Family Days Out: Ripley's Believe It or Not!

by Take The Family

This half term my dad, my two brothers and I went to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! museum in Leicester Square. It was loads and loads of fun. After we’d paid, we went up five floors in a multicoloured lift to a big room with loads of amazing things in it, such as a massive electric T-Rex, the sweet machine from 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', and the most expensive Mini in the world, which is made of crystals.

Further along there is a fantastic hologram of Robert Ripley – who as well as collecting the unusual was a cartoonist and illustrator, an explorer and adventurer, and a reporter. A few more of my favourite things were a ridiculously hard mirror maze, pictures and stories of every minute and place since pictures and stories were invented, dinosaur eggs, TVs showing more amazing things, a maths quiz that always works, and some of the maddest things to eat, like crocodiles, spiders and your dead ancestors' brains.

So if you want a fun day out, Ripley's is the place to go (unless you’re silly and you don’t like fun stuff).

There's a second UK Ripley's Believe It or Not! in Blackpool, and several others around the globe, including in New York City and Orlando.

For more on London attractions and recommendations on family-friendly places to stay and eat in the British capital, see our London destination guide.