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Ripley's Believe it or Not:
Attraction Review:
By Joy Atkinson (Summer Intern)
Ripley's is located right on International Drive in
Orlando, Florida. The building is looks aesthetically
wrong. One side is higher then the other. It is in walking
distance of most hotels in the area. The mere image
I saw upon entering Ripley's will help prepare you for
the things that you are about to behold.
Ripley's is a museum that holds interesting spectacles.
Mr. Ripley has traveled all over the world collecting
items that are just not normal, to put it nicely. However,
this does create an interesting learning experience
for those of us who have never been to many countries,
especially where a donkey is the main mode of transportation.
There are descriptions describing what everything is
and the intriguing facts that are associated with them.
Some might even call these items and people freaks of
nature, and maybe that is
why Mr. Ripley decided to display them to the world,
because some things you just have to see to believe!
Upon entering, a holographic John Ripley is seated
at his desk to welcome all into his museum. He informed
me of things to come and sights at which to gaze. I
think that if that was all that the museum offered that
I would get tired of reading after the first 10 minutes.
However, there is much more then just reading and looking.
There are interactive displays throughout the museum.
Some of these displays are broadening my thinking patterns
and helping me think outside the box. The one that got
me the most was the gate that opened, yet not the typical
way that a gate might open.
Then there are others that you just have to laugh at
yourself afterwards for letting your environment make
the best of you. There were times that I was reading
the interpretation of a piece and the myth behind it
and they created the myth in the museum and for a moment
it caught me off guard and I thought that it was actually
happening. Expect the unexpected and be ready to smile,
laugh, or just be glad that what you are looking at
did not happen to you.
Word to the wise, fit this into your day when you have
some down time. This attraction is not going to take
all day. Also, there are some torturing devices that
you might not want children to see. There are plenty
of hands on activities that would be much more fun for
children. Otherwise, prepared to see what you have never
seen before!
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