OK. Went to Milwaukee for a wedding and of course decided to see Milwaukee itself. As this bus tour was a last minute thing, I was vacillating between this tour and the one by Untapped tours (Milwaukee Tours) which was a tad cheaper.
I cannot vouch for the quality of the other one. I believe, from the reviews, it is every bit as good as this one ( this one was excellent). I am just highlighting the difference so you can judge for yourself. I saw the other one on one of our stops. Seems we arrived at the same time.
The other one uses a bigger bus that you can see in the picture at their website. This tour I took is a small 6 seater ( 1 driver + 5 passengers) electric car that is open air. Max speed 25 mph. It was very airy, spacious and as there are only 5 passengers to one driver/commentator, you have a more personalized experience.
Also, being a much smaller car, it allowed us to enter places- like the lighthouse where as the other bus stopped by the street (which is not really a big deal to me).
Now to the quality of the driver/commentator. He was awesome and his knowledge was expansive. When he didn't know a question he was honest about it.
Several stops for photo ops are included.
They have 3 cars so can take a total of 15 passengers.
Highly recommended!
Two notes to take.
1. when I booked this online, it automatically charged me a $6 gratuity listed as " gratuity to the operator. " After the tour, a text link was sent to me that if I was satisfied, I could drop a tip. Just FYI
2. The pickup/dropoff point has a nearby parking (called Brewery parking) about half a block or so away. Incidentally, this parking is about 0.6 miles away from the river where there is a river cruise. So if you are driving and parked here, you can hit two birds with one stone., er car. 😄