| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Wonderful Experience
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| Fri, Jun 17, 05 3:00 PM |
potocnak |
Female |
20-29 |
Unspecified |
Couple on a Date |
| Our tour guide was extremely knowledgable of all movies filmed in Central Park. We had a wonderful time and were able to see many parts of the park that we may have missed if we had gone on our own! I would VERY STRONGLY reccommend it to anyone who wants to have a good time and who has a love for movies! |
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Very enthusiastic tour guide
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| Fri, Jun 17, 05 3:00 PM |
sushyad |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide was Kimberly. She was full of energy and very easy to talk to. She offered to take pictures during the tour which was really nice we did not have to stop other people and ask them to take our pictures. Even though not very important to us, her knowledge of the movie locations was also very extensive. We took the tour in order to see Cenral Park, and Kimberly did a very good job of guiding us through the park, and along the way telling us all the movie trivia associated with Central Park. We thoroughly enjoyed the 2 hour tour. |
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good, but not as good as expected
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| Fri, Jun 10, 05 3:00 PM |
s20nike |
Female |
20-29 |
Combination |
Group of Friends |
| I took my friend on the tour while she was here visiting. The tour guide was great and you get to see alot of the park. Alot of the movies mentioned were either really old or obscure. It's a fun way to see the park but, don't expect to recognize alot of it from movies you have actually seen. |
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A great way to enjoy the park.
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| Fri, May 20, 05 3:00 PM |
ccbaker |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| On our trips to New York, we only visited Central Park once. We decided to take the movie tour to see parts of the park. Not only did we visit movie sites but we were also given some history of the park. We didn't realize how much of the park we had missed. If you are wanting to visit Central Park, this is a fantastic way to do it. |
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Fun, Informative and great exercise
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| Fri, Apr 29, 05 3:00 PM |
badbrillo |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| I thoroughly recommend the Central Park Movie Tour. We had a great guide whose enthusiasm and love of movies made the tour hugely enjoyable. It was also great exercise as in the 2 hours allotted you cover a lot of ground. All in all a great perspective of New York and 2 hours well spent! |
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Beautiful
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| Fri, Apr 22, 05 3:00 PM |
grubio |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| Touring Central Park was better than great, and it was much more beautiful than I had imagined. The factual TV and movie location information was very interesting. Our tour guide was wonderful and respectful of participants' desire to spend time to really take in the sites. The landmarks seen during this tour are perfect backdrops for shooting great New York City photos. Overall, a great experience and one that I will never forget. I will definitely register for another one of the On Location tours the next that I decide to visit NYC. |
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Lightweight but easygoing & reasonably informative
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| Fri, Apr 1, 05 3:00 PM |
digorton |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Well, we did cover quite a bit of Central Park, and saw many movie locations, including the familiar Bethesda fountain (One Fine Day, Green Card, Ransom) and the Mall (Kramer vs Kramer). Also the ice skating rink from Serendipity. So, the tour does show you some of the movie sights which you might not recognize on your own, but, it was a little lightweight.
The first two locations were recognizable from...Home Alone 2? Well, it didn't really give us confidence in what we were going to see, although the movies did eventually get a little less obscure (some I'd never heard of).
There were many opportunities to have photographs taken (by the guide or on your own) - for me this was time wasted when we could have been seeing more, but it depends what you want from this trip. I don't need to pretend to be Macaulay Culkin with pigeons on my arms...but some seemed to like the opportunity.
There was also a fifteen minute break at the carousel - which hasn't really featured in many (any?) movies due to it's being covered by a brick building. Yes, this gave time for a carousel ride, food stop or restroom break, but again, I felt I'd paid for a 1.5 hour tour and probably really only got a 45 minute tour, and 45 minutes of pauses.
This is great if you don't want to over-exert yourself, but made for a not-completely satisfying tour. It was cool to see some of the more familiar locations, but a little more indepth knowledge of the more famous NY movies shot there would have been better. Or maybe there aren't any...I'll never know now...
7 out of 10. Good weather helps. Not bad, but could have been better. |
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Central Park Delights
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| Fri, Apr 1, 05 3:00 PM |
Cuddeford |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the Central Park Movie Location Tour which we recently undertook. Whether you are in to the movies that were mentioned, we weren't, or just want to enjoy the beautiful scenery and wonderful New York skyline back-drop as we did, there is something for everyone in this great tour. I'd recommend it to anyone. |
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two 50 year old gals from Toronto
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| Fri, Nov 19, 04 3:00 PM |
Anonymous |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| We were lucky in that our group was really small so there was a great deal of back and forth discussion between all of us. The group leader, Kimberly, was bright and funny. She was knowledgeable about both Central Park and the movie locations. We saw parts of the park we would never have gotten to on our own. Highly recommended. |
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30-something couple visiting NY for the first time from California
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| Fri, Nov 5, 04 3:00 PM |
Anonymous |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| Highly recommend this one, for anyone who is interested in Central Park at all (not just movies). The tour guide took us through the most interesting and scenic parts of Central Park and gave us a lot of history about the park itself, in between showing different movie settings. The entire tour was great, especially for first-timers like us. We also went in fall, when Central Park is in all its glory, and that added a lot to our enjoyment. The changing leaves were gorgeous, and the park was not crowded at all. |
