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The NBC Studio Tour


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #387 of 1,390 attractions in New York City
Traveler Description:
The first stop on the tour is the NBC History Theatre, where you will learn about NBC's early days in radio. Your NBC Page will tell you about some of...... more » The first stop on the tour is the NBC History Theatre, where you will learn about NBC's early days in radio. Your NBC Page will tell you about some of the network's early sound effect techniques and NBC's transition into television. The NBC Studio tour gives you the opportunity to enter and visit some of our most famous studios, including: Saturday Night Live, Conan O'Brien, Dateline, and much more. « less
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Attraction type: Tourist/visitor center, Tour
Address: The NBC Experience Store
30 Rockefeller Plaza New York City, NY 10112

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5 of 5 stars
jaiBaltimore   1 contribution
Baltimore, MD
Nov 23, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

Our group really enjoyed this tour. It was only to see one studio but they decreased the price to about $12 as a result. We had two pages (Paloma and Sarah) who seemed very well informed and gave us a lot of information. The studio we saw was the SNL studio and they were rehearsing for the next day's show... more

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3 of 5 stars
love2getaway31   2 contributions
grand rapids, mi
Nov 5, 2009

My fiance and I attended the NBC tour in NYC in August and enjoyed it. No brushes with celeb's, but it was worth our valuable vacation time. May not recommend for kids, but adults it's worth it. more

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1 of 5 stars
Coolehead   2 contributions
Ireland
Oct 30, 2009

We opted for this "tour" as part of our Top of the Rock visit. What a waste of two hours! We were treated like sheep for the duration of the "tour". Most of our time was wasted going from one floor to another in the elevator. Unless your a die hard American,NBC fan, do not waste your time here. I... more

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1 of 5 stars
katodisc   3 contributions
Durham, NC
Oct 13, 2009

Very disappointed in the tour. We took the 5:30 tour and the two pages wanted to be anywhere else when they gave the tour. The tour lasted an hour and, except for the look at the SNL studio, it was a worthless hour. I didn't care about the cost so much as the hour we wasted. On the other hand,... more

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5 of 5 stars
lovemxOhio   5 contributions
Ohio
Oct 2, 2009

We took the NBC studio tour on our recent trip to NYC and were so glad we did. We started off with a movie of the history of NBC and then went into the studio where Brian Williams delivers the news. We learned many interesting facts along the way. We got to see the SNL studio and the house band... more

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4 of 5 stars
TufftyTickler   10 contributions
Peterhead, United Kingdom
Sep 13, 2009
2
people found this review helpful

We went on this tour because it was included in the nyc pass. We didn't really know any of the people they were talking about, except Jay Leno. But that's because we're from the UK. On the whole though we all found it very interesting indeed. If foreigners with not much clue about NBC found it interesting, how much more... more

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4 of 5 stars
kjones2   9 contributions
Dallas, TX
Aug 25, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

We enjoyed the tour. We got to see MSNBC studio, Brian Williams studio, MNFootball & SNL. It was only about 1 - 1.5 hrs. If we hadn't had the New York pass we would have skipped this b/c of the cost. Definitely get the New York Pass. Totally worth it! more

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3 of 5 stars
maven1Carrboro   5 contributions
Carrboro
Aug 25, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

...if we had not had that pass we would have not gone. Afterwards we were glad we went. Tour was ok...guided by NBC Pages that obviously would have liked to be on ANY other assignment but they weren't. Both were very nice but this gig cannot compare to running crowd control for the Jimmy Fallon show. One complaint/comment....to be NBC... more

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4 of 5 stars
luv2sitec   26 contributions
New Hampshire
Jul 29, 2009

My girls enjoyed this tour...started w/a video of NBC through the years and then you were taken to many studios to see where they tape nightly news w/Brain Williams, SNL and a few other things...interesting facts were given along the way....at the end two people were selected to become a news reporter and a weatherman....the girl in our group that... more

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2 of 5 stars
alibeth   201 contributions
abu dhabi, united arab emirates
Jul 29, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

We spent most of our tour in the elevator of 30 Rock with 15 other people smashed together. You see where they film the nightly news, MSNBC, Saturday Night Live, Football and Sports Casts and a tv program of the guy of SNL making masks for the characters. There is an interactive extperience for two people out of 30. For... more

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The NBC Experience Store, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, NY 10112