Spankometer: now that's Amora
Posted Thursday, July 05, 2007, 9:23 PM by Lonely Planet
What's Amora? "The world's first visitor attraction dedicated to love, sex and relationships" according to its creators. What about those erotic museums that pop up all over the world, offering decidedly unerotic and not-normally-cheap thrills - is this any different?
The latest attraction at London's Trocadero Centre may be something new. Charging ten pounds a person, the museum is neatly split into eight sections from dating and flirting to the remarkable Amorgasm, the orgasm tunnel. The areas are designed to educate and explore what you think you know about love, sex and relationships via interactive displays. Highlights include the Spankometer, which gauges your fetish skills and in the Amora Sutra room you can explore new sexual positions with a touch screen computer and a 7 foot wide projection at your debauched disposal.
There is a serious side to Amora. At the end of the experience is a bright room clearly outlining the facts and potential risks of various peccadiloes. It's pretty well done - it makes you think without feeling preachy.
While Amora is fun and lacks the seedy nature of other sex museum experiences, it tries too hard to remain tongue in cheek and some of the information is repeated or too obvious. This is however a place that will bring you several smiles and a few naughty ideas.
- Aaron Lamb
So will Amora catch on, or will it join the graveyard of good ideas that hung around Piccadilly Circus before fizzling out, like the Guiness World of Records and the scary wax of Rock Circus? Well, what do you think?
Labels: Europe
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4 Comments:
This sounds like it's definitely worth a visit!
We've just been to the venue. It was such a waste of time and money, you get to see more interesting things just by watching Channel 4. Lovely receptionist but otherwise a 'Total waste of time'!
Thought it was a good giggle, worth a trip on a weekend afternoon. There's nothing new to learn but it made us laugh and was something a bit different to do in the center of town!
Such a wasted opportunity – It is very basic, boring and not at all exciting, in essence it’s bland! Some of the exhibits are dirty from people touching them, and there was no one there other than two bored looking staff. Mildly interesting but not worth the entrance fee.
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