12/1/2023 0 Comments Hop on hop offWe have usually really enjoyed these as a great way to see many things and in a different way from riding in a car, especially when we have only a short time on a given trip. My wife and I have done Hop On Hop Off and cruises tours in many locations in well over a dozen countries. BUYER BE WARE!!!!Įnd of rant!!! Save your money and go on a tour where people care about your having a great experience. Oh, BTW, don't take a taxi!!!! The guy did not start the meter or run the meter but at the end of the trip (10 minutes) the bill was $35.00. So, guess what? We need to take a taxi back to our hotel that cost us $35.00. I showed him our ticket and the original paper when I bought the tour tickets and NOWHERE did it say the time of the last bus. When I complained, he said it was written on the ticket. There was a guy who told us that the last bus left at 5:00 PM and it was 5:10 PM. When finished, we asked where the double decker bus stop was and walked there. We met friends for an early dinner by the boat dock where there are a bunch of shops, bars and restaurants. EXCELLENT PART OF THE TOUR and why we even gave a rating of 3. He explained what we were seeing and the history of the bay. When we got on the boat, guess what? THERE WAS A GUY TELLING YOU WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO GO!! Novel idea!!! He was great. However, then the boat tour started a bit later. Problem #3 was that most of the time on the tour.NOBODY SAID ANYTHING!!!!! We drove through the city and FINALLY, a prerecorded message played sporadically with static, not working, etc.WASTE OF TIME TOUR!!!! (Ahem.nobody told us we needed ear plugs nor where to get them. In noticing that some of the people had the same color ear plugs we asked another passenger and he said they were downstairs in a box on a seat. I then noticed that on the side panel of the bus there was a box with arrows. Finally, looking around the top of the bus you could see that some people had red ear plugs on. Then when the bus started moving, there was no guide. (Problem #1) We went to the top of the bus and actually did not take off until 10:30 as they were trying to fill the bus with new peoples. SNAP! I walked to the front of the line with my paper & the guide told us to go on board. We discovered that most of the people in line did not have tickets but were trying to purchase them. We arrived at the bus stop on the directions and there were a ton of people in line in front of us and we were 15 minutes early.
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