| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender [v] |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Entertainment or passive aggressive prejudice?
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| Sat, Feb 16, 08 9:00 AM |
micheleorr |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Steve is charming, funny and knowledgeable. He had a way with words when it came to the African American couple on our tour, passive aggressive prejudice is the best way I can describe it. He went out of his way to make a reference to Black History month while nodding to the couple, finally she said to the others on the bus that Black History Month is not about her. The final straw for my husband and I was that he prided himself on remembering peoples names but referred to them as "where's OUR black couple" when their portion of the tour was over and they left. I know it wasn’t just me because after lunch Steve finally said something along this line to everyone "what's wrong, did I say something wrong, oh…no one will tell me but I'll hear about it in an email in 2 days". I had already planned to say something about it at the end of the trip, which when I tried to describe what offended me he started defending his comments before I could get a full sentence out. I realized that nothing I said to him, he would hear. When I got off the bus my three teenage children all commented that they were floored by his black/African American commentary and references. |
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Great introduction to NY
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| Thu, Feb 14, 08 9:00 AM |
MelanieR |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Steven knows his New York and enthusiastically shared his knowledge and his passion for the city with the participants of our tour.
We managed to get a great combination of facts and anecdotal incidents to make us feel at home in the "big apple". The tour covered all essentials and we had a small enough group that all our questions could be answered. We felt we had a good enough orientation to plan our own schedules and revisit any places of additional interest in the days following the tour.
Thanks for a great day!! |
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MARVELLOUS MANHATTAN U ROCK
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| Fri, Dec 28, 07 9:00 AM |
barb29 |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| First and foremost I did two tours - one was the Festival of Lights (I would highly recommend it to visitors at Xmas time - it was awesome) and the other was the half day Royal Bus Tour. Before I describe the experience, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for "adding" the extra Festival of Lights Tour on Dec 27th so that I was able to experience the event. It was awesome and our tour guide, Steve, was extremely entertaining.
What I liked most about the Royal Tour (half day) was that a variety of places are highlighted such that as a first time visitor to New York City gave me an idea of places that I might like to revisit and in fact I did revisit some of them. Had I been with another adult (rather than an 18 year old), I would have done the full day tour. What made the tour so great was our guide - he really was knowledgeable and entertaining.
BUT, you must tell him that he blew one thing! We left the tour early to go into the Mercantile Building to watch the stock exchange in action. We left the tour early because where we were going we had seen the evening before on the Festival of Lights (so it wasn't necessary to see it twice). However, we were not allowed to go into the Mercantile Building - you have to somehow get special permission in advance to do it.
I love NYC and I will be back - and I will do another tour with you! |
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Best tour ever!
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| Fri, Dec 28, 07 9:00 AM |
danakaren |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Loved the tour. Steve did a fantastic job and is a wealth of knowledge and information. Wish I had known about him in time to schedule him for more tours/time. Would loved to have stayed longer. |
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Great Tour For First Day In NYC
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| Wed, Dec 26, 07 9:00 AM |
CarolSletta |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The Marvelous Manhattan Tour was highly recommended by a Salt Lake City friend, specifiying Steven as a tour guide. My husband, daughter and I took the Royal Tour our first day in NYC. Steven was excellent. At the end of the day we all felt we had a good knowledge of the City. |
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lots of fun
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| Mon, Dec 24, 07 9:00 AM |
bustus |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour was great. This is the second time I have taken this tour. Stephen is very knowlegable and enthusiastic, however he got a little off on his policital views at one point and one of the participants had to get him back on track. |
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Wished we could have done it more than once!
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| Fri, Dec 21, 07 9:00 AM |
Jenstew75 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was a highly enjoyable and thoroughly informative tour of Manhattan. The many little bits of details and statistics that Steve provided with great enthusiasm, helped me to truly appreciate New York right from the beginning of my vacation. We took our infant son on the tour with us, even though it was an entire day of touring. Because it was a nice bus I was able to feed and care for him throughout the day with very little disturbance to anyone on board. We forgot our camera, but due to Steve's thoroughness we were able to make our way back to our favorite spots without complication. If you are looking to tour with a small group and a very detailed description of Manhattan this is a Marvelous choice! |
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Fantastic Highlight of our NYC Trip
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| Fri, Dec 14, 07 9:00 AM |
riccmar |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Steve was a fantastic tour guide. He was very informative and great fun too. The tour was personal and very informative. Our children (ages 11 and 12) were entertained and learned a great deal too. They list this tour as one of their favorite things they did while visiting NYC. Our whole family highly recommeds this activity. |
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Best Personalized Tour
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| Sat, Dec 1, 07 9:00 AM |
kawelch |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Stephen provides the best insider's tour of New York City with his understanding and knowledge of the city, its dwellers and their unique lifestyles. His pride and interest in the history, politics, current events and the New York experience permeates his enthusiastic guidance through the multiple highlights of NYC. What a pleasant and enlightening glimpse of the Big Apple! |
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Fantastic overview of Manhattan. Must see!
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| Fri, Nov 30, 07 9:00 AM |
Lupemacias46 |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| We were very pleased to have taken this tour immediately upon arrival to NYC. By doing so, not only did we learn about all these interesting places, but it gave us a chance to go back to the ones that were most intriguing to us, and explored them in more detail. The guide is hilarious, insightful and knows a lot about the history of the area. We made stops at the most interesting places and wished we had had the time to take a detailed tour of Greenwich Village. Next time!!
We totally recommend the MarvelousManhattanTour with the KIng!
C and G Macias |
