Combo Ticket Fun

This is the first of my follow-up posts to Mid-Term break!

We purchased a combo ticket to the Eye, the Aquarium, and Madame Toussauds, though we didn't do all three on the same day.

For the Eye, we upgraded to the Fast Track tickets which I would say is absolutely worth the 10 pounds it cost to skip the entire line. No waiting and no stressing about the heights! Each capsule is essentially a small room. It has the benefit of being extremely stable, but the drawback of sharing with a whole bunch of complete strangers. However, after pushing the strangers out of your way, the views are pretty awesome. You can see pretty much every area of the city, and all of the major tourist sites excluding the Tower of London/Tower Bridge. It's a 30 minute ride, but it doesn't get boring at all, as there's always something to look at and the capsules are equipped with 4 tablets which provide detail about any notable buildings that are visible out the windows. The view of Big Ben and the houses of Parliament from above is one of the best I've seen of the city so far.

Immediately after the Eye (and I got my commemorative coin!), we made the short walk down to the aquarium. I didn't get many pictures in here, but it was a pretty decent aquarium. It seemed relatively small, but it was family friendly and all of the tanks seemed to provide a pretty realistic environment for their inhabitants. It was worth the visit, but it doesn't rival the New England Aquarium in Boston or the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans.

We didn't get it in on the same day, but we did eventually make our way to Madame Tussaud's. We were greeted with a nice long line in the rain, even though our combo ticket was supposed to have acted as a priority ticket. I was not happy with the situation, but we didn't have much choice but to wait. Once we got in though, it was very cool. Neither of us had ever been to one, although it would be cool to go to one with more of an American focus. I can't say I cared too much about the cricket players. Nonetheless, it was a good time and we were both impressed by the realism of the models. It would definitely be something that I would want to visit in other cities!