French Quarter Phantoms

Took the Saints and Sinners tour today in the French Quarter. Our tour guide was Blaise and she was awesome! Plenty of great historical facts and hilarious jokes. This was a really nice way to see the quarter and learn a little bit about the history and culture of the area… With booze, of course! The Voo Doo Lounge has buy one get one free hurricanes, which was good and bad seeing as my husband and I had 2 cocktails with brunch. A stop at a pirate bar for some absinthe was awesome as well. Highly recommended!

We had a private tour with Justin. He was very energetic, engaging, quick-​witted, patient, and knowledgable. All of us agreed he was a great tour guide.

We had a group of 13 that took the tour and got lucky to have our on tour guide. We did the ghost and vampire tour. Steven was our tour guide and was excellent!!! We all really enjoyed the tour and well worth the $ 16 a person. He grew up in New Orleans and really knew the history and had great stories! Highly recommend this tour.

Did the 8−10pm Ghost tour on Saturday Jan. 23, with my sweat heart. Organized well, started and ended punctually. The Voodoo Lounge employees did not pressure us (unlike other spots that turned us off). Our tour guide Steven H. made it a memorable experience due to his knowledge of the French Quarter’s wicked underbelly (it helps that he was raised in NOLA). Knowing the history made later strolls along these streets more pleasurable. It’s tours run like this that makes the French Quarter an awesome place to experience. But I commend the company for picking the right guides.

I took the cemetery tour with Hope. Advice: if this is your first time in Nola, try to do this before you do anything else. Hope was extremely knowledgeable in her city’s history, I learned so much from her before we even got into St. Louis #1, and the tour of the cemetery itself was awesome. If you are going to do a cemetery tour (and you absolutely need to), use FQP, and ask for Hope!!!

Lori was so much fun! Very knowledgable. I highly recommend the saints and sinners tour. Again, Lori was fantastic!

Beautiful day for a cemetery tour. Robert was engaging and kept our attention. I also loved the Basin street welcome center.

We had a fantastic time and would absolutely recommend!!! Learned a lot and they were very friendly.

No, I don’t believe in ghosts or phantons or spirits or whatever, but this is a must do in New Orleans! I hate being sucked into tourist traps, but when the tourist traps come with silly ghost stories from a super engaged tour guide + the strongest hurricane I had all trip, you have to say yes!
I was in New Orleans for a bachelorette party, so this tour was pretty fun packed. As a fan of American Horror Story, it was also cool to see what parts of the Coven season was based on. It kind of felt like half a Universal Studios tour because I guess a lot of pop culture references spooky New Orleans!

The phantom tour was outstanding. We could not get enough of it. Our tour guide Justin added an element of scare and mystery that just made the tour more authentic. At times when the tour got especially frightening Justin was able to lighten up the mood with a well-​hearted joke. I highly recommend coming here on your trip to the New Orleans French Quarter.
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Awesome tour put on by our guide Luke. Excellent presentation /​story teller. Very informative. Would recommend this tour to anyone.
Also did the cemetery tour with Hope. Another awesome tour guide and tour. A must see.
And yes we did the Saint and sinners tour with Lori. And yes it was another awesome tour with a great tour guide. Another must do.

You can only tour St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 (New Orleans oldest cemetery), with a licensed tour guide. We chose to go with French Quarter Phantoms.
Ducky our tour guide was awesome; he went over the history of not only the cemetery, but also the founding of New Orleans. He keeps it light and fun, and was able to answer anyones additional questions. The tour is two hours long tour, with a break in the middle.

My fiancé and I booked our tickets to the St. Louis Cemetery Tour just before New Year’s Eve. All the group members were to meet up at the Voodoo Lounge 15 minutes beforehand. First things first… show up way before that! The lady and I arrived about an hour early. We were able to sit down at the bar, enjoy a drink, and kick back for 20 minutes before checking in. You’ll be on your feet for two hours, so be sure to hang out at the bar!
We checked in about 40 minutes early, and I literally thought we were going to be the only two people there haha. That changed dramatically over the next 10 minutes! People started pouring in and within a blink of an eye the line was out of the door.
The tour was started just a few minutes late as people were still in line. The massive group of people outside were broken down into I believe 4 groups. 28 people max to a group as this is New Orleans policy for tours. I think our group was just about maxed out. We then got a quick introduction of our tour guide, Duckey.
We started out on our two hour tour, breaking about every 5 or 10 minutes of walking and Duckey went over some awesome facts about the history of New Orleans and the cemeteries. The breaks certainly helped out the older people. Anyone could walk the tour. We had a guy who was in his mid eighties pushing along with no issue. Duckey was the man! Light hearted and alert. Fun but to the point. Comical in that way that only a few people can be… you know what I mean, right?
Anyway, the tour then proceeded into the Basin St. Station visitor center. We were able to take an extended break there and then continue on to the cemetery. Man was it fantastic to see! I felt like Duckey had navigated the cemetery so many times he knew which areas would be less crowded. Running into other groups is inevitable but he did one hell of a job at avoiding them the best he could.
The cemetery felt like a park it was so large. We spent a good hour to an hour 15 in there total. Going over every famous tomb and hearing some fantastic stories of all the deceased. Remember, you can not tour the cemetery without a licensed tour guide. We will certainly be back for more tours the next time we are in the city!
Thanks FQPhantoms and Duckey for a great day!

Great tour guides! Followed my Unilocalers and bought tickets for 2 tours through the Phantoms.
Cemetery Tour
We started our day with our tour after getting some beignets. We did the 1pm with Robert. We met at the VooDoo Lounge around 12:30. When doing the tours they do a special for 2 for 1 hurricanes. We couldn’t resist. At 1 they requested us to go outside to meet with our tour guides. Robert introduced himself and explained the rules of the tour and the cemetery. St. Louis #1 is where we were going. What i likes about the tour was he went over the history. He didn’t just say here is the grave let’s go to the next. They actually do a walking tour and tell you about the history and why they built grave above ground. It’s always cool to hear about the background and understand more of the culture. After walking for a little we got to a place to use the bathroom, good idea after filling us with drinks. After that we went into the cemetery. We got to see the most popular graves and Robert was very knowledgeable. He was able to answer our random questions and even stayed after to talk more and take some pictures.
Ghost and Vampire Tour
This was a evening plans before dinner. Again we meet at VooDoo Lounge and grab some hurricanes and started our tour. We picked the 6pm and our tour guide was Ducky. We were in awe of him. He was fantastic! He made it fun and did a lot of impressions, which was my favorite part. He started by letting everyone know the rules and of course there is not guarantee we would see a ghost or vampire. We walked to many different places it seemed. He told many stories, which I wont talk about because that will ruin the tour for you. He told us about his background and even how he hasn’t walked under the LaLaurie house. Ducky was the best tour guide I think I’ve ever had.
Both tours ended the same way. They tell you how they love what they do but tips are accepted and to write a review. If you love it use their name, if you hate it there name is something else. They do their job, and do it well. Of course we tipped and will use their «real name». A side from drinking this was my favorite part of NOLA.

Robert, thank you so much for the cemetery tour today! Very informative yet hilarious guide, I highly recommend him! He knows a whole lot about the many people buried in the St Louis Cemetery and slides in some humor while talking about the dead. You actually can’t go into the cemetery without a tour guide now, so I would definitely recommend booking a tour with French quarter phantoms. I got mine through Groupon!

The TRUE CRIME TOUR was LIT!
With so many tour options I was overwhelmed on which to pick. Luckily my man settled on FQ Phantoms. Tours are an iffy thing, sometimes you get stuck with an over the top annoying tour guide, or you just get a cheesy vibe. We scored with our guide (I want to say his name is Robert). He was funny, informative, kept it fun & creepy, and even made sure we could stop for booze refills.
All of their tours seem fun, but if you are a Investigation Discovery Addict like myself then the True Crime Tour is for you!
A great way to see the city, and get take in some of the crazy ass shit that has gone down in the Quarter.

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— Blais was a phenomenal tour guide
— 2 for one Hurricanes ($ 9) was great for waiting for tour to begin and to carry during tour
— Roughly 1.5 hour tour was cool
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— From all the fantastic reviews, there seemed to be something lacking. I can’t put my finger on it.
TIPS:
— Make sure all parties are there for the specified tour, you might get separated depending on the color wristband you get

My girlfriend booked this tour a month or so before our trip and we arrived right on time to the Voodoo Lounge (drinks available) for the Sinners & Saints tour. I hate I can’t remember our tour guide’s name, but she was a petite girl that mentioned her burlesque background. Anyhow, she was a fantastic guide and very theatrical in her descriptions which added a lot to the tour. She was able to tell us MAINLY about the «sinner side» of New Orleans, but not so much of the typical «spooky» stuff; the origins of how New Orleans formed with not-​so-​desireable personalities and walks of life… but it made New Orleans what it is today! The particular facts and stories she told were more creepy than any ghost story I could have heard.
I’d definitely recommend French Quarter Phantoms for a tour in New Orleans!

For as old as New Orleans is, you have to figure some creepy shiz goes on here, and while I’m not heavily into supernatural stuff… I can’t help but believe their folklore has some truth to it.
Every time I go to NOLA, I try to squeeze in a creepy tour. I failed earlier this year, but redeemed myself with French Quarter Phantoms this time around! We did the Ghosts and Vampire Tour.
While my sister in law is really into the supernatural aspect of the stories, my nerdy self likes to hear about the history of the city, and this tour does a fantastic job of combining the two.
Justin was our tour guide and he was super awesome! The meeting spot is at Voodoo Lounge and the tour includes a 2-​for-​1 Hurricane special. Sure, why not?
All in all, It was a great tour and Justin is very knowledgeable about his history and background of these stories. He was really funny too, which definitely helps when these stories get kinda weird and creepy.
I highly recommend this tour and hopefully the other tour guides are as good as Justin!

Robert was a great tour guide. He took us to the cemetery. He even made a restroom stop before going in. He’s funny and very knowledgable. Highly recommend.