Intown Trolley

When you are visiting Kennebunkport, just realize that basically there is no parking anywhere, and if you accept that then you’ll be pleasantly surprised when every once in a while you can drive and park somewhere.
Hubby and I recently returned from a great trip up the southern Maine coast, and Kennebunkport is adorable, and charming, and crowded, and expensive.
First of all, note my tip it’s cash only. All the other reviews said $ 15 each, and it was $ 16 each last week.
It is technically a «hop on, hop off» tour, but there’s only one trolley doing an hour loop. So if you want to hop off at one of the beach areas, you’re there for an hour, same goes if you want to check out The Colony resort, etc. In the über-​crowded zero parking harbor side shopping district the only stop is also the start… so this won’t do you any good if you are trying to save your feet from hiking from shop to shop.
The driver was entertaining enough, and told insider tips pointing out things about the area. He also allows time on the drive back for you to ask him questions if you wish.
This is a nice option so that both of you can enjoy seeing the sights and not have one of you driving and having to be on constant alert for pedestrians crossing in front of you (very common here), so while $ 16 may seem steep for an hour tour… this is New England, and everything is going to be more expensive than you think.
Interesting tidbit #1 from our helpful driver: when the Bushes arrive at Walker Point in the spring they are there or the duration until they leave in October. I’d have thought they did more back and forth. Also, if George H’s super long speed boat is moored out near the compound, that means he’s feeling pretty good and going to go for a boat ride later that day. We should all do so at age 92, don’t you think?

My husband and I decided to take a trolley tour as a last minute activity. It was our first trip to Maine and we were excited to be on vacation. Our driver was friendly and we learned a lot about the area. He even shared personal experiences of his escorting the Bush family.
One of our first stops was at the Colony Hotel, a beautiful landmark with an expansive property. Our driver told us we could take a quick peak inside, and stressed we needed to be back to the trolley quickly when we were done. I didn’t think anything of this until the group returned and the driver proceeded to tell the group a story about his former patrons. Quick disclaimer, if my profile pic didn’t tip you off I’m of Korean descent.
He said an ‘Oriental’ family had chartered his trolley (looked at me and said ‘No Offense’) and when he let them off at the Colony hotel for a quick look, they did not board immediately and he had to go retrieve them because they had started a game of golf in the back of the hotel. He joked that was the reason he asked us all to take a quick look around and be back soon. I don’t think he was being malicious, but his outdated reference to Asians was very uncomfortable. Most Asians I know don’t prefer to be called Orientals, and a fair amount believe it to be a racist term in line with other ethnic slurs. I was more offended by him gesturing to me while he spoke about the foolish antics of a foreign family. Did he think I was going to play a round of golf and hold up the tour? If we had been closer to our starting point I would have had no problem asking him to stop the tour and let us off. There was no such luck. Instead I stored this incident in the back of my head and waited out the 30+ minutes by enjoying the sights. No reason to waste the $ 32 we had paid for the two of us, right? When the tour ended I had no problem making a quick exit from the trolley sans tipping, an abnormality for us.
The main point being there was no need need to bring race into his story at all or single me out in the group. As an adopted Korean American I’ve dealt with my fair share of ignorance, mostly contained to childhood. The times it rears its ugly head in adulthood truly astound me. I couldn’t give the tour one star, because of an unpleasant incident, but they did lose the other 3 stars because of it.

We hired Intown Trolley Co. to shuttle our guests from their hotels in Kennebunkport, ME to our wedding venue.
Andrea was helpful, flexible, and easy to work with. We gave her a list of locations and she came back to us with what would work best for the pick-​up and drop-​off schedule.
On the day of the wedding, we relied on Intown to be prompt and get our guests to the venue. Their reliability and professionalism were outstanding. Our guests loved the whole trolley experience and appreciated getting the scenic tour of the area as the trolley made it’s way from hotel to hotel. As the bride and groom, it was incredible having everyone show up at the same time, not worrying about anyone getting lost on the way, and most importantly, having a safe reliable way home at the end of the night.
We didn’t really have the chance to formally meet the driver, but multiple guests commented that he was personable and friendly.

The Intown Trolley is good for getting into Kennebunkport or to the beach. Otherwise, most of the stops are at hotels. It’s a hop on/​hop off, but it stops running at 4:00 in the summer.
Our first driver was competent, but about half his spiel was advertising for local businesses — eat here, shop there, stay here, etc. Our second driver gave more information and told some good corny jokes.
If you want to spend the day at the beach (where parking is tough and passes are $ 15) the trolley is the way to go. But as a tour of the area, it’s kind of pricey at $ 15 for 45 minutes.

We took this trolley tour of Kennebunkport because we had a short amount of time in town. We start off near the Landing restaurant and drive along the beach areas, see the Bushes house and a Francescan Monestary. There are several on-​and-​off stops, particulalry at the large hotels.
The cost is $ 14 a person, but there is a discount for families, kids and senior citizens. The tour lasts about 45 mins and the driver is very friendly. It is a nice way to get around town without driving. However, you are going to want to pick a nice day for it; we had a very foggy day and could barely see anything out on the water.