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Dolby Theatre
2023 May 16
I watched 👀 the “Hairspray 💇🏻‍♀️ ✂️” musical 🎶 just last week at the Dolby Theater 🎭 and it was amazing 🤩😍! I ❤️ the ambiance ✨ of the theater, even though I have to admit that it looks a lot simpler in person compared to how glamorous 🌟 it looks on TV 📺 when big awards ceremonies 💫, like the Oscars 🏆 this year, have been hosted there 🙂!

I ❤️ everything about watching my very first musical 🎶 at the Dolby 🎭 😃! Overall, it is pretty easy and straightforward to get to on the weekdays. But I would imagine that it might.m be much more hectic on the weekends. I opted to come and watch the musical on a weekday, just for better ticket pricing 🎫, especially since I wanted to sit in the orchestra section for a change 😁!

“Hairspray 💇🏻‍♀️ ✂️” was absolutely amazing 🤩😍!! And it brought back wonderful memories of the movie musical 🎥 🍿 🎶 that came out in 2007 😄!!

I even treated myself to the signature Corny Collins’ cocktail 🍸 😋!

The entire ambiance ✨ and the inside elegance 😍 of the Dolby 🎭 made this such a memorable and fun 🤩 experience!

The only thing I think 🤔 could be better is if the Dolby would be willing to validate parking for people who see shows or attend events at their venue. There are restaurants and a movie theater 🎥 🍿 (in the same complex as the Dolby) that validates parking so you only have to pay a certain amount for parking. But the Dolby doesn’t validate 🤷‍♀️. So if you park in that shopping center 🛍️ parking structure, you just have to prepare to pay $6 per hour, with a total max of $20.
My sister really wanted to go on the Walt Disney studio tour 🐭 🎥 back in Fall 2022 🍂 . So she purchased the D23 Duo Gold membership 🌟 so she could have a better chance of booking a studio tour once the new dates came out for Nov and Dec.

I like Disney. However, I'm not the kind of person who would willingly shell out a lot of money for a Disney experience. But because she really wanted to tour Disney studios, I went along as her companion.

The entire studio tour lasted about 2 hours. Our guide was really nice and courteous 🙂! But because the studio lot is pretty small, I felt like there wasn't a whole lot to see.

The highlights are mainly Walt Disney's office 🖊 📑 and Pluto's Corner 🐶 🐾 . The employees were setting up props outside for "Beauty and the Beast 🌹" live.

We also got to hold one of the 20+ Oscars that Walt Disney won in his lifetime 😃! A real Oscar 🏆 is pretty heavy 😳! At least for our small hands 🙌!

But other than that, I personally didn't feel like it was worth the money we paid for the tour. Even with D23 membership, there wasn’t a huge discount for the studio tour tickets 🎫 and we still had to pay about $99 per person, which I think is pretty steep for a super simplistic and “no frills” studio tour. For what we actually saw, i felt like it really should have been 1/3 or 1/2 the price we paid. They do hand out collector pins at the end of the tour though ☺️!

I just went on the Warner Bros classic studio tour earlier this month and found it to be SO much better, much more reasonably priced, and a LOT more to see 👀😃! I would recommend saving your money for that studio tour instead 😉!