Awesome.....Do the Night Tour

Review for Alcatraz Island

San Francisco, CA

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, CA

by morganizedfam4 July 08, 2008 | Queen Creek, Arizona

School-Age Kids

Pre-Teens & Teens

What we loved:
Everything

What we didn't love:
Nothing

The boys loved Alcatraz Island @ night, this tour includes a personally narrated boat tour around the island; once you arrive at the dock the tour begins with stories and fun facts all the way up to the cellhouse, once in the cellhouse you are walked through booking and the shower house then the 45 minute audio presentation "Doing Time: The Alcatraz Cellhouse Tour starts. This tour is told by actual correctional officers and prisoners who lived and worked on the Island. The night tour lets you go places that day tours don't. We visited the Hospital ward where you get to see the old operating room, xray room and the psych ward. We also saw the cell of Robert Stroud, the infamous Bird Man of Alcatraz. They also offer different programs one we did was the walk through the famous escape attempts very fun. When we got on the fairy back to the bay the whole island was covered in fog which made it kind of spooky too!