CNN Greece Review

I would not spend $30 for two people to take this tour. This is definitely overpriced compared to what you get to see - CNN staffs working in a fish bowl - some hanging TV cameras and monitors - some fun facts and average videos - no photos are allowed. Finally, comes the worst part - they take your podium photo and print them in an album and ask for $35-$50 more - seriously what's the point of this business? They are going to trash those already 'printed' photo albums if we decline to accept them - as we did.

Tour guide was friendly, and the food court was very clean

We didn't make it for the time of tour but still had fun walking around with hubby and our friends. It was a very interesting place. Bought few souvenirs too at the CNN Store

Highly recommended if you're visiting downtown Atlanta

It was a short tour into the CNN headquarter. It took about 40 minutes.

A behind the scenes look at the CNN studio. Very interesting to see all that goes into broadcasting the news.

The tour is OK. It's a 50 mins guided tour and they show you how the newscasters work. The place is huge though.

CNN studio tour was a good experience. And it is informative. We could see the people working live and saw their studios and equipments. Escalator to the top of the building is longest one.

Tour was okay. Would have liked to see more "action" on the floor, but it was over the weekend. Tours can get crowded

Perfect for finally disentangling the true from the false of the media. During this visit I was able to see how the broadcasts worked.

The news, according to Einstein, everything is relative.

I'm giving the tour 2 stars instead of 1 because my tour guide was incredibly friendly and the staff was wonderful. That being said, this tour is not worth the $15 price. It is billed as a 50-minute studio tour but was actually a 30 minute tour of seeing employees staring at their computer monitors plus a 6-minute video and trip to the gift shop. Our entire tour (including the extras) was 40 minutes after which we were told that the tour was originally begun as a way for Ted Turner to charge people to ride the world's longest free standing escalator (which remains a tour highlight). The only studio we saw (through a glass wall) was for HLN, all of their CNN broadcasters are located in NYC (probably a better place for them to give a tour). If you've done the NBC studio tour in NY (which is really cool), don't expect this visit to be like it (as I did). You won't see any sets or control rooms. There was one prop desk at which guests can sit for a professional photo (your own pictures aren't allowed at this stop). I declined to have my photo taken after finding out the price to purchase it is $20 or $30 if you want a digital download...

I did enjoy lunch in the atrium where they have a ton of food options and huge screens broadcasting CNN.

Following this excursion I visited the World of Coke which I can't recommend highly enough. For the same price ($15), I have spent hours looking at exhibits, participating in interactive entertainment, and tasting sodas. If you have kids with you, the World of Coke instead of CNN is a no brainier. Your kids will love the tasting room and 4D theater plus the opportunities to make on screen Coke art and attempt to draw the Coca-Cola logo.

I hate to negatively review CNN, which I respect, but after having an amazing day at the Jimmy Carter Library ($8 ticket, and I spent 4 hours very interested and engaged) and having a great time at World of Coke, I felt compelled to make fellow Atlanta visitors aware. For an outing with your family, CNN really isn't worth the price tag.

CNN center is the CNN staff office building. When I came to Atlanta, I didn't feel like I had been to Atlanta. The square of the building is basically a gourmet area, mostly based on American food, burgers, sandwiches, ice cream and the like.
The CNN Tour is very worthy of participation. It will take you to some of the working backgrounds and props of the news production. However, the tour process does not open the photo, but it will let you simulate the anchor and broadcast the microphone with the microphone. The background is to use the key. You can purchase the photo after the tour. Basically, the first time someone goes to 100% will buy that photo!
Because CNN is an important media, it is also very likely to suffer from terrorist attacks. Therefore, security inspection is very strict, and it is wonderful to be alert when visiting.
The CNN Store on the first floor is worth visiting. Friends who like CNN can buy some CNN-related souvenirs, especially the mugs. When they go to work, they feel like they are drinking water. Haha.
If the budget permits, it is recommended to stay at the Omni Hotel next door. It is a special memory to call the room at CNN Square.

My only complaint it's too short. What an experience I could listen to Corey all day.

It was a fun tour. I recommend getting the City Pass. I didn't take any pictures, as you are not supposed to within the building. Tour guided so they can explain different attributes to the workings of CNN and affiliates.

Very boring it was an OK experience. Its about 50mins long the tour.

Can seem boring but it is pretty cool to check out every now and then.

The tour assistant was very knowledgeable and polite.

In this visit, I took the tour that starts every 20min. It's not too long and you get to see the actual studios from where they broadcast the news. It's a nice thing to do, a bit pricey though: $14 each adult. The building itself is so cool that it's worth the visit.

If you want to learn how news broadcasting works this place is good. Went with kids not much for kids and for me too it s not appealing as tickets are pricey and all we get is lectures about how studio works. A short movie about cnn to start the guided tour followed by guide showing different rooms. At the start of tour you are asked to pose as news anchors but that picture costs me 41$. They ll give 4 pics of different sizes. It s a choice you have to make whether to go this tour. Overall it was ok experience for us.

Took VIP tour. Our guide was great, he took time to explain and answer every questions. A bit expensive, difference with the normal tour is you can get into some of the shows while they re live and it s a smaller group.

I had a great tour at CNN, it was fun and entertaining.

Not worth the money , staff was rude , guards made you feel like you were in prison . One staff member screamed at a guest .

The CNN Studio Tour is very interesting! They bring you through many parts of the building, showcasing sets, equipment, and technology they use. If you ever get a chance to go to the CNN building, this 50 minute tour shows you the behind-the-scenes look.

Fun informative tour of CNN. You get to learn a lot of the behind the scenes as well as history of CNN.
But be warned, not handicap/child friendly.

The tour was a good experience. You cant take pictures in some parts of the place.

The best part of the CNN Studio Tours was seeing the inter workings of what goes on at CNN, everyone was really nice.

This is fun! FUN FUN FUN! I enjoyed the tour, watching the different areas of broadcasting the news, and it was very informational. The free standing escalator might have been the highlight of the evening for me lol I would definitely come back again.

Fun tour. I learned a bit about how the news is assembled.

Such a cool experience! Right in the heart of Atlanta so you can easily grab a bite to eat beforehand and then hop on over to the Civil Rights Museum or the World of Coke museum. We had a blast - our tour guide was awesome and we felt we definitely got our money's worth! This is also a great way to beat the heat during the summer!

Had a great time on the tour. Learned a lot and definitely enjoyed the very knowledgeable guide.

The food court has a good selection of food and there is live broadcasting news as long as they are open and it is connected to Phillips Arena where the Atlanta Hawks play.

I the CNN center food court offers a large veriety of options atblow costs my favorit being the chinese place in the lower cornerm however i gave it 3 stars simply because i don't agree with the anti-constitutional veiws profagandised while you eat in the food court. One story that had beennplaying was a politian that was calling for a ban on firing a weapon on private property. That called another politian racist because he called it unconstitutional under the second amement becacuse it would litteraly make self defense illigal if you can't fire your weapon in yoir home.

Our guide was very knowledgeable and nice. The tour was great

Our tour guide was very knowledgeable, but he went through the tour so fast. Probably because there was not much going on.
I saw a lot more during a previous visit.
I was very disappointed, especially because I went with guests.

It's cool to see what's going on behind the scenes at Cable News Network, but I've had better tours. Seeing some nostalgic memorabilia would make it cooler like the experience at the Coca-Cola museum nearby.

It was a great experience for me!
I can't wait to visit Atlanta, GA again.

Loved the tour. Not necessarily where I get my news, but enjoyed the behind the scenes.

You would feel great to know background technology involved to deliver news across world. It s a best place to visit. Never miss it.

Honestly you won't see much in this tour that you can't see going to your local news station. They basically just walk you around the building pointing to closed rooms and telling you what goes on in the room. You don't really get to see anything behind the scenes. Trust me when I tell you that your money is better spent seeing something else in Atlanta.

We did the Behind the Scenes tour and it was really good. Wish we had done the VIP tour because I'd have liked to have seen more.

A truly world-class tour! The guides were knowledgeable and fun; my wife and I were glad we made this part of our honeymoon itinerary in Atlanta.

I like being able to sew behind the scenes of such a big production

It was good and fun, just I didn't meet Carl Azuz, which is what CNN 10 said we were going to do.

a must go, nice and informative tour, takes less than one hour

This is a great place especially for families with children my 13 and 16 year old totally enjoyed it.

It was a rather informative tour and very enjoyable. However, you couldn't take pictures at all the places you stopped by, which given they were behind the scenes was understandable, but somewhat disappointing.

Fascinating opportunity to see behind the scenes of a working television production and broadcast centre. I took the VIP tour, the pinnacle of which was the opportunity to tour a live broadcast studio, standing just metres away from the news anchor behind the cameras. It was surreal to observe the one-sidedness of the broadcast the external correspondents not being visible in the pre-mix monitor available in the studio, and the actions of the news anchor when the cameras are not rolling. Other highlights include riding the world's longest escalator (I think) at the start of the tour. Value for money and highly recommended.

I haven't taken a tour here, but I've been to the food court several times. It's wonderful. Great selection of restaurants to meet your tastes. Super busy, however.

Didn't take the tour. Didn't need to. CNN is my boy!

The tour is very short. However, it is a place that must be visited for what this communication company means worldwide.

Very cool experience! Seeing the behind the scenes of the news we watch everyday was pretty amazing. To think that all of the chaos from breaking news, the fact checking, the editing, all goes on in these rooms is remarkable! Loved learning about the equipment and the news process as well

Did not exceed my expectations; tour is too short and large group.

What you are paying for here is essentially a tour of a working office. There are people at desks, at computers.... just like every other office in the country. There is nothing really to see, except a giant escalator at the start of the tour.

There are tantalizing bits of memorabilia about CNN's work in hostile environments, or stories they've broken, but these are never explored further. There are green screens and teleprompters to play with, but bizarrely only the tour guide ever gets to use them.

In this divisive era, CNN are missing a massive opportunity to tell the story of news-gathering, to explain how sources are found and how a story is built and broken to their viewers.

Absolutely amazing!!!!! Superbly impressive experience!!!!! Staff very friendly and helpful! Saw celebrities who were simply passing through the food court! Saw programs being recorded in front of us, the "Studio Audience"! Fantastic souvenir shop with all kinds of tv show t shirts, bottle openers, key chains, lanyards and what-nots!!! I will definitely return!!!