Good-Bye to LA, Hello San Diego

Today we woke up and after a rushed breakfast, went to Sony Pictures. This tour was fun because we saw things here that we hadn’t at WB. We saw what they called was a foli room. Here is where they make all of the sound effects in the movies. We also saw the orchestra room where all of the soundtracks were recorded. They even showed us the $900,000 soundboard used for editing. We also got to view a few sets under construction for various shows and movies.

Our final stop in LA was Paramount Pictures. This tour was not the most exciting as we had seen most everything in the other studios. Paramount was only taping TV shows and unlike the other studios didn’t have any movies going on. One unique aspect of this studio was hearing about DesiLu Productions. We learned all about Lucy and Desi’s shows and surprisingly found out they were responsible for starting Star Trek and the Mission Impossible series. After getting divorced, Lucy and Desi sold their studio to Paramount under the condition that Star Trek and Mission Impossible were continued. Although it was interesting to hear about DesiLu Productions, this really wasn’t our favorite tour.

Once completing the Paramount Studios Tour we said good-bye to LA by sitting in traffic for 1.5 hours on our way out of the city. The entire drive took 2.5 hours and when we arrived in San Diego we checked into our hotel near the harbor and headed to dinner. We ate at La Playa Bistro which was only a few minutes away. After dinner we went back to the hotel and relaxed. Tomorrow is the zoo!!!