A Scream A Minute
March 6th, 2006 7
Like a little kid I was, queuing for Madame Tussuad’s this Saturday morning. I was almost wetting myself with excitement we approached the “Queuing time approximately 30 minutes” sign. Being a bit of a London virgin, I’d never been to Madame T’s and was needless to say quite looking forward to it.
Walking round the universal cry of “Don’t they look life like” was heard from young and old. And they did. They looked scarily real. So much so that when we came to the infamous chamber of horrors I was at first a little disappointed. There was one rather rubber looking thing in a cage, and that was it.
But they do this to trick you. Trick you into thinking the chamber is crap. Then you go through the Chamber Live! As we stood in the que (queuing seems to be a recurring theme in London) waiting to go in, one woman ran out white as a sheet exclaiming “I can’t do that”… Wow, I thought, this must be good. At the door to the “Prison” (evidently of escaped mental patients driven mad… maybe by the fact that they were escaped but still in prison) a guide told us that the Chamber Live featured live actors (hence the name I guess) and they would get very close but not touch you, please don’t touch them.
What a job these guys have. Hiding in a dark room all day scaring the s**t out of everyone who walks through. Coming right in your face snorting and panting. It was horrible, it was scary… It was awesome!
So ends my post about a random Saturday in Madame Tussauds. If you get a chance to visit London… Go see this! It’s worth it.
7 Comments (+0 in the moderation queue).
#1 On March 6th, 2006 at 12:16 pm Starberri said...
Sounds cool, I’m a bit the same about London, but I can’t hack it for too long because it really tires me out!! In small doses it’s great. Never been to Madame T’s. I’m so glad you got in and were able to see it all!
As for the chamber, it reminds me of a museum I went to once where there were all wax dummies which lulled you into a false sense of security until a man jumped out and scared me so much I screamed. Wuss. Such a wuss. I don’t think I would have done very well in this “Chamber” you talk about.
I have a friend who used to work in the York Dungeon. He used to wear prosthetics that made him look like he’d been hung, drawn and quartered. As part of the advertising for the dungeon, teams of actors would go through the streets and scare the pants off anyone around. Dave’s favourite trick was to jump out of wheelie bins at people! Did that to me once! What a way to make a living!
#2 On March 7th, 2006 at 2:53 am Paul said...
I think personally you should have boycotted this (and all other Tussauds Group businesses) for closing the London Planetarium and being part of the massive dumbing down of English Society! (Not to stir it up again - promise) but if you want to talk about ‘religion’ there it is my friends - celebrity. F**k em all I say!
#3 On March 7th, 2006 at 9:40 am Jon said...
Yeah, I didn’t really think about it to be honest. We went to the planeterioum, it was awesome. One of my favorite bits. I guess they’re closing it as by putting a few more wax people in the space you can bump up the £23 ticket price even higher.
#4 On March 7th, 2006 at 1:25 pm Lewis said...
Just out of interest, did it cross your mind, to touch up any of the female waxworks?
#5 On March 7th, 2006 at 2:06 pm Jon said...
Totally.
#6 On March 7th, 2006 at 2:12 pm Kris said...
Your Sick Burden!!!
And by the way, I HAVE seen your comment on flickr refernce the fact that I may be sniffing around a youth disco!
You wanna watch your back!
#7 On March 9th, 2006 at 3:34 pm Sellwood said...
Man,you sound like u were a bit of a girl about the whole thing Jon. You perhaps should have just joined in with there manic behaviour. Your just so ***