Hollywood Wax Museum — Attraction in Pigeon Forge

Well, strap on your fanny packs and adjust your white New Balance sneakers, folks, because I’ve just returned from a pilgrimage to a truly star-studded promised land, and I’m here to give you the wax-tastic scoop! The Hollywood Wax Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, isn’t just a tourist stop; it’s a full-blown celebrity expedition, and my family and I had a picture-perfect time! Before we even entered, we had to get a picture with the giant ape climbing the building. My wife said, "Honey, isn't that amazing?" I said, "It sure is, but I've been monkeying around with you for years!" I tell ya, the laughs started before we even bought the tickets! The whole experience was just un-bale-ievable—and speaking of bales, some of these figures looked so real I thought they were going to start a conversation! I told my son, "Careful, that's Clint Eastwood. You don't want to get on his bad side, or he'll give you a fistful of dollars... worth of angry stares!" He didn't laugh, but the wax figure of John Wayne sure looked amused. The service was A-list, too! The folks working there were friendlier than a golden retriever with a new chew toy. The restrooms? So clean you could eat your lunch off the floor—though I’d recommend one of the nearby spots for that. My wife needed a coffee, and I needed to refuel the old dad-mobile. I told her, "I'm not just a regular dad, I'm a cool dad," and then I spilled coffee on my "World's Best Dad" shirt. Classic! Every single figure, from Captain Jack Sparrow to the entire cast of The Wizard of Oz, was a masterpiece. It was so much fun seeing my kids’ faces light up as they posed with their heroes. It really waxes poetic, doesn't it? Honestly, we made so many memories, it felt like we were developing our own film reel. So, if you're cruising through Tennessee and looking for a place that will have you beaming, you can't go wrong here. This place gets two enthusiastic thumbs up and a five-star rating from this dad-joke-a-pedia. It’s a real blockbuster hit! You can’t top this attraction, unless you’re King...

We visited 4 events between the Hollywood Wax Museum building and The Castle of Chaos building. Hannah's Maze of Mirror's was cute. Family oriented. It didn't take us very long to get through it, no one ran into a mirror either which was nice. Outbreak- Dread the Undead was just okay. We are a huge horror family so we thought our toddler would do okay going through here since she is exposed to quite a bit of gore. She was TERRIFIED with the air compressors going off all the way through. She didn't have any problems with the animatronics or anything else. This felt more like a little family haunted house, rather than a real haunted house. Still cute though. I'd say it's targeted more for teenagers or young adults. We couldn't take our toddler through the Castle of Chaos 5D adventure so we decided to not do it at all. The wax museum is very neat! There are props to use with the figures for photos with most of the wax figures. It was neat to walk through and experience the whole building, and watch other people interact with the figures too. We spent most of our time in the wax museum.

The whole thing in both buildings is very family oriented, we enjoyed our visit overall. We probably won't come back because we've already been through it but if we did come back, we would probably only visit the wax museum. I would recommend either building for families visiting the area and wanting to get away from the weather outside or just wanting to do something different than the other things available...

My son wanted to visit this place. It was a very good site to behold. The actors were very life like. Found a lot of the actors I liked. Found most of the figures were life size to be true to their real height. Shocked at the height of some of the people I always pictured the much taller. But they are real people too so not everyone is 6 feet. I can not wear a mask due to health reasons so I had to wear a face shield.( Warning you cannot hear anything in front of you only what's behind you.) When we where going out through the exit we came into like a gift shop that you can pick up the picture you took when you walked in I walked to the back of the room. No one was around me at all I lifted the shield enough to wipe my eyes because it kept fogging up. An the old lady behind the counter barks across the store "to stay in this building you have to keep the shield on." First off it was still on and I let her know it was. Second there was no call in talking to anyone in that manner and with that tone. I was 20 feet from the counter by my self and she was behind a plexiglass wall. In my opinion if you get that stressed out at your job you resort to talking to folks like that especially when I paid 230 dollars for my family to walk through you need to find something else more of your speed. I was not at home and didn't know how them folks were but I...