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Holiday Lights and Movie Sites Tour
New York City, USA
- 2 hours 30 minutes to 3 hours
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Enjoy the spectacular Christmas lights and holiday movie sites in New York City on this guided bus tour. While the filming locations can be easy to overlook on your own, joining a tour ensures you don’t miss any of the iconic attractions or hidden gems. Plus, the guide matches the locations to their on-screen movie clips along the way.
- See NYC’s holiday splendor on a bus tour of movie filming locations
- View the spectacular lights and holiday window displays throughout Manhattan
- Learn entertaining tidbits and insider secrets from your guide, a New York City actor
- Pose for a photo in front of the festive Lincoln Center tree
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Heated transportation
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 1889 Broadway, New York, NY 10023, USA
Departure Point: Meeting location provided on voucher Address: 63rd and Broadway - outside Starbucks Directions: • Please call our office at 212-683-2027 if you are having any trouble finding your guide. The guide will be holding a Holiday Lights & Movie Sites sign in their hands.
Start time
06:30 PM
End point
- Bryant ParkNew York, NY 10018, USA
Bryant Park between 40th and 42nd Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenues
What To Expect
This New York City holiday sightseeing tour begins in Manhattan. Hop on your tour bus, and head to Central Park West, home of the world-famous Thanksgiving Day Parade and one of the key filming locations in the movies Elf and Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
Then it’s on to the Upper West Side to relive holiday scenes from Scrooged and New Year’s Eve before moving on to Lincoln Center for a festive photo op with its beautiful Christmas tree.
In Central Park, relive the scenes from Wollman Rink in Home Alone 2 and the Bethesda Fountain in Elf. On the Upper East Side, see the restaurant from Serendipity. Back in midtown Manhattan, remember scenes from Eloise at Christmastime and The Family Man before hitting Rockefeller Center for a viewing of the most famous Christmas tree in New York—as seen in Home Alone 2, Elf, and Noel. Continue down Fifth Avenue, and find the decorated windows at Lord and Taylor before finishing your tour at Bryant Park.
Then it’s on to the Upper West Side to relive holiday scenes from Scrooged and New Year’s Eve before moving on to Lincoln Center for a festive photo op with its beautiful Christmas tree.
In Central Park, relive the scenes from Wollman Rink in Home Alone 2 and the Bethesda Fountain in Elf. On the Upper East Side, see the restaurant from Serendipity. Back in midtown Manhattan, remember scenes from Eloise at Christmastime and The Family Man before hitting Rockefeller Center for a viewing of the most famous Christmas tree in New York—as seen in Home Alone 2, Elf, and Noel. Continue down Fifth Avenue, and find the decorated windows at Lord and Taylor before finishing your tour at Bryant Park.
On Location Tours New York City
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
New York City (Pass By)
Fifth Avenue
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Pass By)
Macy's Herald Square
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Bloomingdale's
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Central Park (Pass By)
Rockefeller Center (Pass By)
Bryant Park
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Limited wheelchair accessibility. Buses are not equipped with wheelchair lifts. Storage is available for foldable wheelchairs. Passengers must be able to get on and off the bus of their own accord. Wheelchairs may be taken out at the stops if desired.
- All tours are led by tour guides, and take place on luxury coach buses. Buses are air-conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter. Most buses are equipped with bathrooms.
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Most travelers can participate
Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Reviews
4.0
64 reviews
Leslie_P, Dec 2023
Saks 5th Ave & Dior, Cartier window displays were beautiful. The Cartier building was also a favorite as well as the Rockefeller tree.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
Thank you!
Kris_S, Dec 2023
The movie knowledge was great, the timeliness of the bus and fun atmosphere was exactly what we needed after hitting all the tourist lines and attractions. The communication prior to the tour was helpful.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
Thanks for joining us!
Thomas_K, Dec 2023
I’m 68, have traveled a lot and never had a bad tour. I did this tour with my wife and she had the same impression. I hardly have written any reviews but I want to warn future travelers on this one. This Holiday Lights and Movie Site Tour is a great tour idea. Our guide did his best with what he had but overall this was a Terrible Terrible tour. So bad, I’d like to ask for my money back.
Problems. 1.) A 30 minute late bus, 2.) A bus with heavily tinted windows which made seeing lights on this Xmas light tour really really hard (an open top bus would have been better), 3.) the bright white bus video screens glared in your eyes making it hard to focus out the heavily tinted winds to see lights. 4.) Xmas movie clips were not synced well with our location. 5.) smell of urine on the bus.
We got off after 40 minutes at the first tour stop and our 30 minute walk back to our lodging was way more enjoyable than this tour.
Kathryn_D, Dec 2023
Unfortunately, I can’t say that there were any memorable experiences.
I took this tour once before, and I would’ve rated it at 10 stars.
However, our guide did not seem knowledgeable and admitted that working the video was her first time. It was actually a disaster.
Most of the time, when she would describe a certain experience that we were about to have, we either passed it up or never saw it. It was very confusing.
She directed us to restrooms at the plaza hotel, in the street of shops that had been closed for three years.
My general sense was that she was not as knowledgeable as she should’ve been possibly should’ve had a script to follow. She was telling the driver where to go.
Katherine_A, Dec 2023
Well it got us out of the cold.
I guess that’s worth 116.00
Would have liked more interesting facts
More of an adventure,
Response from Host, Dec 2023
We are so sorry to hear this, as we normally get great reviews on this tour! Can you please email us at erin@onlocationtours.com letting us know who your tour guide was?
Jennifer_G, Dec 2022
So much fun. Tour was great informative. I highly recommend. My daughter enjoyed too. Both on bud and they let you off to take pics too.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you!
Anthony_S, Dec 2022
Stephanie was great. She was hilarious . I highly recommend this tour when you come to New York!!!!!
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for this review!
Marisa_K, Dec 2018
Excellent tour Benji was very knowledgeable and entertaining..would definitely recommend to anyone ..
Climber39004865175, Dec 2018
My friend and I were a little disappointed with this tour. We thought there would be more light displays and more variety of movies featured.
jennifer_h, Dec 2018
Took the tour with 2 kids (11&14) and grandma. We all loved it - the holiday scenery was stunning - especially the department store windows. Nice way to see the sights in comfort after a long day of walking around the city. It was fun to see the clips from the movies and match the locations up in real life. It was a Saturday night tour and we did not have the traffic problems that others complained about. All in all I would recommend this tour to others.
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