Disney On Ice: Silver Anniversary

I cannot believe how quick Disney on Ice has come around, I can remember booking this only a few days after I went to see Disney on Ice in Birmingham for the Enchanted Adventures performance which was amazing!

I did take a fair bit of video but for some reason they won't upload which is a little bit annoying :(

So this time the show was to celebrate its Silver Anniversary and included the Lion King and Peter Pan along with Frozen and Little Mermaid from the previous show. Overall I wasn't as impressed as I was the last time I went.

Last time they did two short stories and one long story which is what they did this time but it felt more rushed and not as good. 

The started the show with "Its a small world" which I love to hate, the section of the show was amazing and well thought out and very pretty.

After this we were greeted by the gang Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and this time Daisy joined us on stage before we set off in to the Lion King part of the show. In my eyes this was very short and rushed there wasn't much else going on on the stage apart from the few main characters it lacked imagination compared to the stories we had seen last time.

Now when they announced that Peter Pan was going to be part of this show I was over the moon and this section of the show was incredible they even included Nana which made me so happy and the flying to Neverland scene was amazing.

After the short interval we were take to see Ariel under the sea which we had already seen but they had changed it which was great so the costumes and scenery they used was different but once again this was shorter and very rushed it didn't really seem to flow.

Me and Samiee were dreading this bit of the show as we cannot stand Frozen at the moment with it being overrated but we still watched only to see that this had also been cut short and was missing all the additional on stage presences that was there the last time especially during "Summer time" sang by Olaf which was on of my favourite bits.

Overall the show was amazing as it is Disney but it felt more rushed than the last show and that they had cut lots of bits out from Frozen and Little Mermaid and the Lion King section could have done with being longer. 

And just to finish off I went to the most amazing place called "My Cookie Dough" and they sell different flavoured Cookie Doughs with different sauces, spreads and come with ice cream or cream. The cookie dough is so warm and gooey its amazing, I had triple chocolate brownie <3 and I want to go back for more!!!

It was such an amazing day and cannot wait for the next one!

Disney On Ice

So on Saturday just gone I went up to Birmingham with my best friend to go and see Disney On Ice which is the first time we have ever been because we kept missing out on tickets every other show they did.

This one was called "Disney On Ice: Worlds of Enchantment" which tells the story of 4 different Disney movies, these are Toy Story, Little Mermaid, Cars and finally Frozen. This is hosted by our favorite pals Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy.

The show lasts for 2 hours with a 20 minuet interval in between, as you can imagine these weren't the whole story being told as there wouldn't be enough time so they did two big story's being Toy Story and Frozen then the Little Mermaid and Cars were shorter but still amazing.

There was so much merchandise available but there was only one thing I really wanted and this was the Olaf Snow Cone cup <3 and then I got a programme as well.

The cast were incredible, they're ice skating skills were just amazing it has made me wish I had taken up skating as they really brought the story's to life on the ice.

Fair play to the cast members that had to wear the ginormous costumes for some of the characters and still manged to stay up right the whole time.

I took more videos than images as the move so quick on the ice, so if you wish to see these then here is a link to my Instagram page: I_Am_Mrs_Nesbitt

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Immy xoxox

New York, New York, So good they named it TWICE!

Around this time last year me and my best friend were getting prepared to go to NEW YORK, this was my first trip ever abroad and will never forget the most amazing time I had visiting the BIG APPLE and hope that i will have the chance to go back as there is so much to do.

In this post I'll go over things we did and would recommend to do whilst ever visiting this amazing city but also so some amazing photos :)

We arrived in New York around 12:30 which would have been around 5:30pm in the UK which is a bit weird to get your head around when you haven't slept for hours and been up since 2am all you want to do is sleep but as I've been told its best to stay up so we decided to check in and take a venture around Times Square, our hotel was around 2 blocks away so was really crazy how close we were to everything in New York.

This was the View from our Hotel window, funny thing was we looked out and said hmm this is a crap view, it wasn't until the next day we noticed that the Empire State Building was to our left.

On our 2nd but first proper day in New York (NY I'll shorten it too) which was my BF's birthday we had the pleasure of going on a helicopter tour. I highly recommend this to anyone visiting it isn't actually that expensive either around £90 per person and the views are spectacular.

On the same day we were lucky enough after forgetting to book to go and take a tour of the 9/11 which was breathtaking. The tour was done by people that were affected by the 9/11 these were either people who were there, lost loved ones or even reporters on the day. When walking around the original site of the twin towers it was beautiful the story's told but the sound of the fountains were so tranquil. It was so sad seeing all the names of people lost but was something I was glad i had done whilst visiting.

Central Park, Wow where to start on this its huge!!! No lie we walked about half of it and got completely lost trying to find the ice rink and the Zoo this was even with a map haha. Central Park Zoo was just amazing well obviously its used in Madagascar so we had to go. It was pretty small but the range of animals they had there was amazing. I've never seen a snow cat or a polar bear before up close so this was amazing!

We did go Ice Skating in the Rink but unfortunately we weren't aloud to take any photos due to health and safety. Right next to Central Park was the American Museum of Natural History. We did go and take a wonder around the masses of rooms and floors it was brilliant so much to see and learn about but after while it can get a bit boring haha.

                                

So here is a recommendation for you all, there is so many places to eat whilst visiting NY but there is only one I will tell you you must go to. I am a bit of a sucker for a good American Diner and this has to be the best one I've EVER been to. Basically people sing whilst you eat, so your be casually having your burger and sweet potato fries and boom on the seats behind you will be someone casually singing show tunes. It is absolutely the most amazing thing I have ever seen and they're so good as well wanna be Broadway stars.

Ellen's Stardust Diner!

Now for Times Square, here are some of the photos of the amazing central shopping area. And the Nightlife as well, all I have to say is the buildings are so tall and magnificent, when looking up it feels like they go on for ever.

As for Shopping in New York, it is like a women's dream shop after shop after shop of heaven. I think we must of been in New York 5 minuets and we had already hit the shops.

Shops to visit:

• Disney Store
• Forever 21 
• Macy's
• Bloomingdale's
• Nintendo World
• Lindt Chocolate Shop
• Dylan's Candy Bar
• Aeropostale
• Toysrus (Massive Ferris Wheel)
• Sanrio Hello Kitty Shop

Places to Eat:

• Ellen's Star Dust Dinner
• Dallas BBQ
• Tick Tock Dinner
• Auntie Annes
• Dunking Doughnuts
• McDonald
• Pax Pizza (This was our favorite place to eat, they do the most amazing breakfast, pizza and sandwiches)
• The Cake Boss Cafe is a massive do do, I am a huge fan of Carlos Bakery and the fact I finally got to try one of his cakes was amazing, something I've always wanted to do.

One thing you must do when you visit NY is go to Broadway and catch a theater production, when we were there we went to see Cinderella and of course The Lion King. 

The Lion King was absolutely amazing, one of the best shows I've ever seen. There were bits of the story where I thought to myself well how are they gonna do that and how are they gonna do this but everything was spectacular. Cinderella was also amazing, we were lucky to get tickets for the pre shows before it actually opened on Broadway.

A trip to Madame Tussaud and the Ripley Believe It Or Not museum is a must do when visiting its great fun and lots of photo opportunity's. The Empire State Building and The Rocker fella Center observatory's are worth a visit I'd say do both as your get different views from each as your see from the photos below. The views from the top are just spectacular if you can try and go on a clear day :)

The Empire State Building:

The Rocker Fella Center: Make sure you do some shopping in here too, it is full of amazing little shops that are worth a look around.

Central Park from The Rocker Fella Center 

The Empire State from the Rocker Fella Center

Ripples Believe It Or Not and Madame Tussaud's:

So here are the main highlights of my holiday along with a few snaps, there is so much more I could say and write about my adventure to NY but this post is pretty long already (sorry not sorry) so just feel free to ask any questions or if you want any more recommendations.

Thanks for reading :) Happy Weekend :D