The O.C. Experience

Anaheim - Buena Park, United States of America

The hottest address in Southern California right now is the O.C! Newport Beach is famous for its picturesque sandy beaches, majestic coastline, and world-class shopping! Enjoy a day of sightseeing in this sophisticated beach town, topped off by a little retail therapy at Southern California's premier open-air mall, Fashion Island!

Escape for the day to world renown Newport Beach, crown jewel of the California Riviera and famous for its fabulous harbor, incredible beach front mansions and world class shopping. See where John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Tyrone Power, Buddy Ebsen and many of Hollywood's finest used to live. Today, Newport Beach continues to be the residence and playground to many sports celebrities, film and television stars.

Experience Newport Beach (approx. 30 - 45 minutes) and the Historic Balboa Fun Zone, a well-known hang-out for visitors and locals alike. Cruise beautiful Newport Harbor (approx. 45 minutes), home to multi-million dollar mansions and yachts belonging to famous celebrities of past and present.

Next, you'll visit Fashion Island, Southern California's premier open-air shopping and dining venue. Tour includes value added shopping and dining benefits at the Balboa Fun Zone and Fashion Island. 

USD $57.99

Traveler Reviews

Review by: LISA M	March 2012
great trip good value for money, had a great driver called Brendan who gave us loads of interesting info nice harbour cruise included to see the stars homes

Review by: JoAnn N	March 2011
I loved Newport beach and the harbour cruise. I wanted more time at the beach and less time at Fashion Island- 3 hours there was way too long.

Review by: Kimberley M	January 2011
I think this trip is worth while for two reasons: 1) there is a palm reader down by the water where you catch the boat who's pretty cool, and 2) going to Fashion Show Mall. The boat ride is cool, seeing all the houses and who the belonged to, but there's not much to do with the OC show, just a few locations. It could use some more OC content that's for sure.

Review by: Jackie B	July 2010
Enoyed it tremendously.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	November 2009
We loved Newport Beach and the boat trip round the harbor. This was the reason for us to take the trip as we had never heard of the program O.C. We would have preferred more time at Newport Beach at lunchtime and less time at Fashion Island.

Review by: Richard P, Australia	October 2009
It was a very good tour. We spent the right amount of time at each place. It was something different to experience from Anaheim. The bus driver was South African and made the tour with his jokes.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	July 2008
We didn't enjoy this tour at all, they left you at Fashion Island for more than 3 hours - crazy! We wanted to see more of Orange County. Also this tour is way too expensive. Definitely not worth it.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	June 2008
Didn't see anything good. Tour guide was just a bus driver that mumbled and didn't know anything!! Was very disappointed!!!

Review by: Nat P	January 2008
Although we had a terrific driver for this tour it certainly did not offer the O.C. Experience as per the US TV show which all of the passengers on tour were expecting. The driver was informative as far as real estate and information on Orange County itself as he was a local but you can imagine the disappointment of our 15 year old daughter, an absolute avid OC fan, and her newfound friends from Canada and Australia on the tour. The driver didn't even know what a Balboa Bar was for goodness sake! Anyone and everyone who has watched the OC knows what a Balboa Bar is! Needless to say the drive now knows, so we managed to educate a local on what the stars of the show rave about and offer to visitors of the OC e.g. Ryan to Teresa in Season 1. The saving grace was meeting a couple of terrific families which made the day enjoyable. For anyone looking to book this tour save yourself the time and money and spend an extra day at Disneyland or other LA activities.