Chicago Architecture Foundation Segway Tour

Fun, informative and well organized.

My husband and I were in Chicago for a wedding and found time to take the segway tour. The staff was great--very attentive! We would definitely do it again.

We had a great time on our Segway tour with Stan as our leader. His wealth of information was presented with humor and, although we're locals, we saw things that we'd never seen before! It's a great time for out of town visitors or Chicago area residents like us.

You can certainly cover a lot of ground on the Segway. I was amazed at how easy they were to use. Our guide was very knowlegeable about the city and the architecture.

I really enjoyed the instruction for the Segway, but felt the tour disussion was off-mission. I Had my niece from out of town with me and I brought her because I thought there would be way more discussion about the architectural sights seen. Instead it was more about city politics and how this big city gets things done--not unlike any other big city. I think it was too much about more about that and not enough about Burnham and his plan, and how the architecture contributed to it--or not. The Segway person Derrick was very friendly and helpful and went above and byond. Our docent was very friendly, but should have stuck to architecture an the legacy of the parks, not so much on politics, especially since our group was partly from out of town. Having said all of this would definitely take the tour again.

My boyfriend and I had a great time tooling around on our Segways and learning more about Chicago architecture. It was a beautiful day, albeit a little chilly, and the views of the city were amazing. It was also fun to glide past all the gawking pedestrians like 1960's TV aliens. Most people were intrigued and asked if we were having fun. The answer was always "yes." I only wish we had gone to Millennium Park as well.

I saw this tour last year on my annual visit from California to visit family. Much to my dismay, it was sold out for the days we required. So we booked it for this visit. It was well worth the wait. The tour was wonderful. Our guide was very informative and the guys who instructed us on the segway were wonderful I would recommend this trip to all my friends who might be traveling to Chicago one day. Thanks for a great day!

Had a terriffic tour guide, Derreck. He was great, and very informative without overkill. Would highly recommend!!

As a life long resident of Chicago I saw the City in a different way that was very informative to even me. The guide was very well versed in the history of the City and answered all of the questions from the group. One member of my group did experience some problems with the Segway that they were given for the tour which kept turning off. This caused her to have to walk for part of the tour until a new unit could be brought out for her to use (about 20 minutes or so). This was very inconvenient for her and, I am sure, the rest of the tour which had to slow down to accomodate a walker. This was very unfortunate as the rest of the tour was excellent. I would like to see other tours added that would encompass other parts of the City. I think that would be a terrific addition to this tour of the Fountain, Soldier Field and the Museum Campus.

My long time dream of trying a Segway was realized and lived up to every expectation. Our docent was not only knowledgeble, as expected, but had a great sense of humor and knew we really wanted to focus on the Segways. The tour taught a lot about Chicago's history along with architecture. The Segway Tour is a fabulous wedding of an innovative transport system and enjoying the Architectural Foudnation's excellent information delivery system.