Jessica from blogaboutitall shares how much fun this place is!
Our family went on a family vacation to Los Angeles in January and my husband and I had talked about taking our boys (ages 10, 8, 6 and 2) to Madame Tussauds Hollywood Wax Museum. We had visited many years ago before we had kids and were a little unsure if our kids would enjoy it. We thought they probably wouldn’t know most of the wax sculptures, but we thought we would give it a try since we were going to be in the area.
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There are three floors of wax figures. I was impressed with how lifelike many of them are. You start on the top floor and work down; there are elevators and stairs, so if you have a stroller the elevator comes in handy.
The floors follow a theme, one floor has disco lights with wax figurines of singers and performers, then you go down and there are actors, producers, and movie type characters like E.T. My boys have never watched the movie E.T. but they had fun posing on the iconic bicycle with E.T. and taking pictures. There are classic figures like Elvis, Jimmy Stewart, Charlton Heston as well as new figures like Taylor Swift and Kylie Jenner. They are always updating and changing. I loved seeing the new Selena wax sculpture.
There are more areas like an athlete section, wild west section, and something new they had was a Marvel Super Heroes 4D section. This was really cool, especially for my boys. They posed with their favorite heroes Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Tony Stark, and more!
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You can expect to spend at least one hour walking through and taking photos, we were there closer to two-hours; my boys really enjoyed themselves. There were other people there while we were visiting, but it was not crowded and there are enough wax figurines to pose with one while someone else is posing with another and switch stations. They really put a lot of thought into the display and backgrounds behind the wax figures, and some have themed music. Many have signs with facts and information, so you can read and learn about that person or the of making that wax figure.
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- 500 million people worldwide have visited a Madame Tussauds – that’s more than the population of North America and Australia combined.
- It takes approximately 800 hours to make a figure.
- Sculpt a figure | 350 hours
- Mold a figure | 175 hours
- Insert hair & style figure | 145 hours
- Make a pair of eyes | 15 hours
- Make a set of teeth | 30 hours
- Color a head | 50 hours
- Costume a figure | 35 hours
There is also plenty to explore nearby like the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Minnie Mouse received her star the day before we visited and it was fun searching for her new star. The TCL Chinese Theatre is next door, plus there is the Dolby Theatre, and there are double-decker tour buses you could take while in Hollywood. There are also plenty of restaurants nearby.
Madame Tussauds has many wax museums around the country I hope after reading about the fun we had you will explore one near you or while in Los Angeles visit the Madame Tussauds Hollywood.
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