I took the tour with my teens (15 & 17) and we loved it! Cody Kennedy was a fantastic guide and was so knowledgeable about the studio and it history. She told us great stories and had us laughing. This was during the writers strike so we were able to see more of the studios but the trade off was no real activity going on. Highly recommend! **Her mom should be proud!** read more

Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA is the only studio that is actually locationed in Hollywood. My Paramount Studio Tour was a great way to spend time with the three women in my live. Yup, my two daughters and my beautiful wife. Our tour guide Chasidi was great, she had only been in California for 2-months but you wouldn't have never known based on her knowledge of Paramount studios. We had a great time as this was my second studio tour in 2-years. Last year me and my wife toured Warner Bros Studios. The comparison is as follow: Both are tours are 2-hours and have great backlots comprised of fa·cade and prac·ti·cal buildings that you can walk up to or into. Warner bros had vehicles on display from the various Batman movies. They also have a prop house or warehouse that you can walk through which has furniture, arcade machines, lamps and radios etc... from movies and TV shows that you may recognize. Paramount Studios didn't offer any of the above. However what they did offer or allow you to walk onto any active set which was really cool, they weren't filming of course. Overall we enjoyed the tour. read more

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While my guide was very informative and I had a nice time finally getting to explore Paramount Pictures (I have lived by the property for 20+ years), I couldn't help but feel so horribly sorry for my guide and her counterparts (I think she said they were called "pages"). Not only were the guides forced to wear long sleeves, thick dress pants, AND a thick wool suit vest in the 85+ degree heat, but I and the other people on my cart watched as her manager berated her for rolling her sleeves up in front of the gift shop!!! A nice tour with a nice guide overall, but I feel bad even giving this tour a nice review due to the inhumane conditions of the employees... Unless you're someone from the Labor board looking to take the tour for investigative purposes, go to Warner Bros instead (their guides can wear shorts...) read more

Tara was terrific!! She truly made the tour amazing with her unique personality and movie magic knowledge. I would highly recommend paramount for anyone that's a major movie buff. Most of the stages where not in use at the time of our tour but the history of previous movie shoots where still present. The only downside was the paid parking across the street it's just weird after paying for a tour to a multi billion dollar company..... read more

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Cody was the most amazing tour guide. Our family learned so much from Cody! She gave us the most exciting and fantastic day on multiple sets! There were tons of photo ops. We are definitely going back... hopefully another tour with the fabulous Cody!!! Lucy Z & family!!! read more

If you are a movie fan then I would highly recommend this tour. We were lucky enough to get Sunny as our guide. She absolutely ROCKED! She was knowledgeable, fun, kind, and extremely patient with our group. We got to pretend to be Forrest Gump, got the tea on a few Hitchcock productions and she even let us decide what part of New York City we wanted to see first. We learned a ton and enjoyed our time. Totally worth it and if you can ask for Sunny she will shine good vibes on you all tour long! read more

Boring... our guide had no history knowledge... she did a lot of giggling and saying "so Fun"?... weird... really a waste of money! They should really do a better job at training their guides before putting them out there.... and some of her knowledge was not right saying something about the movie "papermoon"... that was incorrect! waste of money! read more

We were so happy we did this tour. Our tour guide, Mandie, was witty, engaging, and knowledgeable, and her passion and excitement for the film industry was contagious. We were amazed to see where so many classics were filmed, fascinated by the stories Mandie shared, and shocked to see all the moving parts and clever illusions happening behind the scenes to create the magic we see on screen. We also did the Warner Brothers tour later in the week, which was fantastic in its own right, but the Paramount tour felt a bit more intimate, and less like we were observers at a museum. Highly recommend! read more

Our tour guide was Cody Kennedy! We've done several tours such as the Universal backlot tour, WB tour, and now Paramount. The tour guide can really make or break the experience. Cody was friendly, engaging, and really set the tone from the start! We really enjoyed her genuineness and deep appreciation for all things film-related. We cannot recommend her enough!! She was kind enough to take us to several locations we were interested in and respond to any and all questions. If you take a tour, ask for Cody, and the experience will be well worth it. The tour lasted just over 2 hours, and we got to see the majority of the backlot including a stop at the Paramount shop for souvenirs. Cody is photo friendly and will help with any group/couple/solo pictures you'd like to take for memorable pictures! We hope to visit again with Cody as our guide. Cody, if you're reading this, best of luck to you in all your endeavors! read more

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This was outstanding, and the VIP tour was worth every penny. Our tour guide was knowledgeable, funny, and charismatic. The food was wonderful, and seeing the historic stages and streets was a joy for a movie geek like me. read more

Had a great tour at Paramount Studios! Our tour guide CC was very friendly and accomodating of all requests and questions - definitely recommend the tour! read more

The tour was thorough and very in-depth! Our tour guide Cody was phenomenal and did an incredible job, constantly making us laugh while also sharing fascinating facts along the way, If you get a chance ask for her! Overall 10/10! read more

Disappointing and Dull We've done tours at all the major studios. This could be so much better since there is a lot of history here. The lobby exhibits get your hopes up, but unfortunately this is the best part of the tour. The guide did 75% talking and 25% showing. They don't have much stored or saved in the way of artifacts, and you aren't given time peruse what minimal exhibits there are. There are QR codes for the items but no time given to read the info. We were not able to tour the back lot at all... just a glimpse from afar (there wasn't any filming there at the time either). Warner Bros gives you so much more. Skip this one and go to Warner Bros read more

we've been to universal and warner brothers tours. this was definitely the worst. mostly looking at the outside of warehouse looking buildings with plaques stating what was filmed inside. Guide very knowledgeable and shows you on an iPad some scenes - but hard to see due to glare. You do not get to see inside a staged/working studio (like you do at Warner brothers). I would recommend Warner brothers for a better studio tour and universal backlot tour if you don't mind all the crowds and amusement park stuff. also at universal there was an excellent show about how they do special effects like having someone covered with fire, flying, etc which they perform on stage. read more

Our tour guide michael was fantastic, I'd give him and the rest of the staff 5 stars for sure. The studio itself is beautiful, they have preserved lots of cinema history in they way of keeping their buildings in excellent condition and it was fun to see references of old movies that were shot on the lot via the iPad. That said, the movies are all older movies that my kids have never seen so it wasn't really relevant to them. It would have been nice to see a re-creation of a set or an active set- but there's a writers strike going on so all of the sets are gone, and there was nothing active on the lot. It would of been nice to walk through one of the buildings that the actors/actresses used to stay in - the ones in the square, or even walk through one of their "on location buses", but that wasn't an option either. We didn't get to go into the prop warehouse, or the furniture warehouse or wood shop. Paying $65 is a dear price to pay to see buildings and old movie references on an ipad. That said, we all had a great time because Michael did a great job! he was super knowledgeable in the history of paramount, so patient with my kids and was a super fun tour guide overall. read more

Warning: Do not come here during summertime or during hot weather. The tour is mostly outdoors and you'll be walking and riding around buildings and on pavements. Therefore, whatever the temperature high is, it will be higher (and hotter). Reason I Took This Tour Even Though I Am a Los Angeles Resident: I was attracted to the exterior--drove by here about a year ago and was very impressed. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/paramount-studio-tour-los-angeles?select=SEa3_vAMTto7z89jl1VS5g#SEa3_vAMTto7z89jl1VS5g Unlike with the studios where I live close by-- 20th Century Fox and MGM Studios (now Sony Studios--the more reason not to visit with that name--no allure). So when my film editor cousin from Sydney came visiting, I thought we'd take a tour here. About the Tour: The customer service was very courteous starting with the parking attendant. (I've never seen a parking attendant so earnestly friendly.) Our tour guide, who was very informative and well dressed, was at the gate when we arrived. (There was one tour guide for each group of seven patrons.) Basically the tour was like a museum tour. Don't expect to witness anything in the making or bump into some movie star. So if that's okay with you plus ponying up $48 (with coupon) per person, you'll like this tour. (Also, parking is $10 per car.) What I Learned from the Tour: Although I've seen numerous special features in DVD movies like behind-the-scene featurettes, etc., I still learned several new things and these things made me quite impressed about how talented and resourceful filmmakers are. read more

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So glad I had a chance to do this! I mean it is/was an excellent tour. Before the Covid 19 crisis, fortunately. If you think too hard about how things could change going forward, this type of entertainment comes to mind. Let me set the stage(no pun intended). My grandparents took me to Disney Land when I was a child in the 1960s. Hey, kids, that was before Disney World Florida! What a great memory and as a kid, I had aspirations of being an actor. So I loved all things movies and still do. Over my adult life, I've always wanted to tour one of the Studios but, hadn't been back to LA since my first trip believe it or not! I still can't believe it. I finally got a chance to go and went back last year. Talk about a kid in a candy store. Just couldn't get enough of LA and still cant. So on my list of things to do was a tour of one of the studios. On researching, I found two of the old majors now had theme parks associated with them. I didn't want to do that so, I ended up with the Paramount VIP tour. The VIP is similar to the regular except, they take you to a few more behind the scenes places and it includes a gourmet lunch. Now that "gourmet lunch" caused a red flag to go up but...so I went with it. It really was a gourmet lunch with delicious steak, steamed asparagus, etc and great deserts. I couldn't believe it. This is the part that may never be back if they resume tours at all which I hope they do. The group was small, I think 8 people and you're wisk around on golf carts literally all over the lot. Its not hard to imagine Lucile Ball walking around or maybe one of the Star Tek cast catching a bite at the catering trailer. The business model for making movies has changed and there is no single production going on. Much of what they do is subcontract type work. Some of the sound stages were being used for Netflix filming when I was there and they have an enormous warehouse full of equipment they rent out, to folks producing movies all over the world. In addition, there are still workers, sign painters, etc making magic that you probably see in films today. overall the tour is more than worth the price of admission. If you have never done this I recommend if and when they resume tours, you get to it and go. By the way, two gentlemen on my tour commented they had been to the other two studios and Paramount was by far the best. read more

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This was an absolutely fantastic 2-hour tour. If you're lucky (though I'm sure they're all great), you'll get Scott Hainchek as your tour guide. He had a genuine enthusiasm and excitement about everything; though not in an overbearing way. And as a Writer/Director himself, you could tell he put an extra effort into what he was presenting and was proud of the historic grounds around him. We also had several random crewman stop by to offer up cool tidbits, as well as spotted the very friendly Walton Goggins and LL Cool J wanderin' about. Alfred Hitchcock, Lucille Ball, The Godfather, etc. etc.. Alotta' cool history. A+ tour! Was there on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019. read more

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Appreciated the small tour group. Guide was knowledgeable and patient with questions.

Elias was my tour guide through out the tour and he was fantastic!! Such an educated tour guide with knowledge of the history of Paramount and movies. Elias was fun and interactive with me and my friends during the tour. Shout out to Elias for being so natural and interactive, thank you! read more

We enjoyed some of the tour but were forced to sit on the back of the golf cart in the rain. The back row of the cart only offered limited coverage from the downpour. Even worse, the water from the cart's awning dripped from the back of the awning onto our legs. I would imagine that a golf cart that shelters all of the riders would be appropriate for a tour. Furthermore, I am hard of hearing and and had to turn my head towards the front of the cart to see what the tour guide was referencing. I therefore couldn't see or hear much of what the guide was referring to. Finally, the "studio tour" only enabled us to see inside one single studio. Merely driving by the outside of closed studios was not what I was expecting. read more

The tour was amazing. Our tour guide Lena was really great. So informative and engaging! Ask to be in Lena's group if you take this tour!

I won't tell you it's cheap @ $63, but it was a fun tour. I honestly didn't think I could or would learn anything, but I did. It was especially fascinating to see the water tank where they film water scenes. Everyone on our tour was surprised by it. Excellent opportunity for history buffs, even if you have no special interest in film or TV. You get to hold & be photographed with a real Oscar, which is fun, even for a jaded person like me. You can't even do that on a Dolby Theatre tour, which is a 1/5 of the length, 1/3 of the price & not nearly as fun. I can't say enough about the staff -- they are wonderful. Our guides were Jack and Jennifer (mostly Jennifer!) & they were a wonderful team. No question was looked down upon & they were very responsive to questions, concerns & physical needs (LA sun!) Highly recommended, which is perhaps the most surprised I've been by my own reviews. read more

My brother was in town with my three nephews over the weekend and Monday / Tuesday. The boys are 17, 13, and 12. Bro has wanted to go on a studio tour for the past few years. Initially, the younger kids were too young. Then it was a timing thing. Finally, it all came together for us to go on Monday afternoon. The tour is not "cheap" at $55 per guest. We did find an online discount for $5 off per person, which helped. Parking across the street is $12. All that business out of the way, can report that the tour was a wonderful experience for us. Our family was assigned our own page / tour guide. Brittany was delightful. Though only on the job for not even two months, she was extremely knowledgeable and personable. Her bubbly attitude and love of the business was infectious. We travelled in our own large golf cart, just right for the six of us, plus our guide. She maneuvered that cart perfectly through some tight squeeze areas. Photos were encouraged out & about, but not permitted inside the sound stages and a few other restricted areas. Check in entails a search of bags / backpacks, then confirmation of ID for anyone over 18. Each guest receives a personalized badge on a lanyard to wear during the tour. It's yours to keep as a souvenir when you're done. The Paramount Studios app allows you to scan coded tags. That in turn brings up video clips. Lots of info available! There's a film montage they show in the visitor center that reminds you why movies are so powerful, exciting, and entertaining. Gets you in the mood to get out on the lot. We had a wonderful surprise when a well-known actor came out of a sound stage and stopped by our cart to say hello. It was totally a happenstance moment; not planned. Mostly you see so many crew members working around the lot - stage hands, set designers, grips, even a few extras in costume. Our tour was well over two hours. We saw many different areas of the studio lot, including a park area surrounded by what was originally the writers' and producers' building, plus star dressing rooms. There's a theater on the property where movie premieres are still held when they want to control the invited guests. We entered the Dr. Phil Show's sound stage, and got to peek into several other sets for active shows. Several Nickelodeon shows are in production, plus other mainstream TV programs. A visit to the Prop Shop was full of photo op's. With just the six of us plus our guide, it was a really personalized experience. Loved it! read more

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For a serious movie fan, you really can't do better in Los Angeles. Universal Studios is fun, but it's a theme park and so the tour is about what you would expect - long line, tram ride, canned presentation, go through quickly. The Paramount tour, on the other hand, is much more intimate. Small group, mix of walking and golf cart, knowledgeable guide who makes note of your particular interests (nice job, Tanner!). It's also the only major studio still in Hollywood, as the others are in the Burbank or Culver City area. The highlights include the iconic gate most famously featured in Sunset Blvd. and also Mulholland Dr., et al, the offices where Hitchcock and other directors/writers/producers/actors and actresses worked, the New York backlot where Breakfast at Tiffany's/Grease/Seinfeld had scenes, and the sound stages where Citizen Kane (in the adjacent, long defunct RKO lot)/Rear Window/The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance/The Godfather/The Godfather Part II/Cheers were filmed. Paramount is also where Vertigo and Chinatown were filmed, although it wasn't clear exactly where this took place. Overall, truly a great experience and well worth your time. read more

I have had nothing but issues since we signed up for it. We started with Paramount + back in July of 2023. Since day one we have not been able to watch Paramount on all devices they blame Amazon and say ther working on fixing it. 5 months later I still can't. Now grant you they have not charged us. And now everything you watch is narrated, call they say it's a technical issue and there working on it. Funny thing our friends don't have this issue. Save your money like I said they haven't charged us yet. read more

Usually I am a bit skeptical about doing these touristy things but our guide Yolanda made the whole experience so fun and memorable - I would definitely recommend booking a tour with her. She made the experience incredible!! Give this woman a raise! read more

This tour is so much fun! I did the after dark VIP tour and they give you champagne and boxed candies during the tour! It was really cool and interesting to see all the sites, costumes, and awards for some of the best and most classic films out there. I really want to go again soon! read more

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What an awesome behind the scenes look at Paramount Pictures! We learned so much on our tour all thanks to our awesome guide Max! Max was super knowledgeable and we loved hanging out with him for the two hour tour. Learning about the behind the scenes and how movies and shows film certain things was cool. I feel like I'll look at what I watch in a different way now! My favorite part of the experience was going on the actual sets! It was fun to go around "New York" and the "Grace and Frankie" set was beautiful and fun to see in person! The last stop on our tour was the prop area where we got to see things like the Turbolift from Startreck and the Cadillac from Dreamgirls. Really cool to see that stuff in person. Highly recommend Paramount Pictures studio tour! read more

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My husband and I love films and want to one day take all the LA studio tours. So far we had done the Deluxe tour at Warner Bros. (their version of VIP) and Paramount was next on the list! We decided on the VIP version of their studio tours. I loved the free parking right by the check in building. They also get you really pumped and ready for the tour in the waiting area with some fantastic costumes and a short film made of clips from their greatest movies. Our tour guide was very nice and always trying to make sure everyone was having fun and had all their questions answered. With our small group of six, the tour felt very intimate. I was impressed by the fact that we got to interact one on one with a lot of employees in the various departments. It made you feel like they really wanted to show you their work vs. them seeing you as some tourist group they can squeeze in and out of the shop in as quick a time as possible. As neat as it was being on the set of Dr. Phil or seeing a costume from Anchorman, I was underwhelmed by this tour compared to Warner Bros. While they are both legit working studios and the tour is not all about seeing celebrities, I felt like Warner Bros gives you a better opportunity to be in the action. For example, we were tucked away for lunch in a studio at Paramount (the chicken/steak lunch was fab by the way), but at Warner Bros, we were seated in the restaurant where everyone on property goes. Because of this we ate lunch at the table next to Jim Parsons. That's a once in a lifetime memory right there! Another big bummer was not being able to take pictures or see the front of the famous Bronson Gate due to an event. Again, this is a working studio and not Paramount's fault at all. However, you can't access the gate from outside the studio lot so this was really my one and only chance to see it unless I do the tour again. I also felt Warner Bros does a better job of catering to its biggest draws for a tour. At Paramount we couldn't walk on the stage for Dr. Phil or take any pictures even though the show was on hiatus. Flip to Warner Bros. where we could walk the Ellen set and take pictures. We also got to go into the Big Bang Theory and other sets thathad just cleared minutes before we arrived. We didn't go on any working tv or film sets at Paramount. Which sounds like more fun? What do you think of when you think Warner Bros? Harry Potter? Batman? Well you see a ton of cars, costumes, and props from all the films/tv shows you'd think of when you think WB. And Paramount? I think Indiana Jones first, then Titanic, Grease, and The Godfather to name a few. We didn't see one thing from Indy or Titanic and there wasn't much from Grease or The Godfather. I'm not sure if these props, etc were sold or lost which would make me less critical of their absence. However, I really didn't feel like I encountered the things that make this studio great. The Godfather gets talked up a lot on the tour and you watch scenes on an ipad but you can find that stuff through an internet search. I truly did enjoy the tour despite what It may seem like above. It was a fun Hollywood way to spend the day. However, I don't think I'd go back. Warner Bros. is a more commercialized, flashy tour and the Paramount tour is rooted in stories and a few props/costumes they set out for the groups. read more

Alexis was excellent! Very thorough and engaging. This was a huge highlight of our time in LA. We saw actual reels of archived movies like Top Gun Maverick and Titanic. A true rarity she explained. Meeting the sign shop director and his son was a one of a kind experience as well. Thanks Alexis! read more

Saw more than I thought we would. Very informative and interesting tour. Cool seeing the scenes and especially the props.

Our final stop for fun week was a tour of the Paramount Pictures studio. It's a pretty cool thing they offer for no charge. You just need to check a day or two in advance to book a spot. Our appointment wasn't until mid-morning, so we took our time dropping off the kids. Then I took a pretty quick drive up to Hollywood with the love of my life, a Seiko "Turtle" reissue SRP777. Oh and my wife was there too. The second you walk in, they give you a little trip through the metal detector before ushering you into a pretty cool little waiting room. There are photos and descriptions of the history of the studio, a set up with a few real movie costumes, a room with Oscars and props as well as a little video showing some of the their biggest hits. Then they whisked you off in a little party of 7 for the tour. It was pretty cool to hear about the history of the studio. It was the first studio in Hollywood, and it innovated the studio system of vertically integrating the actors, production, and distribution. Then they took us to a little area that looked almost like a facade of a European street. This was the site of Desilu productions. Lucile Ball and Desi Arnaz produced a bunch of classic shows including Mission Impossible, Star Trek, The Dick Van Dyke Show, and many more. The brick road was shipped in from Lucy's hometown, and the water tower in the background used to say "Desilu Studios". The room with the blue metal awning was Lucy's office. After that it was a trip to the outdoor lot, which has been in more movies than I can count. It's interesting, because we also got to see the inside of the buildings. They are all facades with catwalks for cameras and equipment. After that, we headed to the historic Bronson gate at the front of the studio. Interesting note, Charles Bronson was an extra who got his big break by waiting at the front gate. When he got chosen to be a movie star, he changed his name from Buchinsky to Bronson. So Charles Bronson was named after the gate. Also we saw Forrest Gump's iconic bench next to the gate, and we got to visit a prop room to see some very interesting movie props. Some of the items are self evident, but some of the less recognizable ones are: The torches from Blades of Glory The Cadillac from Dream Girls The cotton candy machine from Sponge Bob Square Pants A transporter from Star Trek A stasis pod from Interstellar Being a local you tend to overlook things like studio tours or iconic buildings, but it was great to take time out this week and do a little exploring in this city that I grew up in. read more

Amazing day with our tour guide Vivi. She was so knowledgeable and kind. This was our second time taking the tour and Vivi made it as if it were our first time. Her attention to detail was amazing! Thank you!!! read more

I'm going to give the tour a 5-star rating since our guide, a young lady named "Cody", was a great host for the studio. The downside of our tour was the fact that the SAG strike was on and that meant that sets in the sound stages had been dismantled and removed, thus leaving only empty huge buildings to see there instead of finished sets. As we toured around the lot, Cody had a lot of great stories of the different places we went by and looked at as well as the famous people where were part of those stories. Cody encouraged us to ask questions and to let her know what our favorite Paramount films were so she could point out places that pertained to those movies. Paramount's "campus" was beautiful and each of the buildings were part of some historic lore in the history of the motion picture giant. Worth the money in my opinion. read more

A great tour -- thanks to an obviously well-planned script from the studio (hey, story-telling is their business), plus excellent execution by our guide, Emma. Interesting insights into how the magic is made, sprinkled with anecdotes about stars of the past and present who roamed the lot. I wanted see the home of The Godfather, Chinatown and Citizen Kane (the old RKO lot is part of the complex); my wife is less of a fan but declared this the best part of a four-day visit to LA. Ours was the 2-hr. version, but I'm definitely up for the extended tour on a future visit. read more

We just went to the Paramount studio tour on Memorial Day and we had the most amazing and informative tour guide, Noah. He was very professional and knew a lot about the inside scoop. We enjoyed the small group size because it made the tour more personable. We loved how he took the time to get to know us and our interests in films/shows. Thank you for making our tour memorable, Noah!! We appreciate you! read more

Very good tour, however the Warner Bros. Tour is a better value, with more to see and more widely popular movies and TV shows. Having said that, the Paramount lot has more history and is iconic. If you have a choice then do the WB tour. Paramount comes in a close second. Enjoy! read more

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Lived in California for many years and we finally decided to take this tour on a Sunday afternoon. It was a leisurely 2 hour tour. Our tour guide was fun. It was our tour guide, Zack's first day and he was great. It's $55 per ticket, but if you happen to be at Ontario Airport, they have a flyer for $5 off. I would definitely recommend it for a fun couple of hours. Make sure you purchase tickets ahead of time. They were turning people away without prepaid reservations. read more

We did the VIP tour and our tour guide was Kameron. He was the best!! He was so knowledgeable and fun!