| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Excellent tour overall
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| Mon, Jun 2, 08 11:00 AM |
Jen_Chrystal |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The guide provided us with interesting facts about all the sites and the related TV/film production. Allowed us to see many areas of NY that we probably wouldn't have gone to ourselves. Enjoyed the cookie too!! |
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Excellent afternoon
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| Sat, May 31, 08 11:00 AM |
hoosiersuz |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Both tours are excellent. Our bus tour guide Brian was a lot of fun and shared many interesting bits of info that made the trip fantastic. I'm glad he's a movie nerd! |
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Great Fun
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| Fri, May 30, 08 11:00 AM |
Kerrypolan |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| One of the things I wanted to see in NYC was the Rice Pudding Store....little did I know it was one of the surprises on the tour. We loved the tour! |
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Loved the Bus Tour, Hated the NBC Studio Tour
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| Fri, May 30, 08 11:00 AM |
Jimloc |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Bus tour guide was absolutely fantastic. Sites were very interesting and tour guide was articulate and very knowledgeable. And pretty.
However the NBC tour was a big rip off. The tour lasted from 4pm to 5pm. We watched a 10 minute film (waste of time) then we spent 15 minutes going through security. Five minutes in Conan and Sat.Nite Live studios each. Five minutes in a small room with monitors showing makeup applied, 5 minutes where 2 kids read the news and weather and at 4:50 we walked back to the NBC souvenir store. My daughter is a make-up artist in films and TV in Canada and I wanted her to see something more than a loop video of makeup applied. So to summarize I have to quote Triumph the Insult Comic dog from Conan's show and say that the NBC Studio tour was a nice tour........for me to poop on! |
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Thumbs Up Location Tour/Thumbs Down Studio Tou
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| Tue, May 27, 08 11:00 AM |
dbeach12 |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We really enjoyed the Location Tour! The tour guide was great! It was difficult for some to get on & off the bus 3 times. I'd drop the rice pudding stop.
We were somewhat diaappointed with the NBC Tour. We thought that we'd be seeing more of the operation, more sets etc. The only set we saw was the SNL set. I will recommend the location tour but not he studio tour. |
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I would highly refer this to my friends & family
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| Tue, May 27, 08 11:00 AM |
beckyd |
Female |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| I really enjoyed both parts of this tour. The NBC tour is a must for people! The TV and movie tour was very interesting... especially for FRIENDS fans! We had a great time and love our photos!
Thank you!! |
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Eventful, detailed, bargain for the price!
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:00 AM |
ChristineG |
Female |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
| Very interesting tour! Bus experience was wonderful...driver stopped long enough at each major location to get a picture. Walking was perfect not too little not too much. Sight and information were very detailed. The fact that the bus a had a clean bathroom on board was very convenient. Movie clips were just the right size...long enough to see the location and for what ends up to be an extra $4 the NBC tour was very good! I have also experienced the Sex and the City Tour 3 years ago and i would recommend both this tour and the Sex and the City Tour. Looking forward to the Grenwich Village Walking Food Tour! Only 2 things to change was Tour guide didn't remind people to stay out of the street or courtesy to passer bys and when mentioning tip option she didn't specify if tips would be shared with the bus driver. |
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The bus tour was wonderful, but...
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| Sat, May 24, 08 11:00 AM |
ccouto |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| we never got to go to the studio. We did not see the small print to call for a reservation to the studio. We thought it was a group deal, that we would go from one to the other. |
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Definitely a must do while in NYC
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| Fri, May 23, 08 11:00 AM |
whitestripe |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour makes several stops like the Huxtable House, Rice to Riches and the Friends building. The tour guide is very knowledgable. What is nice about it to is that while you are riding in the bus they show you clips from tv shows or movies that have the NYC location in it. This tour was also helpful because it took you to several different areas of NYC like Chelsea, Meatpacking District, SOHO, Greenwich Village. |
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Definitely worth it!
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| Wed, May 21, 08 11:00 AM |
jcrowley |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| My daughter is 18 and has never been to NYC but loves many of the shows and movies mentioned on the website. I thought it would give her a good overview of NYC with the added bonus of hearing about shows she likes. We saw many famous areas of the city plus some fun, interesting places and neighborhoods that we would have never known about or ever seen. The free NBC tour that gets thrown in is ok. It's short and you get a tiny glimpse of what goes on there. My recommendation is to do it early (9am), get it out of the way and then walk over to this tour which is a few blocks away. Duck into Starbucks (across from where the bus picks you up) before the bus comes and grab something to eat. My only complaint about the NYC trip is that they give you sweets on the bus plus stop at a fun rice pudding place but never take you to a pizza place or deli to experience that. Since you're on the road until 2:30 or so you will be starving and rice pudding won't cut it. I wish they would have given us 10 minutes in Little Italy to grab something and then hit the pudding place.
But, our tour guide-Roseanne-- was informative, fun and very knowledgeable. It's absolutely worth doing! |
