| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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Excellent Historical Info and Coverage of Manhatta
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| Mon, Sep 21 9:00 AM |
KarenMathews |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our Driver, Steven, was thorough and informative about the City. He answered all our questions and his entertainment factor was great. We were delighted and pleased with the tour we received. |
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Great Way to See NYC
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| Tue, Sep 1 9:00 AM |
emmwhy |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Steve, the King of NYC, provides a first class tour. Informative and entertaining. I would highly recommend this tour for an overview of the city. Then pick the parts of town you would like to return to. |
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second time tour for me
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| Mon, Jul 20 9:00 AM |
tupchurch |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| i took this same tour in 2005 with my granddaughter. my husband and I brought our friends to new york and I chose to take them on this same tour. our tour guide for this trip was the same one, stephen Duer, that i had in 2005. He presents the info in a fun way and the tour is packed with history. It is a great way to see the different areas of manhattan. Therer are plenty of stops along the way where you can get out for a bit and stretch your legs while still learning about what you are seeing. I highly recommend this tour. it is a small group of people ,so you get to meet people from all over and interact with them for a few hours in a city unknown to you all. |
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Excellent tour
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| Thu, Jun 25 9:00 AM |
Brandion |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| It was an excellent an very thorough tour. However, I have taken the tour before and it is not quite as good as it was. Before the person giving the tour went with us to provide highlights of the various places we visited. This time he also served as the bus driver and therefore was not able to provide the additional insight. With that said, the tour was excellent and much better then the local competition where you are constantly stopping to pick up and drop off passengers. |
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wonderful,I would do this tour again.
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| Sat, May 16 9:00 AM |
kimhancock |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| There were four of us in our group, We had a great time. The King of New york was the best. I had been recommended this tour and glad I did it . You could not get a more personal tour than this one. I would do it again in a New York minute. |
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Good locations, poor guide
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| Thu, May 14 9:00 AM |
sandrarose |
Female |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Good trip in that it covered large number of main sights of Manhattan. However we did not enjoy the trip due to the personality, manner and lack of interpersonal skills of guide/driver. He never introduced himself by name. Unnervingly he frequently had both hands off the wheel whilst the vehicle was moving forward, one hand on the microphone, one waving in the air and head turned to one side to address us.
He preached/talked at us rather than to us, in long monologues, in an unnecessarily loud voice. He had an overbearing manner and made derogatory remarks about us being boring and useless.He insisted on giving us protracted accounts of his opinions, biased rather than balanced, eg that we should be moving on from the events of ground Zero and after all only 2,000= were actually killed there. He made no effort to coordinate what was a very small group. The notice at the front of the bus "Gratuities Welcome" was inappropriate. We did not heed this as we did not feel he deserved any. |
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Great
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| Thu, Apr 16 9:00 AM |
kaypinkston |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Wonderful and excellent and enjoyable and informative day. Have been to NYC many times and am sorry I didn't do it before now. |
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Everyone should start their visit to NY this way!
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| Sun, Mar 29 9:00 AM |
kristiek |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Such a great and personalized overview of the city, both past and present. Steve has an amazing knowledge of NY! |
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Great tour of NYC!
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| Sat, Dec 6, 08 9:00 AM |
morganm84 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Our group of friends on the tour were all first timers to New York.! We all really enjoyed this tour. The smaller # of people on the bus was great. It was very informative and covered everything we wanted to see! Our tour giude was friendly and very knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend this tour in particular!!! We had a great time! |
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Fun, friendly and good value
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| Fri, Nov 28, 08 9:00 AM |
GBlakemore |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour provided my friend, a first time visitor to New York, an insight into all the main highlights of Manhattan Island in one day. I had already visited the city on two previous occassions, but getting the insider view from a local was great and I saw the sights from a different perspective. Steve, the guide, was friendly and enthusiastic. He created a good group atmosphere and was ready to answer all questions. By the end of the day we felt we had certainly seen the highlights of the city and could then choose the parts we wanted to go back and explore further. I would certainly recommend the tour and suggest that you do it on the first day so you can get you barings and decide what you want to see more of. Only downside was the lunch stop at Katz diner, which was billed as a highlight but was ridiculously busy and in our view, not overly clean. I guess it was an authentic New York experience, but not one I would choose to repeat. This aside, it was fun, friendly and good value. |
