Madame Tussauds Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom

3Erin G 5:00 PM Aug 25, 2022

Accessibly Blackpool Madame Tussaud’s
As a disabled guest visiting Blackpool Madame Tussaud’s with a carer I felt the experience was average and a little underwhelming. I also accompanied by my assistance dog and I felt we had missed half of the experience due to not being able to use the escalators and instead go the accessibility way around the attraction however I felt the price for the standard adult ticket was over priced for only half of the experience we had thought out the attraction. We both came away feeling a bit disappointed and fob off due to my disability and requiring an assistance dog that means we do need to go though the accessibly way though the attraction but only experiencing half of it for needing that accessibly around the attraction. No where is it stated on the website that the accessibly way around the attraction is short cut due the nature of the access routes. Also the staff member tried communicating with us and my carer even my carer could not understand what the staff member was saying, and they definitely is an communication barrier when communicating with disabled people with neurodivgent condition just as autism,ADHD,learning disabilities and deafness and even beyond. I also found the information very different to understand about each wax figure around the attraction, sadly none of the information was in easy read format which was very disappointing. Overall the experience was okay/average but clearly wouldn’t recommend if you find finding your way around difficult,communicating differently and need to access attractions by the accessibility route.

4MattAndLol 5:00 PM Nov 7, 2021

Nostalgia for the parents & a bit of fun for the teen
Haven't been to Madame Tussauds in Blackpool since I was a teenager myself !! Probably in the late 1970s/early 1980s when there was Jaws the shark's mouth as the entrance to the Chamber of Horrors ! ( Unfortunately that's a separate place now. )Decided to take our 18 year old son yesterday (Sunday 7th November) on our family day out in Blackpool, he's never been to Tussauds before. It wasn't cheap at £19.50 each adult on the door price but we did all enjoy it & the building is bigger than you think as there's several floors & lots of stairs (plus a lift.) My husband & I didn't know what to expect nowadays but each room was on a theme with several wax works with appropriate backgrounds & props giving you plenty of scope to take pictures, compare how tall the celebrities are etc. Most of them are quite lifelike & the 3 of us enjoyed taking pictures on our phones. A lot of previous recent reviews have mentioned it being too crowded in these Covid times to feel safe & too hot but we were lucky it wasn't too busy & we had plenty of time & space to look at the waxworks we were interested in, so maybe avoid half term holidays or school holidays in general ? You enter into a Strictly Come Dancing area with Tess, Claudia & Craig & you could hold the paddles with "10" on, there was an I'm a Celebrity... area with Ant & Dec & the winners bridge, a superheroes area ( I wouldn't recommend the attraction for kids under upper teenage age really as apart from the superheroes they wouldn't recognise many people, there's no cartoon characters etc. ) We are all big Coronation Street fans & the Rovers pub that you could buy a drink in was a nice surprise, you had to spot Ken, Deirdrie & Bett Lynch inside amongst the human punters ! With Michelle near the smoking shelter, only Ken is currently in the show, I thought Steve McDonald would have been there as he apparently opened the pub ! ! Jack & Vera & Hilda Ogden were a real blast from the past. Overall us 2 50 somethings knew more characters than our 18 year old, which is a shame, they could do with a few more current pop & sports stars & comedians etc to appeal to younger people ( my husband & I enjoyed sitting at the desk with the 2 Ronnies for instance but our son didn't know that many people, Ken Dodd & Tommy Cooper are ancient history to teenagers. I remember there being loads of the royal family back in the day but there's only William, Kate & the Queen now ( her face is good but please sort out her hair, it never moves in real life but her Majesty looked unkempt here ! Sacrilege ! The mirror maze was fun on the way out. I think us parents recognised more waxworks than our son so the museum needs to make a few new models to keep it more current but we did enjoy it & it kept us out of the cold weather for over an hour. We probably wouldn't return as it's 1 of those things you only do once & you definitely get more out of it if you're in your 40s or 50s in my opinion.