Madame Tussauds Orlando

November 14, 2026 Claire Donovan

Ninety-plus wax figures, no ropes, sets built for your camera — the wax museum at ICON Park, from the Justice League to the current charts.

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Madame Tussauds Orlando, in the Wheelhouse at ICON Park since May 2015, is the wax museum rebuilt for the camera phone: more than ninety figures, no ropes, no glass, and sets designed to be stood in. You don’t look at the figures so much as join them — arm around a statesman, centre stage with a pop star, caped up with the Justice League. Whether that’s culture depends on your definition; as an hour of International Drive entertainment, especially with teenagers, it is extremely well aimed.

Where: 8387 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819 — inside the Wheelhouse building at ICON Park, beside the Orlando Eye and SEA LIFE.

Best for: Teenagers, pop-culture fans, selfie-takers, and groups filling the ICON Park part of a day.

Tickets: A per-attraction ticket, sold singly or in Merlin’s combos — two attractions with SEA LIFE, or three with SEA LIFE and the Orlando Eye, which is how most visitors should buy it (the three-attraction bundle was the headline of Merlin’s November 2026 Black Friday promotion). It is not included in ICON Park’s own Play Pass or Fun Pass — those cover the complex’s non-Merlin attractions. Wax Hands, the dip-your-own souvenir, is an extra.

Hours: Open daily, typically late morning to about 8 or 9 p.m. in current listings, varying by day and season — Merlin publishes a date-specific calendar, so check yours.

Getting there: ICON Park’s garage (free on floors 4–7, premium and valet below); the entrance is inside the Wheelhouse, with the I-RIDE Trolley serving the complex.

The highlights

The Justice League zone — Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman in full heroic sets — the section younger visitors make straight for.
The current celebrity sets — The line-up rotates with fame itself; recent ICON Park promotions have featured Dwayne Johnson, Rihanna, Ryan Reynolds and Awkwafina among the music and film figures. Check the official site for who’s in residence during your visit.
Sport and history — Muhammad Ali among the sporting figures, with statesmen and historical names in the quieter rooms — the museum’s nod to its 250-year-old format.
The Florida touches — Figures and sets with a local angle, refreshed as the collection rotates; Tussauds orlando keeps a Florida room in the mix.
Wax Hands — The hands-on souvenir, literally: your hand in coloured wax. Book it early in the visit if it’s wanted; it’s done by hand, in every sense, and queues form.

Making a day of it

Tussauds is a 45-to-75-minute attraction, and its natural habitat is the ICON Park combination: aquarium, waxworks and the wheel in one building cluster, on one combo ticket, in about three hours — the single most efficient attraction block on International Drive. Do the two indoor attractions first and save the Eye for sunset. Within the museum, the format rewards participation over observation: the parties who pose, dress the moment up and take the photos get the attraction Merlin designed; the ones who walk it like a gallery get a shorter, flatter visit.

Magazine tips

Buy it as the three-attraction combo. Standalone Tussauds is the worst-priced way to see it; the Merlin bundle with SEA LIFE and the Eye is the intended product.
Charge the phone. This is the one attraction in the guide where the camera is the point. The sets are lit for it.
Figures rotate — check who’s current. If a specific celebrity is the reason for the visit, confirm their figure is on the floor before you go; the collection changes with the culture.
Weekday mornings are empty. The no-ropes format means crowds directly cost you photos; an early weekday visit is a private audience.

Part of Orlando Citizen’s Orlando Tourism Guide. See also its Wheelhouse neighbours: SEA LIFE Orlando and ICON Park & The Orlando Eye. This record’s cover is a magazine illustration; photography for this page is in progress under our image practice.

Photo: Denis Bourez – Madame Tussauds, London (8747024027) by Denis Bourez from France · CC BY · via Wikimedia Commons · AI-enhanced to magazine grade by Orlando Citizen.

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