Studio Tours

We spent last night looking at the different studio tours that are available in Los Angeles. The chance to see TV and movie sets, tour the studios and see props makes a studio tour a definite must-do activity for us.

During the week, shows are being filmed and you might get to see a star, but access to the sets is restricted. At the weekend the studios are generally quieter and because shows aren't being filmed you can see more. We're going to schedule our visits on the Saturday and Sunday so that we can see more of the sets (although I think most shows are on breaks during August anyway).

Paramount and Warner Bros both do behind the scenes tours and both have standard and deluxe varieties.

For Paramount it's $48 for a regular tour and $150 for a 'VIP' tour. We're going to do the regular tour.

For Warner Bros the 'VIP' tour is $49 and the 'Deluxe' tour is an eye-popping $250. You do get a three course meal on the Deluxe tour and it is twice as long, but after careful consideration, we've decided we're going to do the 'VIP' tour.

152 days to go

Holiday planning is going very well, all of our accommodation is now booked and I've got a good head start on the diner research! We've added a new itinerary for 2013 and seeing it all written down is very exciting, roll on August 1st.