Alan and I had the opportunity to have a Friday get-away last weekend. After dropping a friend off at the Burbank Airport, we decided to go on the Warner Bros. Studio tour which is located not too far from the airport. This is something I had wanted to do for a while, but we had just never done it. We, obviously, knew the tour wouldn't be as good as Universal Studios, but felt like it could be a great way to spend a Friday.
The Warner Bros. Icon Water Tower
The entrance to where the tour begins
Our Tour Tram
Admittedly, I don't watch many of the shows that Warner Bros. airs right now, but some of the oldies struck a note with me as we took the tour, such as Friends, ER, Full House, Bat Man, Casablanca, Bugs Bunny, F-Troop, Welcome Back Kotter, The Drew Carey Show, plus a few others. Of course Harry Potter is very familiar to me.
The first place we stopped was at a warehouse where they keep their props. It was huge, so we saw only a small portion of it.
The entrance to the warehouse
Some of the props
More of the props
We were allowed to go into a building that was full of Bat Man vehicles
There is a movie playing at the theater right now, a musical, that we haven't seen yet that was nominated for some Academy Awards called "La La Land". This is the little Cafe that was featured in the movie. When we see the movie, I will definitely look for this Cafe.
One of the best highlights for me was to visit the Harry Potter Building. I have read all of the books and have seen all of the movies, so I think I enjoyed it a little more than Alan did. He has seen the movies, but hasn't read the books.
The Fireplace at the Dursley Residence where Harry Potter lived
with his Aunt, Uncle, and Cousin
One of the Houses at Hogwarts
The monster spider in one of the movies
I had the sorting hat choose which house I would belong to. I got Slytherin - the last one I would choose!
The Room from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
(Spin-off from Harry Potter)
(Spin-off from Harry Potter)
One of the last things we did on the tour was visit "Central Perk" from the show "Friends". This is one of the gathering places for the friends during the show. My kids used to LOVE that show!
This is the actual guitar that Phoebe used in the show
All in all, this was a fun tour. It lasted about 3 hours. I love going on dates like this with my husband. Can't wait until he retires so we can do more things together.
