Last weekend Nicole and I decided we hadn't done much of the Hollywood tourist stuff so we shuffled down to Hollywood Blvd. Unfortunately it was raining so there weren't many dressed up freaks walking the blvd but we managed to have a decent time. Lunch at CPK was decent ($55 for three people) and they validated our parking for the Hollywood & Highland shopping center so it only cost $2 for a few hours.
After lunch I wanted to check out Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Upon arrival I was informed it was just a bunch of TV screens that tell you amazing things and I didn't want to pay the $15 a person to see stuff I've probably already seen on the internet. So then it was across the street to the Hollywood Wax Museum. Entry to the wax museum plus entry into the Guinness World Records building across the street cost $17 per person. Reasonable I guess.
I immediately regretted my purchase when we entered the museum. Almost all of the wax figures were very poorly done with some of them being full sized molded plastic figures you could purchase at a costume store. Lame. I recommend paying the $25 and going down the street to the new one on Orange and Hollywood. All the figures look about as real as it gets there.
Pics from Hollywood Wax Museum:
After the wax museum we went across the street to Guinness. Also a lame tourist trap. Yeah, there's some interesting information but it's run down and most of the records outdated. The best part about it was the guy out front who looks and moves like an animatronic figure but when you get close enough to study him he scares you.
If you're going to Hollywood Boulevard forget the lame attractions and go see the handprints, study the starwalk and check out the freaks in costume. If you want to know more about them watch "Confessions of a Superhero" before you go. Or maybe watch it after so you don't feel guilted into giving them money.