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Museum of Illusions has 71 locations on four continents. We recently visited their location in Orlando, Florida. The museum is located in Icon Park on International Drive, an area full of restaurants, stores, and tourist attractions. The museum itself is rather small. Upon entry you can either purchase tickets or scan online tickets that you have prepurchased. You then proceed around in a clockwise direction, enjoying all the optical illusions. There are several types of illusions around the museum. On the walls are your fairly typical – which line is longer, which box is bigger – type of illusions. They have things hanging beside the illusions so you can measure the images for yourself. There is a small room that you can enter that is like being inside a kaleidoscope. There is a tunnel to walk through that spins around you.
But the majority of the illusions involve taking pictures of yourself in the different areas. Some of these use distance or slanted floors to make someone look very tall or very short. Others use mirrors to make it look like you are rocking climbing or that you are sitting with clones of yourself. Yet others involve you taking pictures and then rotating them on your phone so that it looks like you are hanging in precarious positions. There are museum employees around to take pictures for you so your whole group can be part of the photo.
Museum of Illusions Orlando is open 7 days a week. Their hours vary by season. Tickets are $29.99 for ages 12+ and $26.99 for children 4-11, with a slight discount for prepurchasing online. Weekday tickets and tickets for Florida residents, teachers, military personnel, and first responders are also a few dollars less.
My Takeaway
Museum of Illusions is a small space and it took us less than an hour to walk through even with stopping to take pictures at most of the spots. While you ended up with some neat photos, it wasn’t all that exciting to pose for them, since rotating the photos on your phone is what made them look neat. I also thought the admission price was steep for what was offered. I would suggest skipping the Museum of Illusions.