Did you get to do a Segway tour?

[6laurac]

I am disappointed that the Segway tour at Epcot is going by the wayside. I loved the Keys to the Kingdom tour for behind the scenes stuff.

Did any of you get to take Segways and what did you see that was really special?

 

[Figgy1]

We didn't do it and my dh is going to be mad he so wanted to do it in June!

 

[WDW 3]

We did the Segway tour. I don't know about seeing anything special. You don't go backstage. We just toured World Showcase before it opened. They threw a little trivia at us but mostly it was just fun riding the Segway.

 

[Yert3]

I did it last year. I was only one of four people on the tour. My guess is Disney is getting rid of it because nobody was going on it.

 

[TrolleyFollower91]

I did it and thought it was awesome. Honestly, you don't see anything "special" because it's a tour of World Showcase. However, the fun part for me was riding the Segway and then seeing an empty World Showcase. The little facts about the country were interesting, however I don't remember any specific ones so I guess that part wasn't that special to me I would have gone on it again just for being able to ride the Segway.

 

[luv]

I did it, but I was excited about riding the Segway and didn't mind that the tour info was on the lame side. They really should have split that tour up - one tour for Segway riding and one walking tour, like the old Hidden Treasures tour. More Segway would have been awesome.

I did the now-defunct Hidden Treasures of the World Showcase tour and it wasn't very good.

They really need a GOOD walking tour of the WS.

 

[Minthorne]

I'm signed up and paid with a group of friends (8 of us) to do the EPcot tour in late May of this year and so far we have not heard any cancellation. I'm keeping my ears crossed!!

 

[plaz10]

We did it in 2010. Absolutely LOVED it. My sister wanted to do it but now I guess she won't get the chance. Sad face for her.

 

[DisneyDebNJ]

My son has done the Segway tour several times, the guide gave some wonderful info of each country. Our family will be sad to see this end

 

[tiggerzgirl83]

I was looking forward to doing this tour on my Disneymoon this October and heard its been cancelled. My mom and stepdad did it last October and absolutely loved it. We are all alil disappointed

 

[bethymouse]

Never done it/not really interested, but sad to see it go since so many folks seemed to enjoy it.

 

[shannon12]

Shame, I always wanted to do it....oh well.

 

[Gabe1]

I did with my DD, it was her 16th Birthday Trip and you had to be 16, a right of passage thing on our Mother Daughter trip. It was fun. They were so easy to get the hang of, love how they stopped on a dime unlike the motor carts. We also had tried them out first in the innovation area, where you had a bit of instruction, movie and were able to ride them in a contained area. It was fun, different. I wish we would have done the tour in Fort Wilderness instead.

And for me it was all about the Segway, could careless about the "tour."

 

[Wesleyjohn]

I'm signed up and paid with a group of friends (8 of us) to do the EPcot tour in late May of this year and so far we have not heard any cancellation. I'm keeping my ears crossed!!

Don't hold your breath, I just the call for my March 4th booking. Just got cancelled. Didn't give a reason why it was cancelled.

 

[Ariel484]

Yes...we did it in June 2011 and loved it. So cool to ride around the World Showcase on the Segways. The training session was fun and the Segway and Guest Relations CMs were awesome. It was really neat to be in the park before anyone else and see CMs touching up areas in the World Showcase to get ready for opening. I thought the tour info was pretty interesting and they had us Segway around small "obstacles" in some of the countries and let us stop for photos. Really sad it's going away.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

Hubby & I did the tour in Dec 2009. It was a lot of fun. First time I had ever seen my old man feel unsteady in any physical activity. He won't ice skate or roller skate with me because, according to him, he lacks the finite coordination. Confuses me because he still can ride a bike just fine. Plays golf, fishes, all things that take some amount of coordination. He did great on the Segway but I saw an uneasiness I had never seen before. It was endearing, really. We had a wonderful time on the tour. Sad others won't have that chance now.

 

[Gonzo79]

It was always on our list of things to do,but sadly never did.

 

[Wesleyjohn]

Well, I called in and I'm on the wilderness lodge Segway tour now instead. Same day same time. Hopefully this makes up for no Epcot tour.

 

[Texas84]

Four times, twice by myself. The CMs were great! Even the training was fun.

 

[Marco226]

I'm glad my family and I were able to do a segway tour last month. It was fun! We did the 9:30 tour, so there were guests walking around. We learned a lot of trivia about the Word Showcase while dodging the guests in electric wheelchairs and scooters who were trying to cut us off. It was like playing that old asteroids game. After dodging one scooter, three teenagers would sprint out and try to run in between us. It was great!