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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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highly recommended
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| Mon, Jun 25, 07 7:30 PM |
PBELTRAMO |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My mother, sister and I were in Boston to take on the Freedom Trail and other historical sites. I had decided to look into Plymouth to see the Mayflower II and the Plimoth Plantation (both worth seeing). While checking the website for other Plymouth activities I found the Lantern Tours. After spending the day at the other sites this Lantern Tour was a great way to finish out our historic interests as we were able to fill in the gaps with information that we had not obtained throughout the day. Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable of the area and was very receptive to answer our individual questions. We were very pleased with the Tour and recommend it to all who would like to get a glimpse into the past of this country. |
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Interesting if you like History
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| Sat, Jun 2, 07 7:30 PM |
amyclark98 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The tour was pretty good, but not terrific. Our guide was a little late, and was not in Pilgrim costume, as advertised. She was quite knowledgeable about the Pilgrims and the area. She told us some good stories. I felt that there wasn't a whole lot to see that we couldn't have seen on our own, since the original settlement is pretty much gone, and it's now just a modern town area. I am a History teacher, so I found the tour somewhat interesting for the closer contact with the Pilgrims. I think if you knew very little about the Pilgrims and hadn't visited Plymouth before, or you are a hIstory buff, you might find it interesting. But if you have little interest in History, I wouldn't recommend it. |
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Great Tour
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| Thu, May 17, 07 7:30 PM |
sbetker |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| This was one of my highlights of travel in Mass. I loved it !!!
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Very informative and great fun!
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| Mon, Apr 30, 07 7:30 PM |
LifeCAHS |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our guide was very enthusiastic about the history of Plymouth. He was a wealth of information and made the tour a lot of fun. We had a group of high school students who were interested the entire tour, and we hated to see it come to an end. |
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very nice
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| Sun, Nov 26, 06 7:30 PM |
maureen88 |
Female |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| The weather was very nice.. the tour started promptly, the guide was informative but not animated. |
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Tour guide very informative and fun...
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| Thu, Nov 23, 06 7:30 PM |
Yahmeela1 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I loved the tour and so did my family. We arrived on Thaksgiving day to attend the Wampanoag Day of Morning and booked this tour to follow up at night time. The weather was not favorable and it poured all night, but the tour guide gave us the option of returning the next morning which was sunny and warmer. And though we missed out on carrying a lantern, we found the day tour to be even better.
Pat, our tour guide, was very fun and detailed with every area she described. Not only did she enlighten us with the common history but made sure that we understood facts that came from the tribal point of view as well as the colonist point of view. She explained to us in details about the Pilgrim's survival and what changed in the natural panorama of the area, from the natural springs that have been there for a few hundred years to the recent (1920) refilling of the swampy area where the national park exist. We got to walk thru areas that if we didn't have this tour we wouldn't have bothered to explore or what significance it had to the history of Plymouth, but also how it varies and impacts the modern population there.
The tour began on time and ended on time and we had the ability to ask a million and one questions and get them all answered in a very fun and detailed manner. I wish there were more tours like these in every state, especially in NYC where I'm from. Walking tours give every visitor a perspective that driving through or staying at a fancy resort or hotel would never do for a tourist.
I totally recommend it and I plan to go back in the late Spring to early summer when I can do another really nice walking tour, mainly the Ghost Tour by the same company, since the interest was sparked by the tour guide and the information Pat gave us on the history of the Wampanoag's resistance.
Besides my interaction with the native people of Plymouth, this tour made it even the more worth it to visit, enjoy and go home and study more about this very important city in our country. It's a must do when visiting!!! |
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Excellent tour
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| Thu, Oct 26, 06 7:30 PM |
grubbsm |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The students and I very much enjoyed the Lantern tour and found the guide engaging, knowledgeable, and entertaining. Highly recommended. Thank you! |
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Well worth the time.
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| Tue, Oct 10, 06 7:30 PM |
heartnp |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We were led on a gently-paced stroll around town for a truely informative tour of the history of Plymouth by a knowledgable guide. We enjoyed the hour and a half, or so, tremendously and would highly recommend it to others. We even bought a gently seasoned, authentic looking Pilgrim lantern that looks beautiful in my autumn table display! |
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excellent way to tour a town and learn fun facts
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| Mon, Sep 25, 06 7:30 PM |
robyn78 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| we signed up for history tour and ended up getting a combo of history and ghost/legend tour. i liked having both combined and made learning fun. would definitely recommend especially during the fall with halloween just around the corner and darkness coming sooner in the eveing. |
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A must do activity while visiting Plymouth!
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| Fri, Aug 18, 06 7:30 PM |
towmader |
Female |
40-49 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| My sister and I recently visited Plymouth and found the Lantern tour to be a wonderful addition to our visits to the Mayflower II and the Plymouth Plantation. This lantern tour gave us a greater understanding of the history of Plymouth, the pilgrims landing and the native American people who already occupied this area. By hearing the stories and the history of the people and the area you can really begin to understand the dynamics between the two groups and the conflicts and difficulties that occured. WE highly recommend this wonderfu 90 minute evening walk. The guides are very knowledgeable and personable. |
