| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? [v] |
Group Type? |
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AMAZING!!!!
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| Sat, Mar 1, 08 11:30 AM |
mikedio |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| If you're going to see the Capital, you HAVE to see it on a SEGWAY! Or do anything on a Segway, they're just amazing. |
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Great fun, great guides, great time!
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| Sun, Feb 3, 08 12:30 PM |
bgrove5 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Other |
| The main guide, Mary Anne, was fabulous - very knowledgeable about segways and the city. I'm from this area and learned new things about the monuments and memorials. Will come back with others in the future. The other guide, Tiffany, was also knowledgeable about the segways and was very reassuring thru the learning process. We had a wonderful time and will come back. |
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Best birthday ever!
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| Thu, Jan 10, 08 12:30 PM |
dotzzz |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| So says my pal Jerry, for whom this tour was a present. He's been to D.C. many times, and I've lived here going on two decades, but the Segway experience made it all fun and new. Kudos to our guide Karen, too, whose commentary would have been interesting even if we'd just been plodding around on foot. (But, WOW, so glad we weren't!) |
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We had a blast.
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| Sat, Dec 29, 07 3:30 PM |
joannahecht |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| We always make fun of the segway tours when we see them around town, but we decided to try it for ourselves, and we had so much fun. Once we got used to the machines, they felt very intuitive, and now we both want one! |
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Reflexive smiling
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| Sat, Dec 29, 07 9:30 AM |
kathyhosty |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| You cannot go on this tour without smiling. It was so much fun and a great way to see the city and learn some little known facts about its history--even for locals. An amazing time was had by all. |
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Unique Fun Way to See the City
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| Thu, Dec 27, 07 3:30 PM |
jeffery1425 |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Had my younger cousin in town to visit. He gets bored going to museums and doing traditional tours. This was a perfect blend informative tour and fun activity, captivating ones attention both mentally and physically.
Special thanks to Karen and Marry-Anne for their friendly and informative guidance. |
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wonderful!!
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| Fri, Nov 30, 07 12:30 PM |
rlbeckman |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Karen was a wonderful guide. The Segways performed wonderfully, the preparation was professional, the equipment immaculate and the price reasonable. We're thinking of giving our sons a Christmas present of their own tour. Go do it! |
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The Only Way to See DC!
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| Fri, Nov 23, 07 3:30 PM |
woodman |
Male |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| This is the perfect Washington, DC activity for out-of-town houseguests. You get a much better feel for the city than you would from a seat on a tour bus. And, you also become one of the attractions, as lots of people stop to take pictures of your Segway group.
Our tour guide was friendly and informative. Even as a 23 year resident of the Washington area he offered a number of historical tidbits of which I had been unaware.
Capital Segway offers the latest Segway models, capable of speeds up to about 12mph. The machines are easy to use, and can be mastered in less than 30 minutes. By the end of the two hour tour, everyone in our group was riding like a pro. |
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Great time - Will go again
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| Thu, Nov 22, 07 12:30 PM |
Alover24 |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| I had a great time with my parents and 3 of 4 brothers in town for thanksgiving. We went Thanksgiving day with Antonio and Joel as guides. Both very good guides. My only issue would be that in orientation I was told to hold feet close together, whereas as soon as I spread my feet out I had much better balance.
I plan on taking another segway tour. $65 seems expensive, but for 2 hours of fun it's really not that bad. Definitely will go again with visiting family or friends. |
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A Troubled Tour
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| Thu, Nov 22, 07 12:30 PM |
MARCIAN |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We toured with the Segway group on Thanksgiving at 1:00. The entire group had 12 people, including a family with 3 young men (late teens/20's). One of the tour guides had injured his hip in a Segway accident earlier in the day, and did nothing but complain about his injury all day. He was in pain, but should either have sought medical attention and left the job, or not complained. His first words to us as we entered the store were about the accident he'd had on his Segway and how he severely injured himself - NOT the words that a customer wants to be greeted with.
The group was simply too large and inexperienced. We wasted a full half hour of our time waiting as newbies learned how to use the Segways in the store.
The young boys on the tour were terribly misbehaving the entire tour. Neither their parents nor the tour guides reined them in, so we wasted a lot of our time waiting for them to stop fooling around. They had three (minor) accidents of their own during the tour.
Another tourist had a serious-looking accident toward the end of the tour, and the previously injured tour guide was clearly more concerned about the hassle this created for him than his was about the fallen tourist. Fortunately for both, no serious damage to person or machine.
The tour itself was a disjointed mish-mash of the two tour guides showing off how much history trivia they knew about obscure people and events, and very little about what we were seeing. The tour was cut short (we didn't go to the Capitol Building) because of the above. The entire event was primarily a Segway ride through city streets with very little in the way of "touring" as we had imagined it, with some comment on the buildings and history of the city.
One machine threw a rider because of a tire failure, and one of the tour guides had to leave the group to walk it back to the store. The other (injured) tour guide then took us back to the store with no stops for information, sight-seeing, or any courtesies.
Very poor treatment of your customers. The major offense was the overly large size of the group. Twelve people, especially one with three delinquent boys and two frustrated guides in it, is simply far too large a group for an enjoyable, productive, worthwhile experience.
I will not be back for more. |
