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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Bring it into the 21st Century!
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| Tue, Mar 25, 08 11:00 AM |
evalunta |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| 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, 08 11:00 AM |
eobichukwu |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| 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, 08 11:00 AM |
rubyheiman |
Female |
70+ |
Combination |
Family With Children |
| 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, 08 11:00 AM |
tennyson3 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| 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. |
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Great Your
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| Sat, Mar 22, 08 11:00 AM |
NikkiLynn08 |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| This was a great tour! I would reccommend it to anyone from out of town looking for a fun afternoon. The tour guide Brian was entertaining & very informative. Overall I had a great time. |
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We were a family of 2 adults a 15 & a 12 year old.
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| Thu, Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM |
lizdabrowski |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We would definitely recommend it. The guide was enthusiastic and an excellent speaker - he did a great job. The tour gave a good oversight to Manhattan. Do early in your holiday because then you can go back to areas of interest. There was something for everyone in our family on this tour. |
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Great experience and tour guide
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| Thu, Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM |
MichelleWitz |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The tour was very interesting and the movie clips shown after you saw the location was a added bonus. Our tour guide was very knowledable and made the tour. |
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We had a great time
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| Thu, Mar 20, 08 11:00 AM |
adkvincent |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our guide (Roxanne) is very nice and informative. She sure knows about her stuff! |
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Fun way to see the city
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| Wed, Mar 19, 08 11:00 AM |
cindyking |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Our energetic guide made this a fun way to tour the city while seeing the sites of our favorite movie and tv shows. |
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Great tour
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| Wed, Mar 19, 08 11:00 AM |
NordicStella |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| This is a must do thing when you are in NYC, I went on this tour with my brother and we both loved it. It is a great way to see the city and if you love movies like I do, it is a great way to see were the movies and tv series were filmed. Thanks for a great tour OnLocation. Best wishes from Iceland |
