Planning Tokyo: Rough Costs

Finally I can now say I am going to Tokyo next year without people going "well 2018 is a long way off but how exciting".

As it is Joel's 30th birthday next year we decided we wanted to do something extra special and what a better place to go than Tokyo considering its somewhere we have both wanted to go for a very long time. I managed to persuade him to let me have two days at Tokyo Disneyland so I could visit both the parks and cross another one off my bucket list.

We are planning to go in November 2018 for 10 nights with Joel's birthday falling nicely in the middle of our trip. So far with regards to planning we have only worked out the costs for our hotel, flights and park tickets.

Flights are going to be about £450 per person flying early in the morning from Birmingham Airport as this is the closet to us that fly's to Japan Tokyo without having to go all the way to London.

The hotel we are looking to stay at has been recommend by my lovey friend Sabrina and also a few other bloggers and what is great is the hotel does offer a free shuttle to Disney so I will have to make sure that we get that booked up as soon as we get there. The costs of the hotel is looking at £794 for the both of us which isn't to bad but prices could change.

Our park tickets we are buying in advance because it will make it a lot easier on the day to have e tickets than to wait in line to purchase them. Only annoying this is that with Tokyo Disney you cannot hop between the parks unless you have a 3 day ticket where as with the 2 day tickets you have to declare which park you want to do on each day. These are costing us £91.30 each!

Other than this we haven't got much else organised as cannot book certain things until later on in the year which will be the point where things really get exciting and the planning begins! So these are our rough costs at the moment and obviously me being me I have already got ideas of what I want to do when at Disney which I will post near to the time ;)

2016 Plans so Far!

OK so when I actually started writing this I named it "2015 Plans so Far" so that just proves even 20 days in and Im still not used to it being 2016. Last year just flew by in a flash and it was filled with so many great memories and adventures,

Wonder what 2016 will bring? At this moment in time I don't have a lot planned but I do have a few things planned and a few things in the pipe line if all goes to plan.

5 Year Anniversary
I can't believe in less than 2 weeks me and my partner Joel would have been together for 5 years, it has honestly flown by and feels like we have been together forever. We have had our ups and downs but we have got through them and especially since moving in together things have gotten much better.

Were not doing nothing massive but we have both taken a few days off so we can relax together and were going to head to bath to the best Italian there called Sotto Sotto which is rated number 1 out of 438 restaurants. I'll be sure to review once we have been.

The Vamps Tour
OK so I am 23 years old and yes I know the Vamps boys are like 20 years old and when ever we go to a gig apart from the parents looking after they're children we are the oldest ones there hehe! Not that it bothers me at all cause I love they're music and I'm not afraid to say it!

Were seeing them in Birmingham and staying over the night in a hotel which means only one thing shopping and food is a must. When ever me and my best friend do anything if there is an Ed's Diner near by then we must stop by and have a burger.

Disney On Ice Anniversary
Last year as you know I went to see Disney On Ice for the 1st time in Birmingham with my best friend (Samiee by the way shes the one I everything with hehe) and it was incredible and we decided that we would go and see the next one and funnily enough not long after I got an email with a pre release offer for the Silver Anniversary Show which this time is in Cardiff which is way better for us.

Once again we managed to get amazing seats only a few rows from the front and this time its going to include Lion King, Peter Pan with Tinkerbell along with Frozen, Little Mermaid and the main gang again.

Emma Emma Emma!
Who said you can't make friends online? Well you definitely can, I met the most amazing person called Emma on Instagram over our mutual love for Disney and Sims wasn't until last October that we really got talking and started to have facetime chats every so often.

I am gutted that she lives 4 and half hours away in Carlie but that doesn't stop us as she is coming to stay for a few days in April and I cannot wait!!!!

Disneyland Paris 25th Anniversary and my 25th Birthday
If you haven't gathered by now I am a massive Disney freak then well I don't know hah. I've been to DLP (Disneyland Paris) 2 times now and I cannot get enough and I am not bothered that it isn't Florida or California I have plenty of time in my life to go there and its going to cost a lot of money so for now I am content with DLP.

Next year they are celebrating they're celebrating they're 25th Anniversary from the 12th April 2017 on wards, hopefully it will be the same as they're 20th and it will last until the end of 2017 and on in to 2018. So my plan is as I'm 25 years old as well that I would make a special trip for my birthday. I am hoping to go with the above Emma and we have already planned so much I cannot wait just need to wait for final costs so we can put down our deposit!

Family Holiday to Newquay/Christmas In Northern Ireland
This year we are going on a family trip down to Cornwall over the May school holidays and this will be out first holiday together in over 10 years. We are staying in a Caravan in a holiday park and there is so much to do but also in the surrounding area. Literally everyone is coming so it makes it even better!

Thinking about Christmas already? Yes I know but when you plan to travel you need to think of these things way in advance with booking holiday and flights but this year we are planning to go and stay with Joel's parents in NI which will be great to see all his family and friends again.

In the Pipe Line:

• Aladdin in theater
• Visting another Instagram/Facebook friend in Bham

So what are your plans for 2016? Cannot believe were halfway through January already!

Disneyland Paris: Food Glorious Food

I love food who doesn't love food? I am a foodie so its very important where eat well its not but it has to have something good on the menu.

As we all know Disneyland Paris isn't exactly cheap when it comes to eating but luckily most restaurants have a set menu. So here I will tell you a bit about what I ate and what I enjoyed most.

I didn't really take many photos of the food eaten.

Planet Hollywood (1st Night):

Now Planet Hollywood is one of the restaurants in Disney that doesn't have a set menu so were undecided if we were going to eat here because of the cost but before we left my dad gave us €70 to spend on a meal so we decided to choose here.

We made the mistake of deciding to eat after Disney Dreams when the park closed at 8pm so when we got there the que was out the door and down the stairs but to our surprise we were seated with in 10mins in the downstairs area ... which I didn't even know existed.

For our starter I was slightly disappointed even though it tasted really good the lack of it for the €9 we paid was a bit annoying. We ordered the potato skins which in most restaurants you would be given 4 but here we only got 2 and they were quite small.

We both had the same main which was the BBQ burger which I really enjoyed was cooked to perfection and came with a good amount of chips costing €16.90 each. Then for dessert we decided to share the Toblerone cheesecake which was nice but I wouldn't have it again as there wasn't much flavor and this cost us €8.

All together our meal cost about €60 once drinks were added, I do love the atmosphere in here and the service has always been good. This is my 2nd visit.

Steak House (2nd Night)

It took us ages to decided where we wanted to eat on our 2nd night we were stuck between Steak House, Rain forest Cafe and King Ludwig's but after looking at some menus and reviews we ended up in the Steak House.

We ordered from they're Jazz set menu which is either a starter and main or a main and dessert for €29.99.

For starter we both went for the Prawn Cocktail which was lovely then for my main I had the Angus Beef Shank which was incredible some of the best beef I have ever tasted and cooked to perfection.

My partner had the roast chicken which we also said was cooked to perfection and tasted amazing.

I would seriously recommend going here, the price has put me off to start with but that was before I saw the set menu.

Cafe Mickey:

Now this is my 2nd visit to Cafe Mickey and this has to be one of my favorite restaurants to eat in, the food is ok but its mostly for the character interaction than for the meal.

We did the 3 course meal for €45.99 as I wanted to spend as much time in the restaurant as I could so I could meet as many characters and with it being the Christmas season it was a lot busier than when I went last year in February.

For my starter I had the Fantasia mushrooms as I love them, this was actually better than when I had them last  year they were a lot bigger and came with bread and tomatoes.

Now for my main I was being a bit adventurous and went for the sea food pasta and I really wish I had just gone with the Pizza as my partners was amazing.

The fish in the pasta was lovely but the overall taste was horrible and the pasta wasn't very nice it only tasted better when I mixed it with some Mayo haha.

Dessert was my favorite the Mickey Mouse Cupcake <3

Everything about this cupcake was just amazing, it was all edible which surprised me it did take me a little while before I decided to eat the case as it felt like wax so wasn't convinced. It was a mixture of white chocolate and blueberries with apricot sauce on the plate and a vanilla drizzle to put on the cupcake.

I would probably say this visit I met less people due to the time of year we went but I still had the best time especially as Pinocchio made an appearance during dessert.

I was such a big kid screaming his name out loud and making everyone turn around, I then proceeded on to saying to my partner I wasn't eating my dessert until he had come to our table in which I think the coordinator heard and sent him around to our tables first!

I also met Minnie, Goofy, Tiger and Pluto. Mickey was out and about but he was down the other end when we left singing happy birthday to 3 different people.

(I look awful in this photo due to the angle!)

I hear Inventions is great! I think I will be trying here next time!

Earl of Sandwich:

First time ever eating in here as last time I didn't really eat lunch but with being here with my partner this time he wanted lunch so this is where he choose.

The service in here is brilliant so simple, pick a number get given a buzzer and then you go pay and wait for your buzzer to go off to collect your food. I went for a Philly Cheese Steak which was incredible the meat was cooked just right and partner had the number 8.

Stalls in the Village:

I love the Disney Village but even more so at Christmas Time as the atmosphere is just great all the decorations, the stalls, the smells from the stalls and everyone is in just a good mood.

We did buy somethings from a few off the stalls for lunch on one of the days I had a Nutella Crepe and my partner had a Nutella Waffle and these were the best we had ever tasted and could have gone back for 2nds but at €5 each we thought we best not ha!

We also got some lovely french Macaroons which were to die for and another one of my loves in life. The flavours were incredible especially the one called Frozen Vanilla.

Slowly making my way through my list of planned posts, hope you all have a lovely week!
Immy xoxoxox

Disney Haul

Its safe to say my suitcase coming home was rammed so rammed that I had to leave my handbag behind, good job it was a cheap bag I brought on purpose for this holiday!

Everyone loves a good haul especially when its a Disney Haul, I am quiet happy with all the stuff I managed to get there was a few items that I really wanted but weren't currently in stock or for example the Lion King Tsum Tsum came out the day I left which I was gutted about :( Ahh well they are out in January anyways.

Just by looking at the above photo you can see I ended up buying a lot of sweets and chocolate hehe!

Milka and French Haribo are a must buy when in Paris, people thing I am mad obsessing over the French haribo but they are just way better than any you will get in the UK by far. 

Last time I visited I didn't pick up any of the Mickey and Minnie biscuits but after hearing how amazing they are this time I thought I would give them a go.

With it being Christmas now I was looking at all the Christmas decorations they had to offer and there was tons of them I could have brought so many more than I actually did but the issue was getting them home.

The ginger bread collection is just the cutest so these were a must have along with the bowl, I was going to get the pluses but they were smaller than I imagined and the only two I found weren't that great :(

I am a Vinylmation and Tsum Tsum collector but I have to say this trip I was a little disappointed with what was on offer. I managed to get hold of one of the Park Favourites and Peter Pan Vinylmations and the Shelia and Duffy Tsum Tsum but was kinda hoping for more.

How cute is Remy? It took me so long to actually find a cute looking one!

I love collecting commemorative coins to do with places I've been so when I saw these around the parks I had to pick a few up, obviously I had to get the Ratatouille one <3

On our last day we ended up going to Val D Europe which is a massive shopping center about 5 minuets on the RER and it has over 150 shops and an Aquarium which was amazing filled with so many amazing fish, sharks, turtles, Nemo and Dory of course anyways back on track ;)

I ended up going in to this shop called Undiz and they just sell nightwear, bras and underwear so I had to take a look and I came across the most amazing Disney Villains nightwear <3 really check them out they have some amazing stuff.

I hope you liked my Haul, more Disney posts still to come. Back in work today and suffering with Disney Blues but I brought some Disney with me to work hehe!!

Immy xoxox

I want to meet ...

Hi everyone, I really hope you've had a good weekend it always goes to quick and once again here we are back at Monday!

This is my final pre holiday post regarding Disneyland Paris until I am back from my travels on the 4th December and then I will be back with some posts regarding my time at Disney.

I have seen in the last few weeks so many characters at Disney who will be floating around during the time I'm there even though I know this is subject to change there are some people I really would love to meet.

I am really hoping to get the chance to meet Marie she is only ever usually out during the Halloween season but this year they have extended her stay till Christmas which makes me very happy as she is one of my favs! Along with Miss Bunny and Thumper making they're Christmas appearance these two are a must do on my list.

Also having special slots this Christmas is Jack Skellington and Merida from Brave who I would love to hopefully meet along with Mickey and Minnie dressed in they're Christmas gear.

As you will know if you have visited the Disney parks there are sometimes characters just lurking about in each park through out the day and I would love to meet if I have the chance or spot them;

Based on who I've seen about on photos recently:
1. Alice
2. Mad Hatter
3. Tweedle Dee and Dum
4. White Rabbit
5. Queen of Hearts
6. Aladdin
7. Genie
8. Abu
9. Jasmine
10. Timone
11. Rafiki
12. Baloo
13. King Louie
14. Woody
15. Buzz
16. Spiderman
17. Pinocchio
18. Gipetto
19. Peter Pan
20. Wendy
21. Hook
22. Smee

I am hoping to meet Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Chip, Dale, Donald and Daisy during the Early Hours before the park opens all dressed up in they're Christmas clothes as well as in Cafe Mickey!

I would love to go into the Princess Pavilion but that will all depend on the waiting time as my partner will not want to que. I would love to meet Rapunzel, Snow, Cindy and Anna and Elsa.

Last time when I was in Disneyland Paris I met 8 different characters but this was because it was the quieter season so lets see how many I can meet on this trip and I will be sure to report back once I'm home ;)

Take Care all Immy xoxoxoxox

Disneyland Paris Trip Check List

I really cannot believe that its been 9 months since I booked my 2nd trip to Disneyland Paris, what I am most excited about is visiting during Christmas season. I have been reading up on all the things they do over this festive season and hear there are some new additions as well.

I have made a list of rides and parades that I really want to watch and do, mostly because I don't want to miss anything and some of the rides last year were closed when I went so want to make sure I do these this time around

Rides:

As mentioned when I went in February last year a few of the rides were shut for refurbishment so I want to make sure these are done this time but also to make sure my boyfriend gets to go on the best rides there as he won't want to go on everything unlike me.

Haven't Done:

1. Studio Tram Tour

2. Ratatouille: The Adventure

3. Indiana Jones Rollercoaster

4. Autopia

5. Casey Jr. - Miniature Train

6. Walt Disney's Carousel

7. The Runaway Mine Train, which sadly is going to be missed this time around as well as it is closed like last time although last time it just kept breaking down.

Must Do's:

1. Tower or Terror

2. Rock 'N' Rollercoster 

3. RC Racer

4. Crush Coaster

5. Space Mountain

6. Buzz Lazar Blast

7. Peter Pans Flight

Parades/Shows:

I am a sucker for making sure I see all the parades and the shows that go on at Disney, last year I managed to see them all but there was only 3 I needed to see where as this Christmas there is about 7 of them.

This year there are a few new additions to Disney line up with Frozen Fever making its way back along with the girls making they're royal entrance down main street USA. I won't be making my boyfriend watch the sing along as I don't think its fair!

1. The Disney Christmas Parade: this is going to be so magical and its on 3 times a day which means  

it won't be missed and more chances of seeing it in daylight.

2. Disney Dreams: I loved this last year so will be glad so see this again with the Christmas twist.

3. Disney Royal Christmas Invitation: This is new to the Christmas line up and I'm so excited to get the chance to see this, also showing 3 times a day and hopefully chances to meet them after like with the Halloween Disney Villain special.

4. Mickey's Magical Tree Lighting: Another new addition to the Christmas line up

5. Disney's Magic On Parade: This parade is usually cancelled during the Christmas season but it has been confirmed that this will run this year. As I have seen this before I am not to fussed it I don't make it to see it.

To Eat:

1. Cafe Mickey: As so as we booked this holiday I knew right away that I was going to pre book Cafe Mickey as I ate here last year on the off chance and had so much fun that it was a must do for this trip.

2. Casey's Corner: All I have heard about the last month is how good the hot dogs and hot chocolates are here so the plan is as we arrive late on our first night to just check in and make our way down to watch Disney Dreams and have a hot dog.

3. Cable Cart Cafe: Mums Chocolate cake!!!! 3 words is all I need to say, just hope its still as good as last year.

Things I Want To Buy:

I follow this most amazing group on Facebook called "Disneyland Paris chat group for Brits" where us fellow Disney lovers all join together to chat about planning trips and current trips. I have had so many useful tips and questions answered so recommend checking it out. These photos are taken from the group its self as there is an album of items available at Disneyland.

I am in love this the Gingerbread range available at the moment, I could easily buy it all!

There are also tones of Christmas tree decorations that I would like to purchase for my tree, I know they're available on the website but I want to use my spending money to get some of them. I would love a few of the Princesses along with some others. Baymax, Cinderella Mice and more.

Anyone who knows me knows that Pocahontas is my favourite Princess of them all so when I found out DLP have released a Percy Pug plush this is a must on my list to go with my Meeko!

As well as a MASSIVE Tsum Tsum collector I am hoping I can get my hands on Jaq, Duffy and Sheila as these aren't available in the UK.

Lady and the Tramp stuff is a massive YES YES YES for me!

Also a few other bits I would like ...

I literally cannot wait for this holiday, the new few weeks I hope will fly by. I will be sure to post loads about my holiday and what I buy once I'm back.

Immy xoxoxox