We all had a day trip to London today. The Eye was brilliant but Tussauds was very disappointing. They let far too many people in at a time so that it was crowded and we couldn't see many of the waxworks at all. People forgot their manners and would just barge in so that you couldn't get the chance to take a photo. I'm not saying they should return to it all being roped off but they must know their peak times and plan accordingly for it shouldn't they? My friend recently went to the Pompeii exhibition and she had a set time to go in. So crowd control can be dealt with.
It was hot inside too and when the children finally said they were not enjoying themselves and could we leave, actually we couldn't. You had to see it through to the bitter end before there was an exit.
Has anyone else been and had a better experience than us or AIBU?
AIBU?
To think Tussauds is not worth visiting?
Jestrin · 25/05/2013 18:16
I must admit now that you can get up close to them, they look slightly 'dishevelled'!
No one was getting up close with the Justin Bieber one 
Yes we went and it was awful - so crowded. There was a woman with a lady in a wheelchair and she couldn't move her through the crowds at all. We had to carry our 5 year old as it was so intimidating for him. Goodness knows what would have happened if there was a fire.
Half way round an employee asked if we were enjoying the day and I said what I thought, and that if I had paid cash (we have Merlin passes) I'd be demanding my money back. He looked sympathetic but I expect he hears it all day.
I enjoyed the taxi ride and the 4D film.
Was a bit dubious about the waxworks. I noticed that the models of Tom Cruise and Leonardo DeCaprio were positioned back to back either side of a pillar. Well we all know that TC is a shocking shortarse, but I have read interviews with LdeC that express surprise at how tall and burly he is. Therefore I was 
to see that TC was only about 4" shorter than LdeC. I also thought the David Cameron model was suspiciously tall, about the same height as the Muhammed Ali model and there's no way he is the same height.
Add to this some dickhead doing Nazi salutes next to the Hitler waxwork and you will understand that it was a pretty shite experience.
There was a lady in a wheelchair today and I can't imagine for a minute that she had a good time. 
We used to go with the free annual passes we got with Tesco points.
Would have felt completely done if we'd paid for it although we did pay for the Big Brother diary room experience one visit.
I've always fancied Louis Tussauds *Note - DM link for those who are averse.
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Louis Tussauds in Blackpool was fabulously rubbish, but now it's a Madame Tussauds which is expensive crap, not hillarious crap like Louis was
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