New York TV & Movie Sites

We all really enjoyed the tour. Our group ranged in age from 13 to 65 and each of us enjoyed the tour and locations. The cookies were an extra special touch as well as the comedy by our guide. The "insider" information Gary (guide) provided made us feel special. THANKS

I was pleasantly surprised to see how this tour can appeal do different ages and different ideas on what makes a city tour cool and interesting. You can see where I am heading with this....what 3+ hour activity can appeal to... a. a parent with her 9 year old son, who, yes, likes Spiderman but hates to walk in NYC (even though he resides in NYC), and ... b. his sixteen year old cousin from Australia who had ONLY 4 days in NYC and has arrived with great expectation to "do up the town". c. it's wintertime (around Jan. 19th) and the beach is not an option, nor is 3 hours in a museum an option (remember, little legs tire easily). What did I know? I've only lived in NYC for 22 years and have NEVER taken a movie site location tour in my life! There was alot of "a little somethings" for everyone. Our tour guide was really terrific - very upbeat and friendly. She had a great sense of humor and she had an amazing grasp for information and details. She shared many interesting details not only about NYC film scenes and movie stars, but also about the history of NYC locations and behind-scenes movie shoot details. I love NYC architecture and simply enjoyed looking out and up, at it all! - the tour is a wonderful way to see the city, and save your energy. It would have taken several days to make it to all the locations via subway and on foot...so the tour, is also a real time saver if you're short on time as a visiting tourist. As for my 9 year old: Naturally, any site having to do with "Spiderman" films, grabbed his attention. The presentation was kid friendly, and quite respectful of omitting certain references to adult words (acceptable to adults, but not for children), yet she was able to deliver the jist of things.. Little legs were not exhausted by 4 short excursions to on-site walking tours, just enough for a nine year old who resorted to his PSP in moments of rest from the presentation. The tour guide's riddles and rewards were also a great way to span the generations....as everyone hoped to win a lollipop or black and white cookie! Very smart move! As for my 16 year old neice, visiting NYC (for the first time) from Sidney, Australia: This was, in large part, the BIG BONANZA! Not only coming to see NYC for the first time ever, but to also see (and relate to) movie scene locations and an abundance of interesting movie trivia. Her camera was clicking and you should have seen the look of jaw-dropping awe and wonder! Priceless! I was happy, she was happy (that was my main goal) and my son...you could say, he throughly enjoyed trading a school day time with his cousin and a tour. He would highly reccomend it! Thanks again to the tour guide. I forget her name, but she was fabulous and carried the day. Please tell her that! Thanks!

Being from NJ we tend to not to touristy like activities in NY but I wanted to have a father/daughter day with my 18 year old. I Googled what to do in NY with a teenager and your tour came up. I talked it over with her and we decided to do the TV/Movie tour. It was much better than I had expected and our tour guide was wonderful. She had so much knowledge, even on issues not related to the tour itself. I would recommend it to anyone.

I was a little leery of signing up for a 3.5 hour tour but, when the tour was over, we were all thinking, is it over already? Obviously, the mark of a good tour. Our guide, Gary, was fantastic. In a filming mecca like NYC, it's virtually impossible to hit all the sites but felt the tour route was well selected and planned as it hit most of the "biggies" in the short time we were given. Besides being filming buffs, I wanted the secondary benefit of having my family see some of the streets and neighborhoods of NYC you miss from the subway. Again, that goal was well met. Gary was very organized, funny, and knowledgable as well as keeping us entertained during traffic times. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to see the Midtown to SOHO area in coach bus comfort with the added bonus of seeing where some famous filming was done.

Although we decided to do the tour in the main due to the attraction of Friends we found the whole tour to be a worthwhile adventure.The tour guide in Jessica Verdi,a local actress who was passionate about the city and the shows and films that are based there,added to the experience with her obvious enthusiasm. There was a good mix of being on the bus and being able to get out and stretch your legs and having enough time at locations to take pictures. On a personal note I would have liked to have visited the Brooklyn bridge as it's such an impressive structure and featured in a classic film but it was great to see parts of the city we would not otherwise have seen during our stay.Memories of great film and TV moments are rekindled with the aide of video clips As a group we would thoroughly recommend this activity as it really gave something extra to our vacation.

We loved our tour with Kymberly. I was with my 16 yr old daughter on our first day of a whistle stop 3 days in NYC and the trip was a great way to counter jet lag and get our bearings. Though the weather was freezing it was great to get off the bus and stretch our legs for a closer look at some of the sights and we loved the onboard refreshments and the stop at Rice to Riches. Thank you Kymberly and Kenny!

thoroughly enjoyed this tour - an excellent tour-guide, thank you Rosanne, who was very informative on all things movie related, and her continual commentary of the surrounding locations was top-notch!! the video-clips used during traffic were a great way of highlighting the locations as they were used in the movie or TV programme!! the walk-abouts off the bus were great; standing across the street from the Friends' building was quite surreal!! and a definite must-do is the opportunity to try the rice pudding from Rice to Riches!! we had such a good time on this tour that we plan to do another next time we come to New York, thank you!!!

This is especially fun if you are into learning about where some of your favorite tv and movies were made.

The tour was excellent but perhaps there was a bit too little emphasis on the older film sites and stars of the Golden Era such as where Bogie played Chess etc

If you like TV and movies you'll love this tour! With the extremely knowledgeable Roseanne as our tour leader, everything movie and tv in New York, we saw it. Loved the black and white cookie and the Rice to Riches stop. Would have liked to see the Seinfeld restaurant but we were able to see it after our tour finished. The traffic in New York ensured that we got a good look at everything and didn't have to race through the tour. Loved it and would give it a 'two thumbs up' rating.