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Date Attended [v] |
Reviewer |
Gender |
Age |
Where From? |
Group Type? |
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Fascinating tour with excellent guide
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| Mon, Aug 27, 07 10:00 AM |
MartinB |
Male |
60-69 |
International Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| Opened up an amazing insight into a pivotal time in US history.
Guide (think it was Karen) was a total enthusiast and amazingly well informed. Her understanding of the significance of the background as well as the events themselves added enormously to the quality of the occassion. |
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great
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| Sat, Aug 25, 07 1:00 PM |
JRenz1015 |
Male |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| this tour is not for young children, as there is a lot of walking and standing. our guide was extremely knowledgeable and able to answer any questions we had. i am not even a revolutionary war buff, but found it interesting and entertaining. she was fabulous and sharp as a tack! really knows her stuff and is like every guide should be. |
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American Revolution in New York tour excellent
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| Wed, Aug 22, 07 10:00 AM |
vlrj13 |
Male |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| I and my wife and daughter visited New York City for a week in mid August. I was mildly interested in the American Revolution in New York tour, my wife more so. All of us were surprised by how much we enjoyed this activity.
Our teacher was knowlegable, able to tell an interested story over a period of 2 hours, and skilled in knowing what facts in the story were salient, which were not. She was also extremely enthusiastic, clearly enjoying her task. The experience as a whole felt more like a string of interesting discoveries, less like a straightforward lecture. Her narrative was well conceived to match the order of buildings and streets we visited, but also shaped nicely into a broader beginning-middle-end narrative.
THe experience overall has encouraged me and my wife to begin reading more about this subject. Truly, this was one of the most enjoyable parts of our New York trip, and we strongly recommend it to other visitors. |
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110% Worthwhile
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| Fri, Aug 17, 07 10:00 AM |
dadbirthday |
Female |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family Without Children |
| I'm local and was looking for something to do with my family from out of town -- people who are never satisfied. We signed up for the Revolutionary Tour and it was the best thing we did in NYC, and among the best "tourist" activities I've done PERIOD.
When people think NYC, they think Broadway shows, shopping, etc., but I don't think people consider how NYC impacted the founding of America -- just as much as Boston or Williamsburg. Our guide, Karen, was friendly and super knowledgeable. We could tell that she had a passion for NY and history, not that she just memorized a script. She could answer any question related to the buildings, the time period, really anything. Karen kept a great pace and the time flew by. She peppered the more basic info -- the history of the buildings and whatnot-- with a lot of trivia about the people and politics of Revolutionary-era New York. And she was a total delight.
Having taken other tours like this one in many American tourist areas (Boston, Virginia, DC) and abroad (London, Paris), this absolutely ranked at the top of my experiences. It's well worth the time and money. I highly recommend this tour for natives and tourists alike.
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Great and Interesting Tour, highly recommend it...
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| Mon, Aug 13, 07 10:00 AM |
npavis |
Female |
40-49 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Unspecified |
| I wanted a different but interesting tour of Manhattan and this was it. The tour was very interesting and informative. The tour guide was enthusiastic and very friendly.
I liked the idea a small group on a walking tour, everyone could hear the guide clearly. The tour guide had visual aids and provided very interesting facts and information about Manhattan in the Revolutionary times. The guide really made the historical facts interesting and we really learned alot in just a short amount of time -almost 3 hrs but it sure didn't feel like it
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The walking wasn't hard, perfect pace and saw interesting sights I would have missed if on my own.
I highly recommend this tour to anyone interested in Manhattan and learning about the history. I can't wait to take the civil war tour and I hope more tours are added. This was a perfect, informative walking tour. |
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Informative and entertaining.
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| Mon, Aug 13, 07 10:00 AM |
sskwire |
Male |
60-69 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| This was quite simply one of the best tours I've been on. The tour guide, was also the owner of the company, and was enormously well informed, and personally intrested in her subject. She was not just reading a script written by others. She spent a lot of the time talking about interesting people and events that are not that well known. This really made the tour come alive.
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Excellent Presentation!
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| Sat, Aug 11, 07 1:00 PM |
jsimpson11 |
Male |
30-39 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Family With Children |
| My family really enjoyed the Revolutionary War presentation. The historian was outstanding. In our opinion, the walking tour could be improved in the following ways: (1) Keep the discussion to 2 hours, more is not always better, (2) Help the audience understand the time line of events, jumping from event to event in a non- linear fashion was sometimes difficult to follow, (3) Teach both the macro and micro, the narrative is well told by laying out the big picture of the conflict and then personalizing it with entertaining stories about the individuals involved in the places that these event occurred.. These are mild criticisms as the walk was a lot of fun and the presenter really knows and loves her subject. Thank you!! |
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VERY informative and ABSOLUTLEY WORTH IT
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| Sat, Aug 11, 07 1:00 PM |
jeffliss |
Male |
40-49 |
Local |
Couple on a Date |
| We learned so much, which says a lot for two people who grew up in the New York City area. Karen, the tour leader, knew her stuff and was HIGHLY informative and we look forward to taking her other tours.
We highly recommend Patriot Tours! |
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Excellent for history buffs
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| Fri, Aug 3, 07 10:00 AM |
Moiralou |
Female |
50-59 |
Domestic Tourist(s) |
Individual |
| I thought the guide was very good. She made history come alive. |
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Very Informative
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| Fri, Aug 3, 07 10:00 AM |
tomrizzuti |
Male |
30-39 |
Unspecified |
Unspecified |
| I really enjoyed the tour and was especially impressed with the knowledge and the enthusiasm of our guide. I would highly recommend this for any history buff. |
