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Forget about Universal Studios (unless you have young children) and go take a tour of an actual studio. My favorite is the Warner Bros. tour. You'll watch a film about the studio's history, and then be driven around the lot on a cart and shown various elements of a working studio. Depending on what is shooting at the time, you'll usually be able to peek at a film or TV show in production. In summer, TV shows tend to be on hiatus, so you might just get to wander around the dark set. At the conclusion of the tour, you can walk through the Warner Bros. Musuem and see some amazing bits of film history (including James Dean's motorcycle). Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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This was a totally awesome tour and not many people know about it. If you are in L.A., I highly recommend that you go on this tour, it's worth the money. Only a handful of Hollywood movie studios offer tours, fortunately Warner Bros is one of them - and it may well be the best overall studio tour available to the general public. Unlike the Universal Studios tour, guests here aren't herded aboard monster trams by the thousands, and driven through theme park rides.
At Warner Bros, the VIP tours are far more personal, limited to small groups of fewer than twelve people. And the studio back lot that you see is the real thing. However, the tour is also one of Hollywood's best-kept secrets. Where Universal processes millions of tourists each year, only about 120 people a day discover the Warner Bros tour. You and your tour guide ramble about in a small tram resembling a golf cart; you are allowed to stop and get out of the tram to inspect many of the sets up-close, and your guide is always nearby to answer any questions you might have.
The tour is much more extensive and authentic than the superficial, indoor tour at NBC Studios. And although the WB tours last two full hours, you don't have to spend all of that time on your feet, as you do during the Paramount Studio walking tour. The Warner's back lot is also a lot more colorful than the Paramount property. The drawback, however, is the cost, Warner Bros charges a whopping $33 each for this special VIP tour (compared with $15 for Paramount, and $7 for NBC). Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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If you want a real studio tour, without the theme park rides, this is the place for you. Warner serves a drive on a tram through the studio complex (it's huge!), let's you take a peek in a sitcom, like being an audience, shows you around the props studio, the painters'and decorators and even had a huge Harry Potter exibition on when we visited. You get all the background info on making movies, how they did it and who was in it, so if you'd like to learn something in the process; check in at Warners.
And you get an official VIP pass on a T-cord to take home with you! Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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After the outside lots you are taken inside to see 'working' sets. I saw the set for 'Friends'...and was then taken around the 'prop' department which is huuuuuuuuge!
If you are a TV/Film/DVD fan...then this tour is a must! Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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We booked this tour online for $45.00 each. We researched how best to get there with public transport and left plenty of time.
We caught the Metro from Pershing Square to Universal City which took about 30mins.
This is where it all went wrong on trying to get to Burbank. There were no public board maps once out of the Metro letting you know where you were or where on earth all the buses went to. We managed to ask someone who let us know the guide book was wrong and we needed to catch Bus 152. As we crossed the roads we saw the bus but did not run as assumed at worst we would only need to wait 30mins to get another one. We had an hour and fifteen minutes to go before the tour started. There are no timetables on bus stops in LA. We waited for nearly an hour before we started to panic. We finally managed to flag a taxi who took us on the $10 journey to the studios. We ran in, just in time to join the tour.
After getting our breath back, we sat back and watched the small movie which is basically a montage of all the best films and t.v. programmes made at WB. We then hopped onto a 16 seater golf cart and were driven all over the studios with opportunities to take photos (the rest of the time they lock your cameras away). The tour guide knew everything about anything to do with WB Studios. He was your own personal walking talking google man. We got to see some sets and peek in through a few stage doors. I even managed to see them doing a spot of filming for ER. The tour takes just over 2 hours and you do come out having learnt a lot about the movies.
I dont recommend this for families with children as there will not be enough here to keep them entertained. I think Universal Studios will be better for a younger family.
If you are a movie fanatic but dont want the 'rides' as at Universal Studios this tour is for you. Despite the transport problems this tour was worth the hassle of getting to the Studios. Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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At least I'd heard of this TV programme...even if I had never seen it! Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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This tour lasts about 2 hours or so. At first you are driven, by golfcart, around these massive studio's...by a guide, who shows you varios sets that have used in horrors, westerns...all sorts! Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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They say in the blurb to get your tickets early, but I arrived at 11.00am and got on the 12am tour. After you've purchased your ticket(s), (from Gate 3, a parking lot), you will be escorted to the Warner Bros. lot, where your bag will be searched. You then head to a building 5 mins away by buggy. This houses a store, with a very LIMITED range of things to purchase - and this is the only store you will come across on the tour!! They tell you there's a much better range of goods at the warnerbros.com store. Here you wait for your tour to start, which is inside a small movie theatre (30 seats) in this building. But they don't tell you that. I waited outside with some people only to rush in. Be inside the building 5 MINS BEFORE your tour starts. You watch a short montage about Warners then head on a buggy/big golf cart, to the Warner Bros. museum. Huge collection of Harry Potter items from Prisoner of Azkaban - clothes, props, etc. Also, Audrey Hepburn's hat, the time machine from the remake with G. Pearce, old scripts. Then you tour the lots.
NOTE: YOUR TOUR MUCH DEPENDS ON YOUR GUIDE. We had an old-ish guy who was trying to speak French to the Parisians on our tour for the entire 2 1/2 hours. They were annoyed, so was I. It wasted our tour time!
We saw outside sets from 'Friends', 'ER', and movies, and indoor sets from 'Miss Congeniality 2', 'Joey' (where they filmed Friends) and 'Gilmore Girls'.
This was a relaxing tour, but I left feeling I should have seen more. At $35 it's not cheap, so if there's something you want to see in particular, let them know. We saw the Gilmore Girls sets because someone requested it. And if you want to see CELEBS -don't go on a holiday. I went July 5th and no-one was there!! September is the best time to go, acc. to our guide. And you can watch a show being filmed. www.tv-audiences.com.
Park your car in GATE 3 down Olive Ave. The ticket office is there. Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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They really are lifelike... Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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We got very lucky here, we did not know that you have to book a tour. However, we managed to get on a tour because of no-shows. Tours run on weekdays and you should book in advance. Warner Bros. offers a two-hour tour of its back lot (you go on gold carts) and studio facilities the tours are an introduction to the actual behind-the-scenes technical workings of the motion picture crafts. It is very different to universal this is for ‘real’. We got to see a scene of Ally Macbeal being taped and got a wave from Martin Sheen as he went into the West wing studio. You are not allowed to take photographs (they are very strict about this). You can also stay to view filming of some shows in the studios, again you need to book for this (our luck ran dry at this point). Leave a Comment Phone: (818) 954-1744Directions: The studio is located in in Burbank (in the San Fernando Valley) just a few blocks southeast of NBC Studios and Disney Studios.Website: http://wbsf.warnerbros.com
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