Joe and I just returned from a fabulous weekend in Atlanta. We decided to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary by doing the Walking Dead Tours. We used Atlanta Movie Tours and we were VERY pleased with them. We met at the Atlanta Movie Tour office bright and early at 9:30 am. We were signed up for two tours. This one was the Big Zombie Tour. Our guide, Michael, has been a walker several times on the show, so he was able to share lots of secrets and answer questions. Here is a picture of him as a Zombie.
We loaded up on an air conditioned tour bus and we were off!
We stopped at so many places. Most allowed us to get off the bus to take pictures. So...in no particular order, I'm going to share pictures from our morning tour. I tried to also include a picture to show the scene in the show.
When Rick rides into ATL on his horse.
This is also the roof where Merle was handcuffed.
Right up there!
The alley where Glen and Rick escape the walkers.
And where the tank was parked.
This is where they backed up the van to save everyone!
This is the department store where they were trapped.
Terminus
This is a place called the Goat Farm. Its basically an artists commune. This is where the Vatos goat farm was. They also filmed part of Hunger Games here. This was district 12.
I got a piece of coal left over from filming Hunger Games!
This is the hospital where Rick wakes up.
This is the bridge where you see Rick ride into Atlanta on a horse.
This is the CDC. Its actually a performing arts center.
This building served as the King County Sheriffs Dept. where Rick worked and where he returns to get his uniform and guns.
And this is the side of it where Rick says goodbye to Morgan and his son.
When the tour was over, we loaded up in the car and drove to Senoia, GA for Big Zombie Tour 2. This was also done by Atlanta Movie Tours.
Here are some of the stops from Zombie Tour 2.
This is the house where Rick and Carl hid out.
This is obviously the house where Carl eats pudding.
This is the street where Morgan had all the birdcages and walker traps set up.
His apartment is right here and we had keys to go in. The guy that owns it took pictures before the walking dead people took it down so he could recreate parts of it.
This is on the street in Senoia.
This is the bar where Hershall fell off the wagon.
This is the Walker Fight Club arena in Woodbury.
These are the stairs Michonne comes down when she discovers what is going on.
The town of "Woodbury" is actually the town of Senoia.
I saw the trailers where all of the actors hang between filming.
The town of Alexandria (see the walls!?) is where they are currently filming. Its actually a neighborhood in Senoia that they have blocked off. We were told that there are actually 4 houses that are occupied inside by normal families. How crazy would that be?!
Here are the gates to "Alexandria".
This is the area where Daryl kills Merle.
This is the barn where Rick and the Govener meet up.
They even have a table and glasses set up!
This is from the opening sequence.
This is a seedy motel where Michonne takes out a walker and stomps his head (our guide Michael!)
This is the wall that Rick gets thrown through.
This is the field you see in the opening credits that has a lone walker going through it.
There were a lot more spots too...just didn't want to totally overload you. If you are a Walking Dead fan, you would LOVE this tour!!
We were so tired after a day of touring so we grabbed a quick bite to eat at Antico's Pizza and some chocolate cake at Cafe Intermezzo.
The morning we left we hit up brunch at The Treehouse in Buckhead.
I had the most delicious waffle that I think I can recreate at home. Its a Georgia Pecan Waffle complete with whipped cream and maple syrup....so yummy!
If you have any questions, please let me know!!
