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| - I've never been more conflicted about how to rate something on yelp in my life. I could literally give it any rating from 1 to 5 depending on what aspect you are talking about. I guess that averages to a 3, so I will give you my thoughts, for what they are worth.
1) This tour is not "exciting". This tour is educational. As other reviewers noted, you are mostly sitting in a bus listening to the narrator, who is very informed. I am highly fascinated by mob tales, and I have done a lot of research lately on the topic. So if you ask for my rating of how interesting I thought the info was, I'd give it a 4 or 5. But if you ask me how interesting I think the average tourist will find this tour, I'd say a 3 at best. He spouts off SO much information so quickly that it's hard to keep up, and I'm fairly informed. So someone who knows very little about it would be overwhelmed and might tune out. My friend fell asleep b/c she thought the narrator's voice was monotone and we just sat in the bus for long periods of time in one spot.
2) The actual "tour" is pretty lame. You get to see the house where Casino was filmed. You get to see the parking lot where Lefty Rosenthal's car was bombed, and you go to the Flamingo, and you pass by a couple restaurants that the mob frequented. Other than that, you sit for 20 minutes in a parking lot, then drive for 5 minutes. Sometimes after the 5 minute drive, you don't end up anywhere important (i.e., just another place to pull over for no great reason). So again, there's not much to see. But there is a lot to hear. For the lack of sites to see, I'd give it a 2. I realize many sites no longer exist, which isn't the company's fault. However, it would be better even if they said something like "this is where ___ used to be" even if it's been torn down now. There wasn't enough of that.
3) This is my biggest complaint, although apparently I'm in the minority of people who can't handle smoke. Don't go on this tour if you are allergic to smoke or have asthma. Although they don't allow smoking on the bus, I think some of our "stops" in the cold weather where we were all forced to get off the bus were mostly so the tour guide could smoke, with no respect for whether he was smoking in your face. I had to miss a lot of information b/c I couldn't stand near him b/c of the smoke, and they wouldn't let me back on the bus to get away from the smoke. I don't think the TOUR GUIDES of all people should be allowed to harm people (yes, that sounds dramatic, but 2nd hand smoke is dangerous especially if you have a pre-existing condition). If I enter a casino, I realize I am entering at my own risk, but if I enter a bus tour that says "no smoking", I shouldn't be put in danger by smoking. And because the tour guide lit up, then many other passengers did also. For this, I give the tour 1 star. VERY inappropriate.
4) The lady who checks you in is not very friendly. Luckily, she wasn't a tour guide, but c'mon, let's have some nice customer service since you take our money.
5) I am glad I paid half price for the tour. It's not worth full price. But I liked what I learned. I don't feel confident that the majority of you will enjoy the information as much.
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