I’m a celebrity gawker, I’ll admit it. I remember staying at the Hotel Coronado and spying Nestor Carbonell from LOST and wanting to follow him everywhere. I guess that’s not gawking but more like stalking…hmm. Well, it’s cool to see someone famous, or even meet them as we did during our week in Hollywood for the Iron Man 3 premiere. During our last few hours of our trip, we spent some time with many iconic figures from movies, tv, and even the sports world. You know, a typical Thursday afternoon.
Yes, that is me above hanging with Tony Stark, and again next to him in the infamous suit. He wanted me to try it on, but I told him I couldn’t follow Gwyneth.
I heard some whispering and a PSST and turned to see Justin Timberlake trying to get my attention. I think he was a little jealous so I came and gave him some love. He looked sharp in his suit and tie. 
Robert Pattinson was there looking all glittery and Lady Gaga overdressed as usual.
So…oh did I forget to mention that one little thing? We were at Madame Tussauds, the famous Wax Museum! You knew that right, I’m not totally delusional. Promise. Kinda.
More than 500 million people worldwide have visited the wax museums of Madame Tussauds. That is more than the population of North America and Australia combined, people like to gawk at celebrities! It takes approximately 800 hours to make a wax figure, broken down that’s:
350 hours to sculpt a figure
175 hours to mold a figure
145 hours to insert hair and style figure
15 hours to make a pair of eyes
30 hours to make a set of teeth
50 hours to color a head
35 hours to costume a figure
Some of my favorites in the museum was Danny from Grease and the Greased Lightning car. I love that movie!
No one puts Baby in the corner! A fabulous tribute to Dirty Dancing and Patrick Swayze!
Also gone too soon, Michael Jackson.
Do these jeans make my body look SMALL. Or is Kobe Bryant like 10 foot 6?
Yes, I’m still paying for posing like this, ouch.
Then there’s some fun spots to pose with props, Sarah of East 9th Street was soo guilty #justsaying. My kids thought I was cool with this swaggy pose.
Had to get these awesome guys in a photo too, say Hi to Elvis, Mr. Bob Hope, and George Burns, oh God do they look so real! I was ready to RUN for the hills if I saw any of those eyes blink.
Leo DeCaprio, the Beibs, Robin Williams, and Mah-Donnah! Justin was playing a little hard to get. Whatevs.
Finally had to capture some classic Western stars, my mom, grandma, and husband would appreciate. Punk.
Madame Tussauds is very cool, cooler than I expected and I’d love to go again and pay attention to more those figures that I skipped on this trip. If you’re interested, visit the website’s ticket information to get in on the tour!
Tickets were part of our hosted press tour, all opinions (and delusions) my own.
What a fun museum to visit
I think you could be spidey-woman. 🙂
It’s good to be a little delusional at Madame Tussauds, it makes the experience that much better.