Segway question

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:08pm

I am considering a 3.5hr tour of Budapest where everyone rides on a segway. I was just wondering if anyone here has ridden one for any period of time, and if it would be comfortable? Would my partner bitch and moan? What to do, what to do......so any who have ridden one, please respond.

My other option would be a 4hr tour to Godollo, summer home of Empress Elizabeth of Austria, and home to a royal stable of Lipinzzaner horses......

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:11pm

One thing I do know is that the streets in Budapest are not the smoothest, so although you might not fall ove or anything it would probably be a bumpy ride.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:11pm

yeah, I was wondering about that....I remember the streets from 1998, and I was not impressed

Updated On: 6/28/06 at 07:11 PM

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:13pm

The staff at Epcot in Disneyworld go around on them now. Its so cool. But then again, the paths there are super smooth.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:19pm

A friend has one. The ride is pretty smooth, you don't have to do much. I only rode it once, but I do recall barely feeling the cracks on the road. It took me about 5 minutes to get a good handle on it, but once you do, it's pretty interesting.

You would be on your feet for 3.5 hours, but it would definitely beat walking for 3.5 hours.

[vmlinnie]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:22pm

Are you sure? If you walk you get a bit of excercise and I actually don't think you would be as tired as standing still for 3.5 hours. I don't really know.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:23pm

Well, yeah... you would get exercise walking. But you cover larger distances in less time.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 7:45pm

and we will have walked for an hour and a half the same day on the Parliament tour.....and will be walking every other day, as that's what we prefer to do on vacation, so I think in that aspect we'd be ok.
These are places we would see anyway, so just not sure it's worth it.....
My partner hates organized day or half-day tours, mainly because the few we've done have sucked.....
And I am sneaking a 4-hr one in on him to Konopiste Castle outside of Prague (which he will not find out about until the morning of.....) So I may just say no.....

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 8:25pm

I was at the Forum shops the other day and one of the security guards had one of those. We called him "Robo-Cop". Pretty funny stuff.

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 10:10pm

Hah...I have a friend who's summer job is giving tours of the city on Segways.

Akiva

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 11:09pm

Skip the Parliament tour and go directly to the Funkadelic one.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/28/06 at 11:48pm

somehow I can't skip this.....it also houses the Crown of St. Stephen, which my uncle was in the group that the Hungarian resistance gave it to for the US to protect it from the Russians

Updated On: 6/28/06 at 11:48 PM

[peach]

Posted: 6/29/06 at 2:02pm

I have ridden a Segway. It takes a few minutes to get the hang of it, but once you do, it's quite nice. It amazes me how it stays balanced and how much control you actually have over it. It's comfortable. Like pushing a grocery cart, without actually having to "push," (or move you feet for that matter).

At the same time, unless I was trying to give my feet and legs a rest, I'd just as soon walk. I like walking and on the Segway there's no exercise benefit!

But if your tour is on a Segway - yes they are easy enough to ride. I rode mine on a smooth surface though. Not sure how it would do on the bumpy streets.

And before I forget - have an AMAZING trip!
Updated On: 6/29/06 at 02:02 PM

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/29/06 at 2:27pm

thanks peach!