Earlier this month I went to visit Senoia, Georgia. I had to see where they filmed the Walking dead, in person. You probably have noticed by now I'm a huge Walking Dead fan. And yes you guessed it, Daryl is my favorite character, one of them. =) I also like Michonne, Carol, Rick, and Beth (only cause I hope Daryl hooks up with either her or Carol lol)
I visited Senoia, hoping I would see Norman Reedus or any of the actors randomly walking through town. But of course I visited on a weekend when they were off, and not filming. =( Oh well, moving on.
We arrived pretty early, and decided to walk through the town, and see if we seen anything familiar from the show.
Of course one whole block of downtown Senoia is where they filmed Woodbury. =) Obviously.
Such a nice place, small shops, I can see actors walking around this town feeling quite relaxed despite the tourists, like myself. lol
Noticed this on the sidewalk, every other TV show/movie filmed here had its own brick.
Finally The Woodbury Shoppe opened. We spoke with the owner/manager before she opened. She was very nice, and gave us some info about where they have filmed at. I kinda went a tad bit crazy and bought several things from the shoppe. (yea, I'm not telling exactly how much I spent. lol)
All this, plus a Woodbury shirt, and an Ass Kicker onesie for my niece. =)
The Woodbury Shoppe was such an awesome place, not only did they have souvenirs for the obsessed fan, but they had tons of stuff in the basement. Here's just some of it. =)
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| My kids trying to keep those doors shut.. or trying to open them.. who knows. lol |
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I loved this display. Would've liked to see the real Daryl though. ;)
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Don't think I'll be going in this cell... lol
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| The Governer's heads, and Penny's cage!! |
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You could can visit the prison at the Shoppe also. =)
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All over the walls was autographs
After we left the Woodbury Shoppe, we drive around the town to find more filming locations, thanks to my handy little book "Locations-Locations of TWD Seasons 1-4" we found a few that were in Senoia.
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| This is set of Season 5, where they are filming right now. Looks like a burnt church, I was told they built it to be burnt. |
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| Trailers where they are filming. |
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| Sign on the road that takes you to the set. |
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| The wall surrounding where they are filming. Word is, it might be there for 2-3 more years... |
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| These tracks were right at the end of town. The track isn't used anymore, so it's where they filmed a lot of the track scenes. |
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| More tracks. |
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| Seen this truck across the road from where the set is, though I'd take a picture. =) |
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| They filmed the prison here, built a whole set that looked just like a real prison. Also in the woods around it, they filmed the governor throwing bodies in a lake off a dock. |
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| I believe this is Milton's Lab/ Governors Military head quarters |
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This is where Merle has his last drink before he goes to the stand off with the Governor and becomes a walker.
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The Claimed House, Carl and Rick hide out here and later Michonne shows up. Then Rick gets a surprise visit from a Claimed gang.
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| This house wasn't filmed much at all on the outside, but a lot on the inside. I spoke with the owner, and he told me that they filmed the scenes where Michonne and Carl walk into a house and find bodies laying in beds, as well as the weird picture of a lady with sunflowers. |
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| This is the pudding house, while in the Claimed house, Carl leaves on his own, going inside this house, finding a can of pudding, setting on the roof, and eating it. |
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| This is the church that was in Season 2, called Sophia's Church. The group goes searching for Sophia, as they run through the graveyard, Daryl enters the church asking, "JC if he is taking any requests." |
Overall my trip to see Woodbury was pretty awesome. I highly recommend going if you're a true Walking Dead Fan. And if you go, take the tour, it's long, and like $20 a person, but I wish I would've taken it. If I ever go again, just me and my husband, I definitely would. And if you're lucky and go when they're filming you might run into the actors just walking around town or setting having coffee at the local coffee shop. =) (BTW, 2-3 days before we went Norman Reedus was having coffee outside the coffee shop. Just my luck.. lol )
Check out the Woodbury Shoppe's facebook page for their info, and they also post pictures of their customers and any actor who decides to visit! =)
https://www.facebook.com/WoodburyShoppe?fref=photo
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