While you're visiting Southern California, you can enjoy a slew of family-friendly
Hollywood Attractions!
Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum--New Hollywood attraction! A brand-new location of the popular Madame Tussaud's wax museums opened August 1, 2009 on Hollywood Boulevard! This is a shiny new building featuring striking architecture---as well befits its new location next to Grauman's Chinese Theater, the Kodak Theater and the Hollywood & Highland mall! If you're not familiar with Madame Tussaud's, you'll be astonished to discover how fun (yes, FUN!) a wax museum can be. At Madame Tussaud's, you'll not only SEE very realistic replicas of your favorite actors, singers and movie characters, you'll be able to POSE beside them and snap some very memorable pictures.Madame Tussaud's discount coupon: The state of California tourism website has a discount coupon that you can print at home before heading to this fun new attraction. Here's a link to the California discount coupons page of the state of California's official tourism website, www.VisitCalifornia.com.
For further details about the new attraction, here's a link to the Madame Tussaud's Hollywood website. Or, if you've never been to a Madame Tussaud's and would like to get a tourist's-eye view of what to expect, you can view our pictures taken at the Las Vegas Madame Tussaud's location on our sister-site, www.have-fun-in-the-southwest.com. End of News
In this section, we'll talk about some of the fun you can have along Hollywood Boulevard, and other interesting areas in and around Hollywood, California. To get directions and see a map of how to get to Hollywood Boulevard (which is part of the greater Los Angeles, California, metropolitan area) head to the bottom of this page!
Family Fun in Hollywood--
Fun things to do on Hollywood Boulevard!
Hollywood Boulevard is a long thoroughfare which runs east to west through Hollywood, California. Most of Hollywood Blvd is not of any particular interest to tourists. Nevertheless, as you drive along this famous street, you'll notice a beehive activity centered around the famous Kodak Theater, Hollywood & Highland shopping/dining/entertainment complex, the Grauman's Chinese Theater, and Disney's El Capitan Theater. Travel no more! This is where you'll want to park (head UNDER the Hollywood & Highland Center in the subterranean parking garage for some of the better parking rates in the area.) Hollywood Boulevard is a complex of attractions which CANNOT be properly enjoyed unless you're on foot!
In the photo to your right, you see the statue of an ornately-carved elephant---one of the adornments of the lavish Hollywood and Highland Center (a can't miss attraction of Hollywood Boulevard.)
Many of Hollywood Blvd's attractions are so famous and so historical that they can't be properly discussed in just a paragraph or two. They've needed their own separate pages to "do them justice." So, for information about the following famous attractions, please follow the links provided to view their own separate pages on this website:
Still more Hollywood attractions---which are NOT located along Hollywood Blvd---have their own pages on this website. These attractions include:
The Hollywood Bowl, the world-famous amphitheater featuring concerts under the stars
The Hollywood Sign, another world-known symbol of Hollywood
Universal Studios Hollywood and its adjacent shopping, dining and entertainment area, the Universal Studios CityWalk
And on this page? You'll find info about still MORE family-friendly Hollywood activities! (Note about the photo at left: You're viewing the striking sign of the Hollywood Boulevard McDonald's Restaurant, address 6776 Hollywood Blvd; even McDonald's tries to look glitzy in Tinseltown! The Hollywood McDonald's phone number is (323) 464-2720.)
Hollywood Attractions for Kids--The Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum
What kid can resist the funny, silly...and often grotesque...oddities found in a Ripley's Museum? Hollywood Boulevard has a location of this popular preservation-site of the "weird and whacky." You'll find such "interesting" items as a (taxidermied) two-headed goat and a five-toed cow...along with oddly-shaped skeletons, and other strange items. It's like a permanent circus side-show!
In fact, the true name of the Ripley museum reflects the true nature of its contents. It's actual name is Ripley's Believe It or Not ODDITORIUM!
The Ripley's Believe It or Not phone number is 323-466-6335.
The Ripley's Believe It or Not address is: 6780 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028. (For directions to this area of Hollywood Blvd, please see the bottom section of this page.)
The Ripley museum's hours (at the Hollywood Blvd location ONLY) are as follows: Sundays thru Thursdays, the museum opens at 10 am and closes at 10 pm. Fridays and Saturdays, the Ripley opening time is at 10 am and the closing time is at 11 pm. Summer hours are even longer! (Note: These are longer hours of operation than at most Ripley's Believe It or Not locations.)
To find out more about this eerie museum, including information about its other locations world-wide, you may use the following link to view the
Ripley's Believe It or Not official website.
Ticket prices for the Ripley's museum (as of March 2007) are: Adults, $12.99; Children ages 5-12, $8.99; Children age 4 and under are free. Special "combo" discount tickets are available for visitors who would like to see BOTH the Ripley's Believe It or Not museum AND the Guinness Book of World Records Museum; see the next section of this page for details.
Hollywood Attractions for Kids--Guinness Book of World Records Museum
Are you a fan of the Guinness Book of World Records? It's easy to enjoy tales of the best, the fastest, the longest, and the strongest. On Hollywood Boulevard, you can not only READ about people, plants and animals who are superlatives in their categories, you can also see pictures and enjoy displays of information about them. In the photo to your right, for example, you can see a replica of the world's tallest man...and see how YOU compare to his height.
There aren't very many locations of the Guinness Book of Records museums; grab your chance to visit one while you're on Hollywood Boulevard!
The Hollywood Guinness Book of World Records museum's phone number is 323-463-6433.
The Hollywood Guinness Book of World Records museum's address is: 6764 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, CA 90028
Hours for the Guinness World Record Museum are from 10 am to 12 midnight daily. Ticket prices (as of March 2007) are as follows: Adults, $12.95; Children 6-12, $6.95; Children 5 and under are free. For Hollywood visitors who'd like to enjoy both the Guinness museum AND the Ripley museum, there are disconted combination tickets available. Prices of the Guinness/Ripley's combo tickets (as of 3/07) are: Adults, $16.95; Children, $8.95.
If you'd like further information about the Guinness museums world-wide, you may use the following link to view the
Guinness Book of World Records Museum's official website.
Hollywood Attractions--Hollywood Wax Museum
If you'd like to see the Hollywood "stars" in wax images, then you'll love paying a visit to the Hollywood Wax Museum. Located just across the street from botht the Guinness and Ripley museums (and just down the street from Graumann's Chinese Theater, the Hollywood & Highland complex, and Disney's El Capitan Theater,) dropping into the Hollywood Wax Museum couldn't be more convenient.
You'll see the wax figures of many major screen stars posed in a setting from one of their famous movies. You'll tour along inside the museum at your own pace; stay as briefly at an exhibit as you'd like...or linger awhile to enjoy all the little details of these intricately sculpted figures.
The Hollywood Wax Museum phone number is 323-462-8860. The Hollywood Wax Museum's address is 6767 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028. (See the "directions" section of this page to get details on how to get to the museum and the other Hollywood Blvd attractions.)
The Hollywood Wax Museum's hours of operation are as follows: the museum opens daily at 10 am and closes at 12 midnight. It is open for business 365 days per year.
If you'd like further information about this popular Hollywood tourist attraction, you may use the following link to view the
Hollywood Wax Museum's official website.
Directions to the Hollywood Blvd Attractions
All of the tourist attractions described on this page lie within a few steps of the Hollywood Blvd/Highland Ave intersection. If you'd like to see a map of this area, you may use the next link to view a Google map to the Hollywood tourist attractions which have been discussed on this page.
Directions to the Hollywood tourist attractions along Hollywood Blvd: From the US 101 Freeway through Hollywood, California, take the Hollywood Blvd exit and head WEST. Another way to get to the tourist-centered Hollywood Attractions is to take the Highland Ave exit of the 101 Freeway, then head SOUTH.
Parking: A great place to park while you enjoy any of these interesting Hollywood attractions is to use the underground parking garage of the Hollywood and Highland mall located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. The entrances to the parking lot are NOT directly on Hollywood Blvd, however. You will need to access the parking lot from either Highland Ave or from Orange Drive. The fee to park in the Hollywood & Highland structure is $2/hour, with a maximum daily rate of $10. Validation of your parking ticket gets you a discounted parking rate, and is available if you patronize certain Hollywood & Highland restaurants and shops. (You must remember to ASK for the validation at these establishments.)
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