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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Outstanding tour
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| Sat, Aug 30, 08 1:00 PM |
chrismiller |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Karen was a knowledgable and passionate tour leader. She was outstanding!! She went past time with our permission because of her passion for the topic and her desire for us to learn as much as we could. She knew her field and covered it in a way helpful for a novice. While I'm a history buff, my wife is not and my wife learned a great deal and thoroughly enjoyed Karen. The revolutionary war tour of lower Manhattan was tremendous. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Dr. Chris Miller
Littleton, Colorado |
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Excellent tour guide
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| Fri, Aug 29, 08 10:00 AM |
jeffellen |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Karen had superb knowledge of of the colonial history of NYC. Her presentation was enthusiastic, thorough and well organized. We appreciated the prints and maps she showed us. I'll recommended the tour to everyone and so will my wife and brother. |
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| Fri, Aug 29, 08 10:00 AM |
jonbross |
Male |
30-39 |
Local |
Group of Friends |
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Well prepared tour guide
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| Sat, Aug 23, 08 1:00 PM |
Tucker101 |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| Karen the tour leader was excellently prepared and informed. It would be interesting to know how she prepared the tour. Is she a professional historian? She knew all sorts of historical detail about New York's role in the events of the Reveolutionary Era, and had made copies to pass around of a number of documents from the period. There were only six of us on the tour, which made asking questions possible, and made it possible to keep the group together and close enough to hear her-- which might have been much more difficult if the group had been 12 or 15.
It was a hot August afternoon, and our interest flagged a bit in the last 1/2 hour, but ...we had another appointment to make in 20 minutes, and we had already walked a mile or two just before starting-- and many miles the day before, so it's possible that if we were fresh the tour would have seemed just the right length. Fortunately another couple whispered to us that tips would no doubt be welcome, since we might not have thought of that on our own, but we quite willingly pressed $10 into her hand while shaking hands goodbye.
It's advertised as rain or shine, but it's hard to see how it could have proceeded in cold or rainy weather. |
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Very informative and enjoyable
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| Wed, Aug 20, 08 1:00 PM |
RMaletta |
Male |
60-69 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| As they say time fly's when you are having fun. An extremely enlighting and enjoyable way to spend and afternoon. I never do surveys but in this case I made and exception because it was an exceptional experience |
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Had A Wonderful Experience!
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| Wed, Aug 20, 08 1:00 PM |
nicknack |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| My husband and I took the tour on Wednesday 8/20/08.
We had a wonderful time!
Our guide Karen was just bursting with knowledge and information to share with her guests.
Our group size was just right so we could gather around and hear what was being said
clearly. I would definitely recommend this tour to everyone! |
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Revolutionary Reflections
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| Mon, Aug 18, 08 10:00 AM |
marianmccabe |
Female |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| My work involves research, reading and writing on George Washington and his family; some of my interest in this tour stemmed from my work. As a former New York resident, I also wanted to find out more about the history of Lower Manhattan, particularly during the Revolutionary War period. Our guide, Karen, could not have been better! Her enthusiasm for and knowledge of her subject were outstanding. Every minute of the tour was crammed with fascinating tidbits and facts about personalities, buildings, and events associated with each of the areas that we visited. It is unlikely that you would ever find the detail and depth of information that Karen provided, in any other reference written or verbal.
We enjoyed the Revolutionary War tour so much that we decided to take the Civil War tour as well.
My husband and I highly recommend this tour to others, and we will definitely take it again ourselves on our next visit to New York! |
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Well Done.
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| Mon, Aug 18, 08 10:00 AM |
linamayrose |
Female |
60-69 |
Local |
Unspecified |
| The guide brought us back into history. She painted a picture of the physical and political landscape that spanned a period of about 5 years. She drew in many revolutionary war references from today as in Duane and Reade. Overall, it was interesting and I was happy to have made the trip. I recommend it to everyone. |
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Very knowledgeable guide; well worth the time.
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| Sat, Aug 16, 08 1:00 PM |
10amendments |
Female |
50-59 |
Local |
Family Without Children |
| We will definitely take other Patriot Tours, and we recommend the Revolutionary Era Walking Tour highly. |
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Chock full tour/ enthusiastic, knowledgeable guide
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| Sat, Aug 16, 08 1:00 PM |
hisjag |
Female |
60-69 |
Combination |
Family Without Children |
| Mixed group of 10-from 20 something to 60 something and in between-from extremely kmowledgeable to not nearly as knowledgeable-a pleasure for all. Karen is a magnificent guide. She has in depth knowledge of well known and less known info-she has lots of anecdotes and clearly loves her subject and sharing info. She is extremely responsive to particular interests and queries of group members. Lots of areas of NY covered. Well planned and well executed. If you go, you will not be disappointed. |
