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Are there discounts to London attractions
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besides buying a London Pass? We will likely do Tower of London, a Thames River Cruise (or other river trip if I could find a cheaper one), possibly Westminster Abbey, Guard Museum, Tower Bridge if my son pushes to go up top instead of walking below, and both the Museum of Childhood and London Eye are not included in the London Pass anyway. So are there any other discounts?
And what about the Oyster versus a Travel card? I am still trying to figure those out, the only places we might go to that are not very centralized are Museum of Childhood and possibly Docklands Museum. We are staying at Marriott County Hall. Any thoughts?
Jen - Mom to two December 12 babies
Nathaniel 12/12/06 and Addison 12/12/08
Re: Are there discounts to London attractions
The eye sells combo tickets with some other attractions, one of which is a river cruise. the info is on the Eye website. The eye tickets are a little cheaper if you buy them online. I'd link, but it wouldn't be clicky from my iPad.
There was another package thing I cant remember the name and it might have been for stuff outside of London, when I get home I'll look through out stuff from September.
We bought the daily passes after rush hour. We were only there for 4.5 days.
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Do you want a narrated Thames Cruise or do you just want to cruise along the river? If you can live without the narration you can use the Oyster card on the Thames Clipper and its cheaper than paying for a cruise.
You can get a small discount if you purchase your Tower of London tickets online.
Go to eveningsong or sunday service at Westminster Abbey- they are free; otherwise you will pay around GBP $15 for an adult admission.
We have used Oyster cards for travelling around town; last time we were there it topped out at GBP $6.90 a day (the max amount they would deduct per day no matter how many times you use it).
Thanks. How much do you get to see on Westminster Abbey if you go during eveningsong or Sunday service, do you get to see more if you pay? Still probably not worth it but I could not find the answer anywhere.
We have yet to make it inside the abbey! Both trips had scheduling conflicts and we didnt want to pay that much to go inside (our first trip over in 2008 was when the exchange rate was just under USD$2 for GBP$1...so everything was essentially doubled in price)
There was a London thread on PCE a few days ago. I think one of the posters has done the tour. Will go find the link and post it here.
Long shot, but if you'll be traveling into London by train, look out for the 2x1 brochure - we went to Kent for a day and saw this in the train station on our way back, and with your train tickets into London and the coupons in the brochure you get discounts on a bunch of attractions.
As far as Westminster Abbey goes, personally I'd pay the entrance and go during the day because the audio guide is really interesting and informative. But if learning about it isn't your style, and you just want to see the inside, then evensong is a good choice.
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I agree with this on Westminster Abbey:
You only see the main cathedral during evensong--which, whilst spectacular, won't show you popular features such as the poet's corner, coronation chair, etc.
If you have a travelcard on your Oyster, the narrated Thames 'cruises' are 1/3 off.