Ripley's Believe it or Not - Orlando, FL

Pros: For truly strange encounters and sights
Cons: None

I’ve always been fascinated by the bizarre and unusual since I was a little girl. I think I enjoyed the sideshow of the Circus better than the actual show, back when they featured that strange phenomena. Though now, when I think about it, gaping at ...

Pros: Something different than Disney and Sea World
Cons: These are walk-through exhibits so put your walking shoes on.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not Odditorium, Orlando, Florida was strangely attractive as I approached the front entrance. Looking like a building, which had been flung around by a tornado and placed back down on an angle, I was a little attentive about...

Pros: math puzzles, optical illusions, unusual artwork, lots of variety, actual piece of the Berlin Wall
Cons: not many cartoons, kiosks out of order, extra fees, expensive, small, only one restroom

The Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum in Orlando is both the smallest and the most expensive of the half dozen or so such museums I've visited. At $19 per person ($17 with one of the many coupons in the Orlando tourist guides), you might be tempted to ...

Pros: So much to see and do! Fertility Statues
Cons: Price is high, crowded

Anything it takes......that is the mantra for many couples going through infertility. Tell us to stand on our heads, twirl a baton, chew gum, and recite the Declaration of Independence backwards and we will conceive...and you can bet we will try it! When ...

Pros: Tons of trivia knowledge and artifacts to prove them...
Cons: May challenge the attention span of the kiddies...

I was a little kid when I used to spend hours wandering around Ripley's Believe It Or Not in Coney Island back in the Stone Age. It only cost my parents a quarter back then, and it was a convenient place for me to spend time while they were able to enjoy ...