DISNEY STORE UK / CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE

Hey guys and Happy December! 💝

Welcome to today's post - and potentially the first of my Christmas Gift Guides (if I have the patience to make another one!). Today I'm sharing with you lots of incredible items on the DISNEY STORE UK website - the items that I think would make incredible gifts for someone special, or even for yourself!

WALT DISNEY WORLD / HOLIDAY BY NUMBERS

Morning! 

Today's post is another about Walt Disney World (can you tell I wanna be back there already?!), and I thought it could be fun to do like a 'my holiday in numbers' kind of post - so that's what we're doing today! I had a lot of fun coming up with what to include in this post, whilst simultaneously being struck down by the Disney Blues 😓

HOLIDAY PHOTOS / WALT DISNEY WORLD

Hello! 

I thought I'd do a little bit of a different post today and make it more picture based than usual. As most of you probably know by now, we spent the first half of May in Florida and at Walt Disney World, and truly had the most magical time. 

LETS TALK ABOUT DISNEYLIFE! #AD

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll know that I have been a long time advocate of DisneyLife - one of my early posts was a review of the subscription service around the time it launched - so when I was approached by LinkHive to promote the service to all of you, I couldn't turn it down. DisneyLife is currently only available in the UK, so if you're outside of that then this probably isn't for you - fingers crossed it will be rolled out worldwide soon enough.

DISNEY HOLIDAY ESSENTIALS / WDW SERIES

Welcome to the next post in my Walt Disney World series ☺

We're on the home straight now with only 32 days (!!!!!) left to go until we fly! Eeeeek! I don't think I've ever been so excited for anything in my life, and I just can't quite believe how quickly it's come around. For today's post I'm going to be talking about my Disney Holiday Essentials - the items that everyone needs to take to a Disney park with them! A big part of getting excited about this holiday has been the planning, as I'm sure is the same for everyone who goes to WDW - there's certainly a lot of planning that goes into it, and a part of that has been looking for and buying Disney themed items and accessories to take with me and wear whilst I'm there. 

'BEAUTY & THE BEAST' REVIEW / ODEON LIVE CONCERT EXPERIENCE

It feels like it's been an age since I posted on here, and actually it has been a little too long - I'll try not to do that again! I've got a very exciting post coming up today - all about Beauty & the Beast, and the Live Concert Experience screenings in Leicester Square Odeon. The first half of this post is going to be my review/thoughts on the film (spoiler free), and I'm going to end with some information about the screenings Odeon are having this weekend.

NEWSIES / DISNEY & ARTS ALLIANCE PRESENT

Happy February 💛

I've got a little bit of a different post today - I'm going to be talking to you about a super exciting upcoming Disney cinema event! Newsies is a Tony award winning Broadway musical, with music by Disney legend Alan Menken, and lyrics by Jack Feldman. I was invited to attend an exciting preview of this show at the Walt Disney Company in London which is happening today, but unfortunately was unable to attend quite last minute - I thought I'd let you guys know about it nonetheless, just minus a review.

TICKETS / WDW SERIES

Welcome to the third post in my WDW Series - this time I'm talking about tickets! I think this will likely be the last of the 'informative' posts - from now on they'll be a bit more fun, like what I'll be taking with me, my park bag etc. But I thought I'd like to do this post to help anyone out who's booking their first trip, or are looking for ways to book excursions in Florida that don't involve Disney. Also, quick disclaimer - this post is not sponsored in any way and all views expressed are my own.

PLANNING MY FIRST TIME TRIP & USEFUL PLANNING TOOLS / WDW SERIES

Welcome to post number two of my Walt Disney World series! This one is all about how I've planned my first trip to Florida, and I'm going to speak a bit about some of the most useful planning tools I've used too. I'm hoping this will be the most informative post of the series - the others will likely be a bit more 'chatty'. So let's jump straight in!

TRIP OVERVIEW / WDW SERIES

Welcome to the start of my Walt Disney World Series! Throughout the series, which will probably run up until my trip, I'm going to be looking through the planning process, useful tools and sites that I've used to help with planning, what we're going to be doing whilst we're there, what I'll be taking with me in my park bag, and many other exciting aspects to the holiday! I've had so much fun planning and getting ready for this trip, I couldn't resist documenting it on my blog. I thought it would be a nice little reminder for me to look back on too. To kick the series off I thought I'd start with an overview of our holiday - when we're going, where we're staying and a few non-Disney bits that we're doing - before I start going into more detail of specific aspects throughout the other posts.

A YEAR IN REVIEW / 2016

So 2016 has been quite the year for everyone I think - most of it actually quite worrying for the world, but when I think back on the past 12 months in terms of my life, I'm actually pretty proud of the direction it's taken.