Hakugei put me into a roller coaster frenzy at Nagashima Spa Land

It’s time for The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift to jump onboard another Shinkansen, taking me to Nagoya to visit a home grown Japanese theme park for the first time – Nagashima Spa Land! It’s home to a roller coaster that became a bucket list item for the trip as soon as I started looking into what roller coasters Japan had to offer: Hakugei, a woodie-steel hybrid coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction. And since I was there, I got to experience other incredible coasters such as Steel Dragon 2000, flying roller coaster Acrobat & Schwarzkopf classic Looping Star and more!
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I went from Tokyo to Osaka at 270 km/h on the Shinkansen bullet train

The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift hits the rails as I make my way from Tokyo to Osaka onboard the world famous Shinkansen bullet train! Join me for the high speed journey, complete with an Ekiben for lunch, then check out my hotel for my time in Osaka, the Hotel She, Osaka – each room has a vinyl record player! To make use of it, I head out to HMV & Books and pick up a little something to listen to on it while indulging in some treats and snacks from Family Mart!
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London Heathrow to LAX on SAS via Copenhagen – SK500 & SK931 Vlog

It’s Travel Day for Planes, Trains & Millennium Falcons, my October 2024 trip to California for Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Universal Studios Hollywood! My journey starts in London and takes me all the way to Anaheim California for the Signature Hotel in a Bposhtels Hostel Dormitory and the Disneyland Resort to pick up my MagicBand+ from the World of Disney in Downtown Disney. Along the way, I fly from London Heathrow Airport to Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup and from there to LAX with SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) onboard an Airbus A320neo and an Airbus A350-900 (flight numbers SK500 & SK931).
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Caribbean Village Agadir Trip Vlog: ATOL The Way to Agadir

ATOL The Way to Agadir is my Trip Vlog for my February 2020 trip to Agadir in Morocco, staying at the Caribbean Village Agador Hotel. This trip vlog includes my stay at the Premier Inn London Gatwick Airport North Terminal, my flights with EasyJet (EZY & EZY) between Gatwick and Agadir Al Massira Airport & an extended look at the Caribbean Village Agador Hotel, including a room tour and an exploration of the grounds and facilities of the resort.
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Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport – Vlog & Review

Join me on my first overnight trip away from home in well over a year as I take a weekend staycation at the Hilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Airport, a mid-tier airport hotel located at the Heathrow Airport perimeter with airport views, included breakfast, fast Wi-Fi and comfortable modern rooms. This video tours the room, shows the kinds of views you can enjoy of aircraft – including some of the British Airways service areas, takes a look at some of the hotel common areas and amenities which were available during the partial lockdown and shows what the included breakfast is like whilst buffet services are suspended.
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