We spent a relaxing afternoon at Old Tucson Studios. We hadn’t been there since we were there on a grade school field trip! We could remember some things from when we were kids (such as seeing stuntmen in a bar room fight) and scenes from movies, but a lot had changed because of a fire that burned much of Old Tucson Studios years ago. It is still something to see and experience. While you will recognize scenery from recent movies and music videos recorded there, some scenes from older movies (McClintock, Three Amigos, Tombstone, etc.) are hard to place because rebuilding from the fire has changed things.
There is plenty to see as you walk around the grounds of Old Tucson Studios. There is an entrance fee to get in, and there are additional fees if you want to take the narrated stagecoach ride and/or train ride. We didn’t do the train ride. We did take the stagecoach ride, it was informative, but a little short.
While we had a good time while we were there, we left feeling like they could have structured their entrance/ride fees better, maybe an all-inclusive entrance fee? Overall, we enjoyed the trip, things changed from our childhood memories, but it was still a lot of fun!
I was a big fan of the high chaparral, big fan on old and new westerns, would be great to go there and make new experiences.