| Rating |
Date Attended |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? [v] |
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we had a great time
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| Thu, Jul 26, 07 5:00 PM |
pmacdonald |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The Segways were a blast. I did not know what to expect, but we got the hang of it fairly quickly. Great way to see the city.
Thanks
Patti MacDonald |
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lots of fun
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| Sun, Jul 22, 07 5:00 PM |
smastar |
Male |
20-29 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| lots of fun |
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Fun and Interesting way to see some of Chicago
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| Sat, Jul 21, 07 1:30 PM |
bchenry00 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Riding the Segway around Chicago was an excellent way to see a lot of things in the city without killing your feet. Of course, using the Segway itself is half the fun of the tour. I highly recommend this activity! |
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Excellent tour - definitely worth it - feel cool!
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| Sat, Jul 14, 07 1:30 PM |
MsWriter007 |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| One of my goals this summer was to ride a segway. When it came time to learn how to use it, I was nervous about not being able to learn it quickly enough. I was also worried that it would be like a scary amusement park ride that I would be glad I did it but happy when it was over. Fortunately, neither was true!
Our guide took us to an area to practice our maneuvers. I was having a little difficulty with the steering and I felt like it was veering without me doing much to it. I mentioned it to him and took my hand off the steering and it still veered. I was so happy that he didn't just tell me it takes practice or belittle my concerns. He switched segways with me and then he had more problems with that one and had another brought over to him from the store. He earned my respect fast!
I also feel that we practiced just the right amount of time for everyone to feel comfortable. I think it would be a good idea to have a group with the same level of adventure or similar age group on a tour. I don't know if the one kid in our group was impatient with us, but most of our group was probably 35- 50 and we seemed to be pretty cohesive.
Being from the suburbs, I really enjoyed hearing the history of some of the sites we went past. It was a beautiful day so the view of the lakefront and the parks was spectacular. I was also amazed that a lot of the time, I didn't even have to think about what I was doing. By the end of the tour, I was surprised that I felt so confident about maneuvering around people walking. I did not have any problems with cracks in the sidewalks or bumps. To be honest, my calf muscles were sore the next day but it was well worth it! I think 2 hours is the right amount of time for the first time. My pictures are great!
I loved having so many people point at us and tell their friends to look at us or that they wanted to do it too. I am telling friends how much fun it was and would like to do it again! |
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Excellent
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| Fri, Jun 29, 07 10:00 AM |
Wendie |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| We had a great time. We quickly learned how to ride the Segway. It was lots of fun and very easy to manuever even in crowds. |
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Enthusiastically Recommended
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| Thu, Jun 28, 07 1:30 PM |
BethRuddock |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Enthusiastically Recommended |
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Fantastic
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| Sat, Jun 23, 07 1:30 PM |
wadzilla |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| A truely wonderful tour of the city and it's lakefront.
Highly recommend to locals as well as tourists. |
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yipee
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| Sun, Jun 17, 07 5:00 PM |
gracemurphey |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| FUN FUN FUN, no one had a problem and they provided the helmuts and reflector vest. |
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Competitor offers better value
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| Sat, Jun 9, 07 5:00 PM |
Bob_Miller |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I went on a 2 hour evening tour and a few months ago I'd been on a segway tour in Chicago by City Segway Tours. Their evening tours are 2 hours, but their daytime tours are 3 hours vs. 2 hours for this company during the day and the City Segway tours used the black key starting out and about halfway through they used yellow key which allowed us to ride the segway a little faster. Their price for the 3 hour tour was $75.
I wasn't unhappy with the tour and our guide did a good job, but if a competitor offers 2 speeds vs. 1 and a 3 hour daytime tour vs. 2 hours, what would you pick? |
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coulda been better
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| Sat, Jun 9, 07 1:30 PM |
Fritsch14 |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We showed up a half hour early as instructed and ended up waiting 25 minutes to get started, then the "training" occured during the first half hour of what should've been the tour. One Segway in our group of 8 had mechanical difficulties and had to be replaced, so we all had to wait for it to arrive from the shop. The guide made up for lost time by going over the end time by a half hour. Luckily we didn't have a tight schedule so only had to keep our other friend waiting for us for 45 min. The tour itself was nice, and flexible as to where we went. The Segways are easy to get used to and everyone in our group seemed to have fun. The weather was perfect, so we lucked out there - considering Chicago weather near the lake. The Segway staff was nice and competent - no worries there. |
