From Friday January 31, 2014 with special celebrations on Saturday February 1, 2014

Madame Tussauds London will join the largest Chinese New Year celebrations outside Asia as the Capital gears up to wish Londoners and international visitors "Kung Hei Fat Choi", with a special visit from the wax likenesses of Chinese martial arts masters Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee.

The striking figures will travel from Madame Tussauds attractions in Hong Kong and Shanghai to take up residence in London in time to welcome in The Year of the Horse on Friday January 31. AND to mark the occasion, Saturday February 1 will be a day of special celebration with performances of the high-energy, high-impact traditional Lion Dance at regular intervals. The attraction will feature customary decorations and music, with the historic building also being lit up in lucky red. Guests can also have a peek at what's in store for them in the coming year with a free fortune cookie*.

Guests will be able to pose alongside legends Lee and Chan throughout the New Year period. Lee is portrayed in his trademark yellow and black all in one, his face deep in concentration poised ready to spring into action. Chan is in a more relaxed pose with his familiar large smile and dressed casually in a denim outfit. The duo will remain in London until mid April 2014.

And there's lots more world famous fun at Madame Tussauds London, filled with 14 exciting, interactive zones and the amazing Marvel Super Heroes 4D movie experience, the attraction combines glitz and glamour with incredible history.

GETTING THERE

• Best prices online at www.madametussauds.com/london
• Pre-book online and reduce your wait time
• Prices from £22.50 (adult), £19.35 (children)
• Nearest tube: Baker Street

*Whilst supplies last

Ends

For further information please contact:

Claudia Parker at freerange communications on 020 7402 9966 or claudia@freerange.eu

Notes to Editors

• Prices to Madame Tussauds start from £22.50 for adults and £19.35 for children (4-15 inclusive) when you pre-book at www.madametussauds.com/London. Priority access tickets can also be booked on 0871 894 3000*

*Calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras

• Madame Tussauds London is located next to Baker Street tube station and open seven days a week; opening times vary, check the website for details before visiting, www.madametussauds.com/London
• Madame Tussauds Studios London has been making wax figures for over 150 years. Each masterpiece takes four months, and a team of 20 dedicated sculptors, to create. Over 500 precise body measurements are referenced, real head hairs are inserted one by one, and countless layers of paints and tints are applied to build up skin tones - all to achieve the kind of astonishing realism that has kept Madame Tussauds world renowned for over two centuries.

• Madame Tussauds has attractions in London, Hollywood, New York, Las Vegas, Washington D.C., Amsterdam, Berlin, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok, Vienna, Blackpool UK and Sydney, with interactive figures and experiences built around fame and celebrity.  In London, guests can get up close and personal with incredibly lifelike replicas of 21st century stars like Johnny Depp and Amy Winehouse, brave the scariest Chamber Of Horrors yet, complete with actors as bloodthirsty serial killers and take a time-travelling taxi ride through 400 years of amazing London history.

• MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS is the leading name in location-based, family entertainment, and has seen dynamic growth sector over the last five years. Europe's Number 1 and the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates 99 attractions, eight hotels/three holiday villages in 22 countries and across four continents. The company aims to deliver memorable and rewarding experiences to its 54 million visitors worldwide, through its iconic global and local brands, and the commitment and passion of its managers and more than 22,000 employees. 

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