, Jul 22, 06   9:30 PM Disneyluvr Female 50-59 Domestic Tourist(s) Other
Time was taken to give background information on the ghost siteings, etc. Our guide also had a book which showed pictures of the people, places, and "ghost photograph" that she talked about on the tour. Please allow PLENTY of time to find parking if you are going on the last 9:30pm tour as there is literally NO PLACE to park and you may end up missing the tour. We kept driving around and finally found a parking garage a block away, but it was filled and we had to wait till someone pulled out of a spot so we could pull in. Wear comfortable shoes and get ready to walk and stand. My friend found this somewhat difficult. It's great fun and I wish we had more time to visit more sightings!
Rating: 1
no good at all
Sat, Jul 22, 06   9:30 PM shannomart Male 40-49 Domestic Tourist(s) Couple on a Date
left out some important facts about photos not very interesting
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