Madame Tussauds, Las Vegas > Reviews (4)

Me & my partner went to Vegas in September 2009 and had the best time of my life.
Ridiculously hot weather, always something to do and loads of great experiences to be had.
Whilst we were over there we enjoyed being out all the time and what better place to waste all your money then Las Vegas?

Although we booked a few shows for the evenings (Love, Mystere, Blue Man Group, David Copperfield etc), we wanted to do more during the days too. The best place we found to buy tickets was Tix4Tonight, there are quite a few of these dotted up and down the strip. They offer a selection of tickets, to shows and attractions at a discounted rate, mainly because you buy on the day. We had noticed that Madame Tussauds tickets were on there and the price was only around $14 each. Bargain we thought, so proceeded to the checkout.

We bought our tickets from the Tix4Tonight in Bills Gambling Hall and Madame Tussauds is in The Venetian, although they are on the same side of the road, its still quite a walk, so we decided to get going.
As we arrived at Madame Tussauds/The Venetian, we got on the travelator and enjoyed the view of The Venetians gondolier's rides. We were really looking forward to it as we hadn't been to the MT in London since we were little.

There wasn't much of a queue, just a couple of people in front. We showed the lady behind the counter our tickets, bought a bottle of water each and were allowed in.

The models we came across first were Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones (first photo op for me!), Jerry Springer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Oprah etc.
One tip I would give you is, if you intend on taking pictures with the wax models, don't buy bottles of drink or take handbags with you. We must have been so annoying for people behind us! Kept having to find a space to put them, one posing and one taking the photo. Not practical!

As I mentioned before, I have been to the London Madame Tussauds, bare in mind it was years and years ago, but I don't remember it being anything near as good as this one! Not only were the wax models identical, but there was a lot of interacting you could do, for example, sit on the famous rotating bed, in bunny ears with Hugh Hefner, sit and have a chat with Ben Affleck, tap J. Lo's bum and watch her checks blush (the ones on her face!). I sat and posed with Cameron Diaz and my partner jumped at the chance to put his arm round Britney.
There were many different sections, all with different themes, we had the sports section, my other half fulfilled a fantasy of playing golf with Tiger Woods (the audience applaud if you get a hole in one) and I squared up to Mike Tyson.
I sat on Evil Knievels motorbike and revved the engine and waved the flag for some NASCAR champions.

The most effort, with out a doubt, went into the George Clooney wedding chapel. Yes, that's right, I married George Clooney! The room is white and decked out with flowers and a priest. George is waiting there at the alter for you, all you have to do is don the wedding dress (which you put over you like an apron, so it fits all sizes) and he'll tell you it's the happiest day of his life - but don't get excited, he says that to all the girls!

One room that was a lot of fun was the musical legends section, you can sing karaoke for Simon Cowell and he will judge you - but be careful, his words can hurt lol.
I played the piano with Stevie Wonder and repped it with Snoop Dogg and Tupac.
The disappointments were Bon Jovi & Beyonce; I had to read the name plaques to see who they were! The Michael Jackson one wasn't all that either, which was a shame, because I was looking forward to that one.

By now we had had such a great time, had taken hundreds of pictures and most of them were pretty funny too as you have a great opportunity to pose how ever you want. We came out of this room and entered a room where you could get a clay model made of your head or more normally your hand prints, but we didn't have much dollar on us, so unfortunately had to give it a miss. We didn't think there was anything left to see, so made our way to what we thought was the exit...but there was more!

The last room was what could only be described as Vegas Icons! I popped a nice hat on and got on stage with the Rat Pack.
Elton John, Bette Midler, Marilyn Monroe, Tom Jones and many more were there. They had Chris Angel and David Copperfield adding to the magic of the atmosphere. The Blue Man Group were up on stage and looked eerily real!
Elvis sang to me and held my hand and I had my photo taken (available to buy in the gift shop after) but we took a better one on our digital camera, so saved some money there. There was a section of presidents and royals too. Obama and Princess Diana were there and we made our way round them all and exited through the gift shop.

The gift shop was not cheap, but you wouldn't expect it to be. We found a couple of jokey reasonably priced items and paid up (remember the prices don't include VAT in America - we can never get used to that!).

So for $14 (we would've paid full price, we enjoyed it that much) you can't go wrong. We spent a huge amount of time in there and didn't once feel bored by it. Even though we are big gamblers and enjoyed a few cocktails on our holiday, Madame Tussauds was a lovely change of pace and definitely a highlight of our holiday!