The 411 on the Anaheim Visitor Center

During our stay in California in July 2013, we took two tours offered by The Anaheim Visitor Center, AKA Anaheim 411 (that’s their Web address). I tried to find information about them on TripAdvisor before we booked anything, but it was difficult to pin down. Some people seem to have had bad experiences with them (it seems usually when they booked through a third party), others raved about the personal attention and smaller tour sizes.  We decided to take our chances and book with them as they were the only tour operator we could find that went where we wanted to go. Our experience fell on the high end of the spectrum, for the most part. They are a legitimate company (or were as of July 2013), they showed up, they did what they said they were gonna do, and it was fun!

The first tour we took was the Warner Brothers Studio and Hollywood combo. I’ll talk about Warner Brothers in a separate post as Anaheim Visitor Center has nothing to do with that tour—they just drop you off and pick you up there. And arrange the tickets. Plus you get a small discount in the gift shop.

Tour Guide Tom (who is also an owner of the company) picked us up promptly and gave us some Hollywood history lessons on the way to our first destination: Beverly Hills. Looking at my photos, I see snaps of a bunch of gates and driveways and some homes, but I cannot recall now who lived where. But at the time, we were all, “Yeah! Cool!” I think I can safely say that this one is Tim Burton’s house (or so Tom said):

Want!