Alcatraz Island GuideReviews of alcatrazislandguide.com

It was really busy with so many people around and I expected to see more of the buildings from the inside. The audio tour was really nice and the staff handling it were extremely efficient.

Overall, it was an awesome experience. But it is too bad, that some sections of the island and prison are inaccessible (multiple external buildings, dinning hall, yard, dungeons). Once it's all reparied and opened it is going to be a truly legendary experience. A reason to come back :) But even now, the staff and the exhibition are giving a lot of interesting insight. And the workers know the history very well and are happy to share it. I recommend to visit the night tour - it has some additional attractions and access to some sections of the prison, that are not available during the day. One major donwside are the speakers on the boat - they are utterly useless. I was standing right under them and could not hear anything. So if there were more cool details about the island I would not know.

Alcatraz is always beautiful and intriguing! I had been years ago and i felt like the audio tour is now much shorter. I felt like the storytelling parts were taken out. I truly missed the parts of the audio that have now been omitted.

Second time doing the tour and was excellent. Came with my 80 years old mother who struggled up the hill. Didn’t know how to catch the tram up but took it down. Really love staff!

It was a great day, but it would be nice to see where All Capone, Whitey Bulger, and Bunny Johnson were housed, but overall a great experience. I was last here in 1987 and it was just as informative. Thank you!

Very informative. Provided history that I was not aware of not taught in school. Look forward to seeing the areas that were closed. It was a great experience.

Our experience was mostly great. The staff was very helpful when we arrived 5 minutes late due to very heavy traffic. My biggest complaint was, that they completely ran out of sandwiches. That left us with no food for the whole afternoon. The rest of the trip was pretty great. We learned a lot of history and how everyone lived on the island. The weather was great too!

It was an informative visit but thought we would see more than we did.