| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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A must for Sopranos fans
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| Sun, Sep 21, 08 2:00 PM |
kiwismo |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Loved this tour although felt it was perhaps a little long as we were out for nearly 5 hours in the end (though to be fair traffic getting back into NYC added an hour which obviously can't be helped). It was great to meet "Vito" at the start of the tour. Really enjoyed seeing all the different Sopranos spots - I really miss the show so it was good to relive some of the old episodes. Highlights were Halston's (i.e. THE diner) and for my brother it was definitely the Bada Bing (surprise, surprise!). Got some fantastic photos to show to fellow Sopranos fans back here in New Zealand and they have all been amazed to hear these places actually exist and aren't just sets at a studio. Our tour guide definitely knew his stuff - I'd just finished reading the Sopranos book and of course had watched every episode so thought I was pretty clued up... but apparently not as much as I thought. ;) Definitely a must for any Sopranos fan! |
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Interesting tour
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| Sun, Sep 21, 08 2:00 PM |
TOIROCK |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Evaluating the whole tour I must say it was quite interesting and much info was provided in order to satisfy everybody's curiosity, and Marc Baron was an outstanding tour guide.
The onion rings provided at Holstens were a very nice surprise, however the stop should had been longer.
The worst thing was the appearance of "Vito" before catching the bus, although no word was said, you couldn't take a picture with him unless you bought some of his stuff, completely unofficial (no HBO mechandising at all) and honestly I think 20 bucks for a signed picture is abusive, I can't figure out how much he charged for the fake Bada bing plates or his t-shirts, he seemed very greedy and not very nice, he didn't look at you until you were giving him the money. |
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Enjoyable
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| Sun, Sep 21, 08 2:00 PM |
LizJerCasey |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| We really enjoyed the tour, it was great to see some of the locations and parts of New Jersey. We thought the tour was a bit too long. |
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Super !!!!! Highly Recommended !!!!
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| Sun, Sep 21, 08 2:00 PM |
HettyCo |
Female |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| If you are a Soprano Fan you have to do this tour.........
Bada Bing, Hollister( final scene) etc, also tour guide great.
It was a great surprise that Vito showed up at the beginning of the tour....
It was a great afternoon ......
Thank you very much...... |
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Too long
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| Sat, Sep 20, 08 2:00 PM |
katross |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Our tour guide although entertaining had a lot of worthless trivia on things that were not of interest to the group. He supposedly had appeared on a few episodes of the show and tried to give us unusual insight on things that were not relevant or interesting. Our bus driver got lost on 2 occassions causing our tour to go almost 2 hrs. longer than planned. This was a huge inconvenience because this messed up our plans for later in that day. We had tickets and were very late to our next activity. The bus driver did not drop us off in front of the HBO store as we were told he would so by the time we got there...we ran several blocks , the store was closed and we were unable to purchase memorabilia from the show and had a flight early that next day so we were unable to go to the store at all.
We did meet the character that played VITO on the show. We were excited about this but when when were told to go back and meet him he asked for people to not take pictures unless they paid for them. This was wrong on so many levels because he was standing on a public street selling merchandise out of the back of his car. He responded very angrily and threw his hand up to block the shots. It really put a damper on the beginning on the activity. We were not impressed by his behavior. We thought he represented the event in a very negative light. Although it was interesting and fun to see many of the sights we would probably not recommend this event to others. |
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Great!
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| Sun, Sep 14, 08 2:00 PM |
ivanpersic |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Great tour! |
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Brilliant
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| Sat, Sep 13, 08 2:00 PM |
bunneebutt3 |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| Musch better than I imagined. The tour guide was fantastic - Knowledgeable, bright, funny, - Superb!
Lots of treats and suprises! |
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overall positive
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| Sat, Sep 13, 08 2:00 PM |
robertloftus |
Male |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I really enjoyed this tour as I love The Sopranos. I have to say that I feel like sitting on the left side of the bus was worth about $20 less than sitting on the right side, as most of the sights were on the right. Don't know if anything can be done about that, but it was disconcerting at times.
Free advice: don't get cash from the Bada Bing! (aka Satin Dolls) ATM--the fee I thought was $1 was actually $10; totally legal, just kind of hard to read the fine print in the dark and a total ripoff! Perhaps the mob really is involved... |
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If you are a fan of The Sopranos you will love it.
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| Sun, Sep 7, 08 2:00 PM |
Reylene |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| It was great the group leader was great and very very informative - the only thing that was disappointing was visiting a site that had been pulled down. Apart from that a great tour. |
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great afternoon out
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| Sun, Sep 7, 08 2:00 PM |
janerobin |
Female |
50-59 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| For anyone who loves the Sopranos this tour is great fun. Also as first time visitors to New York it was a great way to see parts of the area we would not otherwise have managed to visit. The guides are fun and as they talk you realise how little you took in of the nuances of the series. Watch it again before you go!! |
