I saw LEGO Santa in LEGOLAND Windsor at Christmas!

My Christmas London Tourism adventures continue with my next trip to LEGOLAND Windsor, to check out the LEGOLAND at Christmas season! With some attractions closed for the low season, LEGOLAND Windsor celebrates Christmas with special entertainment offerings like Elf Training Academy, the Nutcracker’s Band playing live Christmas music, the chance to meet LEGO Santa and the evening Festival of Flurries Show featuring the friendly LEGO Snowman. I also checked out the Pizza & Pasta Buffet Restaurant – including their Christmas Pizza offering – and attractions like Autumn’s Riding Adventure and the (Ice) Dragon Roller Coaster! Plus, armed with my brand new Camera, I took another look around Mainland to check out its special Christmas decorations and scene changes.
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Turkish Airlines Economy: London Heathrow to Tokyo Narita via Istanbul

The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift gets underway at last! This trip takes me to Japan to celebrate my 34th birthday by visiting not one, not two, not three but five theme parks – including the bucket list dreams of Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea at the Tokyo Disney Resort! But first, I had to get there! I flew with Turkish Airlines in Economy from London Heathrow to Istanbul Airport aboard an Airbus A321neo and then on to Tokyo Narita on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. You’ll see my lunch at Carl’s Jr in Istanbul, all the food and seat facilities onboard each flight, my lunch the next day at Saizeriya in Ikspiari at Tokyo Disney Resort, a look around my hotel room at the CVS Bay Hotel and all my first day purchases from Bon Voyage, the Disney Store and my first visit to a Japanese konbini (convenience store), Lawson!
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The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift Trailer

A quick taste of what’s to come in my Series, The Parks for the Thirty-Fourth – Tokyo Drift. This trip includes flights between London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita via Istanbul, Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo DisneySea, Universal Studios Japan, Nakashima Spa Land, Fuji-Q Highland, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, journeys on the Shinkansen, a load of Japanese food and more!
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Mandrill Mayhem at Chessington World of Adventures Surprised Me

My London Area Theme Park Week concludes with a visit to Chessington World of Adventures, the park I’ve least recently visited previously. I went in without doing much to refresh my memory so I could have an explore and discover some things for myself on the day. It paid off quickly when I stumbled across the World of Jumanji headliner Mandrill Mayhem – an incredible launched shuttle wing coaster.
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I won every race on LEGOLAND’s Minifigure Speedway

My area Theme Park week continues with a visit to the UK’s most popular Theme Park, LEGOLAND Windsor. Headlining this trip were my first rides on the new duelling (and racing!) family shuttle coasters of Minifigure Speedway – Team Legends and Team All Stars. Other rides on the cards included LEGO Ninjago The Ride, Flight of the Sky Lion – the UK’s first flying theatre ride, The Dragon, Dragon’s Apprentice, Fire and Ice Freefall, Haunted House Monster Party, Laser Raiders, meeting with the fishes at Lego City Deep Sea Adventure, LEGOLAND Express & the Hill Train.
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Caledonian Sleeper Seated Coach Travel Vlog

Hop on board the famous Caledonian Sleeper train with me as I take a journey from London Euston up north to Edinburgh Waverley in the Seated Coach! I’ll show you everything that came standard in the seated version of the new Mark 5 Coach in October 2019 (when I took this journey), as well as views of the English and Scottish countrysides en route to Edinburgh from London.
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