| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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OK Tour - but a bit disappointing
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| Sat, Oct 21, 06 7:30 PM |
buphus |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We took this tour about 10 days prior to Halloween - and on a Saturday night. We booked the tour on-line about two days prior to the tour. We specifically chose this tour company over the others offered because 1) we had taken a tour by this company in the past and had enjoyed it; and 2) they have these wonderful lanterns that each participant gets to carry and we knew our children would enjoy that (they were very excited about it).
We arrived about 15 minutes early - but learned that the tour was oversold and so almost no one got to carry a lantern. Only about 3 or 4 participants had lanterns to carry and the rest of us were given fluorescent light sticks. My children were very dissappointed as we had reassured them that everyone would get to carry a lantern -even children.
Also, because there were so many people signed up for the tour, they brought in a second guide. They told us we should go with one of the guides if we wanted to go to the cemetery - or with the other guide if we did not. We would have liked to go with the guide going to the cemetery - but so did just about everyone else. And so we ended up going on the tour that did not see the cemetery.
Additionally, explaining about the light sticks and the addition of the second tour guide did cause a delay, and so the tour started closer to 8:00 than 7:30. Since the guides had another round of tours at 9:00, I'm pretty sure we got an abbreviated tour.
The ghost stories were about right for the children, not too scary - but a little hair-raising. Overall, the experience was fine, but a bit disappointing. |
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I highly recommend this tour .
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| Fri, Oct 6, 06 7:30 PM |
anitatrottie |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Unspecified |
| it was just myself and a good friend, but the tour guide did not short change us. he was fun, informative and very polite. This was a geat night of "spirited fun" Thank you |
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A useful history lesson
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| Fri, Sep 29, 06 7:30 PM |
grahamsanham |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We all think we know our history, but it is far more enlightening when placed at the location of an event with an infromative narrative to put things into perspective. This tour was very well presented, and thoroughly enjoyable. It was made better by the ghostly slant to the tales. |
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Great tour
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| Sun, Sep 24, 06 9:00 PM |
mdegrand |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| Heard some neat stories about the area. Even though ghosts didn't materialize during the tour, we thoroughly enjoyed it. |
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It was great!
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| Sat, Sep 23, 06 9:00 PM |
mvarano |
Female |
30-39 |
Unspecified |
Family Without Children |
| The tour was wonderfully entertaining. The tour guide that we had was a very good speaker and was great at telling the stories. The tour was well worth it and I would not hesitate to recommend to anyone! |
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Fun and interesting
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| Fri, Sep 22, 06 9:00 PM |
cmoran |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| This was my 3rd. tour in 3 years. I took my children over the summer, and a group of friends recently. The different tours guides have different styles, but all were good. |
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Went the extra mile, literally!
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| Tue, Sep 12, 06 9:00 PM |
Martisa31 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We were a small group just my husband and myself and another couple and because of this, Linda, our guide, took us on a longer tour which included the graveyard to look at the grave stones by lantern light. We returned the next day to get pictures of the detailing on the grave stones, and to commemorate the visit. She spun some great stories which were down-right funny and some quite chilling. She very much enjoys her job and the comraderie she and the other guides have with each other was very nice to see. They like to gather later to swap stories about the tours and ghost sightings. We would highly recommend this to anyone either travelling in a small or large group. We passed a larger group and they looked to be having a great time. |
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It was great!
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| Fri, Sep 1, 06 7:30 PM |
krisncode |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Family With Children |
| I have lived in the area my whole life and have wanted to take this Lantern Tour for a few years now but wanted to wait until my son was a little older. Our guide was very knowledgable of the area legends and she made the tour very exciting. It was very creepy walking through the old cemetary at night which added to the thrill of maybe catching a ghost on our digital camera. I would recommend this tour to anyone from the area or traveling through on vacation. It was a good time. |
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In general, a good pass time
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| Sat, Aug 26, 06 9:00 PM |
Blingster |
Female |
Under 20 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Not scary if you have friends/family with you!!!
Besides the Plantation and Mayflower, this is probably the 3rd most "exciting" activity at Plymouth. Since the town is very small, the tour doesn't take you very far. Stories by the tour guide are sometimes long, but not boring.
Teenagers like myself will probably not find it scary--even going into the cemetary. However, kids around age 5-7 may be terrified. Lanterns are not really there to give light, just something to hold because most are very dim.
Trip is hour and a half, so at least you'll get some exercise!
All in all, TRY IT. Price is reasonable (unlike the $10 parking alone at every other place), at $15 per adult, and discount for children---There's nothing else to do at night.
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Tour Leader Makes It Worthwhile!
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| Sat, Aug 19, 06 9:00 PM |
mikewu |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our tour guide was enthusiastic, engaging and accomodating. She really made the tour worthwhile. Her presentation skills were so good that the tour spooked some of the younger members of our group! |
