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Soldiers Orphanage Tour

778 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg Battlefield Tours, Gettysburg, PA
717-334-6296
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Ranked #18 of 20 tours in Gettysburg
3.5 of 5 stars 11 Reviews
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delaware
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22 reviews 22 reviews
Reviews in 9 cities Reviews in 9 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2012

My experience with this tour was very good. We had a very animated guide and there were only 7 people on the tour with us. This small group enabled us to really "experience" things fully instead of just listening to stories. We had a couple cool moments - we heard a cat meow twice when there was no cat around,... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012
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We hit 4 different tour companies and thought they were all about the same. Walk a few blocks, hear stories, ho-hum. Passed by Ghostly Images and decided to give ghost touring one more shot. AM I GLAD WE DID!!! Stories were great and house was so full of mysterious happenings. My whole family enjoyed it so much that we are... More

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Onley
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9 reviews 9 reviews
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 April 2012

I have been on ghost tours all over the country and without a doubt the "Midnight in the Orphanage" tour was the absolute worst!!! I love a good ghost story but all I got on this tour was ..."Rosa cross the rods" and with a slight (movement)of hand, the rods would cross. Then imagine the cradle rocking, lights flickering, fog... More

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Windsor, CT
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4 helpful votes 4 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 September 2011
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We did the orphanage tour with Ghostly Images. Our guide was Dwayne who was fun. You can tell he enjoys what he is doing. The "iights out" was less creepy than I imagined before the tour, but that was probably a good thing. If you want, you can go back to the "pit" during lights out. That probably would be... More

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League City, Texas
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5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 August 2011
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My husband and I loved our tour with Kendra. She had wonderful knowledge of the orphanage and the areas around it. The ghost history was incredible, we even got some interesting pictures. More

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New Jersey
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Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
19 helpful votes 19 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 November 2010
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DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS PITIFUL TOUR unless you want to hear "I was like and she was like and we were like EEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA" First of all, the owner (I'm guessing) tells you before you even start the tour that chances of SEEING a ghost are slim but there are other ways of experiencing them (sound, smell, touch).... More

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Binghamton, New York
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74 helpful votes 74 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 October 2010
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My daughters and I attended the Ghostly Images "Ghostly Encounter" tour while we were in Gettysburg. It sounded like a fun thing to do to get into the Halloween spirit. Our tour guide was the stern matron of the orphanage who has come back from the dead to tell her story about what happened at the orphanage. the actress was... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 November 2009
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This tour is completely dependent upon who you end up with as a tour guide. Each guide takes you to different locations, though you all end up in the basement of the orphanage. Our tour guide Doug took us to three different parking lots. Not only were parking lots so random and the stories so vague, but he was the... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 September 2009
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I've been on quite a few ghost tours in Gettysburg, but this is the one I find myself returning to time and time again. This is one of the only tours in Gettysburg where you will get to walk inside of a building to hear the ghostly tales. It starts with a walk around the general area with stops here... More

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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21 reviews 21 reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
54 helpful votes 54 helpful votes
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2009

This tour is also known as GHOSTLY IMAGES that in addition, runs the midnight in the Jenny Wade House also. The Tour starts w/ the walking tour & midnight ends in the basement of the orphanage w/ a ...... medium?? Our tour guide was not the best at story telling but, he did try to be exuberate and took us... More

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