In the morning, after a tasty breakfast at the Green Cafe we made our way up to the Natural History Museum Planetarium for an adventure to the stars...
When we got there we were amazed to see the queue snaking all the way out the door, down the stairs and running for the entire block, almost round the corner! Luckily when we walked to the back of the queue we realised that we could join the smaller queue for the Planetarium bit.
However, once we got inside, it was time to join another queue for tickets. We had a bit of trouble with the ticketing machine as we kept trying to buy tickets for the show and they were selling out by the minute, so the only ticket we could get was for 3.30pm (it was about 11.30am at the time!), so it was a bit frustrating. But then, as we were having trouble a very nice lady came and helped us out, and told us that she'd escort us to the front of the queue for the show and get us in to the early showing!
It was pretty amazing, she walked us through the museum, going through 'staff only' sections and in the 'staff only' lift, rushing us through so we'd not miss the show. Just as we got to the show we realised that I'd got the name of the show wrong and she was taking us to a different exhibition instead, but she didn't mind at all - she didn't flinch, she just turned us round and rushed us to the right exhibition and got us in early without queueing. It was fantastic. The staff at the Natural History Museum were so friendly, especially this lady, and she refused to accept a wee tip too, so it was all purely to keep the customers happy and give them a great experience, which she did - so Thank you!
However, once we got inside, it was time to join another queue for tickets. We had a bit of trouble with the ticketing machine as we kept trying to buy tickets for the show and they were selling out by the minute, so the only ticket we could get was for 3.30pm (it was about 11.30am at the time!), so it was a bit frustrating. But then, as we were having trouble a very nice lady came and helped us out, and told us that she'd escort us to the front of the queue for the show and get us in to the early showing!
It was pretty amazing, she walked us through the museum, going through 'staff only' sections and in the 'staff only' lift, rushing us through so we'd not miss the show. Just as we got to the show we realised that I'd got the name of the show wrong and she was taking us to a different exhibition instead, but she didn't mind at all - she didn't flinch, she just turned us round and rushed us to the right exhibition and got us in early without queueing. It was fantastic. The staff at the Natural History Museum were so friendly, especially this lady, and she refused to accept a wee tip too, so it was all purely to keep the customers happy and give them a great experience, which she did - so Thank you!
The show was absolutely incredible, it was in the dome roofed room, and the stars and planets were all projected in almost 3D on the ceiling - it was amazing because it felt like the planets were really floating in air in front of your eyes, but you didn't need glasses or anything. It was a far more impressive experience than any of the 3D films that are out at the moment.
Whoopie Goldberg took us on a tour around the Universe, showing us Brown Dwarfs and White Dwarfs and even showed us Uranus! He he... It was all fantastic!
The Natural History Museum never fails to be amazing, all the exhibitions in there are wonderful and interesting and entertaining. I love it.
After landing back to earth we went for a lovely stroll through the park to the Boathouse for a spot of lunch...
It was a wee bit busy but we managed to get a table and enjoy our burgers and fries before hitting the shops for a spot of sale shopping at Bloomingdales.
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