| Rating |
Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Enjoyable "Scene" tour around NYC
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| Sun, Sep 6 11:00 AM |
elysef |
Female |
40-49 |
Combination |
Family With Children |
| I found the tour enjoyable. I was with my girls ( 10, 14, 16) and they too had a good time.
I did find a lot of redundancy of the same few movies metioned...i.e. Ghostbusters.
I would have liked to see the DVD scene played right before or right after the spot....Not as clumps as we drove around as it would be immediately fresh.
I know of many other movies shot around town that could have been mentioned (especially, again not the same 4 or 5)....
Our tour guide was very sweet and knowledgeable and fun and I would reccomend him to someone else taking the tour (Gary) |
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They didnt wait for a member of our party
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| Sun, Sep 6 11:00 AM |
andre1503 |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| Me and two more friends were visiting the city and wanted to have a peek of the exciting sites of NY since we are all fans of the American TV and movies, however this tour gave us nothing of that... Here are some reasons to support what I am saying.
-Most of the time we were on the bus the tour guide was talking about stuff didn't have nothing to do with the tour (where the passengers were from-for about the first hour, very poor information about filming facts, etc)
- You get to see too few memorable or interesting places.
- The tour guide was everything but friendly, kind of cocky and boring as hell!!!!
- We only made 3 stops, each of 5 to 7 min each and the tour lasted 3,5 hoursss!!!!
MOST IMPORTANT REASON WHY YOU SHOULDN'T TAKE THIS TOUR:
In one stop, one of our friends went to buy some coffee and she was late (in a 5 min stop) and they DID NOT WAIT AND WENT AWAY WITHOUT HER not even for 2 min, because she was going to delay the tour. She had to run after the bus to catch it. |
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Excellent value for movie fans AND non movie fans
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
Marky5 |
Male |
30-39 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| This was an excellent tour. I booked easily over the phone.
The buses were new, clean and comfortable. The tour guide, Roseanne, was brilliant.
The tour is very comprehensive and covered a large part of Manhattan, so it's also a great way to see New York City, even if you're not a movie buff.
There were dozens of movie and TV locations covered and stops were made at The Cosby Show house, Ghostbusters firehouse and Ben's Pizza for a very quick lunch.
Roseanne cheerfully explained some of the history of the local film scene and also pointed out where to spot movie stars for those that may be interested. She was excellent and made it very enjoyable.
The tour was well organised and started and finished on time (near Times Square) and was easy to find the buses. After the tour, a comprehensive list of all the movie sites covered was provided as a souvenir.
Great job - a highlight of my visit. |
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Next best thing to starring in a movie yourself!
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
aparition |
Male |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Other |
| It's a cool experiece to walk where the stars walked, almost as if you were a star too... ;-) |
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Informative & fun
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
ldpqc8045 |
Female |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| We enjoyed the tour and our guide was a very happy informative person. The only down side of the tour is that we get to find out that almost 90% of all our favorite shows that we think take place in NY are actually shot in L.A. This point our tour guide kept repeating it over and over. It would of been nice if she wouldn't of made such a big deal about this.
All in all I recommend it to al lthe T.V. & movie lovers. Our teenagers came with us and they also enjoyed the tour.
Thank you. |
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Tour Review
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
lmatsubara |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Group of Friends |
| The tour was great. The bus was nice and air conditioned. The tour driver, Gary was funny and very informative. Will definitely recommend to friends. |
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Definintely worth taking!
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| Sat, Sep 5 11:00 AM |
toadie291 |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Couple on a Date |
| This was the 3rd OnLocation tour that I've taken (I've done Sex and the City as well as The Sopranos).
having had such a wonderful experience on those tours, I was afraid that this tour may not prove to be as enjoyable, as it was not specifically geared to a show/movie that I knew I enjoyed.
This tour proved to be just as much fun as the others and it is apparent that On Location is very selective when hiring their tour guides.
Our guide, Roseanne, is an actress who also works for On Location. She not only had the information and trivia you would expect from such a tour, she is just a really fun, enjoyable person to spend an afternoon with.
We had a small snafu in which a tiny car hit our bus. While we were delayed for a few minutes, both Roseanne and our driver, Sung Choy (my apologies if misspelled) handled the situation with grace and professionalism. None of us minded that the tour ran over time because we had such a good time!
This is most definitely worth the time and money if you want a more generalized tour. if you want something geared toward one show specifically, the Sex and the City and Sopranos tours are also well worth it. |
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Great Fun
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| Fri, Sep 4 11:00 AM |
Umajets |
Male |
40-49 |
International Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| The tour was one of the highlights of our NY trip. A lot of info was packed into the three and a half tour and the stops were well timed to stretch our legs, check out some famous landmarks and get a slice of Pizza. Our knowledgable guide was great fun and kept the energy level up for the entire trip. Worth your time and money. |
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I would recommend this tour :)
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| Fri, Sep 4 11:00 AM |
kleegrant |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I enjoyed seeing the different places in which films and tv programmes have been filmed. It made me feel closer to the programmes. I Was expecting an open top bus although i believe that was my fault and not the companies as they had not mentioned it before. We went around on an air conditioned bus and we were still able to see the different locations although there was a lot of information at once and we didn't have very much time to take photos as the bus was moving. We did stop a few times at certain locations and i liked these opportunities to have photographs taken. I enjoyed my time on the tour and i would recommend this to family and friends. |
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Loads of Fun!!
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| Thu, Sep 3 11:00 AM |
danni0588 |
Female |
20-29 |
International Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I am from London, love movies and the movie glamour that New York has so I thought why not give this tour a go and guess what the movie tour is soooo good!! If you like movies and everything that comes with it your love the tour. Yes we saw the locations of many movies but we also were told interesting little stories, personal stories (regarding the film industry of course) from the tour leader (Jessie), he pointed out who lives where in some of the apartments that we passed. Interesting facts about streets e.g. millionaire mile and so on, so I felt we got a lot for our money and very detailed too. You get shown clips on the bus between travelling to spots and in traffic so you can relate a location to the film. We were lucky enough to go past filming in progress in times square and get an explanation as to what each trailer is for....what they need....how much it costs etc....I can't explain how much I loved this tour. It was the perfect length of time (3.5hours) even though I could have listened longer to all the stories. Jessie (tour guide) made it fun by singing songs, telling jokes and making funny comments so I highly recommend this tour for movie lovers. |
