| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fun time for movie buffs
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| Thu, Aug 20 11:00 AM |
steflechef |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| I enjoyed the movie bus tour. It was really cool to see the buildings and sites where some of my favorite movies were filmed in my favorite city. Sometimes our tour guide was a little late on giving information and we couldn't see what he was talking about, but overall I thought he was good. I learned lots of interesting bits of trivia, and my mom absolutely LOVED the tour. The NBC Studios tour was my favorite part of the package. It really was a good deal. |
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Would not highly recommend this tour
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| Thu, Aug 20 11:00 AM |
jenlig |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| I thought this tour was okay. You saw many of the same sights over and over again and all the same movies. It was intersting for a little while, but I didn't think it needed to be so long.
The NBC tour was great. It was very neat getting the opportunity to sit in the audience for Saturday Night Live and the Jimmy Falon show and to see where Brian WIlliams sits. It was only an hour tour and perfect.
Not sure if I would do the movie one again. |
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Would recommend it
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| Tue, Aug 18 11:00 AM |
AliKrueger |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| I thought the tour was great. Very interesting and informative. Great way to not only see the TV/Movie Sites was also to see New York. Tour guide was very engergetic & knew her stuff. The only thing I did not care for was the tip envelope at the end. We pay a good price to go on the tour, I don't think an envelope for tips needs to be handed out at the end. |
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Disappointed with tour guide
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| Tue, Aug 18 11:00 AM |
lizalden |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| When I booked the tour I was informed that we would see certain sites, however, we only saw one of the sites that was mentioned. I did not pay the amount of money to listen to the tour guide's career in acting and the stars that she meet and how she felt about them. Nor did I want to hear her opinion about residents in certain areas she took us too. To me that is very unprofessional. I would never recommend her as a tour guide but would give your company another chance. |
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good way to see nyc
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| Mon, Aug 17 11:00 AM |
NBrocking |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| movie tour bus ride was very comfortable... the tour of nbc was very good ( except for the annoying tour guides )... |
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Awesome
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| Sat, Aug 15 11:00 AM |
hbason |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| This tour is definitely worth-while and good value for money - you can schedule both tours to be on the same day which saves on time and expense.
The TV and movie tour was informative and detailed - our tour guide Brian was witty and enthusiastic and very knowledgable in his movie facts. My only criticism of the tour would be that we were in a closed-top bus which made taking photos of landmarks and locations quite difficult. Even though we stopped at times throughout the tour, being in an open-top bus would've made it easier to see the locations and take photo's. Despite this I still thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would recommend it to all movie buffs!
The NBC tour again was informative and interesting - the tour guides Michelle and Denise were again very knowledgable in the history of the NBC studio. I would recommend this tour and I would definitely recommend buying the combo tickets so you can experience both tours at a discounted price. |
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Very Nice Time, But Need Better Mix
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| Fri, Aug 14 11:00 AM |
agent4699 |
Female |
20-29 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| I thought the tour was a lot of fun. It started on time, and Kim was very enthusiastic, and despite some traffic and being behind schedule, we still got to see every place. However, both my boyfriend and I were disappointed in the mix of movies -- with so many movies occuring in NYC, the focus was only on newer movies -- I thought the tour guide may have been paid to talk about Enchanted, Hitch and I am Legend. There were only fleeting mentions of classics like When Harry Met Sally, and hardly any mention of any Woody Allen movie. Having grown up in the 80s and 90s, some of the older movies would have mattered more.
It was exciting to see the Friends building and the Cosby home, there could have been more mention of other classic NY shows as well.
I would definitely recommend this, but go in knowing that it focuses more on newer things, and not older stuff. |
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interesting alternative to walking the city
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| Thu, Aug 13 11:00 AM |
twrong |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| The NBC tour was brief (1hr) and showed behind the scenes of 3 studios... that were not filming at the time. Not all that exciting in the end but if you've never seen "behind the scenes" before, I guess it would have been okay.
The Movie+TV sites tour was long but quite good since the guide described sites as we passed them in the bus, then showed you the film clips that he was referirng to. Towards the end we tired of hopping off and on the bus (probably 3 or 4 stops in total) but still found it interesting.
My 13 yr old daughter didn't know much about the NBC programming so found the Studio tour a bit dull but the Movie + TV sites tour had enough "newer" content to interest her and "older" stuff to interest me!
If you need a change from museum touring or pounding the pavement, this provides a good alternative - if you have time (3.5hrs). Not sure if I'd recommend it if you were only in town for a few days and needed to target your touring. |
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TOUR SAVES YOU TIME AND MONEY!!!
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| Wed, Aug 12 11:00 AM |
r0medada |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This was the 2nd time I've been to New York, so we decided to do the "touristy" thing since last time my girlfriend and I came here was for a wedding. Let me tell you, if we tried to see all of these places on our own, we would spend a fortune on subway/taxi and our legs would probably fall off. Plus, the bus was nice and air conditioned. 3.5 hours may seem like a long time, but it went by so quick and I didn't want it to end. We saw filmed locations from our favorite movies (hitch, ghostbusters, etc.) and tv shows (friends, seinfeld, etc.). I would definitely recommend this to anyone else interested in seeing these famous spots. Our host was Gary and he was totally funny. He was a nice guy who answered all of our questions and was very friendly. A++++ |
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Great Bus Tour Horrible Studio Tour
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| Wed, Aug 12 11:00 AM |
akkysol |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Other |
| The Movie and TV Sites tour part was great...our tour guide - Gary was funny, enthusiastic and very entertaining. It was great to see a lot of the sites very well recommended. Though I think due to time restrains we skipped a few sites but it was still great. Got to sit right at the front and that was an added bonus!
The NBC Studio tour was bad, really bad...the whole thing is very disorganized, the tour guides don't really know much, took us to a lot less actual working sets than we were promised!
I would suggest doing just the Movie and TV Sites part of the tour and skip the NBC Studio Tour
Another suggestion I have for the team is to have open top buses....that would really add value to an already exciting tour! |
