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| - Booked a 90 min tour to show the city off to my out of town guests. Didn't quite know what to expect, especially 1) I myself have never been on a Segway before and 2) living in Charlotte for 20 years makes me think I'm an expert in showing folks around. I was totally blown away at how easy it was to pick up using a Segway (you get a nice 30min training session before the tour starts so plan accordingly). Also allow time for waiver signing and all that jazz. They were very good about calling me the day before to let me know especially since Taste of Charlotte was opening that day so there would be some street closures.
Aside from being stressed out-we were coming in from Matthews so the commute on Independence sucks so bad...luckily we left early enough and were only 8 or 9 minutes late. But still late... I hate being late.
Anyways, there was one other gentleman in our tour group so I felt bad for the late start. We quickly went through the orientation and got to training. I'm so sorry but I never got the name of our tour guide... He was very good and knowledgable. We had an assistant, Prince, who brought up the end of our tour group and gave us a lot of encouragement for first time Segway users.
I'll leave a little mystery to the tour so that everyone takes it (no spoilers). But we traveled throughout uptown... First, second, third, and fourth wards. Believe me, I definitely learned a lot of history and saw some things I had not seen in my Charlotte residency since '96.
The shop is located in Overstreet Mall and not a lot of people get there (save for Uptown workers) so give your self some extra time to access the Overstreet Mall from wherever you park. It's right at the end of the skybridge that connects Founders Hall and the Omni Hotel buildings, next to the shoe repair and key shop. We only spent a few minutes in the shop for orientation (video), but it looks like they sell merchandise there... hoverboards... and maybe some affiliation with the b-cycle program (maybe you can sign up for subscriptions here for bike sharing station around town). After orientation, we went downstairs through the Omni parking garage to the segways where we had a small orientation on the side walk until we were all comfortable with operating the segways.
Overall a great tour! I would definitely do it again (I'm a big history nerd) but it's an easy way to see the city without too much walking, plus its fun! I was just relieved I didn't fall on my butt or break any teeth.
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