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It’s known as Orlando’s most bizarre attraction: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is a 10,000-square-foot “Odditorium” that looks like it’s falling into a Florida sinkhole. But it’s a perfectly safe, great place for the whole family to visit while you’re staying in the vacation villas at Fantasy World.

The newly-renovated Orlando museum consists of 16 unique galleries that include hundreds of unbelievable exhibits that range from merely unusual to totally weird and even absolutely creepy, such as:

• An actual shrunken human head

• A seven-legged sheep

• A portrait of singer Beyonce made entirely from candy

• A 25-foot high mural of Jimi Hendrix made from more than 8,500 playing cards

• A balloon-powered chair that flew over the Rocky Mountains

• A shooting gallery where you can take aim and fire at different odd targets

• A Peel Trident car (the smallest production car in the world)

• A fossil of a T-Rex foot and lower leg

• Optical illusions, word puzzles and brain teasers

• Multiple miniatures that you can view through powerful magnifying glasses

• Wax figures that you can take pictures of and with

Ripley’s is easily accessible from the vacation villas at Fantasy World. It’s located on International Dr. and is open from 9 a.m. to midnight, 365 days a year, with free parking. Plan to allow 1 – 1.5 hours for your self-guided, self-paced tour. While most of the museum’s exhibits are permanent, they do host some traveling exhibits. Bring your camera and plan to take plenty of pictures.

This post was written by FantasyWorld Resort.