![]() ![]() Center Studios, the Jim Henson Company Lot and the 20th Century Fox Studios are for serious business only, though all have been known to host the occasional public-facing event. Sunset Gower and Sunset Bronson (the locations of the original Warner Brothers and Columbia studios, respectively) are closed to the public, but you can get a fantastic oral history from the Felix in Hollywood Tour. ![]() NBC’s famous Burbank studio tour was discontinued in 2012 after most of its productions had migrated to Universal City-notable holdout The Tonight Show fled the lot for New York in 2014. CBS Television City (which has been solf for future redevlopment) technically doesn’t offer tours, but there are tons of TV shows that film there everyday for which you can secure tickets. Some of the biggest and most exciting studios are open to public tours, but you may be scratching your head at some big name omissions. You won’t find anywhere else: The acoustic bliss during a stop in a foley studio. The tour skews toward contemporary productions-the bullet-riddled RV from Breaking Bad, a stock car from Talladega Nights and a stop in the studios for Jeopardy or Wheel of Fortune-but there are still plenty of small moments where that old moviemaking charm endures.įor fans of: The Wizard of Oz, Singin’ in the Rain, Ben-Hur, Spiderman, Breaking Bad, Talladega Nights, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune A leisurely pace allows time to peer through the elephant doors of a soundstage and look out for passing celebrities. But the magnolia tree-lined sidewalks and clean, white Art Deco facades provide a pleasant ambience that the other industrial-edged studios lack. The lot’s footprint has been significantly downsized since then, when it was known as the iconic MGM Studios virtually all of its colorful backlot sets are now gone with the wind. Up to 1hr, $109–$139 theme park admissionĪs you pass through the studio gates on this walking tour, you’re immediately greeted by Tony Tasset’s arching Rainbow sculpture-a nod to the studio’s past as the home of The Wizard of Oz. You won’t find anywhere else: Rubber sharks, CGI gorillas and plenty of pyro. Jaws. While the 3-D motion simulation that replaced the iconically campy (and burned down) King Kong section is a welcome technical upgrade, the tunnel lacks the same immersion and charm of the original-the same can sadly be said for the similarly dizzying and ill-executed Fast & Furious: Supercharged segment.įor fans of: Psycho, The Fast and the Furious, all things Steven Spielberg The majority of live filming is securely tucked away-and if it’s not, expect portions of the backlot to be chopped off of your experience-but Universal compensates with preplanned encounters that mimic special effects: a wet and fiery earthquake simulation, a sudden flash flood and that delightfully rubbery, toothy grin on the face of Bruce-a.k.a. The tour mixes live narration and pre-recorded bits as you cart through backlot sets of New York, a mutt of European villages, the Old West and familiar movie landmarks-most impressively the 747 crash site from War of the Worlds. ![]() While Universal Studios’ tram tour is technically an amusement park attraction-which means you’ll have to stomach the hefty price of admission-it manages to combine the look of a living, working studio with entertaining theme park polish. You won’t find anywhere else: A dedicated studio museum, and by far the most to see on any studio tour. Though you’ll spend some time simply navigating the sprawling grid of soundstages, you’ll also stop and venture on foot with memorable photo ops: a seat on the couch at Friends’ Central Perk or The Big Bang Theory’s Apartment 4A, an opportunity to mount a Harry Potter broomstick and the chance to come face to face with almost every Batmobile imaginable.įor fans of: Ellen, Conan, The Big Bang Theory, Friends, Harry Potter, Batman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Crazy Rich Asians, Looney Tunes It’s an encyclopedic tour of all types of filming locations, with a journey through the backlot’s city stand-ins and Gilmore Girls-starring residential square, as well as a stops inside a soundstage and at a few museum-caliber displays of props. Warner Bros.’ guided tram tour zips through the studio’s sizeable footprint-110 acres on the Valley-side of the Hollywood Hills-with about a dozen other passengers onboard. ![]()
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