| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Great Tour; Unenthusiastic Guides
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| Thu, Aug 14 12:30 PM |
WallaceJudd |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| The Segway tour of the DC Capital buildings was the right way to see all the monuments of DC. The Segways performed flawlessly, and the size of the group was ideal -- about a dozen or so.
The guides were great at the logistics of threading the group through flocks of tourists and between clumps of traffic.
However, as a tour of the monuments of the capital, the trip had some shortcomings. It was difficult to hear the guides because they had no amplification or speakers. With the traffic & tourist noises all around, you frequently couldn't hear their patter.
The dialog was delivered with that '13th time today' lassitude that guides get after months of spewing the same patter with little variation. They were perfunctory, but not excited by the seeting or the history surrounding them.
I'd still recommend the tour, especially if you haven't been on a Segway, and if you have the chance to follow up on the buildings of specific interest to you. |
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Under the Stars is the Best!!
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| Wed, Aug 13 9:30 PM |
murphreeglob |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My wife and I did the evening tour and thoroughly loved it! The monuments at night are completely different than in the day - the sidewalks are not crowded and you can zip along at top speed - our guide was full of great information and humor - and our whole group had a great time. Going up to the Capitol and White House at night was really nice. The segways were surprisingly easy to learn how to use - within 5 minutes, it was so intuitive that one didn't even have to think about how to drive it - it went where we wanted it to go. Highly recommended for both visitors to the city and for residents as well - it's a very different way to see the sights. Thanks much!! |
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Excellent way to see the Mall area
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| Wed, Aug 13 6:30 PM |
svmoxie |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This was a very enjoyable activity. The tour was well done and entertaining and the addition of the novelty and downright fun of riding the Segway(s) made it one of the highlights of the trip. |
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A fantastic time!
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| Wed, Aug 13 6:30 PM |
Finnian |
Male |
20-29 |
Combination |
Couple on a Date |
| This really was a worthwhile activity! The staff were really really great, and the tour itself was so much fun.
You're really able to go at your own speed, and beyond a helmet and a very good safety talk you are not babysat and your safety and the speed you go at is up to you. I really liked this.
Loads of fun, I'd recommend it to anyone! |
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Great for locals
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| Wed, Aug 13 3:30 PM |
msfreudber |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| so great for a birthday outting. I highly recommend it of you have friends In town because you can have fun on a segway while they get a tour. |
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Awesome
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| Wed, Aug 13 12:30 PM |
lolney55 |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| We had so much fun. I would love to bring my friends and family for a tour. It was so easy to learn how to drive the segway. The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. |
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Love it! Awesome. I'm gonna buy one of these.
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| Tue, Aug 12 3:30 PM |
sedavies8 |
Male |
Under 20 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was definitely a highlight of our trip to Washington, DC. This is the was to get around - no doubt. The tour guide was the best, the tour was super, and the Segways were the coolest. I would recommend this as part of a D.C. visit every time! You have to do this. When you get there, these things are everywhere and if you are not on one, you wish you were! |
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We had a great time!
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| Tue, Aug 12 3:30 PM |
anc7b05 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Other |
| My nephew and his friend, both about 20, were visiting me in DC so I treated them to the tour. I've wanted to do the tour myself for some time, so I went too. We loved it! Just a couple comments: 1. Suggest that folks bring a bottle of water. We got extremely thirsty after the 1st hour. 2. Suggest that folks wear comfortable shoes because they'll be standing for 2 hours. 3. Tell folks that pedestrians have the right of way in DC, especially on sidewalks. 4. Offer an alternate route, not just the tourist route. I plan to go again, this time with a group of local friends. How about going down by the river near the Kennedy Center, for example? Maybe a certain tour-time could be more geared to local residents. |
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A unique way to see parts of DC
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| Tue, Aug 12 12:30 PM |
Haroldg |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| Riding the Segway is a unique way to see parts of DC and it was a lot of fun. We certainly attracted attention! We got to see the White House, the Capitol Building parts of the Smithsonian and other federal buildings but the tour doesn't include memorials or monuments due to limitations on where the Segways can be ridden.
The tour guides were knowledgeable and very accomodating though sometimes I had hoped for more detail in their briefings.
Riding the Segway was definitely a blast and made the tour quite enjoyable.
Definitely worth the money. |
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fantastic excuse to explore segway riding
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| Tue, Aug 12 9:30 AM |
EveMLC |
Female |
50-59 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| French friends came to visit us in DC and decided that the best way to spend their 24 hours with us was via the Segway tour. They were right. The introductory session just before the tour did include a video which could be shown in French as well as other foreign languages. So even if your English is weak, you still get the very necessary information to learn how to operate the Segway safely (if you ask them to repeat this video in the other language). I was amazed at how easy it was to learn to use the machine. We had a very pleasant route through the the Mall area, and it was a lot of fun.
A note on the after-effects on your legs: Because you spend the whole time essentially standing and just shifting your weight between the balls and heels of your feet, it is in some ways more tiring than actually walking--not as much circulation for your legs as when you really walk. However, it really is fun to play with this different form of locomotion.
People who love this tour should also consider the Bike-the-Sites tour on regular bicycles, especially in the evening. That tour passes by all the various monuments (Jefferson, Lincoln, Vietnam Memorial, etc) on the west side of the Mall, whereas the Segway tour concentrates more on east side of the Mall showing where the main Smithsonian museums with interesting collections are, not to mention passing by the White House and Ford Theater. |
