Elyse was a fabulous host, witty engaging and kept us all amused. I highly recommend her. The tour program itself is great and thoroughly enjoyed, however there is one flaw in the plan.
You can not sit at the back of the bus. This results in continuous of missing out on things. By the time it takes everyone to unload the bus, everyone each get their photo at Carries apartment and then head to Magnolia Bakery, you are continually the last person at everything. Hence, the line was so long at Magnolias and the timing was so short, we waited 20 min and missed out on ordering a famous cupcake as we were told the bus would leave without us if we were late. This kept happening with photos etc.
Please either extend the time of the bus or allow time for those that are at the end for everything. It didn't help that again being last back on the bus, they ran out of cupcakes that host was giving to us as a gift. We had to wait until the end of the tour and they weren't very good either.
Apart from this, the actual tour is fabulous and we enjoyed looking at all the sites.