Many, many original features of this historic building are still around - and wonderfully preserved or restored. And you can see a flick at the theater and (on the weekends I think) enjoy live organ music before the show! Take special note on the tour of the ceilings, the aisle signs and the chandelier in the top floor ballroom.

What a wonderful place with a wonderful history! The tour was easy walking with an informative guide. There were no events going on while we were there; I'd like to return to attend something here. It's a flat, not-too-far walk from the center of town and the boat docks.

Went to a move on a Saturday night- arrived an hour early to hear the pipe organ and look around the casino. I did not take the tour, but will next time.

We took the back stage tour. Porschia was our guide and she led us through the theater, dressing rooms, projector room and ballroom. She has a wealth of knowledge and she even sang us the Avalon song with her beautiful voice. What a treat! The architecture and artistry was amazing. The paint on lobby ceiling was a brilliant red and... More

I recommend you see this it is absolutely beautiful! I even bought a clay tile of the entry way mermaid to be the center piece of our remolded bathroom. The history and the atmoshere is breath taking!

My wife and I walked to the casino building seeing how interesting it looked wanting to go do some gambling. We quickly discovered that it wasn't open and just had tours. Signed up for the tour and then soon discovered its not a casino as we know it in today times. Casino, in older times meant to entertain, or to... More

We visited Catalina Island while on a cruise on the Sapphire Princess. It was an easy walk to the Casino, which by the way is NOT a casino as we think of it, but "Casino" means meeting place. The tour shows you the lovely theater and ballrooms, as well as incredible murals. The guided tour was $10.00. Also, well worth... More

This is well worth it. Spend the extra money for the Behind the Scenes version of the tour. Joe is an awesome tour guide, he's friendly, knowledgeable and good sense of humor. Since it was the off-season we lucked out on being the only couple on the tour for that time slot so it was like having a private tour.

I have a question for those who took the 8pm Mystery Ghost Tour at Avalon March/10/2013. If anybody got their identity stolen or your credit card got charged either in CA or another State...like it was in my case. Somebody insistently called me from the Mystery Tour claiming they needed more information on my credit card; such as: Zip Code,... More