Skip the Line:Wax Museum Ticket-World in Wax & Guided Tour of Chamber of Horrors

Highlights

Inclusions

Itinerary

1. The Wax Museum - World in Wax - Time travel backwards to meet heroes and villains from the past. Stand before presidents and queens, statesmen, artists, musicians, generals, explorers, religious leaders and heretics, the famous and infamous. At the Gold Coast Wax Museum each emerge from history, life-size, life like, almost as if they could speak, to bring again their glory and tragedy. The Wax Museum - Chamber of Horrors - A guided half hour tour provides a vivid image of this painful past. The tour of the chamber includes over 40 instruments of punishment from different parts of the World, from the tongue tearer to the guillotine. Each instrument of torture described in illustrative story telling glory with historical background information. The Tour Guide is thought provoking about torture and punishment in today's "civilised world. Until a few centuries ago, cities around the world had its scaffold on the market place and a gallows field at the gate. The rack below the city hall was a common method for sharp interrogation, and the executioner had a recognised trade: "The first stroke is the one that counts". Ecclesiastical lawyers devised special punishments for the exceptional crimes of witchery and heresy. The Spanish Inquisition used an elaborate range of instruments to fight against those evil works of the devil.

   50 minAdmission included

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 32 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

Showing reviews written in English.

• 5Worth the trip if your in Surfers Paradise

  Defiantly different and worth the hour. We went to the Famous person section first there you can see many faoumous people. They look so real you fell as if there eyes are following you. Then there is a second section and your taken by a guide on a guided tour explaining torcher and punishment in the old days. We are lucky to live today.

  R5042WSpetertJuly 2025via Tripadvisor

• 4Interesting things to be learned

  Good little place to go at your own pace. The chamber part was really interesting, with lots of facts and tales of the different torture devices from history. The other display area was smallish but had some really cool historical documents and displays of famous people. Not quite up to the standards of madam Tussaud’s in Sydney but it was still worth the visit.

  Amanda PJuly 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5Interesting Museum

  Interesting Museum we spent over a hour. The guided tour was interesting and there are many quirky items on display. The famous people was amazing the costumes were amazing.

  emmajW5724EOJuly 2025via Tripadvisor

• 4Worth it for the guided tour

  I thoroughly enjoyed the chamber of horrors tour - very interesting and presented in an entertaining way. It is graphic but this is to be expected being a chamber of horrors. Tour guide was considerate and checked in with us to make sure we were okay throughout. I thought that the upstairs section might be a bit bigger but nevertheless it was still cool to see.

  F5160WEsimonebJune 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5The Wax Museum is a great way to enjoy your gold coast holiday

  When on holidays I came across the Wax Museum. I remember going there as a child and felt that I should take the family. There was two sections one with famous people and the other section was a tour with a guide. It was a amazing just as I remember. The famous people had us talking on the different sizes of the wax figures. The costumes are amazing. The Guided tour is about how hard times were in the old days. After you will be thing lucky we live today. The Wax Museum is a great way to enjoy your gold coast holiday

  Q7819JQelizabethaMarch 2025via Tripadvisor

• 5A museum on the Gold Coast like the famous ones I saw in London

  Amazing museum - Similar to London Dungeons and Madame Tussaud on the Gold Coast. Location is in Surfers Paradise and is a short walk from the tram stop.The tour is a must for any history buff. The Guided tour is actually funny - I understand its not for everybody - but is a great laugh. It is not a spook or scare thing like a haunted house. The famous people section had Ed Sheeran, Donald Trump, King Charles. All looked realistic.

  hanaaH6181VFMarch 2025via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Surfers Paradise

• Its from-price is 71% below the median of the 95 experiences we list in Surfers Paradise.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 32 of 95.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Surfers Paradise

Surfers Paradise is the high-rise heart of Queensland's Gold Coast, a long surf beach backed by towers, cafés and rainforest hills.

A broad stretch of golden sand runs beside the towers of Surfers Paradise, with flags marking the patrolled swimming areas and pedestrian streets such as Cavill Avenue leading back from the shore. The area took the name Surfers Paradise in 1933, and a small seaside holiday spot has grown into the centre of the Gold Coast. The calm channels of the Broadwater lie behind the skyline.

Top-ranked sights in Surfers Paradise: Surfers Paradise Beach.

See all 95 experiences in Surfers Paradise