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centralparkcollection · 4 months ago
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Surprise the Kids with Trip to Madame Tussauds London
Madame Tussauds London is one of the best attractions for families. Tiny tots and teenagers can find common ground roaming the famous waxwork museum dedicated to the biggest names in showbiz. Here’s all you need to know including how to book tickets and which hotels in Central London are closest.
What to expect from Madame Tussauds London
The three-story Madame Tussauds is divided into themed zones. It contains over 150 wax statues of celebrities and fictional characters. The categories include:
Awards Party – strike a pose on the red carpet and snap away for star-studded selfies. 
Impossible Festival – there’s no other place in London where you’ll encounter Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, and Bob Marley in the same room!
Royal Palace – a rare opportunity to rub shoulders with the British monarchy and their well-to-do subjects.
Chamber of Horrors – this adults-only gallery recreates the chilling histories of serial killers and gangsters.
Spirit of London – the gallery is explored from the back of a classic London cab. It journeys through historical events including Tudor England, the plague, and the Swinging Sixties in Soho.
Star Wars – this collaboration with Disney and Lucasfilm brings a galaxy far far away much closer to hotels in Central London.
Marvel Hall of Heroes – see how you measure up next to Iron Man, Black Panther, and more. Fans may also experience Marvel Universe 4D.
Photography at Madame Tussauds 
Photography is actively encouraged at Madame Tussauds London.  How else will you trick your friends into thinking you shook hands with the king?
Standard cameras and smartphones are permitted although tripods and professional gear are not allowed in the wax museum. Select zones prohibit photography. 
There are several roving photographers available to take professional photos. 
Best time to visit Madame Tussauds London
Madame Tussauds is open 7 days a week, 364 days a year (closed on Christmas Day).
Opening hours vary and it’s important to check the current schedule. All the top hotels in Central London can look the opening hours up for you, or you can check the official Madame Tussauds London website. 
The museum is busiest on weekends, during British school holidays, and in summer. It’s always wise to arrive early and beat the crowds
Where to stay in London near Madame Tussauds 
The best hotels in Central London near Madame Tussauds are in Paddington. This is a family-friendly neighbourhood with peaceful nightlife, excellent restaurants, lots of green space, and excellent transit links.
The Bakerloo, Circle, or Hammersmith & City lines from Paddington Station to Baker Street takes 10 minutes. 
Booking tickets for Madame Tussauds London
While it is possible to buy tickets on the door at off-peak and low season times, it’s best to book tickets online to avoid disappointment or queuing with small children. 
Tickets may be transferred to an alternative day if required.
Fast track tickets are available and it’s possible to buy a combined ticket to visit the London Eye and Sea Life. 
How long to spend at Madame Tussauds? 
Madame Tussauds London is a self-guided attraction. It takes around 90 minutes to see everything although some guests spend a few hours there.
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@the-0ther-side-of-hollywood​ said: “ “Clocks move forward, but we don’t get older.” 
Julie and the Phantoms Soundtrack Starters
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“Obviously. But I do. Last time I checked, I was a lifer. Who didn’t belong here.” CeCe glared at the man in question. She had no idea how she even got here, why she was in the club. She didn’t belong here, and she needed to get home to Julie and the others.
“Wait?” She turned quickly, raising an eyebrow at the man. “That’s a Sunset Curve song. How did you know that?” Not many remembered Sunset Curve. Only she knew because she was in a band with them, but she had known their music before. And Julie knew too of course. Why had she followed that stupid ghost here, she just wanted to know what this newfound ability was. And here she was and unable to leave. 
This wasn’t how she wanted her Friday night to go. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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Open Starter for Brynn
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The sun felt nice on Brynn’s skin. She always felt better when she was outside. Especially when she was stuck inside for school for six hours and then dance practice for two hours and two more hours of Dirty Candy rehearsals, not to mention going home to chores and dinner with her family. Add to the last few hours of homework. She didn’t know how she breathed sometimes.
So a few minutes between rehearsals and Dirty Candy rehearsals was nice, especially when the weather was perfect. She strummed her guitar, hearing the chords. She had heard a tune a few days ago from one of the other music rooms and it had been stuck in her head. She knew she shouldn’t copy it, but she just couldn’t ignore it. It was a great song and it just mesmerized her at times.
She continued to strum it, humming softly as she sat there. People passed her and smiled or waved, but didn’t bother her. She looked toward her bags for a moment, sighing at the yellow attire that was her costume. “Why yellow?” She whispered, jumping when she felt someone move to sit beside her. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@amillixnvoices​  continued from here
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The skateboarder may be cool, calm, and collected on the outside, but the inside the ghost was vulnerable and scared. Especially after he had finally found someone that actually understood him. And he hated what he had gotten Alex and his friends into. He had regretted ever meeting them since then.
And when he had found out that they had freed themselves from the stamp, thanks to Julie, he regretted it even more. Because he knew he may never see Alex again. It would be too risky for all of them. Caleb could easily find Willie and Alex and do a number of things. And he wished that he had skated away the first time he had met him. 
When Alex had pulled him into a hug, he almost pulled away. But he relented, wrapping his arms around the older male and squeezing as tight as he could, afraid to lose him. “I screwed up Alex. You all could have died, again. And it was all my fault. And I didn’t want you to hate me because of it. I regret doing it and I didn’t want to lose you.” He was a mess. He could hear his voice crack and just buried himself closer to the male. He didn’t want to break. Not now, not ever. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said:  [wipe]  your  muse  wipes  my  muse’s  tears. ( julie @ cece )
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CeCe hadn’t known she would ever find those pictures. Those last set of pictures, before everything had went downhill. They were at her brother’s birthday party, just the family. And it had been a blast for all of them. She remembered that being the last time she had really, truly smiled.
So when Julie came down from the loft with the set of pictures contained in an old box, she had almost cried onto Julie. She opened the box and grinned when she saw the pictures. Sad and happy tears mixed together as she went through them. She had thought they had disappeared, and now that they were here, all she could do was smile and cry.
She looked up when Julie brushed the tears from her cheeks, and she couldn’t help but grin. She picked up one. “Oh.” She said softly, showing Julie. It was of her and CeCe, matching outfits and everything. The girls had always been inseparable, now more than ever.  “Remember this? Those outfits were hideous.” She laughed, messily wiping the other tears away. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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CeCe swallowed thickly as he sat there, her hand tucked into his. She listened to him explain it, that they hadn’t known they were dead until Julie brought them back.
She closed her eyes, chewing her lip raw. “You were all in so much pain.” She spoke softly, placing her other hand on his as well. “I think you were the last to....to join them. Like falling asleep.” Her ability was spotty at best. She shuddered at the thought. “I’m thinking those hotdogs were poisoned.” Not just a bad batch, but something to her felt sinister. She opened her eyes, before they widened. “I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to!” She apologized. She hated prying unless they asked. She knew it was like looking through their own dream boxes and she hated prying. “Sometimes I hate having this ability.” She mumbled.
She chuckled. Julie and CeCe grew up with Carrie, so they knew Trevor/Bobby and his music. “It’s just crazy how he never mentioned you guys. Maybe he was trying to shut it out?” These were questions that ran through her mind constantly, ever since she met the band. She was starting to get tired, but she fought it, and was winning. She wasn’t falling asleep. Not right now.
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CeCe both loved and hated her newfound ability. She loved being able to understand the boys more, but she hated the fact that she could feel what they had gone through back then, when they had died. She had only used it on the band, too afraid to use it on any other ghost she came around, which was rare anyway.
She smiled weakly. “I was always safe.” She spoke softly, continuing to hold onto his hand as she laid there. “I had a few phantoms watching over me. I knew one of them would be a hero eventually. Especially with me.” She joked, chuckling at her own pain. She was always the one that got hurt. She was the one that would find a bruise and wonder how it got there all the time.
She squeezed his hand gently. “It…It must have been scary. Being separated from Luke and Reggie back then. You had no idea what was going on.” She cursed inwardly, wishing she had said something different. She didn’t know how each of them took what had happened to them. And being in a hospital wasn’t the best place to talk about it. 
Way to go CeCe. 
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Alex ignored the way his stomach twisted ever so slightly as he looked back on the whole thing. “You know, it’s funny. I didn’t remember much when I came back to myself. I mean…neither of us even knew we were dead by the time Julie brought us back,” He then began, hoping that his words would at least keep her mind occupied until the pain killers would kick in and help her fall asleep. “But with time…things came back,”
They weren’t good memories, and Alex tried his best to usually keep them buried deep down, but sometimes they would find their way to the surface. “I remember the pain but…I was more worried about everyone else. It was…a state of panic, because if either of them went through the same pain I was going through then…” He trailed off. “You know, I think I could hear them screaming? But then again I might have just imagined that,” He clearly hadn’t been fully awake by the time they had brought him to hospital, but the screams hadn’t helped his mental state. “And then I thought about Bobby, and you know,” He almost laughed, “For a moment I thought things were going to be okay, and that he was going to laugh his ass off when we came to visit us in the hospital, but instead…” Their former friend might have turned into a bit of an asshole, but the truth was: He had been waiting for them to come back and have their big break, and instead he had been told that his best friends had died, it couldn’t have been easy.
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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Open Starter for Brynn
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one, two, three. . .one, two, three. . .
Brynn felt the beat as she followed the speed of the song. Her pliers and pirouettes were rusty and she knew she had to get back into the right positions. It had been a few days since she had worked on it, having been swamped with Dirty Candy rehearsals, tests, and homework. This was the first time she had been back in the studio in a while.
She turned and did a few more positions, on pointe with her toes and doing her few jumps. She missed being solely a ballet dancer .She didn’t hate being in Dirty Candy or learning contemporary, but ballet had been her first choice. When her mom asked her what she wanted to do, she had wanted to dance, so she was placed in ballet and it was the place she wanted to stay. 
The song ended slowly, as she entered her final position. She smiled softly, finishing up the song with toe pointed out, before moving out of position.
“Oh!” She startled, looking at the person standing in the doorway of the studio. She thought the door had been closed. She smoothed her hands down the skirt and blushed. “Sorry! I didn’t see you there!” She exclaimed and felt her face redden in embarrassment. On stage she was fine, but off stage alone, she always became scared. “Uhm. . .did you enjoy it?” She stammered, brushing a stray hair from her face. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@amillixnvoices​ said:  “I’m glad we get to spend Christmas together this year.” ( From Alex to CeCe )
Christmas Starters - Accepting 
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“Julie! You’re going to. . .” smash! “. . .break the ornaments.” CeCe couldn’t help but laugh at her cousin, looking down at the newly broken blue ornament on the ground. It had been the girls idea to buy a Christmas tree and bring it into the studio. They knew it would bring Christmas spirit to the phantoms, especially since it was a hard holiday what with being ghosts and all. So they thought it would be fun. 
CeCe stepped off the stool as Julie went inside to find a broom and dustpan. She moved, shoving the pieces together with her shoe so it would be easier, when she heard Alex. She turned to look at him, brushing her hair from her face and grinning.
“I’m glad too.” She agreed wholeheartedly with what he was saying. It was nice to finally have a few friends to spend the holidays with. Of course CeCe and Julie spent it with Ray and Carlos, and of course Flynn would pop in. But it still felt. . .normal, to spend it with their phantom band.
“I’m serious. It’s a little different this year, for all of us. But having you guys, it doesn’t feel as lonely as you think it would be. Christmas was hard last year. This year, it feels a lot different. In a good way.” She tried to explain it to their drummer as best as she could. She didn’t want it to sound weird. It was the complete opposite actually. It was good. It was nice. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said:  “  come  back.  come  back  to  me.  ” ( alex @ willie )
Misc. Angst RP Starters
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Willie knew helping the band wasn’t going to be good for him. And he was right. As soon as Caleb had found out, he was furious. And he knew it was Willie who helped them. So the magician spent a few hours torturing the poor skater. Those jolts weren’t just small, they were strong, severe, enough to punish him.
Then he sent him away, knowing that he could use Willie against the band. He poofed the skater away, leaving him laying in front of the art museum where Willie and Alex had had their first date.
He winced and coughed, overusing aching and otherwise useless lungs. Someone was shaking him, holding him up and he had no idea what was happening. He just remembered Caleb being furious, and then he was here.
He opened his eyes slowly, adjusting to the sunlight outside. “Alex?” He croaked, closing his eyes and wincing before opening them. No, this shouldn’t be. Alex should have crossed over. He should have been gone. “I don’t. . . I don’t understand.” He winced and looked up at the drummer, watching him. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said:  🤝 hold your muse’s hand ( flynn @ julie )
Physical Gestures of Affection 
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Julie knew at the moment she wasn’t the best person to get along with. That she was stubborn and hard headed, but she always had her best friend around. Especially when she needed her the most.
She looked over at Flynn when she took Julie’s hand, squeezing it. Julie couldn’t help but smile, looking over at the girl as they sat there in the comfort of the garage.
“Did I ever tell you how much you mean to me?” She asked Flynn, smiling softly. “I mean it. You were the one to get me through my mom’s death. And I wouldn’t be where I’m at without you, and you know that.” She pushed the girls’ shoulder playfully. This girl meant more to her than anything. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@getlostsqdwrd said:  ‘ i trusted you! ‘ ( carlos @ maye )
Misc. Angst RP Starters
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Mayebelle winced, turning her head away from Carlos when he shouted. She knew he was angry. And she wished he wasn’t. She hadn’t meant to. It wasn’t what she had planned.
“I know.” She said softly. She hated being yelled at. “I’m sorry! I really am, Carlos! It just slipped out, and Chad, Chad’s a loud mouth and has to let everyone know but I didn’t think it would go this far and I stopped him before he could continue but it got too far and. . .” She bit her lip, playing with the sleeves of her jacket. She hadn’t meant it to go this far.
“I’m so sorry, Carlos. I wish it could take it all back, you know I do!” She exclaimed, swallowing as she stared at her friend. Or if he was her friend anymore. She wasn’t too sure at the moment. She wasn’t sure if any of them were her friends at the moment. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said:  [braid]  your  muse  braids  my  muse’s  hair. ( alex @ cece )
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CeCe was curled up against Alex on the couch, too focused on her math homework to focus on anything else. While Julie had already finished her homework and wasn’t worried about it, CeCe was already overthinking every problem in her head and it wasn’t going well.
She sighed and angrily erased the question when she felt her hair suddenly pulled from her shoulders and a slight tug as it was being twisted. She raised an eyebrow and glanced, without moving, toward Alex, who had taken her hair and was now braiding it.
“Huh.” She said, turning back toward her math homework as he continued. “Didn’t know you could braid hair.” She said with a smile, writing in another answer and going to the next question. “Please, be my guest. Helps me focus.” She spoke with a smile. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@getlostsqdwrd said:  ‘ you can’t save everyone. ‘ ( evie @ dizzy )
Misc. Angst RP Starters
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The eighteen year old girl looked down, staring into the darkness of the lake. Her mind wasn’t where it was supposed to be. She knew all Evie was trying to do was help her, tell her it was alright. But that’s not how Dizzy saw it. She couldn’t see it like that. She should have been able to save him. 
“I know that.” She whispered, sniffling and pushing her glasses a bit as she wiped her eyes. She just didn’t know how to express it. “But he was my cousin. I should have been able to help him. I knew he held a lot of regret against Cinderella and the others. But I never thought he’d do something like that. I thought he was changing. I thought he was becoming something different. He was trying.” She sighed and threw the rock, listening to it splash against the water. 
“He was the only family I had.” She looked up at Evie then, eyes red and sore from crying. They had tried everything, but he was gone. And there was nothing Dizzy could do about it. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said: [offer]  your  muse  offers  my  muse  food. ( julie @ brynn )
Assorted Words Starter Prompts
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Brynn was too busy focused on her English essay that she almost didn’t see the half of a sandwich and a cookie pushed toward her. She looked down at the food for a moment, before looking back up at Julie.
The yellow background dancer to Dirty Candy had befriended Julie and her band easily. She thought it was impossible, but once CeCe had introduced her to Julie, it was as if they were were automatically friends. And she liked that. She loved Dirty Candy, don’t get her wrong. Carrie was her first actual friend in middle school, and she vaguely remembered hanging with Julie and Flynn, but sometimes she needed away from the over enthusiastic girls.
She closed the book she was reading for her essay for a moment, listening to her stomach growl. She didn’t even realize she was hungry. But she hadn’t brought anything to eat. “Are you sure?” She asked quickly, biting her lip. She didn’t want to impose. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said:  [dress]  your  muse  helps  my  muse  get  dressed. ( luke @ brynn )
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Brynn cursed as she gave up, not able to reach the zipper of her performance dress. This was not a Dirty Candy performance, but one of her own. A contemporary piece that she had been working on and was finally able to perform. 
But now her one struggle was her dress. She normally didn’t wear performance outfits with zippers. They tend to break or rub wrong, but this dress was perfect for her song. And she needed it to work. She finished with her eyeliner and placed it in her bag, moving to grab her shoes, before she noticed the familiar phantom who had just stepped into the dressing room.
“Luke!” She exclaimed, jumping up and nearly knocking her makeup over. “Thank god. I need your help.” She said with a smile, walking over to him before turning. “Zip me up? Please? I can’t reach the actual zipper and I go on in like fifteen minutes and can’t find my mom anywhere!” She knew it was probably awkward, but at this moment, she couldn’t care less. 
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stargazermuse · 4 years ago
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@stcpintomyworld said:  [ CROWN ] : your muse kisses the top of my muse's head. ( alex @ cece/brynn/julie, whoever you’re feeling ! )
Kissing Prompts
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It was quiet in the garage, for once. They weren’t practicing for a new gig, or doing homework. It was just her and her cousin and the phantoms. And it was quiet, and that’s the way she liked it.
She had been leaning against Alex, curled up against him with her feet in Luke’s lap. She glanced over at CeCe where she was curled up against Reggie, showing a few videos to both Reggie and Luke where she had been seated between them. She chuckled, watching her cousin and noticing the smile on her face.
She felt Alex lean down as he shifted against her, before pressing his lips against the top of her head. She couldn’t help the blush that coated her face and she grinned. She leaned her head back to look at him upside down. The people in this room were very loving and affectionate to each other now that they could be touched, and it made her feel her all warm and fuzzy when they showed their affection. 
“I can’t reach you so.” She whispered to Alex where she laid, grinning at him and then leaning back down so she could look at the other three of her band. 
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