Connecticut Coastal Segway Tour

Enjoy a Sixty Minute Connecticut Shoreline Segway Tour in Historic Guilford

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About This Experience Gift

  • Discover the Thrill of Riding a Segway Through New Haven
  • Glide Through the Historic District to the Breathtaking Marina
  • Enjoy Beautiful Views of Long Island Sound from the Coastline

General Information

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Explore Connecticut’s beautiful coastal town of Guilford via Segway during a fun an exciting one-hour Shoreline Segway Tour. This Coastal Segway Tour will provide you with an exciting chance to Ride on a Segway as you discover the beauty of New Haven County.

Connecticut Segway Tours include a brief 20 minute orientation on how to safely ride a Segway. Once acclimated to this modern marvel, you will be on your way to see the beautiful sights. On the Guilford Tour, you will glide through the historic district, past the Agricultural Fair Grounds to the Marina on Long Island Sound. The marina area offers a beautiful view of Long Island Sound, Falkners and Grass Islands as well as the Tidal Wetlands. 

This exciting Segway Tour is sure to be a good time. So, whether you are a local or a first-time visitor to the CT Coast, this sightseeing tour makes a great gift!

Where It's Located

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  • Guilford, Connecticut

Who Is Included

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Participants
The Connecticut Coastal Segway Tour Experience Gifts Certificate is valid for one participant, unless additional participants are added onto the certificate. There will be additional participants on the tour.

Guests
This experience is not suitable for non-paying guests.

When It Is Offered

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The Coastal Segway Tours in Connecticut are offered seven days a week year-round, subject to availability.

How Long Is It

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The New England Coastal Segway Tours have 20 minute orientation, a 1 hour tour and a total duration of 1¾ hours.

Weather

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The Connecticut Shoreline Segway Tours run rain or shine, but may be rescheduled by the Guide due to high winds, heavy rain, fog or other inclement weather.

What To Wear

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Dress comfortably, flat, closed-toe shoes and layers are recommended for this Segway Adventure. Heels, sandals flip flops are not permitted on the tour.

Additional Information

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As your safety is priority, initial rider training and orientation is completed in a private training area with instructors who will teach fundamental handling and safety. Participants will be given the opportunity to practice on the Segways until all participants feel comfortable.

Participants must be at least 14 years of age, weigh a minimum of 100 lbs and no more than 260 lbs and be able to stand for a period of 2 hours.

Participants under 18 years old must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Participants must wear the helmet provided at all times and abide by the 10 mph sidewalk speed limit.

Gratuities are not included but are greatly appreciated and may be offered at the end of the event.

Participants are required to sign a Liability Release Form.

ITEM/SKU NUMBER: XD-122-003

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Reservation Information

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All changes to reservations for the Connecticut Costal Segway Tour Experience require fourteen (7) days advance notice.

Xperience Certificates® cannot be exchanged once a reservation for the experience has been made.

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Ever wondered where the futuristic-looking Segways came from? The one-of-a-kind mode of transport has been around for over 14 years now, yet still looks like something that would’ve come from a Back To The Future inspired film. We decided to do a bit of research and find out exactly where the machines came from.


To start with, we should explain exactly what a Segway is for those who still aren’t quite sure. A Segway Personal Transporter – Segway for short – is a battery powered vehicle set on two wheels that moves and steers by the rider leaning their weight left, right, forwards or backwards. This little machine weighs about 65 pounds and can reach speeds of 12.5 mph – it won’t knock your socks off, but it’s not speed that makes them so fun. Riding on a Segway can make riders feel like they are floating on air due to the tilt sensors which monitor riders centre of gravity up to 100 times per second. It uses five gyroscopes (mounted rotating wheels and an axis) to enable the Segway to be “self-balancing”.


So back to the history, Segways were invented by Dean Kamen as a way to revolutionise how people commuted and travelled through busy cities. The name Segway comes from the word “segue” meaning ‘smooth transition from one thing to another’. The grand revealing of the transporters in 2001 was on ABC’s Good Morning America program and received an abundance of positive feedback.


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The step by step creation process of the Segway includes invention, development and financing – and the machines innovations don’t come cheap. The creation of the Segway even became the narrative of the nonfiction book – Code Name Ginger (in bookstores as Reinventing the Wheel) by Steve Kemper. The publication of the book caused a huge media buzz before the Segway’s release, so huge that is was quoted by Steve Jobs “as big a deal as the PC” (although this quote has later been disputed). South Park even created an episode mocking the hype of the product.


If you were lucky enough to have a few thousand dollars spare (around $5000 to be precise) in 2002, you could have purchased one of the first Segways as they were made available to the public. However, you may not have been able to ride it around on the streets as some states have restricted their use in public areas. That being said, Segways are widely used by more than a thousand police and security agencies and have apparently caught criminals in the act, from car thieves to chasing gun-men in Chicago!


We hope you have enjoyed learning a bit more about Segways. The gift of a Segway adventure is a fun day out for all, whether it’s for a couples experience looking to take a sightseeing tour with a difference, or a family looking to spend quality time together. We hope we’ve inspired you to try one out! You can see the selection of Segway experiences we provide here.


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