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Movieland wax museum
An era ending
Some of the kitsch surrounding Knott's Berry Farm is coming to an end. Both the Movieland Wax Museum and the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum closing their doors at the end of the month. Movieland Wax Museum has announced that it will be closing its doors for good on Oct. 31, 2005, after 43 years of business and 10 million visitors. (It will be replaced by an entertainment center/pizza parlor called "John's Incredible Pizza Co.") Both are longtime attractions near Knott's Berry Farm but recent years have seen marked declines in attendance.
The wax museum opened in 1962 and was purchased by the Fong family in 1985. The Fong's expanded to open Ripley's Believe It or Not in 1990. Both venues will be offering “Last Chance” admissions for $5 before closing their doors on October 31.
So if you want to see the museum before it closes, run (do not walk) to Buena Park before Halloween.
posted by Gavin Elster at 2:40 PM
3 Comments:
Its not as creepy as the hollywood wax museum. I went there once and there was a wax figure from the production of CATS in the Star Wars scene standing next to Alec Guinnes. It was creepy to say the least because it very well could have been a person on a break from the Pantages production. Ya just never know.
Movieland is corny. They have a nice section of Famous paintings done in wax. The settings of famous films are better than the wax figures in them. Last time i went i was just amazed at how large it is. It seems to go on forever. It may have been because i was so bored. its work 5.00 bucks that for sure!
Wow, thats sad. I hope they dont shut me down at 43!
Wow, that's really sad. I wish I was closer by, I'd stop in with the posse.
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