Pixar

So we had an opportunity to tour Pixar Studios in Emeryville and we would have been just plain dumb to pass it up. What a chance of a lifetime and perfect for all my boys (Marcus, Justin and Bryan). The tour was exciting from the moment we drove up to the gates that say Pixar. We parked and couldn't believe we were actually there. Both my boys and my husband love to make movies, watch movies, review movies, talk about movies, if it has to do with movies, they love it. Just walking up to the entrance to the building was fun since they had the big desk lamp from the very first short that Pixar ever did and the huge bouncy ball. The lobby had Buzz Lightyear and Woody made out of legos and it was lifesize. There were pictures of Toy Story all over the place, huge wall size watercolors. It was all decorated in Toy Story since Toy Story 3 is coming out soon. Upstairs was all decorated in Up since it just won an academy award. We were able to go in a screening room where they show the families of Pixar employees the finished movie before the public sees it and we went into a working room where the artists bring what they've been working on and show it to the director. It gets picked apart so they can then go back and work on their piece. We were able to see all the art that was upstairs too. It was all Up artwork and we could see how the artist was portraying a certain feeling or mood depending on the colors, shapes and tones used. After the tour we had lunch in the Pixar cafeteria while we asked questions of our wonderful tour guide. So fun. So cool. So amazing.