This walking tour visits the most famous landmarks in Hollywood, California like Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Kodak Theater and the Walk of Fame. Besides these locations, the tour also visits some other historical locations that were instrumental to the building of the Hollywood establishment. Tours are also available for booking in groups or for private tours.
Universal Studios Hollywood Studio Tours offers one of the best and most exciting behind-the-scenes tours in California. The Studio Tour will take you on an extensive tour of the Universal lot and the sets and spots where movies are made. The tour will visit a 3-D experience created by Peter Jackson called King Kong 360 3-D, the set of Wisteria Lane from "Desperate Housewives," the Bates Motel from "Psycho," the "Jaws" shark and a special effects presentation of the "Fast and the Furious."
The tour, which takes place in groups of 12 on electric carts, begins with an introductory film teaching customers about the history of Warner Bros. After the film, the group is taken into the studio lot for a tour around the sound stages and sets of films like "Casablanca" and "The Music Man." The Deluxe tour also visits craft shops where sets and costumes are made and onto working production sets where groups will be able to talk to production workers and have their questions answered about how movies are made. Each tour ends at the Warner Bros. museum.
This behind-the-scenes tour gives visitors a look at the glory days of MGM filmmaking as well as a look at the new and modern state-of-the-art Sony Pictures Studio. Each tour is different, as there are different television shows and movies filming on the lot on any given day, visitors will have the opportunity to view working production sets. Also available to visit are the old studios with the Yellow Brick Road from "The Wizzard of Oz" under its floor boards. It is also possible to visit a taping of "Jeopardy!" or "Wheel of Fortune" on the day you visit the studio to take the tour.
This walking tour through one of the most famous movie studios of all time is available Monday through Friday. This two-hour tour shows visitors the old Desilu Studios, which is now located on the property of Paramount Studios, the park bench from "Forrest Gump," the set of "The Ten Commandments" and the New York street lot where many television and movies have filmed outdoor New York scenes.
