We were quite fortunate to have fast-track tickets, as it was pouring rain and the regular line was half a block long. It seems every Londoner plays tourist on rainy weekends, we had the same thing happen when we went to the Natural History Museum. Here we are in the much shorter line, pleased as punch.
A humourous gravestone inside the main doors, and a gargoyle. I've always liked gargoyles.
They really set the mood well, from creepy sound and lighting effects to a dank smell. They have wax works and animatronics, and even a display full of live rats, as seen in the video.
At one point after being threatend with grisly torture, we and our group are taken by a bailiff actor to a judge actor to stand trial. I was picked out of the crowd and accused of wearing women's clothing for the purposes of soliciting sailors. Here I am on the witness stand.
They said the only way to get out of a horrible death sentence was to mince like a poofter and offer myself to a man in the audience for tuppence a throw. Of course, I played the whole thing to the hilt, even riffing improv dialogue with the two actors and Brianne in the audience who could barely keep from tearing up laughing. If even one person thought, "He must be a planted employee," I've done my job.
There was a flume ride in the dark through the infamous Traitor's Gate of the Tower of London.
There followed afterwards a virtual shave from Sweeney Todd, the history of Jack the Ripper, a lesson on the Great Fire, and a Drop-Zone style ride to simulating a trip to the gallows. Behold my aghast face, and Brianne's . . . scarf, actually.
A very creative take on history and a real fun time.
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