London Planetarium, London

Advantages: a great show somewhere in the middle
Disadvantages: so expensive it hurts

...ago I went to the London Planetarium as part of a 'two for one' Time Out splurge around London. You can buy tickets for the Planetarium for around £7.00 or so or buy them as a joint ticket with the Madame Toussards Exhibition next door. This works out a bit cheaper but you still need to remember to remortgage your house before setting out. At half price, the family ticket for both was still around £30 - if you see what I mean. Anyway, I digress. ...
...I was not expecting hours of fun but perhaps just two hours, maybe. The entrance lobby had a few interesting gadgets and interactive displays, but I remember thinking it wasn't anything special. For this reason, I was keen to move on into the main section. Through to the next part, there were a couple of posters and a poor attempt at some interactive displays. A queue indicated that this was the waiting area for a show. We sat tight waiting for the ... Read review

Advantages: informative, fun, fantastic audio-visual experience
Disadvantages: crowded, bit expensive

If you've read my opinion on Madame Tussauds, you will know that I visited the Planetarium in part to avoid the long queue to get into Madame Tussauds, as the Planetarium is part of the Tussauds group, and located next door to Madame T's, with a connecting door between the two - thus once you're inside the Planetarium you bypass the queue to get into Madame T's. Nearest tube station to the Planetarium is Baker Street. Unfortunately it is a little ...
...and a combined ticket to both Madame T's and the Planetarium is £13.95. I think the combined ticket is the best option, as it is only a couple of pounds more than the regular admission price just to Madame T's. Personally, I found the Planetarium to be much more interesting. Even though I am not a science fan at all, I still enjoyed it, which is saying something, as normally I will avoid anything scientific like the plague! You start off by going ... Read review

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Disadvantages: See opinion

...when I found myself in London in February, 2000, for the first time in many years, a visit to the famous Planetarium at Madame Tussauds was very high on my list of things to do. We went as a family, myself and my wife, and our nine year old daughter, (actually she was eight then!) and enjoyed the experience immensely. We bought the combined ticket that entitles you to visit both Madame Tussauds and the Planetarium, and in fairness it wasn’t ...
...or £42 for the three of us, but was worth every penny. Tussauds is an experience in itself, and I’ll return to that in a later opinion, but for the moment let me tell you about the wonders that await you in the Planetarium, which is the nearest most people will ever get to actual space travel. ~ ~ The highlight of the experience is off course the huge copper dome itself, where you watch the majesty of the Universe unfold in all its glory ... Read review

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: waste of money

...years ago I visited the London Planetarium. It was great, very informative and I really enjoyed it. In fact I enjoyed it so much I promised myself I would return one day!!! Well that 'one day' finally arrived last month when my partner and I went to visit my daughter who is a student living in London. Having 3 telescopes between us, and being astronomy cabbages we were both keen to visit and excitedly set off on the Sunday morning. It is easy to ...
...main entrance. However, on arrival we found that there was no sign offering a way into the Planetarium so we asked a Tussauds employee at the exit how we accessed it. He told us the queue was at the other end of the building so off we trotted, dutifully joined and waited. Nowhere did we see any more employees until we got to the end of the queue some 40 minutes later and nowhere did the signage explain anything about the Planetarium. As we had asked ... Read review

Advantages: no where to use your money?
Disadvantages: waste of your precious time

...first impression to think that london planetarium was a nice place to go for a visit...i said to myself..oh..what the heck..just go.. i was dissapointed...it was just like what my friends told me..if i've listened to 10% of what they are saying..i won't be so foolishly wasted my money to go in there in the first place, would i? well...the only suggestion i would make is that..if you are really interested in science and all the things in the sky.....then ... Read review

Advantages: The whole thing
Disadvantages: The crowds of people

...Yes, you will find all the stars under one roof. Either the ones you see in the sky, (the Planetarium), or the ones you see on the telly, (Madame Tussauds). I advise you NOT to drive there, as London is a hell hole for driving in, and parking costs a fortune! Complete nightmare! HOW TO GET THERE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can get there by foot, of course, but this is the longest and hardest way of getting there! Or by underground. The nearest station is the Bakerloo line. Or by bus. There are varous busses you can hop on and off to get there. A few are numbers 13, 18, 27, 30, 74 and 82. WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, basically it's a wax works museum of famous people from around the world. You will see all sorts of people in here from Maralyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, to Frank Bruno, and The Yorkshire Ripper... Read review

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Advantages: Lovely Park. Beautifully Maintained. Good Facilities
Disadvantages: Does get busy

...London has a marvellous selection of parks ranging from the likes of the hugely popular and internationally famous Hyde Park,nearby Kensington Gardens,serene Green Park, St James's Park,the oldest in London, liitle parks in various parts of Central London, Richmond park,Syon Park, and the lovely Regents Park.This wide expanse of parkland and gardens is quite remarkable for such a major urban area. It is ever so easy to forget that you are in the middle of a bustling city when you are at a place like Regents Park,which was once part of King HenryVIII's hunting forest in the 16 th century. Regents Park is centrally located in a very attractive part of Central London and is close to a variety of other world class attractions such as London Zoo, Madame Tussauds,the Planetarium, and the Sherlock Holmes Museum. The nearest underground... Read review

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Advantages: wax works are almost lifelike, well presented
Disadvantages: hot, crowded, expensive

...went out of season, there was a huge queue to get in. Here's a tip for you - to bypass the queue, visit the London Planetarium as well, this is next door to Madame Tussauds, has a much shorter queue, if any, and when you have finished here, you get let directly into Madame T's. Plus, the Planetarium is great - but more on that another day! The prices to get in are sky high, OK, so this is London, but they were charging ultra high prices even for London. Luckily we had a 2 for 1 offer - you can find these in the local south east papers periodically, or through the AA, and probably in many other publications. Without this, I would never have paid somewhere in the region of £12 to get in! Whilst children might like to visit Madame T's, it would be very expensive for a whole family to go. Once inside, it is somewhat claustrophobic... Read review

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