Originally Posted By Tiggirl I'm getting a free VIP tour of the Warner Bros studio tomorrow thanks to a friend of mine who's partner works as an accountant for the studio. I'm not 100% sure but I assume its the same VIP tour that Warner Bros. offers on their site (though I could be wrong... maybe he's taking us on a personal tour. LOL!). Has anyone ever taken the tour? It looks like a lot of fun. Plus we get to eat in the commisary... Batman is a Warner Bros movie... Maybe I can have lunch with Christian Bale. LOL! ~Beth
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Have fun! Please report back, pretty please We have been thinking about taking one of their tours and I'd love to know a bit more about it.
Originally Posted By Ursula 999haunts and PB did this tour two years ago or so. They did a few days of nothing but take the studio lot tours. I got them a VIP of Paramount and they did the WB tour, and then I gave them a personal tour of CBS Radford in our own golf-cart. I'm not sure if PB has recovered yet from my driving! (Or me from hers!)
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Fun, Ursula! Did they enjoy themselves?? Amazed, I will be sure to report back! ~Beth
Originally Posted By DlandDug I took this tour about eight years ago, and about two years ago. Don't know if it will be the same as you are taking. Biggest changes between the two trips was the creation of the "museum" filled with important props and set pieces. Expect to see Harry Potter's "room" under the stairs, the Sorting Hat, and a lot of stuff from Friends. They actually had most of Central Perk set up on another part of the lot. I also saw Warner's Western Street on my first trip (home of Blazing Saddles and the "town" from Little House on the Prairie), which has since been replaced with offices disguised as a residential street. Our guide was REALLY eager to show us where Friends had been filmed. Some of the more vintage sights were given short shrift. (I recall that just after giving us an opportunity to take a photo of the parking places for the Friends cast, we sailed past a back lot European street, as our guide mentioned, in passing, "That's the cafe where Rick said goodbye to Ilsa in Casablanca.") Most likely the emergency entrance to ER will be in place. You will also probably visit the "front yard" of the Gilmore Girls house. It is, oddly enough, behind the facades of Warner's residential street. Be sure to look closely at the small town square and church. The square is roughly triangular, and has appeared in countless TV shows, films, and commercials. What you will not get to see (no one does on a public tour) is the Warner's Ranch. It's a few blocks up Hollywood Way. It was originally the home of the Columbia Pictures back lot. Still standing, and in constant use: the fountain and city facade seen at the opening of every episode of Friends, the Waltons house, and many, many sitcom houses, including the original Stevens' residence from Bewitched. Since you are going with a friend, see if you can coax them into taking you up to the Ranch. Right now some of the sets are still dressed out for the late, lamented Pushing Daisies...! (Here is a great fan site devoted to the Warners Ranch: <a href="http://www.1164.com/ranch/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.1164.com/ranch/index.html</a> The "Small Soldiers" house is the one used as the house of the two aunts in Pushing Daisies.)
Originally Posted By Tiggirl <<You will also probably visit the "front yard" of the Gilmore Girls house.>> OH. MY. GOD. Now I'm even more excited!! LOL! Thanks for the detailed report, Doug! I'm really looking forward to going! ~Beth
Originally Posted By DlandDug OK Beth, be sure and mention, specifically, that you are interested in the Gilmore Girls. (I wish we had mentioned we were fans of Warner Brothers classic films. That way we wouldn't have been given the exhaustive "Friends" tour, with an occassional passing nod to anything made before 1995!)
Originally Posted By DlandDug Oh! And if it is OK, do be sure to get a photo over by the Gilmore's mail box, with the house in the background. It's a really cool little souvenir. (The mailbox is off to the edge of the area, and easy to miss.) (And no, I am not suggesting that the mailbox itself is a cool little souvenir!)
Originally Posted By smedley Fun!! This is one of the things we really want to do when we come over in December, so please do report back
Originally Posted By angelbaby33 I made my husband do this tour with me when we were in the area about 2 years ago. Gilmore Girls was still on and I had mentioned to our tour guide how much that I liked the show. It was all Gilmore Girls, the whole time it seemed. We saw the guy who played Luke filming a scene in the town square (and I waved to him which while my husband looked at me like I had gone crazy!)We then got to "walk" the hallway of Yale, go into Logan's apartment, walk thru Loreli's garage and see Rory's thinking tree! It wasw ridiculous how much fun I had. The only downside was having to lock away our cameras during parts of the tour which prevented me from taking a picture of the Stars Hollow gazebo! I am guessing that a lot of the Gilmore Girls stuff is gone now but I am sure that you will have a fantastic time! Oh, and my husband and I got to have our picture taken on the Friends couch from Central Perk. That was pretty cool! Have fun!
Originally Posted By disneylandfan8 This tour sounds like a lot of FUN! Can't wait to hear all about it!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I'd love to see the Blazing Saddles area where Hedy Lamarr plotted to take over Rock Ridge...
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Urusula, thanks for the reminder! I now remember that 999's reports are the reason I've been wanting to take the tours
Originally Posted By disney pete cool hope you have fun if you do see cristian bale hope he does'nt flip out on ya
Originally Posted By Ursula I had a job interview where the directions from the guard gate was to park facing the gazebo... Yep, it was Stars Hollow! They were on hiatus, so I was able to walk across the town square area to the building where I needed to meet people. The job wasn't for me, but what a fun afternoon.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl Well that was a FUN day! It was not the reguar tour that you can pay for. My friend's partner met us on his lunch hour, got us visitor passes and showed us around. I DID get to see Stars Hallow which was super exciting. Also got to see George Clooney's parking spot, Ellen's car and a fleet of Nerd Herd vehicals. LOL! Our tour was a lot less informative than what I imagine a guided tour to be. BUT we got to walk around and actually get up close to everything. We ate at the commisary (YUMMY salad bar!) and then he had to go back to work... and we got to stay on the backlot and wander. ;o) We checked out the museum which was very cool! It was neat seeing all those costumes close up. Some of those girls are SO tiny!! It was a lot of fun! ~Beth
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Sounds like a VERY fun experience Tiggirl! Nerd Herd cars!! I would love to see those
