NBC Studio Tour - definitely NOT \"must see\"
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 8/8/08
We booked this tour ahead of time because my daughter was hoping to see either the SNL studio or Conan's or both...she even mentioned this to the booking agent. We saw neither. We did see the empty studio where the nightly news is broadcast, and could look through a window at MSNBC. We also looked through a window at some sort of operations centre...a bunch of screens and 2 guys drinking coffee.
I find it hard to believe that there isn't a schedule of what studios will be shown on a given day. As my daughter had expressed an interest in particular studios, one would think that the booking agent would have been able to let her know when those were scheduled to be shown.
We were amused by the obsession that the tour operators had with the possibility of anyone needing to use the bathroom...it was mentioned on booking, and several times before the tour started. Anyone unfortunate enough to need to use the washroom would be taken and then would not be able to rejoin the tour, we were told.
The tour guides we had were nice, but as many have mentioned, they were unable to answer questions, outside of their rehearsed lines. The security check was a little much for the very restricted route that the tour takes....and that was part of the 1 hour tour.
If NBC offered this free of charge as a promotion I would say okay, whatever - but at $18.00 each, they are making money on this....there were 28 people on our tour....NBC needs to make extensive improvements to this tour...it is the only disappointing attraction we have encountered so far in New York.