| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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What lights? Disappointing!
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| Mon, Nov 24 6:30 PM |
susanboey |
Female |
Unspecified |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Not recommended as the tour was premature (before Thanksgiving). Very disappointing as the lights were not on yet. Suggest that tours only commence when lights are on. Otherwise no value for money as it's not a cheap tour. |
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Christmas lights tour
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| Sat, Nov 22 6:30 PM |
julian53 |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The tour turned out to be a tour of the city, as most of the Christmas lights had still to be turned on. The host tried to make the tour as interesting as possible, but we did book to see the lights, so were very disapointed that they were not available. The tour is obviously being marketed far too early, a point that the host himself admitted. We arrived in plenty of time at the meeting place to find the 'clearly marked' tour bus. There were no 'clearly marked' tour buses. Furthermore, there were no buses with notes in the window either, so we waited around in the cold. When the driver of a small unmarked bus that was parked eventually returned to the vehicle, we approached him to discover that he was the host in a clearly unmarked vehicle. Perhaps someone could make up a note to leave in the window of the vehicle to advise that this is the tour vehicle. Considering the cost of the tour, overall it was a big disapointment and not value for money. |
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Loved It!
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| Fri, Dec 21, 07 6:00 PM |
conwaytravel |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Best Tour in New York by far... |
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Fun Holiday Tour
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| Sat, Dec 15, 07 6:00 PM |
riccmar |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our family greatly enjoyed this holiday light tour. Our guide, Steve, was as entertaining as the sights. He made this tour personal and spent time at each stop answering any questions we had. He also modified the stops to whatever our preferences were. We all had a great time on this tour. |
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First trip to New York City
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| Sat, Dec 15, 07 6:00 PM |
puttsc |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| It was our first trip to NYC so we booked several tours and we really enjoyed this one. Our guide, Steve, was fun and gave a great tour. He was knowledgable but helpful and gave us a lot of info about what we were seeing and we had a great time with him. I would use this group again when I return in the future. It is a great city to visit at Christmas. |
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This tour is GREAT!
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| Wed, Dec 5, 07 6:00 PM |
chellydev |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Steve to see the NYC holiday lights. The great thing about this tour is that not only do you get to see the lights... but you get some very interesting and rich history along the way. It was a great tour to take the first night of our vacation, as it gave us several ideas for interesting things to do and see over the next several days :) Thanks again to Steve and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking for something festive to do!!! |
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Fun, very personal and festive!
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| Sat, Dec 1, 07 6:00 PM |
apriljoy |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide, Steve, (who happened to be the owner of Marvelous Manhattan Tours), was a lot of fun! He made extra stops upon request and took our pictures for us. Our tour ran an hour over, we did not even realize it, as we were having such a blast! There were only 4 of us in a regular size van, along with the tour guide, which made it wonderful for driving to places that we probably could not have gone in a large bus and Steve was able to pull over to the side of the road so we could hop out and take pictures. There is no way a big bus could have done this nor would a big, impersonable tour line had done all of these things. Matter of fact, we stopped in Little Italy to get a treat at a bakery and Steve actually waited for us for about 30 minutes! He also stopped in the middle of the road, let us hop out to get our picture taken with the famous bull near Wall Street--this was not a scheduled stop, either. We did neat things such as view the tree at South Street Seaport, we went inside of the World Financial Center to see the Winter Garden, we saw the Christmas show at Grand Central Terminal, also went to Rockefeller to see the tree, we viewed the lights in the shopping district as well as the giant snowflake at 57th and 5th. We did a ton of things. This man knows a lot about New York, and I have been to the city 16 times now and I still heard and saw some neat and new things. And there is nothing like New York City at Christmas time and nothing will get you in the mood more than a great Christmas lights tour!! We had FUN!!!! |
