I have been to Fenway many times for games but just took the Fenway Park tour for the first time. If you are looking for a good family event at a value in Boston - this is worth it. Compared to several other attractions in the area, you can't beat the price. The ballpark has tremendous history and if you are a fan of baseball then you should put this on your list.
Personally, I think the tour is a bit misleading and they have made every effort to profit from your visit. They claim that the tours begin every hour on the top of the hour. We arrived at 1:30 for a 2:00 pm tour and were told that the next available tour was 4:00pm. On the surface, I thought we just had some bad luck on timing but then we talked with a lot of people who were told the same thing. We never saw any other groups lining up at 2 or 3pm. Our tour tickets included a 10% discount at the Game On restaurant (owned by Fenway). The restaurant was packed with people attending the 4pm tour (coincidence - I don't think so).
They also told us to meet at the Red Sox souvenir shop a half hour before the tour. Needless to say, there were over a hundred people on the tour wandering through the souvenir shop (another smart marketing ploy).
The tour spent quite a bit of time on the history of the park and the Red Sox. We learned a few new things about the beginning of the park and the ownership. They took us to 4 different locations within the park including the Green Monster seats which was the highlight of the tour. But because the group was so big, they couldn't do a lot of talking since you could not hear them anyway. We spent a lot of time getting to each location and milling around because of the amount of people.
Naturally they take your picture and try to sell you a souvenir picture at the end. We took plenty of pictures and chances are you can take a better picture yourself and use it as a souvenir.
The most disappinting part was not being allowed on the field (or even near the field) and no tour of the press box (both of these were listed on their site as stops).
All in all it is a good value if you have multiple kids when you compare it to a day at the Aquarium and great memories for the kids up on the Green Monster.





