I wish I could give this a 5 star but much of the staff doesn't uphold what the website and what the welcome center employees say. Some employees try to be kind and that we appreciate, while others were extremely rude.

The " surrounded " experience states online that enters accepted to 5:15. We came in at 5:05 after going through everything else because the welcome center recommended to do it last and the web page said they had the latter acceptance of entry. They started to not want to...

We had a hard time with this one. Rating it I mean. The Alamo is something we’ve learned about as young ones and interested to visit since. We knew what it was but didn’t know what to expect, yeah? It was neat and cool but…. They are SO fanatical about no one touching the actual building and there are SO many rules and we just did not really enjoy ourselves. We went to go inside and a group of older folks were in front of us, prob’ly in their 70’s, and this one man reached an arm out and...

My last visit to the Alamo was nearly 40 years ago, back when my knees didn't creak quite as much, and I vaguely recall it involved less digital parking apps. This time, armed with pre-booked FREE tickets (you book for the day, not the time) and a family in tow (including those who believe "history" is something you watch on YouTube highlights), we ventured forth on a sweltering San Antonio day. A quick five-dollar parking score via an app (just a six-block constitutional – good for the...