Europe :: London :: Madame Tussauds :: Day 8 (12/09/2010)

We spent our last day of our tour in London again as our flight was scheduled during the evening, so we had one free and easy day in London. Therefore, we decided to visit the original Madame Tussauds Wax Museum on Baker Street.

If you are planning on going to Madame Tussauds, it would be best to purchase the tickets online a day before, as it would be cheaper than purchased on the day. and the ticket price? 25.80 pounds! And you would not have the hassle of queuing up, (the lines can be very long) because they have a special lane.

the Marks & Spencers' chocolate lollipop sweet! i don't know why but i just can't find these in Malaysia these few years.

the view outside of our hotel we stayed.

There's just a tube station near our hotel, so we took the tube to Madame Tussauds.

On the tube

There was abit of confusion while buying the tickets for the tube from a machine, because they have zones and off peak seasons, but we managed to get it done nonetheless! HAHA!

But unfortunately, because it was a Sunday, part of the tubes' railways were being serviced, and the route we were supposed to take to Madame Tussauds was disrupted. We almost couldn't make it in time for the time slot we chose because we didn't really know which alternate route to take, but were lucky enough as we had assistance from one of the passengers we met on the tube. Phew!

Taking the subway was such a good experience though, at least we got the feeling of being a "London-er". LOL!

So yeah, we made it to Madame Tussauds!

Now for the pictures!

First up is the A-Listers.

Robert Pattinson

Patrick Stewart

Nicole Kidman

Johnny Depp! *screams*

Leonardo Dicaprio

Morgan Freeman

Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt

Zac Efron

Daniel Radcliffe

David Beckham & Victoria Beckham

George Clooney

Tom Cruise

Keira Knightly & Orlando Bloom

Mel Gibson & Will Smith

Justin Timberlake

John Travolta

And then comes the Movie Premiers!

Whoopi Goldberg & Robin Williams

Robert Downey Jr. (as Sherlock Holmes!) *screams*

Daniel Craig as James Bond

Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones

Shrek and the Gingerbread Man

Jim Carrey

Arnold Schwarznegger as Terminator

Audrey Hepburn

Marilyn Monroe with her signature flying dress

James Dean

Then the Sports Section!

David Beckham

Christiano Ronaldo

Muhammad Ali

Tiger Woods

After that is the Royal Appointment.

Princess Diana

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip

Prince William

Prince Harry

Prince Charles & Camilla

Then this would be the Culture Zone.

Issac Newton

Albert Einstein & Charles Darwin

Stephen Hawking

Vincent VanGogh

Pablo Picasso

William Shakespear

Charles Dickens

and then the Music Megastars!

The Beatles

Michael Jackson

Robbie Williams

Elvis Presley

Beyonce

Leona Lewis

Amy Winehouse

Britney Spears

Next, the World Leaders!

Gandhi & Nelson Mandela & Dalai Lama

George Bush

Martin Luther King Jr.

Barack Obama

David Cameron, British PM at 10 Downing Street

Winston Churchill

Tony Blair

the late Benazir Bhutto

Adolf Hitler & Saddam Hussein. Two of the controversial wax figures in the museum.

This is the Chamber of Horrors and Scream. It is a live action, actor led scare maze where the actors perform as scary ghosts/zombies/criminals in a high maximum security setting/asylum. Be prepared to scream and freak out. They just jump out in front of you or just growl/scream/breath at your neck.

Madame Tussauds. This would be the history of Madame Tussauds, how she founded this Museum, and how they make the wax figures. After this section, would be a ride called "Spirit of London Ride", where it is somewhat like a Disney ride attraction, where you go through the times of London, how it evolved till now.

After the London cabby ride, comes the Marvel Superheroes 4D show, and trust me, it was very very nice and super cool!

Spiderman. You can actually have your picture taken upside down, like you're hanging together with Spiderman.

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

Wolverine's claw

The Incredible Hulk (He's like 3 floors tall!)

Jessica Alba as Invisible Woman from Fantastic Four

Iron Man!

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

flying like Superman!

It took about 1 and a half hours to complete the whole tour in the museum, then we had our lunch in some random restaurant/cafe.

the cheeseburger i ordered. Not bad.

the fish & chips my brother ordered.

the exterior of Madame Tussauds.

Sherlock Holmes on Baker Street. (where Madame Tussauds is located as well)

We had some time left, so we took the subway again to Oxford Street, the shopping haven.

the inside of the train is quite small compared to the LRT in Malaysia, but the train is very long!

London subway.

Oxford street! Seriously full of people! You just see people everywhere! They have everything there, from Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Marks & Spencers', to a shopping gallery called Selfridges & Co. where they have all the branded goods like LV, Chanel, Prada, etc. etc.

Ah, London, one of the places i have come to love.

Hope to be in London again!