Visiting Philly with a friend who REALLY loves donuts. She has been known to go way out of her way for a good donut. So, this seemed like a perfect way to spend a couple of hours. We had a great time - our tour guide, Alana, was fun and engaging. Plus, we had some delicious donuts along the way.
Personally, I would have preferred to do this earlier in the day - maybe at 9 or 10, rather than at lunch time. Not sure why the tour runs 11-1, rather than say 9-11, but that's just me.
I do wish that we could choose our donuts at each stop. Our group was pretty small, and it would not have been a big deal. At our first stop, Federal Donuts, there were many more interesting options than what we tried. Certainly, it would have been more challenging for each group member to select their own donut if we had a larger group of people, given the time constraints. The tour ran the full two hours, and there wouldn't have been enough time for a larger group to individually choose donuts - so I understand, but still...... Seeing all of those beautiful options at Federal, and then not having even one of them was a bit disappointing.
One of the biggest surprises was Dottie's Donuts. We had a raspberry jam donut with a lemon poppyseed glaze that was AMAZING. But here again, there was a Boston Creme calling out to us, but we didn't get to try it.
All in all, definitely a different & fun way to tour the city, getting a bit of history along with our sugar rush.