| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Excellent Adventure |
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Mon, Mar 31 11:00 AM |
BELENGZERVE |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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Roseanne Almanzar our guide was excellent, she was very friendly and showed us how to have a good time... we truly received a touch of all that New York has to offer. We would do it all over again... |
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I'd recommend to a friend |
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Sun, Mar 30 11:00 AM |
seantm101 |
Male |
30-39 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
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It was the best Sunday afternoon you can spend in NYC! We saw so many parts of Manhattan we never knew existed, not to mention countless sites we've seen in our fav TV shows and movies. (The "Friends" building was amazing!) Thanks for a great experience! |
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different view of the city |
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Sat, Mar 29 11:00 AM |
jenniferdit |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
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thought it was great. the tour guide brian was entertaining. i think if i was more into movies/tv, i would have been more into it. it was still cool to see all the places from that perspective.
one downside, i wish that zerve could book the nbc studio tour as well. we were unable to do the nbc tour the same day as the tv/movie tour and didn't make it the next day b/c of traffic. :( |
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Too much focus on Friends. Prefer other stops |
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Thu, Mar 27 11:00 AM |
davidsantez |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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Needs more diversity. The studio tour was alright but not much new. The site tour was too focused on series no longer relevant (off air and in reruns). Would have preferred more time at a shoot scene, more time talking with folks in the business. |
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Enjoyed it A lot! |
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Wed, Mar 26 11:00 AM |
rsessoms |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
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I really enjoyed the tour. Our guide really knew her stuff. |
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one star wonder |
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Wed, Mar 26 11:00 AM |
deanoo |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
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The bus tour was awesome.............Movie and TV freaks its a must.............Don't waste the time , energy, or money on the NBC tour. Its a classic example of corporations reaching into your pocket for your last dime and leaving you feeling empty and extremely let down. Roseanne (movie tour guide) was a movie/TV information encyclopedia rock star. The nut shell review. DEANO $$^$$ KIMMY |
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Bring it into the 21st Century! |
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Tue, Mar 25 11:00 AM |
evalunta |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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I have to admit I'm a little bit biased, coming from (and having grown up in) the LA area and kinda jaded about movie/TV sites, but my 13 year old son was pretty excited about seeing some locales from movies he's seen. I was at first really impressed by tour guide Brian but as the trip progressed, I realized that we were going to be treated to sites from a lot of movies from the 70s and 80s and the two stops we made were related to shows not even on the air anymore. Really, my son could care less about The Cosby show house exterior and while I was excited about the Friend's apartment building, he thought there was just too much about Friends and not enough modern movie sites. My son had me ask about sites from Cloverfield, and we got a snotty response from Brian that he didn't like destruction of New York movies and so he didn't see it. He didn't even believe it had been shot there, but he didn't know. (Maybe he should see the movie and realize that it might be great to point out all the discrepancies in locales; he seems to like to do this.) However, he went ON and ON about I Am Legend and that is a total destruction of NYC movie...in any case, my son was kind of embarrassed by Brian's put down. In the end, we had a lot of traffic to deal with and the walking part of the tour was cut short. It was a nice tour of the city and I kind of got my bearings about neighborhoods from it, but my son was really disappointed. I'd suggest updating the references and locales for the younger customers or maybe doing a separate tour for the IPod generation.
He was thrilled by the way by the NBC studio tour and the SNL set. Christopher Walken walked right by our group. Woo Hoo! More cowbell... |
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Definitely worth doing!!!!!!! |
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Tue, Mar 25 11:00 AM |
eobichukwu |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
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I throughly enjoyed this activity. It was awesome being able to see sites that I'd seen in many movies and TV. It only takes 3 and a half hours and its well worth it!!!!! |
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Excellent Tour For Varied Ages |
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Tue, Mar 25 11:00 AM |
rubyheiman |
Female |
70+ |
Combination |
Family With Children |
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The tour was enjoyed by 2 senior grandparents and their 14 year old grandson. The adults are local, the youngster from Pittsburgh. Our guide, Brian, was wonderful: enthusiastic, polite, informative. (The black and white cookies were great, too.) As a native New Yorker, I got to visit areas of Manhattan that I hadn't seen before, such as the meat packing district. However, you can skip the Rice to Riches stop; many people turned down the free rice pudding (the 3 of us included) because they dislike rice pudding. Offer something more appealing. On the whole, I highly recommend this tour.
The NBC tour was interesting, as well, although it was annoying to have to start and end the tour in the gift shop, and plow our way through the mob. |
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Gary is great. Plan for no lunch |
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Mon, Mar 24 11:00 AM |
tennyson3 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
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Our tour guide Gary Mahmoud was terrific: he knows an amazing amount of interesting trivia, and he spewed it all out rapid fire with perfect timing and a sense of humor. It would be terrible with a bad tour guide, so I can only reccommend the tour if Gary is your guide.
Bring your lunch if you need to eat during the tour. Cookies were distributed, but there is no lunch stop and there really isnt time to pick anything up en route. |
