| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fun
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| Tue, Jul 25, 06 10:00 AM |
CeciliaAlava |
Female |
Unspecified |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| A fun way to see DC! |
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Miss this tour and leave a spot for us ... AGAIN!
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| Fri, Jul 21, 06 6:00 PM |
anumbr1 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Best time of our 10 day East coast vacation. Washington DC via Segway is the ONLY way to see it. We tried it both ways, walked our blisters off, and then did the evening Segway tour. It was so easy to master and our son now wants one for his own. Guide was well informed and just plain FUN. The scary part is the safety video before you first step on a Segway. No matter what you plan as a tourist in any city that offers Segway tours, make sure you get on the list and take a Segway tour, you will make memories that will last forever! Hi Ho Segway ... take IT away! |
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Kills the feet but what an experience
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| Fri, Jul 21, 06 10:00 AM |
andypop |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I enjoyed the tour very much. However i would like to comment on a couple of things.
I think it would be more beneficial if the office was in a location that was a little quieter, not off a busy road. Once we had established our training we then had to go on to a busy sidewalk and tackle crossing the road. I found this very unnerving.
The other comment i would like to make is that whilst i enjoyed the tour i discovered later that we had not actually seen the majority of the places i would like to have seen. I understand that this was perhaps because we are not allowed to go into certain areas however i felt that really we were taken around a tour of the buildings of washington and not of the key areas (for me) such as Abraham Lincoln memorial, Rosevelt memorial, the reflecting pool, vietnam memorial etc. I think for the price of the tour we would have benefitted from having an hour extra to walk around these places if the segways are not allowed.
Having said that, it was certainly an experience that I enjoyed thoroughly as i can impress everyone in england that i have been on a segway.
Thanks
Andrea |
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Great, easy initiation to Segway; limited Tour use
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| Sun, Jul 16, 06 12:30 PM |
nashunt |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| We had a great time. Alex was a good teacher and guide and stayed close with us to be sure we understood how to ride. The actual tour was a bit lame for us Washingtonians, and i really would have preferred a bit more of a broader ride, to G'town, Adams Morgan, zoo, etc. But great fun on the Segways. You need more types of tours. |
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Very fun! but tour info could have been better.
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| Sat, Jul 15, 06 3:00 PM |
eplummer |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Other |
| The sales staff was very friendly and the orientation was quick and easy. The tour itself was fun and covered alot of locations. Some tour information was interesting, but on the whole I was hoping it would be more informative. Still - you've got an excellent selling point....Segways are FUN!! |
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The attraction sells.. the tour guides do not.
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| Sat, Jul 15, 06 12:30 PM |
jpmticket |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I thoroughly enjoyed being on the Segway and it is a GREAT way to see the city. Our tour guide (the red haired gentlemen) was very knowledgable about the city and things to see and do. A better script and doing a better way to present the information would have been better. The second gentlemen with us (shorts t shirts and flip flops...) knew little to nothing about buildings and did not point out key points of interests...
I felt that there was a looseness and 'do what you want on the tour...' instead of really giving an indepth tour. I feel you could charge (a little) more if your appearance and demeanor in the streets was more professional and indepth in the tour. You are knowledgable about the Segways just feel you need work in presentation. The gentlen in the store dressed in a Segway gold shirt and pants looked professional. Our tour guides really did not. I feel I missed a lot of what Washington DC had to offer because nothing was really explained or shown ESPECIALLY on the way back from the Capital.
Several people of our tour (one gentlemen in particular) seemed like they were more into the Segway and doing what they weren't supposed to do then taking a tour. This was a distraction at the times when explanations were being made of key sites. This was too bad and diminished the experience.
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Great Fun
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| Sun, Jul 9, 06 6:00 PM |
Darrella |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Unspecified |
| Hi - We decided to take the Segway Tour since our nephew was visiting from Tennessee. I was quite nervous because I wasn't sure I could ride the thing, but it was not a problem at all. My husband and nephew had a wonderful time, and we could hardly get my newphew (who is 16) off the Segway when we returned to I Street. Our guide was excellent and well informed. He was constantly on the alert for problems we might be having, or that might come at us from some of the strange people we met, especially outside the White House. Many people were simply curious about the Segway. I must say that I didn't pay enough attention to the tour itself because I was so focused on the ride. |
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an incredible experience
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| Sat, Jul 8, 06 12:30 PM |
sittingstill |
Female |
30-39 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| I've wanted to ride a Segway since they were first introduced, so I was thrilled to find that one could tour DC on one! The folks at Capital Segway were very helpful and professional. Nice balance between traditional tour-guide information and just the general fun of zipping around on a Segway. If you're considering it, DO it. You'll be nervous for about 20 seconds; an hour later you'll be telling tourists what a great time you're having! |
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Highly Recommended!
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| Sat, Jul 8, 06 12:30 PM |
davidlmyers |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| This was a great experience. We did the guided Segway tour of DC but will be back to rent the Segways and do our own tour. |
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Fun tour
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| Sat, Jul 8, 06 10:00 AM |
aotis2000 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| The Segway tour is a great way to get oriented to the city and have fun riding a segway. It is tough to learn a lot as you cannot hear the tour guide as you are 'segwaying' through. They should consider adding a microphone to the tour guide that allows him to talk to you from the front. Other than that the tour was great. We loved riding the segways and they were easy to use. |
