Tour Info – Please read before purchasing tickets.
When is the tour?
Tours will run Thursday, Mar 21, and Monday, Mar 25 2019. The tour is mainly a driving tour with various stops for photo opportunities and sights to see, with a short walking tour at the end. There are a limited number of seats available for each tour, to comply with vehicle safety regulations. Once a tour time slot is sold out there are no more spaces for that time slot.
Where is the tour pickup?
Tour Pickup is At the street end of the Best Western Coastline downtown. There is NO PARKING at the Best Western, please find parking for at least 4 hrs close by. We check in starting 15 min before tour starts. We leave promptly at start time due to scheduling of other tours. Look for our tour guides checking in. They will check you in and give you information for the tour.
Anything I need to know on my specific tour time?
We will not be stopping for breakfast, lunch or snacks. Please make a restroom run before joining the tour, as there are very few places to stop for a potty break on the tour.
Refunds will not be given if you miss the tour. Thanks for your understanding.
Are the tours handicapped accessible?
The tour vans have limited accessibility for disabled persons. If you can use a regular seat and seatbelt, but need wheelchair or crutches/other walking aids, we can accommodate you. Please let us know via email at info@treehilltours.com
What can or should I bring on the tour?
Due to space issues and safety of all passengers, please do not bring suitcases on the tour. Tote bags, purses, and camera bags are fine if they can be held in lap or placed at feet. If you have small props for photos please feel free to bring them as well. If you are going on the tour before you check into the hotel, you can ask the hotel to hold your bags for you until you return to officially check in.
What do I get with this tour over finding my own way around the city?
First and foremost we do not own or claim rights to any of the sites or properties on the tour. All of the places we will visit are publicly accessible and free of charge. We are offering a service of transportation, freeing you from the driving and mapping routes, and giving you the opportunity to go to these beloved places with other dedicated fans just like you. We will offer every opportunity for photos and fun, even bringing some props to make it more fun for you and to have more lasting memories of your trip. Basically we did all the work so you can have all the fun! You will also receive a gift for taking the tour with us as well.
Will I be able to visit every place they filmed?
Our tour does not cover every single place where filming took place, for several reasons. One, some places are inaccessible to the public, such as the actual high school gym they filmed in. It is still a working high school so we would not be allowed to visit it anyway. There are several places like this. Two, some places listed on filming site lists are private residences where filming ONLY took place in the backyard, and the front of the house was never seen on camera. Since we can’t got trotting into strangers backyards for our tour, we left these sites off our route. Finally, we cut some sites off our tour after weighing their visibility on the show vs. how long it would take to go visit them, such as the beach houses which would take 30-45min each just to drive to their locations. If we visited every site on every list, our tour would last for 10 hours and many of the sites would hold little meaning since we wouldn’t be able to see what we saw on camera anyway. We hope you understand and enjoy our choices of destinations.
Can I see the sets they filmed on in studio?
Our tour doesn’t visit the studio itself, and the OTH sets are not operational any longer. But you can arrange a visit to the EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington to tour their facility. Here is info to contact them for details –
Tours at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, NC
For more information, please call our tour hotline at (910)343-3433.
– See more at: http://studios.euescreengems.com/nc/tours/#sthash.vhmGrOLe.dpuf
FYI – other shows filmed in Wilmington and some still do film – check out more info here – http://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/hollywood-east/
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