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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
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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. |
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3 female friends on vacation from Australia
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| Fri, Oct 29, 04 3:00 PM |
Anonymous |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| We found the tour very good as, not only did we get the opportunity to see areas where various films were filmed, we also got to see and hear about other areas of Central Park which we would not have seen if we had aimlessly wandered around Central Park. |
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family vacation
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| Fri, Oct 29, 04 3:00 PM |
Anonymous |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| Our guide was excellent, and the locations shown in Central Park were truly stunning. A must if this is your first trip to NY! |
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group of 9 ladies - Investment club from W.Va. ; several had never been to
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| Fri, Oct 22, 04 3:00 PM |
Anonymous |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| I did not take the tour, but organized it for my group - the reactions I heard were positive - nice intro to NYC and Central Park but again and again, I heard that there was too much time taken up for stopping to take pictures. I don'[t know what to compare it to - but guess the rating would be above average - almost to good. I was impressed with the organization - way we were able to contact as we were running late (we made it on time), etc. |
