Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tickets And Tour Types Compared

A Warner Bros. ticket is not one product. The studio's own site lists four tour formats plus an immersive add-on, Starline runs the shuttle bundles pairing lot entry with Hollywood sightseeing from Ovation Hollywood, and American Riviera Tours sells a separate private-pickup day. The standard listing, at from $79 per person with a 4.6 rating from 8,727 reviews, has the deepest review pool of any tour covered on Hollywood Studio Tours, but the $99 TCM Classic Films Tour, the $102 shuttle packages and the official-site-only Deluxe tour each buy a genuinely different visit. Picking the wrong one usually means paying for an experience you did not want, or missing one you did.

This guide lays out every route onto the Burbank lot, what each ticket physically includes, and which type of visitor each one suits. Each tour below lists its rating, and the live booking page shows the current price plus the cancellation terms. Ages, identification, parking and closure dates sit at the end of this guide, so read that section before you pick a date.

What Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tickets Cost

The bookable Warner Bros. options run from $79 to $1,198.98, and the spread is wider than most visitors expect. The standard lot tour lists from $79 per person for about 3 hours. The TCM Classic Films Tour lists from $99. The Starline shuttle packages start at $102, and the fully private day with Hollywood highlights runs from $1,198.98 per group of up to 5.

The standard tour, sold under the name Standard Warner Bros. Lot Tour, is the entry point. It combines roughly 45 to 60 minutes with a guide on a cart through the backlot and soundstages with self-paced time at Stage 48: Script to Screen, where the Central Perk set from Friends and the Big Bang Theory sets live. The listing states the booking includes Stage 48 and entry to the Friends Boutique. About 3 hours total is the official figure, and the route varies daily with production because Burbank is a working lot.

The tour day runs 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM with departures roughly every 30 minutes, and the studio closes the tour on November 3 to 5 and November 26. Children 5 and older are welcome, ages 5 to 17 with an adult, and every guest 18 and up needs government-issued photo identification to reach the backlot. More detail on those rules sits in the section on booking rules below, and the full Warner Bros. studio tour guide covers the visit itself.

Here is the full bookable field at a glance. Ratings and review counts are the listing figures; prices marked per group apply to the whole group, never per person.

The private day deserves a plain word: from $1,198.98 per group of up to 5, run by American Riviera Tours, it is premium private hire. The itinerary on the listing stacks the 3-hour studio tour with 45 minutes at the Walk of Fame, 15 at TCL Chinese Theatres and 10 at the Dolby Theatre. It is one of only three products anywhere on this site with hotel pickup, arranged with the operator after booking. For a group of five splitting the cost it competes with premium guided days in the city, but for a couple it is a different purchase category than everything else in the table.

The standard tour is also the one listing here that carries a real urgency signal: the operator's own Likely to sell out badge. The badge is the listing's, not a prediction, and the practical takeaway is simply to book before locking the rest of a Los Angeles day plan around it.

Which Warner Bros. Tour Type Fits You

Match the format to your reason for going, not to the price. First-time visitors and families with children 5 and up fit the standard tour. Classic-film devotees fit the TCM tour. Visitors without a car staying in Hollywood fit the Starline shuttle packages. Groups wanting a private day fit the Warner Bros. and Hollywood highlights tour.

The standard tour answers the question most visitors actually have: what does a working studio look like from the inside. It is the cheapest lot access, the most reviewed by a wide margin, and the most forgiving schedule-wise, since departures run every half hour through the middle of the day. Its weaknesses are that it is not small-group and that backlot access shifts with whatever is filming.

The TCM Classic Films Tour, from $99, spends 90 minutes with an expert guide, 30 more than the standard guided portion, and caps the group at 13 travellers. It adds the Property Department and the historic Rose Garden, and starts in a deluxe screening room with a welcome reception and light bites. The listing excludes parking, which is $20 per vehicle at the Tour Center.

The shuttle packages suit a specific visitor: someone staying in Hollywood without a rental car. All five Starline packages depart from the Starline Tours Visitor Center at 1738 N Orange Dr, inside the Ovation Hollywood mall, which is a central meeting point, not hotel pickup. None of them offers hotel pickup or drop-off.

For readers weighing Burbank against the other lots, the Los Angeles studio tours compared guide puts Warner Bros., Paramount, Sony and Universal side by side on price, length and age minimums.

The TCM Classic Films Tour Vs. The Standard Tour

The $20 difference buys a smaller group, a longer guided portion and three stops the standard tour does not make. The TCM tour runs a maximum of 13 travellers, 90 minutes with an expert guide versus 45 to 60, and adds the Property Department, the Rose Garden and a screening-room welcome with light bites.

Both tours list a 4.6 rating, but the review pools tell different stories: 8,727 reviews for the standard tour against 253 for TCM. The standard tour's rating draws on a much larger review pool than the TCM tour's, so treat it as the steadier signal when comparing the two. Neither tour carries an age difference; both follow the studio's 5-and-over rule.

The TCM format is built around the studio's Golden Age history rather than current production. The screening-room welcome with a beverage and light bites sets the tone before the cart rolls out, and the TCM-branded cart itself is part of the experience. The Property Department, where the studio's working inventory of dressings and period props lives, is the stop most classic-film visitors cite as the reason they paid the extra $20.

The standard tour is the better fit for visitors whose pull is current television and the interactive exhibits. Stage 48 is self-paced, and the Friends and Big Bang Theory sets, the DC heroes and villains collection and the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts recreated sets all sit there, topics the sets and exhibits guide walks through in detail.

Shuttle Packages From Hollywood Explained

Three Starline packages pair Warner Bros. entry with a round-trip shuttle from the visitor center at Ovation Hollywood, from $102 to $112 per person. Each adds either a Celebrity Homes tour or a hop-on hop-off bus ticket. None includes hotel pickup; every departure starts and ends at 1738 N Orange Dr.

The two $102 packages differ in the city half. One, listed as the WB Tour, Homes or Hop-On Choice, pairs the studio entry with a choice between a Celebrity Homes tour or a 24-hour hop-on hop-off route, and runs the studio portion at about 2.5 hours. The other, the WB Tour Plus Celebrity Homes package, is a fixed pairing with a 2-hour Celebrity Homes and Lifestyle tour for about 8 hours total, with an itinerary passing the TCL Chinese Theatres, the Dolby Theatre, the Hollywood Sign, Beverly Hills, Rodeo Drive, Mulholland Drive and the Sunset Strip. The $112 variant swaps the homes tour for a 24-hour hop-on hop-off ticket with a multilingual audio guide.

The ratings on all three sit below the direct studio tour's 4.6, which reflects the bundle rather than the lot visit: the draw here is transport and a full day in one booking, not a better studio experience. All three carry free cancellation up to 24 hours, and all three run in English, with Spanish and French noted on the choice package.

The packages also solve a real logistics problem. The Burbank lot is not walkable from any hotel district, parking is $20 per vehicle at the Tour Center, and the transit route involves the B Line and a connecting bus, covered in the parking and getting there guide. For a visitor based in Hollywood, the shuttle is the difference between a one-booking day and a two-venue commute.

Official-Site-Only Tours: Plus, Deluxe And Superman Experience

The studio's own site sells four products that appear on no booking listing: Studio Tour Plus from $160, the Deluxe Tour from $330, the Superman Experience from $39 and a Bundle And Save option from $99. These tickets are sold only through the studio's own site, wbstudiotour.com, and are not bookable through this page.

Plus, from $160, layers extra access, a welcome beverage and pastry, and lunch at the Central Perk Cafe onto the standard format. The Deluxe Tour, from $330, is the studio's flagship: about 6 hours total with a 3-hour guided portion, additional access, and a VIP lunch in the Warner Bros. Commissary. For visitors deciding between Deluxe and the $1,198.98 private day, the difference is scale: Deluxe is a small premium group product on the studio's own calendar, while the private day is a bespoke city-and-studio itinerary with hotel pickup.

The Superman Experience is the odd one out: not a lot tour at all but an immersive game set in the Fortress of Solitude, running Thursday to Monday, 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays and on November 26. The bundle, from $99, pairs it with the standard tour and is the cheapest official route to both. Tickets and hours for every official format are listed on the studio's official tickets page.

Booking Rules, Ages And Cancellation

Every Warner Bros. format shares the same lot rules: ages 5 and up, an adult with anyone 5 to 17, photo ID for every guest 18 and older, arrival 30 minutes before the tour time, and a $20 per vehicle parking charge. Cancellation differs by product: the listed tours carry free cancellation, the studio's own bookings are handled under its own terms.

Security is the step that surprises visitors. Everyone passes a metal detector and bag screening before the Tour Center, large bags are discouraged, and valid government-issued identification is required to enter the backlot at all, a driver's licence, state ID or passport. The full requirements are on the official FAQ page. Tours run rain or shine, and walking is part of the 110-acre backlot route; wheelchair-accessible carts operate in most cases and the studio loans wheelchairs free.

Photography is partial: the guide signals when photos are permitted, and video is not allowed. This is a working lot, so no route, set or stop is promised in advance, and the route varies daily with production.

Seasonal Events And Timing Your Ticket

The Gilmore Girls Holidays event runs December 12, 2026 to January 3, 2027, closed December 25, with an event-only ticket from $79 and a bundle with the studio tour from $124. It transforms the Stars Hollow backlot into a holiday experience, 10 AM to 8 PM daily, and it is the only seasonal offering announced at the lot.

Visitors holding standard tickets inside the event window should simply know the lot's energy shifts toward Stars Hollow, and that the event ticket and the studio tour are separate products unless bought as the bundle. Nothing else seasonal has been announced at Warner Bros., and anyone planning around spring should note the Oscars ceremony on Sunday, March 14, 2027 at the Dolby Theatre brings street closures around Hollywood Boulevard and Highland, which affects the Starline package departures from Ovation Hollywood more than the Burbank lot itself.

The cheapest point of entry never changes format: the standard listing at from $79. Prices vary by date, and both the official site and the listings move with demand, so the figure to hold is the floor, not a promise.

For the standard tour specifically, booking ahead carries no penalty: the listing offers free cancellation, and it carries the operator's Likely to sell out badge. Check availability on the live listing before building the rest of the day around it.

How To Decide In Under A Minute

Answer three questions and the choice makes itself. Do you have a car? If no, take a Starline shuttle package. Is classic film history your reason? If yes, take TCM. Otherwise take the standard tour and, if the budget allows and you want lunch and deeper access, check Plus or Deluxe on the official site.

Families with children between 5 and 10 have one less decision than they might think: every Warner Bros. format shares the same age floor, so the choice is purely about content and pace. Visitors who want the studio plus a full Hollywood day in a single booking get it from either $102 package. Groups who want a private guide and hotel pickup have exactly one product, the Warner Bros. and Hollywood highlights day, and its price is a group price, from $1,198.98 for up to 5 travellers.

The one purchase to avoid is the accidental one: buying the standard tour when the TCM format was the actual interest, or buying a package when a rental car is already sitting in the hotel garage. The tables above are the fastest way to check what each ticket includes before committing, and every listing here shows its own full itinerary at the point of sale.

Common Questions About Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tickets