Is the alamo tour really that boring?
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ElizaB27 — 12 years ago(September 19, 2013 03:31 PM)
I live in Texas. I've been to the Alamo many times and there is no tour. You go in and look around, and when you exit, there's a gift shop.
But I'm sure if there was a tour like that, I'd stop going! Lol
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." -Gandalf the Grey -
EarlWeber — 12 years ago(October 25, 2013 12:44 AM)
I just got back from San Antonio. I visited the Alamo and there was a guided tour going on, but it may have been by special arrangement. Most people just walked around the few exhibits and then exited through the gift shop. The building itself is quite small and does not really need a guided tour like a regular museum. Pedro and Inez were not featured in the Alamo, but you can see Davey Crockett's wallet and Jim Bowie's knife, among other relics. It is most definitely a memorial more than anything else. Very little of the actual "Alamo" site remains; a few walls and the mission/church building, which does not have a basement.
Madam, it's the best I could do on such short notice -
suomi7777 — 12 years ago(November 14, 2013 10:47 AM)
lol at that guy in the hat just LOVING the tour haha!
"yes, there are thousands and THOUSANDS of uses for corn..all of which I'm going to tell you about right NOW!!!"
"Hey, at least now we know when the next train was due" -
cryptical17 — 11 years ago(September 10, 2014 11:44 AM)
I know that the tour of the Alamo scene is just a joke, but I'm still appalled how much the tour guide minimizes the Siege of 1836. She spends most of the tour talking about nonsense such as corn, and only mentions the battle at the very end. I suppose most visitors who come to the Alamo are there to learn about the famous battle and its history.
By the way, another movie that features the Alamo is the 1969 comedy VIVA MAX (starring Peter Ustinov, Jonathan Winters and John Astin). This movie is about a group of Mexican soldiers who attempt to re-take the Alamo from Texas. It was just released on DVD and is worth a look. The movie features a scene where the Mexicans take a tour. The tour guide in VIVA MAX is much more competent than the one in Pee Wee's Big Adventure!! -
vmacek@mindspring.com — 10 years ago(November 19, 2015 04:45 PM)
I know that the tour of the Alamo scene is just a joke, but I'm still appalled how much the tour guide minimizes the Siege of 1836. She spends most of the tour talking about nonsense such as corn, and only mentions the battle at the very end. I suppose most visitors who come to the Alamo are there to learn about the famous battle and its history.
Well, that's just movie editing. Most likely the siege was talked about unseen at length, as the tour probably went on for hours and hours, just to bother Pee-wee. -
intelligentsupermodel — 9 years ago(October 14, 2016 07:31 PM)
Tina: Do we have any Mexican Americans with us today?
several individuals raise hands
Tina: Well, Buenos Dias.
Group in unison: Bueos Dias. Man in hat with huge smile on his face
I LOVE the way Pee Wee rolls his eyes after that. It's my favorite scene in the entire movie because of how annoyed he is!