Star Trek Original Series Set Tour 

I had the pleasure of stumbling upon this place last year on a motorcycle trip through upstate NY. They have made a lot of small detail improvements. Sound effects, lights. They even had the cloud creature (smoke) from "Obsession" come out of the vent, just like in the episode. I was like a little kid. It's too cool.

I am from the UK and I grew watching the Original Series when it was first Broadcast on the BBC in 1969. Seeing this Vid brought a tear to my eye so many Childhood Memories.

Fabulous. I gotta get there.

Many years ago I got to sit in Captain Kirk's actual chair from the series, and I've got the photo to prove it. Then I stood in the actual transporter set on the discs. It was trip! Will never forget how cool that was.

It's some feeling sitting in that chair, isn't it?! I got to sit in the chair of the partial bridge set made for the TNG episode 'Relics' - even that was a thrill and my 13 year old self was flying that day!

I was fortunate enough to take the VIP tour of StarTrek in Las Vegas. A gift from my Mom!

Only 4 hr. drive. Took us 8, all the way from Orillia Ontario Canada! But well worth it!! We boldly went.

Last year my wife, brother, his wife, and I were just killing a day driving around Lake George trying to find the hotel my parents took me and my brothers to back in the first half of the 70's. By the time we got to Ticonderoga, at the northern point of the lake, the fort was closing. (For Revolutionary War buff's, stop there too.) So we start through town and we see this cheesy roadside sign about the Star Trek Tour. A quick U-turn later and we were in a parking lot of what looked nothing more then an old strip mall, with the Star Trek Tour sign over one of the stores. Expecting to be disappointed, we went in and took the tour. It was Freaking Amazing! Some of the items there were from the original set, while others were new recreations. They explained that this was a set tour, so ceilings were open and some walls, never seen on the series where the camera used to sit, were "intentionally left blank". Fans will want to touch everything, but that's not allow. But you can sit in the captain's chair and take a selfie with a big, nerdy, happy smile on your face. So for those who are fans. GO SEE THIS. For those with Revolutionary War friends, go see the fort first and then "just happen to find" this place.

Enjoyed seeing a fellow trekkie geek out over this stunning set. It makes me both sad and amazed to see the set. I want to go sometime definitely

We were lucky in the UK that it was Broadcast on the BBC. No Ad Breaks.

Yes, just did the trip...well worth it, I was pleasantly surprised. Good experience, I had learned lots from the tour guide and also got to ask a lot of questions about the materials used to make the set. My advice is to plan ahead and stay at a nice hotel at a larger urban area or the Lakes, (not a cheap one near Ticonderoga) then drive to Ticonderoga next morning to view the Star Trek Tour at your appointed time and also take in a tour of Fort Ticonderoga.

Good piece. Thank you for not snarking about this. I crewed on a couple of this group's fan film productions (before they moved to Ticonderoga from Port Henry), and it was an extraordinary experience. For someone who watched the old show dozens of times (if not more), you set foot on that Bridge set and you don't bump into the furniture because you already know where everything is.

I think they should have a Star Field Screen Saver (like Windows XP) on the Bridge main view screen at all times, or maybe some of the buttons on the consoles could change the video to other things like orbiting a planet or a battle with another ship.

I drove 6 hours and it was the culmination of my life growing up a Star Trek nerd. I get the same way you did. It was amazing for a guy who played Star Trek as a kid and built his own phasors and communicators

It looks exactly like the original series. Remarkably accurate. They've done an extraordinary job.

I tried to get my own bridge chairs for my cinema ST room and I can tell you very difficult and expensive to get hold off but worth it

I thought I was gonna get robbed. 🤣I HAVE to see this. Definitely bucket list material. Thanks for sharing.

Great Tour! Thanks for sharing!

When I clicked on this I thought it would be the bridge only. Imagine my happy surprise when I saw all the familiar rooms of the Enterprise. Just like you, I tried to stage an awful Star Trek dramatization when I was a kid, but yours was better!

This is the nicest RU-vid comment thread I've ever seen.

Just visited the set May 2019. They have done more work on the lobby. Great show, great set pieces. It was amazing. Had a great time.

This place is wonderful! I've been there, twice.

Come to Kingsland GA sometime as well. Another faithful reconstruction.

It's cool that you get both the experience of being on the Enterprise, but also the reality of being on the Start Trek set, and where all the rooms were in relation to one another with certain unfinished areas you would never see where the cameras were. I wish I was closer, I'd make that trip if I were a few hours from it. One more thing, when you sit in the captains chair, you have to cross your legs casually like Jim used to do.

My eyes teared up when you sat in the chair..........great thanks for sharing.

I was there last year. It's a surreal experience

So awesome!

What a fantastic place! I hope this continues to be available to the public!

My wife, best friend and I just recently, this past early Nov. 2016, took a trip up to Ticonderoga, NY to see the sets from the fan production Star Trek New Voyages/Phase II. We are a little under 3 hours to get to Ticonderoga, NY. It's a little sleeper town. I was really surprised that this was the location for a semi- professionally produced fan production of Star Trek. It was a real warm day for early November! The cost of the tour, itself, is fairly inexpensive, for what this is. Only $25 per person! Very affordable and there are 2 very affordable places to eat in town if you want to eat some lunch before going on the tour. We got to meet and talk with Mr. James Cawley (Capt. Kirk) and he was a real nice and down to earth guy to talk with! These set were nothing short of awesome and done real. Even with up close scrutiny. Lots of attention to even small onscreen details that get rarely seen by the camera. There were lots of little things and details that are there in these sets that will never, ever get picked up by the camera. Things like small screws and other conventional fasteners and such. There were not very many fans touring those sets that day. So, the tour went long. I was just like a kid in a candy store who was just given the keys to look after the candy store, even if it was for only a couple of hours! While I didn't think to take any video, the lightning of the sets was sufficient enough for still photography and I took about 200 images, or so, of these sets and all of the various details! Some sets are still a work in progress. The New Voyages team are still finishing up building the Engineering Room (they never had the budget or time to build this set for their fan series), but now that they are an official Star Trek Tour sanctioned by CBS, they can ask for money or get the needed funds to complete the Engineering room set, Auxiliary Control Room set and the elevated Emergency Manual Monitor set that overlooks the main Engineering room sets. What they have for the tour though is nothing short of fantastic! The red alert lights and sound are wired up to every intercom panel and red alert light on thees sets! The sets still make you feel like your are walking around a real space ship despite the filming/minimalistic building practicality of how these sets were built and laid out on a sound stage. The tour guide had always stressed during the tour the "only sets and things were built for the show Star Trek that were going to be seen by the cameras and nothing more!" My best friend and I, like most fans of the original series, already know much of the history and background of the Original Star Trek Series. So, neither one of us really stayed with the tour guides! I just spent most of the tour hanging around all of the sets and taking lots of photo/images. Got some with my wife and I my best friend an I and some with just me. The corridor sets, what they had built of Engineering and the bridge set were just fantastic! This is a day that all three of us will never forget! I can't wait to get back to see the rest of the completed sets next year! It was really surreal , after all of these years, to have an opportunity to walk through the Enterprise and all of her various room after watching this series on TV and online for all these years! It was really a childhood fantasy that finally came true. These sets, and the sets from Star Trek Continues, are the only sets in existence that nearly, exactly duplicate the original filming sets from the original 60's television show, that just transports you and your imagination back to the 60's when you were just a kid watching the original Star Trek on TV and finally living out that fantasy, on some level, by actually walking though your television, into these sets and inside the world of a intergalactic starship! A day I will never forget! A great video you made, guy! It was great to see these sets in an actual video. I'll have to do the same when I return! Hope you had fun, too!

Great video. I bought my tickets and am heading up on Sunday. Can't wait.

This will be the best vacation ever

Very cool love to go and see it myself. Definitely will plan a trip thanks for the video.

I can't wait

Man I'm happy for u... I'm in London uk and I want to experience this

I've done it! They did a great job. A real labor of love.

Marvelous. Brought a tear to my eye! Complete dream of going to other stars!

3:58 the moment you sit on that chair, and somehow the background music for Star Trek:Generations fits the scene.... I feel you bro... someday I'm going to sit on THAT chair, too! Amen to God.

Fantastic. Arranging a trip from the Netherlands to see it. Great video, well put together and professional.

I got to see these sets too and I agree they are amazing. I need to go back up there when the completed the engine room and decompression chamber. The sets are amazing, and yes it was worth the 17 hour drive to sit in the chair. I hope these sets are around for a long time.

a recreation built to the real blueprint specs of the OG show. So its close to the real thing as one will get. Considering I have sat in that chair on a similar bridge for a star trek set tour that stopped in my city, they actually had the main viewer on and it was the view of Earth in HD glory. it was worth the price of admission.

Good For You For Y'r Labor of STAR TREK Love!Will Come & Visit Asap! Can't Wait (Live In Indiana ).

I got to sit in Kirk's chair in 2007 (I think) when the TOS bridge visited San Diego.

It's so realistic it looks like your standing in front of a green screen. Amazing.

BOY!!! Can I sooo relate. Thank you for taking the time to make and post this "AWESOME" Video... LM

Thank you for that! It was wonderful!! Several of the paintings on the set walls are mine, like in the Transporter Room.

This is awesome. Thank you so much for letting us know where this is. Hopefully he sets up again somewhere soon. Thanks again for posting. 😆🖖

There is so much more that wasn't shown. Props, statues, items from that show. etc. This place in Ticonderoga is awesome & very cool. Cast members & extras are there all the time. The Batmobile was there once with the Bat boat.

i had no idea this was so close to me! I am just outside NYC. well worth a 3hr drive. I will be visiting in the fall

Visited last week. What they have done is amazing.

This is Awesome. Now to tell the wife why we must go to NY for vaca this year.

man,,,,,,,,,i cry in my eyes

Wish I lived in USA. Brilliant!

I will visit this place and it will be my holy grail moment.

WOW!! Lucky! God only knows if i'll ever make it there now that I live down south. That entire set was must've definately been a labor of love.

I live in upstate NY and visited the set last year. It Is amazing. They were very meticulous, every switch is correct. The captains chair is the very same model chair as on the original set. It feels like you are in Star Trek, if that makes sense.

This is incredible! Thanks for posting! It would be ten hours for me to drive, and about 8 hours from where my mom lives. I might have to take this trip one day!

Awesome. we are headed there in 2 weeks...

That’s wicked cool!

Thank you for sharing 👍

The most fascinating thing about this video is an Asian kid named Goldfrank!

If i ever get to make the pilgrimage, I might wet myself walking onto that bridge.

In 1977 I lived in Az as a child went to a ST convention an they recreated the bridge at the convention center in Phoenix

They have a set in Kingsland Ga too. They have filmed moves for the USS Farragut RU-vid movies.

If I'm going to visit this you had better know I'm dressing in my full James T Kirk costume!

I'm so jelly right now. It is really a work of art.

OMG I have to Go there Love it

I've sat in the recreation captain's chair they used for the holodeck scene in "Relics", it was part of a Star Trek exhibit that toured the UK about 20 years ago. My bottom and the late James Doohan's bottom have sat in the same chair! 😄 Kinda surprised they actually let people sit in it, to be honest. Also saw various filming models for ships, it was really neat. Great video, live long and prosper Tom! 🖖

Tom this really was quite on find, On your part amazing to sit in the very chair the Captain sat in. live long and prosper

The original series will continue on for eternity. I used to see it in reruns beginning in the 80s to this day.

Omg this is AWESOME

WOW, so cool! Wish I was closer.

I am so going here omg

Amazing. I'd be happy just walking those corridors all day, although it would be nice to have a sit down in the Captain's chair at the end of it!

There was a tour of some of the props in the UK in the mid nineties.I saw it at the Bournemouth International Centre.

Wonderful! Thank you for uploading! It would be nice if there was a set of the Excelsior, it looked so great in that movie, The Voyage home!

I want a warehouse with the Voyager sets. Nice and dark.

That is amazing. The stuff dreams are made of.

wish this was closer to me, that would be a great time.

I've got to make this pilgrimage! Especially since Shatner will be there in December on my birthday!

Wow. I'm choked up, man. No, really.

What an awesome video. You lucky bastard. I wish I could come up there and see it but living in Phoenix, Arizona is a long way and I dont have enough funds to fly hell I dont even own a car at this point.

Ah, very good!

so cool

Very cool, I would love to go! And by the way, you could pass for Rocky Marciano's son, you favor him a lot!

This looks better than the original.

To me; if it were me there on that set, it would be too personal an experience to video it for others to watch. I would want to just sit in the captains chair and reflect for like and hour. If I owned that set I would live in it.

Great Work ! :-)

awesome....

I live in northern NJI have to see if it's still there they have the Liberty science Fair two years ago you could get an email of yourself being transported. But that was a roaming tour I'm hoping this still there I can't w🤩great video me & my dog Chakotay thank you 🖖

So many Jolly Ranchers glued to stuff.

Bons tempos de star Trek, saudades!!

Wow, great job whoever are the set builders!

I sat in that same captain's chair three years ago.

Cool video very awesome 👍😎

I am soooo there! It’s 3 hrs away from me (CT) & will make my pilmagrage there before the years out for sure. This’ll be almost as exciting as when I met William Shatner at the RICC in 2017!!

One day I will sit in that chair..

Hi Tom, do you know how they did the action scenes when there were impacts on the bridge and the crew stumbled and held themselves tight? Was the bridge on a moving platform or was the camera just tilted and the actors deliberately stumbling around? Are there any pictures or videos of how this was done? Greetings from germany…

I live in Rochester, so so so wanna go!

Amazing! This is only possible in America :-) Now we need a Space 1999 moon-base, too. My favorite series in the 70s.

I have to go there next summer.