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Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum the
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3 reviews for Spirit of Monterey Wax Museum the
I'v been curious about this place for the past 15,or there about, years.
So now I know. It was kinna informative. But not for $7.95
I Did get a free complimentry cupon for a free apitiser at Willies Smokehouse. So I gave it a 3 instead of a 2.
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Ohhh....this place is awful! We were amazed at how the adult ticket taker could look you in the eye with a straight face and demand the $7.95 per ticket. What a scam. Not only is the whole thing poorly put together, but it's boring as hell...and way too long.
You'll have A LOT more fun if you head upstairs to "Taste of Monterey" & plop down with a nice glass of wine, chatting, sipping and overlooking the beautiful Bay instead of wasting time in this dump of a "museum".
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Walking down Cannery Row, we come across a sign advertising a wax museum of Monetery's History. Thinking this could be interesting, and being the tourists that we were, we decided to check it out. The "museum" is tucked away on the 3rd floor of this little mini mall. We walk down and stop at this little window where there was a man sitting while reading some sort of magazine. We ask him a little bit about the museum, and he basically sells it to us as if he had made it himself. He tells us it's "The History of Monterey through Steinbeck's point of view." I myself, thought it sounded boring, but my bf looked genuiely interested so I went along with it. He asks me if I'd like to try it out, and not wanting to be a downer tell him sure. The man tells us it'll be $9.00 each. We should've known right there. The place was probably the size of a double garage, and each scene had "wax sculptures" depicting different acts in history. What were supposed to be "wax sculptures" looked like defect manikins from JC Penny from back in the 70's. In fact, I don't think that place has changed since the 70's. You're supposed to follow along with a barely audible soundtrack as each "scene" is lit up by a big spotlight. The tour was supposed to be 20 minutes, we stayed for about 10. We had to get at least 1/2 of our moneys worth! We decided to sneak out the side door so the man in the booth wouldn't see us... we didn't want to hurt his feelings. If that wasn't a tourist trap.. I don't know what is. At least it was an experience we can laugh about now.... and encourage our unsuspecting friends to check out as well. This really deserves no stars, but I decided that it's so lame that it became cool again. So.. 2 stars it is.
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