Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Odditorium

Super cool! Super fun! Everyone was great, friendly &helpful!!! Kiddos had a blast! Will most definitely come back and highly recommend taking the family!

Well, it was an experience. The wax museum was pretty hilarious. Look for the Mel Gibson doppelgänger at the last supper.

Extremely disappointed in our visit today. I grew up going to Ripley’s as a kid in the 90s and it was incredible back then. Nowadays, it’s overpriced and all the great attractions are gone: the coal walk, the tornado simulator, the CLASSIC things. I realize they’re trying to keep up with the times, but I could care less about current celebrity wax figures, and the oddities generally weren’t that odd or interesting. The mirror maze only took 3 minutes for us to solve. If you have kids, take them to a real museum to get some real education and culture. This is not worth your money or your time. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I just wouldn’t recommend it.

I am glad to say we went the once. It is worth going to if you have not been to this kind of place before, particularly if you have a deal like we did.
It was not very crowded so we went thru quicker than I expected too, around opening on a Sunday. I think we were there a grand total of just shy of 2 hours; which I’m sure would have been longer if we more carefully looked at everything & played more of the game offerings. Plus there were sections of the wax museum & ripleys parts my 8 year old felt nervous in. So we moved quicker thru those two rooms. We skipped the haunt at the end of the wax museum much to my disappointment that I’m sure would have added time to our stay but I wasn’t about to force my 8 year old thru that when she was already jumpy from a ripleys area & an wax figure area. I’m not sure there was any actors in there but I’ll never know.
My daughters favorite part was the mirror maze as we got to go thru it 2 times because no one else was there to do it. There is some interactive areas as well in the other areas. There is a laser maze but my daughter chose to skip it because she has done them so often at other places that she was more interested in looking at the gift shop.
I’m sure I will go again once my son is old enough to go & that time I might make sure my husband or another adult is with us so I at least can go thru the haunt part to see if it’s any good. It looked like they might be adding something. It is not something if could see or recommend doing every weekend; but going once for something to do on a lazy Sunday is doable!

We took our summer camp kiddos for a field trip and they had fun for the most part but it’s not a place to take a group of rowdy teenagers or whiny five year olds. I’ve been before with my family and we had an awesome time.

My friend wanted to go to Ripley’s for her birthday so I started to search on Groupon to see if they had any good deals. I bought my ticket for $ 10! Awesome deal!

Fun environment :) but definitely a one time thing.

The first time I went to the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum was on my vacation in Kuala Lumpur. It was okay. Not much interaction beside seeing weird artifacts.
The RBION in Grand Prairie is way better. It was so much fun, especially in the Palace of Wax. The fear theme was the best. I actually screamed hysterically like how you see people scream in movies.
Anyway, I would come back again and I do recommend parents to bring their children here for a fun discovery.

I visited Ripley’s in Grand Prairie Texas when I had company in town. The site includes four attractions each requiring a separate ticket. The attractions are The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, Mirror Maze, LaseRace, and the Louis Tussauds Palace of Wax. I purchased Groupons for $ 10 per person for the Odditorium and paid an additional $ 5 each at the door for the Palace of Wax for a combined savings of $ 12.99 per person. We visited on a Monday and the traffic was light, sharing the space with four other parties. We spent an hour at each attraction, my favorite being The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium. The plaques sighting information about each piece were very interesting and informative. I want to believe everything, but I just can’t! The Louis Tussauds Palace of Wax was interesting as well, although not as fabulous as Madame Tussauds Wax Museum in Washington DC. I will say I could have done without the extensive section dedicated to the Journey Through the Life of Christ.
Enjoy and keep a look out for a deal!

My 16 year old and I went into Ripley’s after we saw an ad for the mirror maze. It did not disappoint.
We were very excited to find out that they actually have no only the mirror maze, but a wax museum, laser maze and the classic «Ripley’s Believe it or Not Museum» We bought tickets for all 4 attractions and paid $ 64.00 total.
We did the mirror maze first and it was AWESOME! You have to wear plastic gloves so you won’t smudge the glass. I got lost. My son ditched me. If you have little kids make sure they don’t run away because you probably won’t find them until you bump into each other by accident.
Next we went into the wax museum. I’d never been in one before and I was very impressed! They have the usual wax TV and movie stars which was cool but they have SO MUCH more than that! I don’t want to go into detail and ruin the surprise but it was truly great and I can’t wait to go into more wax museums. It is not just a bunch of wax dudes standing around. This place tells you stories. (You’ll have to see for yourself what that means).
The actual museum was next for us — won’t say much (so I don’t spoil all the surprises) but totally awesome and entertaining. There are different rooms and different feelings and themes to each part of the museum and you can spend a few hours in here if you really wanted to.
The Laser Maze was the only waste of money here. Skip it and don’t pay extra for it. You only get to do it once and it lasts no more than 30 seconds.
They have a pretty cool gift shop and a snack bar and a side section where you can make a wax cast of your hand and take it home which is neat — we didn’t do it because it would have melted during the rest of our day.
I would not go again because it is one of those things where once you have seen it your’e kinda done. I would pay to do just the mirror maze again but not the rest. Since I loved the mirror maze so much and would go back I’m giving it 4 stars instead of 3. It was amazing to us that they could fit so much cool stuff in what appeared to be a tiny-​ish building. Great parking and nice employees!

Fun for all… very informative. luved it. Four attractions. Better to do all four. better deal.

Came here for the first time at this location. had a groupon. My son, fiancé, and I all got in for $ 25 on groupon. We added mirror maze for $ 15 more ($ 5each). So $ 40 bucks got us about 2 ½ hours of entertainment. We wanted to make wax hands but the line is way to long and they have only 2 people making them. They are between $ 8 – 15 dollars depending if you want one or two hands casted. The museum is interesting but my six year old wasn’t too enthused. The mirror maze he liked. We spent about an hour in there twisting around trying to figure our way through. We let him lead the way so it took longer, adults will go through it a lot faster. It was a decent Saturday afternoon not something I would repeat. FYI– the museum is a once thru no going back thru without purchasing another ticket. The mirror maze is unlimited and you have to wear gloves.

The only reason why i tried this place was because i bought a groupon. Each person was $ 10 + an 5 $ upgrade for the wax museum and $ 5 mirror maze. I wasted a total of 40 $ was it worth it … umm for a saturday with nothing to do yes! My favorite was the wax museum you can find famous figures and it takes you back to Jesus century. Good for kids to learn about Jesus and our past presidents. My favorite part was the small haunted house that has some of the film creatures/​characters. My second favorite was the mirror maze. I wish the was bigger but you can go as many times you want to. We went and played hide ans seek the second time:) overall it was a good mini attraction. It gets busy during the weekend.

So this place is so UNORGANIZED & the bathrooms were DISGUSTING. Well that sentence itself was a little unorganized, but I just had to get it off my chest. AVOID THE BATHROOMS. It kind of makes me wonder how clean this place actually is, or rather, lack there of.
When you walk in, it’s not very obvious where you need to go to obtain tickets. There is just a round counter in the middle and a flurry of people everywhere. Apparently, the person at the register facing you as you walk in, which you won’t be able to see due to everyone standing around, is where you go to get tickets to all of the ‘rooms.’ Then there is someone to the back of the round counter that is suppose to be for ringing up people who are purchasing from the gift shop. There were several people in front of us trying to buy things, as it was a shorter line, and all of them were told they had to go to the other line. Not sure how many times and people the cashier had to tell that to but it was ridiculous. We finally get to the front and she gives us our tickets and we head off to the odditorium portion. The other ‘room’/exhibit options are the Mirror Maze (which I will write about below) and the Wax Museum.
The Odditorium — For us modern day people, this portion won’t really make you «believe it or not.» They have long descriptions for all of the items on display, which are a good read. BUT with the internet and known explanations for why everything is the way it is in there, the amazement is gone. You have to take into consideration that this business started back in the day and those people didn’t know how XYZ came to be. For example, there was a two headed baby. This will amuse the young and feeble minded (don’t get butt hurt by my comments), but for others (such as myself) my thought was «wow a mutation happened before it’s birth or perhaps a mutated gene wow.» Was my sarcasm obvious? There was a portion that scared us, and I won’t ruin it for those of you considering going, but that was the only thing I pulled from it that was amusing. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND SEEING THIS EXHIBIT.
Mirror Maze — Now this was ENTERTAINING! They give you gloves before you enter so that you don’t smudge the mirrors. At first, this was strange to me because I hadn’t even thought of touching the mirrors. Come to find out, when you enter the maze, it was very confusing and in order to stop you from running into a mirror (cause it’s a high likelihood) you put your hand out in front of you. The attendant will encourage you to go in one way and once you find the exit, to go back through it to see if you can end up where you started. I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING THIS.
If you haven’t been here before, you might be intrigued to go. If you do go, I would recommend going when there is a Groupon offer. They run Groupon promotions quite often. If you have an out of town guest who hasn’t ever been to one, then that may also be another good time to go. I, however, will not be returning.

Terrible. Wax figures are not lifelike at all. I can only assume that this place gets the early unsuccessful attempts and the realistic ones go to the real wax museums elsewhere. The Presidents were especially heinous. Of course, no one cares what James Buchanan or William Henry Harrison look like, but at least make them remotely like their photographs. As for Reagan, Nixon, Obama, Ford and Eisenhower, they would be laughable if they weren’t so pathetic.
The entire religious section was disgusting and offensive. But then again, this IS Texas, the buckle of the «Bible Belt», and busloads of little kids were being indoctrinated that «Jesus died for your sins» while looking at a wax figure of a man (who looked vaguely like Peter O’Toole) nailed to a cross. This entire section had no place in a secular tourist attraction. Maybe if it was «Jim Bakker’s House-​O-​Wax», but not here. Blecch.

Went in expecting a great time at the ripley’s place, only to be disappointed a lot. Wax figures such as Nelson Mandela and Oprah to name a few didn’t look at all like the people themselves. Artifacts and interesting things in the odditorium were limited. Gift shop not well-​stocked at all. More texas than ripley’s. And to top it off they spelt Nelson Mandela’s full name wrong!!! Take it from a South African, you dropped the ball there!

I bought a Groupon for the Halloween haunted house that’s from 7:30 till midnight. $ 11 each. If you want to add mirror maze or anything else +$ 5 for each. Wax hands $ 12 for a double (2 hands together) + how many colors you used. Our hands ended up being $ 16.
The line is what would have been until midnight if me and my gentleman caller didn’t split. I waited in the line for the haunted house while he waited in the line to redeem our Groupon and purchase our tickets.
The haunted house was decently scary (though I am a horror fan), with a large amount of live actors in the first half. My gentleman caller couldn’t take the heat and left me at the halfway point into the gift shop
In the end we left by 9pm.

I can’t believe that I’m the only person that thought the Christ section was hella weird. I didn’t appreciate having to explain why a man was nailed to a cross to a four year old. I didn’t appreciate paying over $ 100 for 4 kids and an adult to look at a room after room of religious renderings. My eyes about rolled out of my head at the last supper scene, but at least nobody was covered in blood on that one.
The mirror maze was fun for a bit.
I won’t be bringing anybody here again. I’m disappointed that the magic was ruined by going and seeing what was inside.

Fun, silly and educational! What more could you want in an «Odditorium».
Great place to go if you are bored… Great place to go if its raining… Great place to go for a laugh, scare and adventure!

It was good. expensive if you do not have a Groupon. We spent most of our time in the believe it or not section. The wax museum… was less convincing… Some of the figures I had no idea who they were suppose to be.
There needs to be an age limit for the scary wax part. Its shitty parenting to bring in their 5 yr olds into the gory wax museum. Some of the kids were actually crying because it was scary. Their parents just told them to «shut up and keep walking, it’s almost over.»
F-​ing parents these days… Piss me off.

I volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters, and I also happen to have pretty severe seasonal allergies. Given that we’re limited to indoor activities (and sick of movies and restaurants at this point!), I thought visiting Ripley’s would be a lot of fun. I have fond memories of braving the tornado and Chamber of Horrors as a kid, and I hadn’t been in years. My Little had never been at all.
The Good:
The first thing we did was run through the Mirror Maze, which was *fun*. There were a few smudges on the mirrors here and there which threatened to ruin the effect, but we got good and thoroughly lost regardless. I wanted to run through it again in «Hard Mode» where you don’t touch anything at all, but after two hours of visiting the rest of attractions we were exhausted. There’s a lot to see and do at Ripley’s.
The Bad:
Not a lot has changed since I visited… what, ten years ago? While the place hasn’t deteriorated and I’d balk at calling it run-​down, the exhibits just don’t hold the same punch they used to. Each room has a few oddities, some of which, yes, are very cool. They’ll each have a plaque with a bit more information. There are TVs with short video clips scattered throughout, and a few fun interactive bits and exhibits.
It, uh, didn’t hold up to my memories (for me) and didn’t compete with modern video games or museums (for my nine-​year-​old Little). He didn’t recognize most of the wax figures, and so that was tough going on him. The memorabilia was also lost on him. While he liked some of the exhibits, he was more engaged and he learned more when we visited the new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. Or even when we visited the Dallas Museum of Modern Art, which now has free general admission. Heck, he probably learns more working through puzzles in Zelda games.
The Ugly:
I paid $ 86.57 for two hours of entertainment for myself, my Little, and my wife. Ouch. The Laser Race was a total waste of (very little) time: you enter, hop over one laser, and exit. The lighting was pretty hot in the wax museum, and I got fewer usable shots than I’d have liked.
I’m glad I scratched the itch, but I don’t see myself coming back… ever, basically. Visiting once is enough for a good long while.