Madame Tussauds London - Wax Museum & London Dungeons

Last Updated: Apr 05 @ 00.28

We were thinking about taking a trip to London, and were thinking about what we should do. Now, if you've never been, I'm sure you could think of a thousand things to do. And, that is the problem. A thousand things to do. Unfortunately we didn't have a thousand days to do it, we just had one day. So, we decided to go to Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and The London Dungeons. We jumped in the car, and headed North-East, with Lady (our SatNav) gently guiding us. If you've never driven in London, get a SatNav. We made several wrong turns, and Lady always got us on track. You just can't do that with paper maps.

Madame Tussauds London - Wax Museum - We didn't take pictures of everyone, but just over a dozen to remember some of the figures that matter to us. Starting at the top, we have:

Superman just coming out of a phonebooth, ready to rescue someone in distress; Bond - James Bond relaxing with what appears not to be a martini; and Indiana Jones being chased by a enormous disco ball. Although Indy couldn't stop the ball, I'm sure either Superman and Bond already has the situation well under control.

When I first looked at all of the pictures, I was thinking that none of us are in the picture. I forgot about this one - I'm not going to comment about this one, as it's just too easy. Just down at the very bottom of the picture is the Gingerbread man!

I'll be ba'k! You can tell he's a robot, by that glassy stare of his. I looked at him for a good 10 minutes, and he didn't blink once!

We had thought about staying the night in London, but sadly, there was no vacancy at the Bates Motel. Shame, it looked nice, up on the hill. On the black on black, you can just make out a crow.

I don't think Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1 driver) really looks like this. Reason you ask? Look at that HUGE watch! When would he have time to look at it? They take every ounce off the car, carbon fiber here, titanium there, I'm sure they wouldn't let him wear a watch like that.

The greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali of course.

Henry the 8th. I was watching a little show about him, and he was a very good fighter and very athletic. He fell off a horse, broke his ankle, and as a result, couldn't be as active as he once was. After that, he started piling on the pounds (and wives) and that's the overweight monarch that we all invision. You have to wonder how history would have changed, had he not had that accident, or been able to have one of our modern doctors. He may have been able to have a son, had only one wife, and there would not be the Church of England.

In the royal theme, we have The Queen and Prince Philp. The corgies were also around, but they got too close to the fireplace, and melted. Out of this picture on the left was Prince Charles with Camilla, and the boys, Harry and William behind them. Princess Di was way off about 10 feet to their left. Even in wax, the family is separated. So sad.

This is one of, no, this is the main figure that Seth wanted to see. Not Superman, not Indiana Jones, not even the Beckhams. Any clues who this person is? Answer will be revealed below. There are plenty of hints, including the background, Seth's shirt, his uniform (and the way he wears it), and his name was just behind him. Was that is, cause I e-scrubbed it out as not to make it too easy.

This is of course, Admiral Nelson (aka Lord Nelson). After we went to Madame Tussauds and The London Dungeons, we went to Nelson's Column. Unfortunately they were having an early St. Paddy's Day, and had the entire square roped off, so we couldn't get very close to the column. Shame, as Seth was quite interested in seeing it, as he'd taken trips to the HMS Warrior and the HMS Victory and truely enjoyed them and the history.

This is currently one the UK's biggest singers, Robbie Williams. He was one of five in Take That, and when the band broke up, he started a rather successful solo career. I believe he tried his hand in LA, but it didn't take very well. Shame the Beckhams didn't take his advice and not bother with the trip.

Personally, I think the next figure was one of the most accurate figures. I'm sure very few people outside of England know who this person is. He is (and nobody knows how) Lord Mayor of London, Borris Johnson. Before being mayor, he was a MP. Normally, he doesn't look this neat. His hair is normally "fluffier" and he appears to have the attitude of a school boy. I think that vaguely describes Borris.

Next we have the Dalai Lama - one great person for trying to bring freedom and fairness to all.

About 8 years ago now, actually -- 8 years ago exactly today, we saw this very person live at the Vatican giving Easter mass. Yes, it's Pope John Paul the Second. When we saw him, he was 50 yards away, so we didn't get as good of a look as we did today.

Here is of course, Marlyn Minroe during her most famous scene. And, no, even though there is a grate under here, the air was never turned on. And, come on, she's wax for goodness sake!

The last figure, is of course of B.A. or otherwise known as Mr.T. He was in the gift shop - I'm wondering if this was done to stop shoplifters.

London Dungeons - London is over 2000 years old. Over this period they have had to deal with many different (for a lack of a better word) issues. They have had the Roman invaders, rats carrying the Plague, the Wars, Jack the Ripper, Sweeny Todd, good intentioned doctors who would drain your brain for a headache, and of course the torture over the years. I thought The London Dungeons was going to be a sterile type museum, with dummy's, statues, sound effects and instruments of torture - I was wrong. The Dungeons is an interactive experience with actors playing parts of doctors to corpses and everything inbetween. The pictures to follow are not for the faint of heart. If you're in any way squeemish, stop reading and looking now. Kim, Seth and I looked at most of the exhibits, and certain parts, Seth was not allowed (for the obvious).

Well, the above is pretty much all I have from the Dungeons. Not because of the scary or spooky nature, but because you're not allowed any camera's in the London Dungeons. Imagine what you will from the above picture. Just be glad we live in the time we do, instead of the past depected in the dungeons.
Good night all.