Took the 8p tour on a Thursday. Tyler was great and it felt like he had a very personal knowledge…read moreof the area and its eccentricities. I'm not 100% sure of the veracity of his claims, but he made everything interesting. M Make sure you look for the Groupon!

This was a welcomed activity to do during a week of constant running. I know, it sounds ironic that…read moreI go on a walking tour after spending a majority of my day running around for work. But, it was really needed, and a nice dive into local history, chilling or not. What makes this tour so intriguing is your tour guide. If you are lucky you will get Noelle and be in for a night full of goosebump filled stories of the supernatural. Also, Noelle was just so accommodating, full of knowledge, and ready to answer any and all questions you might have. Our tour started at the library and we headed along our way. You think that starting at the library is a dull idea, but that's where the whole story of haunted Galveston begins. Being told that a majority of what you see of Galveston today was once under water because of how low lying the area was and storm surges. That kind of sets off the whole tour as that ties into a lot of what you are about to see. We started along our way and Noelle was mindful of everyone in the group. Stopping at a nearby gas station to allow people to grab hydration or make a bathroom stop before continuing on with the tour. The first major stop you will see is Ashton Villa. The information you get on this place is loaded with surprises. What's even better is that Noelle airdropped all of us pictures from past tours that can make anyone that doesn't believe into a believer. Ashton Villa could be a review on its own or could easily take up this review by itself. As we continued on we were reminded of what we were told about the storm surges and how the whole area was like a mass grave. We then ended up in front of the house where Robert Durst hide and ultimately took the life of his neighbor. I was oblivious to this and promptly went back home and started to watch the HBO series on him. We continued onto what is known as The Normandy Inn. The website makes this place look worse than it currently is. It is now a fully remodeled building that houses a hotel. Kind of creepy when you hear about the past of this parcel. Especially when they refer to this spot as a portal to hell. Continuing on we visited the house that once held an Egyptian mummy that was buried somewhere on the island, but no details as to exactly where. Along the way, Noelle kept us intrigued by expanding on stories throughout the tour. The one thing that you should do during your tour is take as many pictures as you can. Take their advice to put them on Live mode and take every angle possible. You just might catch something. At the end of the tour we stuck around a bit and talked to Noelle some more and I showed a few of my pictures to her and was confirmed I caught something supernatural. If you don't think you can stomach a tour during the twilight hours, they do have tours earlier in the day. Definitely carve out a chunk of time to do this as it is interesting and lets you in on the area history.

This is a good way to learn some of the more meaningful and surprising history of the island. Our…read moreguide was Michael. He was excellent. He spoken loudly enough to be heard, was knowledgeable, able to answer questions, and if he didn't have an answer, he said so. We took the 6 o'clock tour, Since it was not dark, it was not particularly scary. I would not recommend this for children under 12 simply because they would not be interested in the subject.

Was a really cool experience! The guide (forgot name) was really good! Spoke very clear with a lot…read moreof confidence! Which sounds like it should be that way but we also did a ghost tour at the stockyards. And The tour guide there seemed unsure about a lot lol! I snapped some pictures where I caught something. I showed them to the guide he said those are definitely orbs. Also... during the tour something tugged on my shoulder as if someone was trying to get my attention. I thought it was my g/f but she wasn't anywhere near me. Nobody was. It wasn't a slight tug. It was hard enough to where I immediately noticed. And I was near the middle of the street with nothing around me nor was I caught on anything.

This was a wonderful and crazy interesting tour. Kimber, the author of the book "Red Light…read moreDistrict" (sold all over the island), was the guide and she was such a pleasure to listen to. She had so many fun facts that you simply wouldn't find easily by your own doing. We learned, we laughed, we had a blast! Highly recommend it.

If you live in TX and/or have been to Galveston, you know some of Galveston's history. But with…read morethis tour you learn about some of the city's history you haven't heard before and it is very interesting. Dave did a good job. It is an easy walkable tour with a few places to sit during the tour. Glad we added it to our things to do list.

Our guide, Matthew was friendly, knowledgeable and patient. This is the best way to see Galveston-…read moreyou can cover more ground than walking, but get a better view than any street vehicle tour. If you really want to see a place, go on a Segway- we try one every new city we go to.

First time on a Segway, and thanks to the good people and Segcity Galveston, I will definitely do…read morethis again. Galveston is an island and a city. It's flat so no hills to worry about. And being an island, that means you can go all over the island on a Segway. This city has so many awesome parts, the fishery, the industrial seaside (oil rigs and humungous ocean ships with their containers of who knows what), the Strand, other cool downtown areas (check out Post Office street), fantastic historic mansions, funky architecture, interesting neighborhoods and also the beaches. And you can see it all on a Segway, with a helpful and knowledgeable local guide. We met D and she was great. This is a fantastic way to see Galveston. We also liked the Duck Boat tour, but this is so much closer and more personal on a Segway tour. I will do this again next time I'm in Galveston, and I will seek out Segway tours in other cities where I travel. Including my own city this coming summer. Much fun.

We went to Elissa as part of the Dickens on the Strand festival and it was our favorite part of the…read morefestival! Of course it's open other times too. It was clean, amazingly fun to see all the spaces. If you have a baby you'll want to baby wear them. Strollers can't go below deck because it's stairs. We took kids 2+ years old and it was possible and functional for them. Some of the stairs are tight or small spaces but you don't have to take the smallest stair you can take one main stair down and then back up. The crew were so kind and helpful! The atmosphere was light and jolly. We have a delightful time. There is a bathroom in their gift shop and benches by the gift shop for anyone who needs to sit. There is also parking just there near it, paid is what we used, not sure about unpaid. Worth every penny!

While visiting Galveston I decided to take this harbor tour for the first time thinking it would be…read moreinteresting and it was. An adult ticket for the one hour boat tour is $17 and you can add another tour of the adjacent sailing ship Elissa for another $8 to make it a combo price of $25 total. Tickets can be purchased online or at the ticket booth at Pier 22 between Fisherman's Wharf restaurant and Willie G's restaurant. This tour is conducted on a 50' boat with twin inboard motors. The boat has a lower deck that is covered with open sides and another deck upstairs that is open air and provides the best seats for viewing as long as the weather is good. All seats are general admission so if you want a topside seat board early. The tour makes one loop of the inner harbor along with venturing just outside near the shipping channel and on the other side of Pelican Island. There you pass by the Naval Museum that includes a destroyer escort and submarine from WW II both on land and a little further you will see the remains of the old SS Selma freighter that was scuttled there. It was a ship that was built of concrete during WW I and then scuttled shortly thereafter. For some reason, my tour only got with about 250 yards of it and no closer. Also during the boat ride you will numerous dolphins that are native to the area. There are other tours advertised as dolphin watching tours and I'm not sure how they are different from this one because my tour saw many on our ride. An added treat was being able to cruise by Battleship Texas which is currently in dry dock on the other side of the harbor and fully exposed from the stern for great viewing. The tour returned on time. The only reason I don't give 4 stars is because we should have gotten closer to the Selma for viewing and pictures and the audio speakers topside were very weak and made it hard to hear the live narration of the sites we saw passing by. If you visit the island and want to get out on the water and see the sights this is a good diversion to consider.

My husband and I absolutely loved this tour!!! We only did the short one, but the pilot was…read moreabsolutely the best! He was very informative and he had a sense of humor! He was great! All the people we dealt with was great!!! Thanks you guys for a great time!!! Hope to go back again one day and do the longer tour!!!! You guys rock!!! If I could give this more stars I would!!!!

Not sure how there were negative reviews for them, THEY WERE AWESOME!! We had a later flight but…read morerescheduled same day, last minute to an earlier time and they were able to accommodate us just fine, they were very nice about it...and when we got there, they were so busy. It was 4th of July and lotsa people out and about in Galveston...I thought they would switch us back to our original booked time slot but they made it work!! So grateful for their service...warm and friendly, everyone was great! If anything, it's some of the customers around us who were slightly the issue, but it's America's 250th birthday and everyone was having the best time...little stuff ain't gonna wreck our day at all. We did the 24-mile island tour (upgraded to it, originally booked the sea life) and so glad we did this!! So cool, was able to see the city from above. Our pilot was great, knowledgeable and flew us safely around the island, I highly recommend this activity if you're in the area. Thank you, Galveston Helicopters crew...you were all awesome! Keep up the great work!

We had a really good five day cruise on the breeze. We rented two adjoining balcony rooms. All of…read moreour favorites from the other ships were there, like the Guy Fieri burgers, and blue iguana. The pizza and ice cream were also nonstop. There really was something for everyone on this cruise from art shows to musicals to activities on the deck. This isn't specific carnival, but like other businesses, I have seen the cutbacks. Over the last decade you'll see less staff in the dining room and on the deck. There aren't as many comedians or specialty performances, back in the day I remember seeing magic shows. And I know this is a very American thing to say, but the buffet has gotten a little smaller, which isn't necessarily a bad thing since a lot of of us are bigger, but just my observation over the last few years. I still think a carnival Cruise is a ton of fun and you still get a lot of bang for your buck. I especially enjoy the casino in the spa however, I do think the spa can use some renovations.

Carnival needs to rename itself. Circus comes to mind…read more... Carnivals are fun places...places where you make memories, not be filled with stress and anxiety. The latter feeling is how I felt after getting off this cruise ship, which should not be how anyone feels after ending a vacation. First off, Carnival created chaos on embarkation as they communicated the morning of our cruise that check in was delayed 2 hours. However the parking lot where I made reservations did not change their time of closing their lots, so there I was speeding down the toll and 45 to Galveston to park before the parking lot closed, which by the way, the had grace on me because I called and had prepaid and they stayed open an hour past their time to accommodate me (another review on that place for sure)! The parking place had more customer service in 15 minutes than I experienced the entire 5 days on Carnival. First off they banned me from ordering drinks after the second day in the dining area because I sent one back two days in a row. One sip and they were nasty. I even brought it to their attention soon as possible. But the drinks in other places were poorly made as well. It was the most sober vacation I've ever had because I refused to pay for piss poor drinks. The crazy part is after not returning to the dining room for two days after being banned, we returned on Friday night and the waiter wanted to give me anything I wanted including ordering drinks! I was shocked- and he acted shocked as well as if it was not HIM that did it. It was pitful. I wanted no extra nothing--not even a refill of my water. I skipped dessert. Ate half my meal because I was ready to go! I detest liars. Secondly, Carnival needs to just stop services for a week and update all their technology because delaying embarkation and deembarkation because of tech issues is not cool. In fact I had an excursion booked and when the port for the excursion was cancelled, it was communicated that the Sail and Sign card would receive the refund. Not my desired resolution since I used a different card to purchase, but I was fine with the refund. Monday came and went. So did Tuesday. Mind you Guest Services was always packed most of the time of my trip so I decided to go early in the morning at three and there was no line. I was told to give it one more day. Wednesday comes and nothing. Thursday morning at 3 am I go back to guest services and have to prove I made a purchase because the system didnt show I had purchased an excursion. Mind you, I had my email with a receipt and order number. I was asked if I booked through Carnival. Carnival was in the email and the sender. I was asked when I purchased as if that even mattered. I was told FINALLY that it should be refunded by the end of the day. It was, but after we had visited our one and only port. I was not about to purchase another excursion without getting a refund from my original purchase. Once more the tv didnt work. It just kept repeating Carnival fyi and wouldn't change channels. We asked for it to be fixed once and it worked for one day. You may say why even bother watching tv on vacation. It would have been helpful to tune out the coughers cabin next door or the hot tub hillbillies below our suite. Could not even enjoy the balcony fully because of the noise! Finally, as a foodie, the food choices need improvement. Being on Virgin Voyage in November 25, its no comparison. Way more variety in their general eatery than Carnival. Anything worth eating would be a line. The biggest disapppointment would be having the food served in the dining area in Lido as well. What's the point of dressing up to dinner to experience a chessy show by the servers and eat mediocre food? Its not, which is why you will see empty tables in the dining area at night. Carnival needs to allow reservations like Virgin Voyage does for their restaurants and include it in the cost. The Blush is not it. Close it. Its an antiquated concept. Period. The most horrendous part of the cruise was deembarkation. They didnt get the bags down as planned which delayed the time getting off and they released 16 groups at one time to leave the ship- just let a herd of people go. Although I had parked across the street and walked to get the car,it took me an HOUR and a HALF to pick up my mom and the luggage due to construction and Mardi Gras parade road closures. Absolutely no signage--just people telling me to go to 33rd street. I finally had one crew member tell me exactly where to turn to get to the Breeze drop off and pick up...and HOUR and a HALF LATER. I saw enough of Galveston for a lifetime. It had been 10 years since I took a Carnival cruise. It will be 10 plus more before I step foot on another one. Thanks for the Chaotic and Stressful memories Carnival.

We visited Galveston in December of 2022. While we were there we decided to take a tour and we…read moreasked the concierge at The Grand Galvez for a recommendation. The incredibly knowledgeable Melissa directed us to Spooky Galveston. Gin'a exceeded all expectations as our guide! We had taken a tour with another company on a previous visit but it paled in comparison to the tours offered by Spooky Galveston. We were looking for a tour that incorporated the history of the city in general as well as ghostly stories, information about the hurricanes that devastated Galveston, and the seedier stories that include the mob, pirates, red light district, and more. We were lucky enough to be the only couple since it was the end of the year and Gin'a 100% did everything possible to cover a little bit of each thing we were interested in. She has a genuine love for the city and it's incredible history. We will be taking another tour with her this month while we are in town on our way to a cruise. On future visits we will book tours with Spooky Galveston and I highly recommend this company.