Selfie WRLD NoVa-DC
A place that was devoted to taking the perfect selfie
On the same day that I was in Tysons Corner, Virginia visiting the Princess Diana Exhibition at the Tysons Corner Center (which I discussed in my last post) I also visited another place that was located across from the Princess Diana Exhibition on the lower level of that mall. It was called Selfie WRLD NoVa-DC (Northern Virginia and Washington, DC) and it was a selfie museum that was devoted to taking the perfect selfie.
I paid the minimum $25 admission fee where I was given a pole to mount my phone on and a Bluetooth enabled controller. The only other things I had to do was to check my phone to make sure that I had loaded my camera app and the Bluetooth was turned on. Afterwards I was good to go.
The $25 fee gave me one hour where I had the complete run of the place. I could try out as many different backgrounds and props as I wanted and take as many pictures as I had disk space for on my phone. I was able to pretend that I was a sports star or an acoustic guitarist or working behind the counter of a 1950s era ice cream shop or even get sentenced to Fashion Jail.
Selfie WRLD NoVa-DC also had pricier options, which included having one of their resident photographers taking pictures of you and renting the place for private parties. (Yes, you could've held your very own selfie party where you and your guests could take selfie after selfie.)
Like I wrote before, a friend of mine, Phil Shapiro (who runs this YouTube channel), was the one who suggested, during the COVID-19 pandemic, making a series of YouTube videos about local places that people can visit in my area. When he saw my video about Selfie WRLD NoVa-DC he said that he really didn't see any future for that business because there isn't the potential for repeat customers. He had a point. While I had fun trying out the various backgrounds and props, I didn't see myself returning very often unless the place added new backgrounds and props that would've interested me enough to return. I've heard of people who've become addicted to taking selfies but I don't think there are enough of them for that place to have regular returning customers.
Phil was later proven correct because Selfie WRLD NoVa-DC had permanently closed down by the following year. However, Selfie WRLD still has places in other cities around the United States—just not in the Baltimore-DC area. Oh well. I still had a blast with trying out the various backgrounds and props.
This video has a total runtime of nearly two minutes and it was first uploaded online on September 2, 2022. Here are the two formats of my same video. Pick the one that suits you the best.
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Check out the Archives for more ideas on what off-beat places to visit in the Baltimore-DC area (and sometimes beyond).
I'll see you next time!