| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Not Recommended
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| Sun, Aug 3, 08 11:00 AM |
kuorikp |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| If you enjoy an extrememly structured activity and would like to just sit back and listen to random facts, you may enjoy this tour. I would however, recommend taking the open double deckers bus tours "hop on hop off" instead as they give you a better view of the city, allow more freedom, and are less contrived. |
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Recommend Movie Tour-DO NOT RECOMMEND NBC TOUR
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| Thu, Jul 31, 08 11:00 AM |
mgage15 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We had a fantastic time on our TV/Movie Sites tour! Our guide, Brian was FANTASTIC!! He was very entertaining and knowledgable about the city! The bus was clean and cool, which is what we needed on a hot July day! The video clips were great and accentuated the tour perfectly! I do NOT, however, recommend the NBC studio tour. It was terrible. Our scheduled time was August 1, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Despite having reservations, we still had to stand in line almost 30 minutes to get our tickets. Once in line for the tour, the guides checked our tickets for the appropriate time, not once, not twice, but THREE times before entering the theater for the movie and start of the tour. Once inside the theater (at 10:05 a.m.), the tour guides came around AGAIN and checked the date and time on our tickets. Then, a lady came in and announced that the computer had overbooked the tour with 34 and that we could start the tour with more that 30. She proceeded to tell us that 4 people would have to leave the tour, get a refund and be rescheduled on the 1:15 p.m. tour. Noone moved. Our party of 4 had a plane to catch at 3:00 p.m. and everyone else in the room also had their days planned around the 10:00 a.m. tour. After she rudely stood in the door and said we couldn't go on the tour until someone left, 2 ladies got up and then 3 more. She was very rude to the party of 3 who graciously exited the theater and said she could only refund 2 of the tickets. I HOPE that after the crowd heckled her and said what terrible customer service that was, that they received credit for all 3 tickets. Finally, at 10:25 our movie started and we finished the entire tour at 11:25. NOT A FUN TOUR!!! The tour guides seemed rushed and preoccupied and not knowledgable at all of what they were doing! Pass on the NBC Studio tour if ever in New York....I hear FOX has a great one!!! |
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Great for TV and Movie Buffs!
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| Wed, Jul 30, 08 11:00 AM |
jflavel |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| My girlfriend and I recently attended the TV and movie sites tour and had a great time. The tour offered a variety of old and new sites which helped cater to the different age groups on the tour. As well, our guide (Roxanne) was great. She was extremely knowledgeable of the history and reasons production chose the various sites as well as the way in which film crews from various movies and shows had to film scenes and shots using the different buildings. These insights made the trip a little more interesting that just riding around and being shown a series of different buildings and parks. I recommend this activity to anyone who has a keen interest in movies and or television. |
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Serious value for money!
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| Mon, Jul 28, 08 11:00 AM |
slinger |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I didn't expect much from both the NBC tour and the bus tour so I was pleasantly surprised when we did the following:
* Record a news broadcast with participants of the NBC tour
* Found cool LCD screens in the tourbus on which samples of movies were shown
* Accidentally bumped into Kirsten Dunst
* Accidentally bumped into the stapler guy from Office Space
* Checked out the SNL studios
Don't expect too much of the Friends appartment building! We were disappointed there, but mostly because the appartment building is 'just a building'. |
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ok
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| Mon, Jul 28, 08 11:00 AM |
MPGRIMM2 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| ok |
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Enjoyable
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| Sat, Jul 26, 08 3:00 PM |
mustangsally |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| Enjoyed both tours. The tv/movie tour was what I expected to see but a little too long. |
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Wider Variety Needed
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| Sat, Jul 26, 08 11:00 AM |
hlh0422 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour was very good, but focused on only a few movies (WAAAYYY too much on Enchanted). It would be nice if it focused on a wider variety of movies. |
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Boring sights from a Bus window
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| Fri, Jul 25, 08 11:00 AM |
bellakrys13 |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The Movie Tour wasn't definitely not what I thought it would be. We sat on the bus for about 3 hours speeding past The Meat Packing District, Soho and others areas of NYC. I didn't recognize half the sights from the movie and we only got off the bus 5 to 10 mins stopping for pictures at The Cosby Show Brownstone and The movie Hitch to eat Rice Pudding (if we so chose). The Will&Grace sights were horrible and Friends was just as boring! This tour was a waste of money. I did however enjoy the NBC Tour though we didn't get to see the Today show setting. It was extremely cold on the Bus and at NBC Studios. The NBC tour was much better though a lot shorter than the bus ride. I don't recommend the Movie Tour you are probably better off doing the SATC tour or Sopranos which was really cute ! |
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Too long, too lame
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| Wed, Jul 23, 08 11:00 AM |
Jagger49 |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour leader was Rosie. A wannabe actress who spent alot of time letting us now all about it. The trip takes up valuable time and doesn't really show you much of substance. Designed for the easily impressed. If you are into pop culture, it'll be a let down. Too much focus on I AM LEGEND, GOSSIP GIRLS, FRIENDS, SEX & THE CITY, LAW & ORDER. |
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Amazing Tour!
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| Mon, Jul 21, 08 11:00 AM |
vandyacnp |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I have been to NYC before and added this as a great way to see the city and learn a little about TV shows and movies I enjoy. It was an absolutely fantastic way to see the sites. It is in a luxury air conditioned bus. A definite plus in the elements! There were a few stops along the way to allow us to get more aquainted with the areas and to take photographs at some of the more popular sites. Our tour guide, Gary, is amazing. He is energetic and definitely made the tour very interesting..and entertaining. There is even a little trivia on the way. The NBC studio tour has changed a little since the last time I visited. It is easy to schedule and both run on time. The studio tour begins with some history of NBC and studio visits to Conan O'Brien and SNL. A couple of other stops are interesting along the way. I probably wouldn't do the NBC tour again, but only because I have done it twice. It is worth doing if you have not done it before. I highly recommend both tours and cannot wait to go on the TV and movie sites tour again with friends when I visit NYC in the future! Have fun! |
