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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Don't miss the Sopranos tour!
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| Sun, Oct 28, 07 2:00 PM |
LeslieM |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| If you're lucky, you'll get guide Gary, who we also had on the OnLocation tour. He's great!
It's not everyday you get to have a drink in the Bada Bing (aka Satin Dolls), meet the owner and his adorable bling-bedecked teacup Yorkie, and get a free Bada Bing thong. Not to mention the visit to Holsten's!!
Between stops, you can watch clips from the show, and listen to the theme song (love it!). In any case, it's a cool way to visit New Jersey.
Highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Way Too Long! ! !
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| Sun, Oct 28, 07 2:00 PM |
cogedor |
Male |
20-29 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour begins great with pictures with cast stars then is a big letdown. Too many insignificant sites on the tour. Unfortunately Satriales building has been bulldozed. Then the most important site Bada Bing doesn't have the sign that says BADA BING. And you can't even take pictures. People want to be able to take pictures and say "I was at the BADA BING." I could have just bought a bada bing t-shirt on the website and not go on a 5 hour tour. As a true Sopranos fan I was disappointed. |
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Unmissable!
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| Sun, Oct 28, 07 2:00 PM |
grevco |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| A very surreal experience-particularly in the "bada-bing"!!-every Sopranos fan should go at least once in their life! |
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Great way to see the locations!
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| Sun, Oct 28, 07 2:00 PM |
lcrotty |
Male |
20-29 |
Unspecified |
Couple on a Date |
| The tour was very fun. Trying to see all of these locations by yourself would be impossible.
My only recommendation is that the tour would show the episode clips pertaining to the location before we get to the physical locations, instead of after. |
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Extremely Enjoyable Tour
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| Sat, Oct 27, 07 2:00 PM |
rbaratucci |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| We had a wonderful time on the Soprano tour. It was exciting to be at the same locations where the shows were taped and seeing the clips on the bus made it all come together. It was great going into Holsten’s where the last show was taped (great onion rings) and into the Bada Bing. Not to worry ladies the Bada Bing is done in good taste. It was so cool to be able to see where Tony and his gang would sit at the Bada Big. Also thanks to Doug from Bada Bing. We started the day with rain but it cleared out by the afternoon. We got lost on our tour due to a new bus driver who was very nice and Gary our tour guide could not have been nicer about the whole thing. He tried his best to make things right and kept a positive attitude about the situation. We had nowhere else to be so we had no problem with the delay. Some people were upset because they had made other plans immediately after the tour but we thought that isn’t a good idea in general anyway to make back to back plans. We enjoyed getting lost because we got to see more of NJ and in fact when the driver took the GW Bridge back into the city (instead of the Tunnel) we enjoyed seeing the city as we drove down through Manhattan!!! We thought your tour was great and would recommend it any Soprano fan. We plan to attend another tour. |
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Disappointing
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| Sat, Oct 27, 07 2:00 PM |
smmccall |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Unfortunately the day we took the tour the regular bus driver was not available. I think he did an excellent job driving the bus in an unfamiliar area. The tour started 1/2 hour late. We were standing outside in the rain waiting for the bus. The tour guide was also a substitute and he did not know a lot about the show and kept asking us questions about the actors rather than giving us the information. The shows clips were a nice touch but were never shown at the time we visited the various sites. We were informed that one of the buildings was torn down only after we arrived at the site. I think the tour could be well done and was interested in seeing the various buildings. It would be better to sync the clips with the buildings--skip the walking tour--it wasted time and made the tour even longer. Some of the people on the bus expected to be back at 6 and had tickets for a show. |
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Real insights into the making of the Sopranos
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| Sun, Oct 21, 07 2:00 PM |
MikePreston |
Male |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Our guide Marc Baron really knew his stuff the fact that he had been involved in the filming of some of the Sopranos episodes added to the reality of the tour.
Visitng the locatons really made the series come alive.
Our favorites were Holsten's the location of the final scene of the Sopranos. (Thankfully Marc made sure the ending wasn't revealed to the people on the tour, like us who haven't yet seen the final series.) And Bada Bing. It was great sitting down and having a couple of beers where Tony would sit.
My son Rob and I had a great time. It was one of the highlights of a holiday in New York that was packed with highlights.
Please give our thanks to Marc for a great tour and Kenny for being a great wheel man.
Mike Preston |
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Great tour
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| Sun, Oct 21, 07 2:00 PM |
fendir |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| Good guide, good locations. Recommended |
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Excellent for Sopranos nerds
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| Sun, Oct 21, 07 2:00 PM |
ketilra |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| The most positive surprise of the trip was the guide's level of detailed knowledge about the series. He was also good at keeping the group engaged in the topic and answered any additional questions you had. Finally, the trip inside the Bada Bing gave you a chance to sit at Tony's chair in the maybe most filmed location in the series. That is really something to tell your friends when you return,.
Sincerely
Lene Eikeland, enthusiastic Norwegian Sopranos fan, |
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Sopranos Tour Review
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| Sun, Oct 21, 07 2:00 PM |
anthonypower |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| Firstly I have onle seen a few episodes and so cannot be classed as an avis fan. My son however is a big fan and has watched all the episodes currently shown in the UK - still a few to go until the final one. We both enjoyed the tour and found the knowledge of the tour representative to be very good and his enthusiasm about the subject was obvious. I would recommned this tour to other fans. |
