Is this tour more theatrical than historic? I find those types of tours so tacky and a waste of time. I don't need to be entertained while I'm learning about the history of a city.

As others have indicated, the information is conveyed in a way to make it fun and interesting rather than just a dry recitation of facts. It makes it easier to remember the key points and adds a feeling of what life was like back in early Seattle, both physically and politically. I found the tour very informative and enjoyable.

It is a historic tour told theatrically. In my opinion, it made the history that much more interesting. The locations and stories are real.

While there is a lot of patter and it is very clearly a script, the locations are very real, and the history, while fun and digestable, is also informative and locationally significant.

Yes.