After seeing an amazing deal on Wowcher my friend & I decided to go to Ripley's Believe It or Not! in London. I go past it all the time and I've always wanted to go as I didn't get to go when I was in Orland, Florida but with it normally being £50 for two people it was never really that high on the list of places to go. We were lucky enough to pay £22.95 for fast track tickets so £11.48 each.
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| Massive rocking chair. Apparently it was used to advertise. |
I was actually like a child at Christmas and honestly couldn't wait to get there. We arrived around 2:40pm, we got our tickets and got in the lift to the 5th floor where you start off (you work your way back down) We went through a few rooms, some amazing things but I was a little dishearten. I guess when you hype something up to yourself you can be disappointed with the outcome if it doesn't meet your expectations. Just as I was really starting to enjoy it it all went wrong.
We were at 'The Dungeon' and there was a gate with the title "believe it or not this gate opens" after about a minute of pretty much attacking the gate trying to open it an alarm started to go off, it made us jump a bit and we honestly thought we set the alarm off by trying to open the gate, thinking we shouldn't have been touching it. We carried on walking until I could smell burning and looked over the balcony to see everyone leaving, it turns out it was the fire alarm! I was a little shocked that there were no staff members to tell us where to exit and even tell us it was a fire alarm, it just sounded like any alarm you'd hear at a museum if you touched part of the display and you're not allowed. We walked down the fire exit which was about 5 floors and we kept getting lost as it wasn't amazingly displayed as to were to go, I spoke to a member of staff and she signed our tickets to be able to go back a different day. It's a shame that I had been waiting so long to go there for something like this to happen.
Overall the part of the exhibition I did see I did enjoy and I can't wait to go back and see the rest. Hopefully they honor our tickets and I don't have to complain, I guess I'll keep you posted on what happens.
Here are a few pictures from the day.
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| 12 Miles of yarn - A full size Ferrari made entirely of wool |
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| Michelle Obama made from bottle caps |
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| Made with match sticks! |
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| New beau |
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| MJ made out of sweets |
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| Not the most flattering picture |
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| Beatles on Beatles |
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| 'ugly' lady |
Have you been to Ripley's before?
To be continued...
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Aww that's such a shame that the fire alarm went off just as you were starting to enjoy yourself. I hope all the good stuff is at the end when you go back so you don't have a second wasted journey :)
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I never been to Ripleys before! The photo and the fun you have was pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteHey, don't be disappointed you still have the second chance to visit them.
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I've never been to Ripley's, but always wanted to go in. Thanks for sharing your experience x
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Fine piece of art.. I dunno it looks so nice inside Ripley's.. giglove http://cre8tonebabe.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteNever been to Ripley's before. Wonder what Michelle's pic is made of. GIGLove
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Ive never been to ripley's before. Such a fun place. I wanna go there too. Thanks for sharing your experience. The pictures look so nice.
ReplyDeleteNever been to Ripley's before. would love to go in future!
ReplyDeleteI was such a kid when I visited the Ripley's museum in our country! Unfortunately, it's closed now. BUT, super happy that I got to visit it at least 3 even!
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I haven't been there. I'm so looking forward for more photos from you. It's sad to read that you were forced to go back another because of the misfortunate event.
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I never been to Ripleys before. it should great to be here <3. You make me one to be there now
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Great post, really enjoyed reading it, thanks for sharing!! GIG Love!
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I used to watch this show before and really enjoyed it. Next time I'm in London I'm totally visiting this place, just hoping the fire alarm won't go off!!
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Well, this show once aired in my country for a while. I guess it wasn't very well received and I didn't hear of it again. So till now, other than the show title, I really have no idea what's this show really about. The exhibits looks quirky too.....
ReplyDeleteAnyway, on the fire alarm incident... It's pretty bad isn't it? The safety measures doesn't sound like its up to the mark!
The photos are great and I'm glad that you had a great time. :)
ReplyDeleteI do remember this show from AXN, it used to be fun. I'll surely include this place on my bucket list for when I visit London.
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That's so cool! I've always wanted to visit the museum! It's like on my bucket list! =D
ReplyDeletei remember when i visited this 2 years ago. i loved it! definitely have found many unusual pieces haha
ReplyDeleteI I absolutely love this museum!! I visited it twice in two different countries and it was so cool!
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That looks like so much fun. I've always wanted to go.
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This is amazing! I love museums but this is a fun twist on the usual kind of place I go - Looks like so much fun! <3 GIGLove
ReplyDeleteThe first two pictures scared me when I scrolled down, haha because I saw the rainbow banner
ReplyDeleteI actually passed Ripley's the other day and thought I want to go there haha x
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Wow, what a wonderful place. The picture made from bottle caps is amazing!
ReplyDeleteI find that it's entrance ticket fees is too expensive. Hope it's really value to what you paid.
ReplyDeleteI never been to Ripleys before!!! seems like u had a great time
ReplyDeleteI've never been to a Ripleys before but my husband keeps trying to convince me to go! Looks kinda fun, to be honest :)
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I would love to visit Ripleys but I find a few exhibits to be really scary and creepy.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a Ripley's museum here when I was a kid, but I guess people got sick of it and they closed it down. I used to love going there, even if I already memorized the exhibits!
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