Tour the Atlanta headquarters of America's first all-news television network, CNN, on this 50-minute guided walking tour. Watch news feeds from CNN bureaus worldwide and peer inside CNN's high-tech special effects studio. Learn how a live news broadcast is produced and broadcasted to millions of viewers worldwide, and watch correspondents and producers hard at work putting together CNN's around-the-clock news stories. You can even get a souvenir photo of you behind an anchor desk!
Present your voucher at the tour box office at the base of the escalator and receive your timed ticket for your journey into the heart of CNN's headquarters. On the Inside CNN Studio Tour, you'll get an up-close, in-depth look at the pioneer of the 24-hour television news format.
The studio tour is an approximately 50-minute guided walking tour that provides a view into the newsrooms and studios to see firsthand how CNN gathers and reports the news. Learn about CNN's history from your informative guide and visit a control room theater, where you'll learn all about how news broadcasts are put together.
Next, head inside a special effects studio to see how weather maps and on-air graphics are created. Watch live news feeds, see journalists at work in the main CNN newsroom, and maybe even see newscasters broadcasting live. Don't miss the chance to get a souvenir photo of you behind an anchor desk!
Before or after your tour, explore the many shops and restaurants at CNN's massive headquarters. With tours running approximately every 10 minutes throughout the day, this fun, educational tour is easy to fit into your schedule and ideal for the whole family!
Wonderful experience to visit CNN studio building and have guided tour through various offices that process daily news - both home and abroad.
Review by: Kyle T, January 2018
We didn't have a very good tour guide. There was a woman who had a daughter that was making a little noise and he asked her to leave. I'm not going to ask you again. It just set a weird tone for the rest of the tour. I'm sure it's a cool tour, ours just felt like a dud.
Review by: Ken W, October 2017
Tour guide was outstanding and was interesting. Everyone was friendly. The escalator was amazing. It was a very good tour.
Review by: gary b, October 2017
Felt like I got a great look inside the newsroom!
Review by: Nancy R, September 2017
So Awesome. Addison, the tour guide was funny and informative. I laughed and learned and would absolutely do it again!
Review by: Melanie M M, July 2017
Enjoyed the tour however my goal was to discover how they differ in delivering the news from regular channels doing their 6PM reports. Specifically how do they handle breaking news, what qualifications do the staff possess to be employed by this organization, how do they work with getting news from other countries. Because of the brevity of the tour - 50 minutes - combined with the knowledge the tour guide had to report to next tour group, time to ask questions appeared limited. Tour guide did ask those which I was able to pose during the duration of the presentation.
Review by: burneyjacq, July 2017
Awesome _br/_ Awesome _br/_ Awesome _br/_ Just couldn't take pics_br/_ Really enjoyed this
Review by: Ruth A, April 2017
This was a great behind-the-scenes tour of CNN. It was great to understand how the news is created and the domestic and international influence in the news. The CNN Center is a great place to get lunch, shop and tour. Great experience!
Review by: Ailin L, January 2017
My tour guide really fascinates me!
Review by: Linda V, October 2016
Totally interesting and informative. The tour guide took time to answer questions and you had the opportunity to take some fun photos. I would highly recommend.
Review by: Kathleen H, October 2016
We enjoyed seeing and hearing about the development of CNN and being inspired by the key people in the organization today. However, because we toured on a Sunday, there was not much activity to see in the various studios, and much of the broadcasting was taking place at the other studios in NYC and Washington, DC.
Review by: Carlos L, September 2016
The tour was fine and very informative.
Review by: Geneva P, September 2016
We had the opportunity to take the old CNN tour awhile back. It was a wonderful tour. I was told they made changes to the tour. Personally, I believe the changes were do to security. We had a private tour I am handicapped so we used the elevators to go from floor to floor. There was security people everywhere. They do not put you up in a gallery to watch the live feed of CNN anymore. You see films of how they operate and are shown live operations behind glass walls. It was a fine tour full of information.
Review by: Amy, September 2016
Got a brief idea of what's going on in CNN. The tour guide was very friendly and talked about some history and development of CNN. Got to know how CNN runs in brief. Yet, the tour is rather short, it's actually half an hour. If you want to go deeper, I may recommend you to join other tours like Morning Express or VIP tour.
Review by: Mlaird35, September 2016
The tour is out dated. No real experience or education. I was very disappointed.
Review by: Alicia P, August 2016
This was a very informative tour. We highly recommend it for everyone as it's fun to see what goes on behind the scenes at a television studio.
Review by: Nancy J, August 2016
Don't use Viator to buy tickets! They do NOT make changes. We booked a tour and then wanted to upgrade our tickets. Several attempts to reach them went unanswered. We ended up loosing 47 and booking another tour through CNN. I would NEVER use this site again. However that said, the CNN tour was great. JUst don't book anything through Viator.
Review by: thealittle, July 2016
My wife and I took my 92 year old mother on the ADA tour in a wheel chair. We enjoyed the tour and it was very accommodating to our needs.
Review by: Spencer B, July 2016
I enjoyed, It was good.
Review by: Dayana F, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Michele C, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Kent S, June 2016
The tour was okay. Nothing special, but worth the price for the 50 minutes.
Review by: Sandra O, June 2016
Amazing and one of a kind.
Review by: Jessel M, June 2016
Very interesting... The morning tour was not crowded at all and our tour guide was very personable.
Review by: Judith B, April 2016
This tour was very interesting and informative.
Review by: Certeria C, April 2016
Absolutely AWEsome! We happened to be there on the day of Nancy Reagan's funeral and we were able to see everyone working on the news floor to ensure proper coverage. The behind the scenes tours were great also. Most of all, we were able to take a picture behind a mock news desk!
Review by: Michelle D, January 2016
The inside of this building is amazing. The first floor has a huge food court so plan your visit accordingly as this is the easiest place to grab something quick in the area. The tour was quick but covered everything. We were able to see a live viewing. Overall it was well well worth the time!
Review by: Virginia B, November 2015
Very good!
Review by: rl75237, October 2015
Exhausting, but enjoyable.
Review by: Anonymous, October 2015
Very interesting behind the scenes tour.
Review by: TINA D, September 2015
Really good fun and interesting.
Review by: Angelica W, September 2015
It was a good tour, no frills...
Review by: Marlene P, August 2015
It seemed like it took quite awhile to get my confirmation by e-mail. When I did get it_br/_
and printed it, everything went well. Just presented it at the tour booth and set a time_br/_
to take the tour. Also, I think the price was better than through CNN directly. Thanks.
Review by: Audrey L, July 2015
Tour was on time and very good. We took the steps downward and they were just fine. Good presentation of the CNN operation.
Review by: Anita, June 2015
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Ann M, June 2015
Very informative!
Review by: Marijean Z, May 2015
I must begin by saying that our guide was not the most personable, but he definitely knew what he was talking about and we felt we got a good overview of CNN. It is well worth the time. The building is quite amazing.
Review by: Nduche O, March 2015
Great tour.
Review by: Richard M, May 2014
The best thing is having a souvenir photo taken at a news desk, also a live audio of the producer's comments. The big drawback was that there was no sighting of the actual TV anchors in action. Still well worth doing the tour.
Review by: Melissa D, February 2014
Great tour...BUT, the tour would not take my VIATOR reservation! So I had to pay again... So if you are making your reservation through this website...DONT, it sucks.
Review by: Mike A, January 2014
It was very interesting and knowledeable. I thought the young lady was well versed and did an excellent job passing it on to us. Thank You
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