Nehal A.
Yelp
Words fall short on describing how cool and amazing this place is. So much history, so much amazing spots and so many unique things to try. The tour is so much better than the what is sounds like in website description.
We got the tour+ l, 2 hours of guided tour. Upon arrival you enter the building with gift shop right in front, a starbucks and ticketing area. The tour begins right on time, with first 15 minutes in a lounge, full of snacks, bakery and drinks. The begins a WB video, after which you meet your tour guide.
Our tour guide Ian was beyond amazing. He was so knowledgeable, so energetic and enthusiastic, made the whole tour extra special.
First we went thru the jungle where among other the first Jurassic Park's Trex chase scene was shot.
Then we went thru a town area where among others the scene from TBBT was shot, where Howard takes Shelton on scooter ride.
Then we stopped at the props department where we saw thousands of movie props, including Agent smith dummies from Matrix, Casablanca's original chandeliers, horror movie props and many many more.
After that we drove through the studios at the made up location of Friend's fountain and orange couch. After taking some pics, we were taken to some of the sets and to Studio 25, which was the home of The big bang theory. We got to see how the sets are created, where lights and cameras are hooked, and how sets are decorated to bring the life into it.
After that, we head to the NYC area, where we saw the broadway set and the spot where Toby Mcguire did the upside down kiss in Spiderman.
Then we head to the mid-west location where we saw many houses that where set for many of famous movies and shows like Young Sheldon, Gilmore girls.
The guided tour is at 2 hour mark at this point and we were dropped of at Studio 48 where Central Perk cafe is, and few other surprises including the original Big Bang Theory's apartment set. With tour+ we got coupon for free entree, drink and a side. Food was decent. The central perk gift shop has many memorabilia from the show, plus so many different Friend's swag to purchase.
After the meal, you enter the exhibition of Studio 48 that begins with some tribute to scriptwriting. Then there's a section tributing the art department, where they have some original costumes of Crazy Rich Asian movie. Then there's a whole section dedicated to Friends. We already had went to Friends experience in NYC, so we skipped this part. After Friends, comes the big bang theory set, where they have the guy's apartment, the hall between the guys and Penny's apartments. They have photo station here and let you take pick on the iconic couch, and Sheldon's SPOT. Being a hardcore fan of the show we spent a lot of time here.
After the set, you walk to a green screen recording area. Here we had the chance put ourselves in Batman's batpod chase scene from Dark Knight. There was another green screen for Harry Porter's broomstick flying. This was real fun to do, as we got experience first hand what it feels like to be an actor in a green screen scene.
From there we move on to the sound recording area, where you get to voice Morpheus' blue and red pill scene with your own voice, aka ADR. There are few other options for couple of other movie scenes to do the ADR.
The tour of Studio 48 ends here, then you exit and hope on a cart to go back to the building where the tour began. As you walk to this building, you get to see a whole section dedicated to DC movies, including props and seta from batman, bat cave, superman, wonder women, aquaman. There's one spot dedicated to Game of thrones. Then there's a huge part full of Harry Porter props and sets. Finally you exit to the gift shop that we originally see at entrance of the building. The gift shop has swags from TBBT, DC, Harry Porter, Friends and many many more shows/movies.
Just amazing and mind boggling!!! After the guided tour, self guided tour takes about 2-3 hours.