Ripley's Believe It Or Not (London)

I visited this attraction in Piccadilly Circus last week; I was not impressed with it at all. The idea is that there are five floors of items which you can "believe it or not" whether they are real or not. They advertise it on the fact they have a 10million crystal car and the Tower Bridge made of about 4 million matchsticks; all entertaining things to look at and laugh at. In reality, there were only three easily differentiated floors, which tied in with the fact you got back in the lift on the third floor from the fifth floor to exit! When you enter the lift, lights flash and the suspense mounts. The doors open.... and you see a room ...  Read the complete review

I was really excited at the prospect of getting a Ripley's in London as I'd heard about the NYC one and had always fancied going. Ripley's is a collection of weird, wonderful and downright freakish objects. Anything from stuffed, deformed animals to a diamond-encrusted Mini Cooper to Marilyn Monroe's shoes to the shrunken heads (my personal favourite). If you are a fan of the strange and bizarre then you will enjoy yourself here. There are several different floors loaded with stuff, so you can easily spend a couple of hours here. Each 'thing' also has a small amount of writing telling you what it is (in case it's not obvious) or where it came from. All very educational, ...  Read the complete review

Ripleys Museum London I had waited with excitement for the new Ripleys to open in London, as I had always wanted to go to the US ones but never actually got there. On the day we went, it had only been opened a few weeks, so we were expecting a queue. However when we arrived 15 minutes before opening, there wasn't one other person outside! Eventually after a boring wait we were let in the front doors. This isn't a cheap place to visit (although where in London is?) we had 2 for 1 vouchers but the usual price is £21.95 each. After paying our money we went through the turnstile and into a lift (with a very annoying and tacky lighting display) to ...  Read the complete review

My partner (Sue) enjoys watching this sort of thing on telly but I'm afraid Ripleys Believe It Or Not Museum in the heart of Piccadily Circus really did not do anything for either of us. It was the second part of our whirlwind tour of London and despite being a little peckish we decided to go to the "Museum" first which by this stage was about 9pm on Monday night. I had been getting e-mail alerts from lastminute.com and Sue got all excited when she saw this as a buy one get one free offer so we had no reservations in paying £19.95. I have to admit that before we even got to London I had my reservations about this and the London ...  Read the complete review

Every so often I venture into London to do something 'touristy', and during my latest visit I found myself ending up in Piccadilly Circus; stood in front of the entrance to 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not!' WHAT IS RIPLEY'S? I initially thought that the character of 'Ripley' was a fictitious one, however it actually turns out that he was a real man. In 1923 New York, he (Robert Ripley) was asked to create a 'Believe It Or Not' book, which involved him traveling around the world to discover all sorts of curiosities. The book was a huge success, and this led to him continuing to collect and discover all manner of strange ...  Read the complete review