Great fun - Great experience. Went with spouse and learned so much history. Very informative. Ship was beautiful.

Reproduction of 17th century living - We loved these attractions. There were many guides at each location who were very helpful explaining how things worked. However I would suggest tacking up written details next to items so viewers are not totally dependent on these guides. As in a museum it is useful to have plaques which enhance descriptions.

Well done!! - We were TOTALLY impressed by everything here. GREAT presentation, great history, beautiful setting! Every single docent was knowledgeable and helpful! Especially the ones in the village itself who NEVER came out of character for 1627 Plimouth ( Plymouth )! We have to talk about this young woman, Kuwah, who was in the winter wetu! She herself is a 4th generation docent here, her great grandfather actually began this great village. Not only that, she herself is Wapanoag, the indigenous community that were here when the Mayflower arrived in 1620. We remained in the wetu quite a while with her as she answered so many questions that mostly had to deal with current native Americans today and how we as white immigrants can better understand their wishes for the future. She was articulate, kind, used such great analogy to paint a clear picture! Our daughter in law is part Mi’kmaq, and her family NEVER spoke to her about her culture! They were taught they were “less”! Next we met her brother! I’m sorry, I should have written out his name so that I could spell it out correctly! He was teaching the methods of “ burning out” a canoe. Another young man, only 21, who had a passion we appreciated!

Do not miss this tour! Utterly delightful and informative. - This was such a lovely tour. What an incredible story of survival and so many miraculous events. They had out Indian longhouse that was charming. They did talk about how many of the tribes were wiped out by disease. Interesting note is I just heard a lecture by a geneticist who said the Indians that the pilgrims encountered had wiped out tribe an entire civilization before them who had occupied North America prior to their arrival. It was fun to see the reenactments and meet the actors who took on the persona of the early pilgrims. Absolutely enchanting and I would recommend highly.

Life back in the days. - What a great experience to see how life was back in the pilgrim days. It was great to see how things were built.

Great Experience - With our 15 year old grandson, on an uncrowded day, it was such a pleasure to have history come to life. Interacting with the resident characters was a great experience as they went about their daily chores of weeding gardens, straightening nails to use again, and caring for the goats and pigs. I suggest this visit for anyone who has studied the Mayflower in school.

Well-Researched and Authentic Historical Experience - We absolutely loved this experience! As an elementary educator, I imagine this would be a fantastic field trip for students. They would learn so much and be mesmerized! As ADULTS we were mesmerized by the organization, research, and authenticity of Plimoth Patuxet!

Great place to visit! - Very informative and educational. Loved the performers volunteers who added to the experience in their period costumes.

Don’t go toward the end of the day - I came here on a day trip with my 9 year old son. He loves history and learning, so I knew this would be a fun experience for him. He really enjoyed interacting with the guides and hearing stories. Unfortunately, we came toward the end of the day. By the time we made it to the English village part of Plymouth, most of the living history characters were no longer around. We walked in and out of every house and garden and only saw 2 characters and they were just walking around and did not interact with us. This was a little disappointing. The houses are interesting and it seems like a lot of work went in to making them accurate. Take some time to read some of the books! If you go, I would arrive in the morning instead of the afternoon. Looking at the schedule, it seems like they had a lot more things planned in the morning:

generally underwhelmed - Did the 3 locations. Village - Overall, little in interpretive information. There were staff present, although only several in costume (lots of marching). There were other staff but you really only got information by asking questions, there was no posted interpretive information and no spiel as you went through the areas. There was an introductory video at the visitor center and displays at the craft center. In the video and one of the staff referenced the mayflower compact as impacting the governance of the US. But I was surprised that there was no mention of native americans. " Much of the framework of the U.S. Constitution came from the way 12th century Indigenous people governed, a fact the U.S. Senate did not acknowledge until 1988." (you can google the phrase for the source) But there should have been time to update that information since 1988. Overall, I would probably visit a ship building village again before returning here. Just not enough info to place everything in context. Grist Mill - we arrived on the day and time they were actually grinding which was interesting and worth seeing. But it was rather chaotic when we were there due to a very large influx of students, so that it was hard to see the demos and there was no way to know when they would be presenting again. We stopped in on our way back from the Mayflower II as well to try and catch some verbiage. The site is rather small but interesting. Mayflower II - there was a higher density of staff on the ship although some of the info provided was brief/rudimentary. The parking situation was very easy at the village and the free parking near the mill still had spots available. It was a pleasant walk from the mill to the ship through a very nice park for most of the walk. This was more of a 2.5 for me overall but rounded up to a 3 so as not to be a grinch.