New York City Tours · Seattle (run by Rosotravel)
A licensed guide meets your group at the Michael P. Anderson statue outside the Museum of Flight and leads you through the collection for two hours, in your own language, tickets included. Pick it for the stories behind the Concorde, Air Force One and the Space Shuttle Trainer, on a route built around what you care about.
This is a new private tour sold under the New York City Tours name; the listing says the day-before email comes from Rosotravel, the operator. A licensed guide meets you outside the museum at the statue of Michael P. Anderson, the astronaut from the Spokane area lost on Space Shuttle Columbia in 2003, and leads your group through the Museum of Flight for about 1 hour 50 minutes. Entry tickets are included, and you choose the language.
The price is the catch. At $268 per person, against a $29 adult ticket at the museum's door, you pay about $239 each for the guide, close to $1,000 for a family of four. The museum's own help costs nothing: volunteer docents stand by many of the aircraft, and guests keep mentioning how much they share.
Who should book it, then? Visitors who want the tour in a language other than English, fans who want two focused hours instead of five wandering ones, and anyone who needs a wheelchair or stroller-friendly pace (the listing marks it accessible). The museum caps private groups at nine guests per guide. No reviews yet, but free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Wait at the Michael P. Anderson statue outside the Museum of Flight on East Marginal Way. Don't go inside first: the guide has your tickets.
The guide shapes the route around you: the Great Gallery, World War I and II, the space gallery and the Shuttle Trainer, or the airliners in the Aviation Pavilion across the bridge.
The museum is open until 5 pm. Ask your guide about staying on for the Pavilion, the Red Barn or a simulator ride.
★★★★★The guided tour is a must and block off at least three hours to get the full experience. I recommend touring Air Force One and The Concorde.
★★★★★The Air Museum was a great experience. We were impressed by the exhibit of the startup of the Boeing Company. We also enjoyed walking through the WW1 and WW2 historic displays of period planes. [...]
★★★★★Wonderful experience. Spent 4+ hours walking through the exhibits. Will need to return as there was so much more history to read & learn about.
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$268 per person, tickets included. The museum's own adult ticket is $29, so the guide costs about $239 each.
In front of the Michael P. Anderson statue outside the museum. The listing asks you not to enter the building first.
The listing promises a licensed guide fluent in the language you choose at booking. Confirm a less common language with the operator before the day.
Volunteer docents stand by many aircraft and answer questions at no charge, and guests mention an audio tour at the front desk. A private guide makes sense for another language or a fixed two-hour route.
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Two hours in the Museum of Flight with a licensed private guide in your language, tickets included.
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