I do love the smell of weirdness in the morning.
If you ask me, there aren’t a whole lot of ways to start your day better than checking out a bunch of strange and unusual things. Especially when it’s been raining for a few days and you’ve been cooped up in the house like me. Yesterday I decided to start the day at Ripley’s Orlando. I’ve been to the Ripley’s in Key West and could no longer live with myself for not having checked out the local oddities.
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At $19.99, admission is certainly not expensive but I ordered my ticket online and saved $3! Even at full price I think it’s a steal. I spent hours reading fun facts, taking pictures, making videos and interacting with exhibits.
Of course I had to look in the hole…
The moment I passed the turnstile and rounded the corner I knew I was in for a treat. After all I was being welcomed by a hologram of Ripley himself!
The last thing I want to do is give it all away but here are a few pics of my favorite exhibits.
After I saw this I could bearly contain my excitement.
Check out this collection of amazing ossifications!
Have you ever seen a shrew skull? If not, you’re welcome.
How often do you get to see cannibal skulls and live to tell about it?
They have lots of fossils.
Check out this claw!
Pucker up!
They even have a West African Hate God.
After experiencing this place firsthand, I can’t wait to bring my son. I had so much fun by myself I can barely imagine what it would be like with him!
There is even a free app you can download to learn more fun facts and interact even further with exhibits. I would tell you more about it but I decided to save that one for when I bring the family!
Whether you are comparing the size of your hand to giants or your height to the world’s tallest man Ripley’s is sure to keep you and your guests captivated the entire time.
Meet the combustible man!
Defy the laws of physics and travel back and forth in time in Ripley’s time machine!
If you like having fun and viewing oddities Ripley’s Orlando is your place!
Don’t forget to pick up a shrunken head on your way out.
Ripley’s is one place we haven’t been yet. I didn’t know it was so affordable, especially with the online savings! Honestly, not sure I could even go. I would barely look at some of your pictures, lol. And that hole? Nope, I wouldn’t look!
I have a few friends that would love this! It looks very interesting. My sister was always very interested in these types of books and the show back in the day! She would probably love it as well!
We went to the one in TN over the summer and it was so fun to watch my kids look at all the displays with awe they were like mom they really did a picture with m&m’s lol. A great place to go!
My first thought was that there’s the smell of weirdness in the morning every day at my house of boys!
I’ll admit that Ripleys looks like an interesting place to visit. A little strange to have autographed underwear, but hey someone must have thought it was awesome enough to keep.
It has been years since I’ve gotten to Ripley’s Believe it or Not. We have one in Orlando, after seeing your post i think it is time for us to go back and visit. We haven’t taken the kids so it can make a nice family day exploring the different exhibits! I need to go check out the app – it looks like it would be a good boredom buster!
Ripley’s is really a fun place to visit after being cooped up in the house. With my house full of boys and all of the interesting yet weird fun interaction there is always a whole day to spend there. My nephews visited the one in Panama City Beach over the summer and said the facts about Titanic were awesome!
This looks like it was a really fun visit! I am one of those people that just has to look – I’m captivated by all that weird stuff!! We have a Ripley’s in NYC, Times Square which is not far from us. Now I”m wondering what it’s like! I may have to plan a trip the next time we’re in the city.
I like going to places like this when we travel, but I haven’t been to a Ripley’s yet. I wanted to go one time, but the line was ridiculous…I don’t remember where we were, but I’m thinking it was either Atlantic City or Canada??? I think Canada for some reason because they have a lot of different and weird things in Niagara Falls. I think the fossils you featured are pretty cool. Was the cannibal skull real? If so, that’s pretty cool too.
It looks like you had a fun time. I love going to museums; however, it has been such a long time since I have been to Ripley’s! The closest one I know of is Niagara Falls, but I will be sure to put it on my list of things to do the next time I am in the area.