By: Marjorie Domingo | Fri Jun 24, 2011 at 07.29 AM
The itinerary is great, except the CN tower. You can skip this and the IMAX Theatre experience. The tour guide walks too fast not giving consideration to older people who are having a hard time catching up with her. We wasted a lot of time ..at the border patrol offices because of some people who do not have proper documentation. The tour company should check the documents before leaving for the tour. Altogether, no regrets at having joined this tour. My family had a great time except for these minor hiccups.Read full review
By: Thanaporn Thongdang | Tue Jun 14, 2011 at 03.14 PM
I'm not usually into tours or speed sightseeing, but I only had the one day in NYC. This tour fit my schedule perfectly and I got to see so much of NYC in just one day. I recommend the tour to everyone. The price was reasonable and the ride.. wasn't too bumpy.Read full review
By: Madan Nagarajan | Thu May 26, 2011 at 09.15 PM
It was a very fun trip. i traveled with 5 of my friends and we all enjoyed it.. The guide had a good sense of humor and quite knowledgeable. Accommodation was very close to Niagara falls (within walking distance) and it was at a very popula..r chain of hotels. I had little problem getting comfortable sitting on the bus but my friends had no trouble. Well you cant really complain for the price of the tickets. To sum up the whole trip it was fun and affordable. Read full review
I purchased the tickets for my Mom and myself, as we are both big fans of the show! Before we got on the bus, we even got to meet the actor who played Vito!!! Our tour guide, whose name escapes me at this moment, was extremely knowledgable,.. charismatic and fun!!! I loved the trivia questions and funny little prizes that a correct answer got! The tour was great, and we had more fun than I imagined we would!!! All in all, it was a great day, and I would recommend the Soprano's Sites Tour to anyone who enjoyed the show!!! FANTASTIC!!! :)Read full review
I went with my mom, and I am really not a fan of touristic tours.. But this one was very Nice, our tour guide Lindsey was great! She knew The city, The show and other curous facts tôo! We loved it! She recomended some places and it was aws..ome too! Defenitley will come back!Read full review
My husband and I (both 25) really enjoyed this tour. It was great fun. What a fabulous way to see such an exciting city and we found it to be the most enjoyable tour we did. IF you are going to take a bus round the city why not do this and ..learn about film locations as well as seeing the city!!! The tour guide Brian was very knowledgeable and could answer any question that was fired at him. He was fun and very helpful (taking photos for us etc). The location we went to were relevant to our interests and we loved the you could watch the dvd clips on the coach before seeing the real thing. Excellent Tour!Read full review
The tour was so so so fun! We went to pretty much every outdoor location of the show. Our guide was fantastic and played lots of video clips that related to the place we were about to see. It would have been nice if we could have gotten out.. at the fountain but it was freezing cold on the day so probably wasn't such a good idea. I would definitely do this tour again but i would reccommend going during the warmer months :)Read full review
Kudos to Guide Kymberly and for putting together a truly enjoyable walk through Central Park! What a lovely way to spend an autumn afternoon in New York City. As a movie enthusiast, I loved the scoop on where scenes were filmed, but even if.. you aren't familiar with the movies, it's still a great way to see some of the prettiest/most famous places in the Park. Kymberly made the tour really fun, her vast knowledge of movies was amazing, great job! I would definitely recommend this tour.Read full review
Booked this tour for my husband who is a huge Sopranos fan - the tour started with a chat with one of the main characters. The tour guide (Mark Barron) was punctual, professional, informative and great fun with an incredible knowledge of al..l things Soprano! Mark was approachable, willing to answer any questions and very enthusiastic. An all round "goodfella". The locations were recognisable and photographable! The bus was comfortable and luxurious.Great value for money - I can strongly recommend this tour to any fan (or spouse!) Will never "fugheddaboudit" xRead full review
Our tour guide was hysterical! Made the tour so much more entertaining. I enjoyed watching the video clips of the locations we passed after we drove by them. Budakon was gorgeous and I was glad we were able to do a walk through!! I would ha..ve loved to have seen Carrie's building! Aside from that, A@@plush; for tour!!!!!!Read full review
86% A Must-do for NYC visitors who love movies and TV!
By: Anonymous | Tue Jan 18, 2011 at 11.17 PM
My 25 year old daughter and I came to NYC in the dead of winter to celebrate her grad school completion and impending wedding. We live in Chicago which is also a frequent movie and TV location spot, but it pales by comparison! Our guide, Br..ian, was such fun and so friendly and helpful, full of information and enthusiasm. We loved every minute of our tour and the video clips really helped bring the locations to "life!" Thank you for a wonderful afternoon and a warm bus!Read full review
Our guide Jenny was hilarious, and very knowledgeable about both Gossip Girl and NYC. It is also an amazing way to see both the fun sites from a show you love AND parts of the city you may never have thought about visiting or even heard of... I would recommend this tour to any Gossip Girl fan or a similar tour for a lover of TV or Movies filmed in NY. xoxo...SSRead full review
86% A Pleasant Way to Spend an Afternoon in New York
By: Anonymous | Tue Jan 18, 2011 at 10.58 PM
Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and walked at a good pace for our group which included a variety of age groups. It was a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon in New York.
We have booked this tour as part of our 10 day trip to NYC and were satisfied with it.
On the first day of the tour it was a bit difficult finding the correct bus in Chinatown as there are countless tours with this and other companies.
..Behind a desk two Chinese people were advising the bus numbers for the respective tours but we were sent tot he wrong busses twice. When we finally got to our bus our tour guide Wendy greeted us with a loud "NO!" as the bus was almost full - except for the two of us. Everything was sorted quickly though and we got on the bus to commence our travels with 43 Chinese people and 9 none-Chinese people. We saw another bus with Indian people so I think they're trying to group you by ethnicity - maybe so you don't feel like a stranger?
The Chinese unfortunately kept to themselves so we only really had contact with the other 7 passengers. We ended up becoming very good friends with one of the couples and has made the trip be forever more memorable in my mind.
There is a lot of driving and you only have little time to enjoy at the attractions. I was trying to meet up with a friend from Toronto and ended up seeing her for about 10 minutes. But all in all the tour is great. If you do all the attractions it's quite pricey but we simply informed ourselves before the trip and did
- The Thousand Island Tour
- CN tower
- Skylon tower w/o lunch (I wouldn't recommend this attraction)
- Maid of the Mist
- Cave of the winds (definitely do this if you can! You're walking where the American Bridal Veil Falls come down into Niagara River. On the Hurricane Deck you're being showered by the Falls as the powerful Bridal Veil speeds down into the river )
only. That way we had a little bit more time while people were doing e.g. The Corning Glass Museum, the Niagara Imax etc.
The admissions purchased from Wendy weren't noticeably more expensive than the ones on-site. You were always in the Fast-Track and somebody else (your tour guide) is doing all the organising/queuing for you so I didn't mind those 2-5$ more.
This tour incluides a lot of driving, getting up early and very tight time lines - but you get a lot in return. Canada is simply beautiful and the Niagara Falls are worth visiting once in your life.
The hotels we stayed at were the Holiday Inn and Travelodge, the standards were very good but the hotels were far away from the city so you weren't able to go explore on your own at night. This is probably better as this tour is not for part animals due to getting up early and lots of travelling.
I don't know about the lunch/dinner organized by our tour guide as we never went on those. Due to the nature of the group they often went to Chinese buffets - but we wanted to explore the local cuisine and went wandering off on our own. I can recommend traditional Chinese buns in Toronto.
Our tour guide Wendy was charming, entertaining and absolutely wonderful! Everybody loved her - aside from two Russian passengers that were being incredibly rude and refused to pay the service fee. Aside from that the trip was really wonderful and Wendy (although I'm sure that wasn't her real name, just simplified from Chinese for stupid tourists) and our driver Jorge were just perfect! Jorge ("George" for stupid tourists) drove us safely over 1000 miles to all our locations and listened to a lot of Chinese chatting with an angel-like patience.
I'll definitiely check out tours4fun again when i go back to the States.Read full review