Theme Park and Travel Guide

The Winnie the Pooh ride ©Troid family This week we have a Guest review from the Troid family who visited Tokyo Disneyland for the first time in January 2018. The Troid family are a Family of 5 (Mum + Dad + two kids 5 & 13 + Grand Mum (67)) from Australia. This is their review of their time in Tokyo Disneyland and a few other things they did in Japan too! Where did you stay in Tokyo? Can you recommend? Hotel name..Pools? Busy? Facilities? Food options? We stayed in a one bed room apartment with 3 beds+1 bathroom + small kitchen. I got this room through Airbnb and it was quite spacious in a quiet neighbourhood area. It is close to Nishishinjuku gochome station and Hatsudai station. Basically, the owner   prepared everything on earth you could possibly need- Shampoo, Conditioner, Bath gel, hair cap for showering, Slippers, batteries, basic kitchen utensils, microwave, Laundry machine and laundry powder –   just like home. Also very convenient was that...

This week I thought I would discuss Disney Pins. On my first trip to Disneyland in 2015, I had no idea about Pins - and I certainly had no idea just how many different types and themes there were. In the Disney store (Downtown Disney) there are entire rooms of P ins! So much choice it was overwhelming. In the parks, people had their pins mostly attached to their lanyards. Usually , they have a theme going. Say, i f you love Peter Pan, you might have a Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and Pirate themed pins on you r lanyard .  I also saw Pins attached to bags and clothing. I spoke to several Pin collectors in the Disney stores - one guy had them all attached to his denim jacket and I was in total awe of his collection that he was just wearing. He said that you needed these special metal protectors on the other side of the pins so that the pins did not fall of the jacket! With the average Pin costing $10 USD, they are not cheap to lose!   During the Millennium cele...