Disney Davy Crockett Ranch is the cheapest of the official Disney accommodations available at Disneyland Paris. Located a short drive from the rest of the resort with no transportation provided, Davy Crockett also has the unique distinction of being the only resort where a car is required. For this reason, until recently, I still had […]
Read More Disney Davy Crockett RanchWhen I planned a grand total of 34 hours in France, the mission was simple: renew my annual pass. This was all well and good until the week before I was set to depart, when the new Disneyland Pass was announced, the old passes withdrawn, and the renewal window halved to just one month meaning […]
Read More Together on the Nautilus: A Disney DashWell, we made it to day 14! The final full day of our USA trip, and the last one I’ll be writing about (unless anyone really wants to read about me lying in bed until midday, a broken mess, and sitting in JFK for 6 hours of course!) From Hersheypark, it was a mere two […]
Read More USA 2022 Day 14: Six Flags Great AdventureLocated in Hershey, Pennsylvania – a mere 400 miles from Cedar Point, our previous day’s park – is one of the most comprehensive rollercoaster collections in the United States, and it just so happens to be situated in a theme park themed to (questionable) chocolate! Of all the parks on our trip, I went into […]
Read More USA 2022 Day 13: HersheyparkIn the early 1950s, Walt Disney took a trip to Copenhagen. He was in the early planning stages of an amusement enterprise, and where better to gain inspiration than one of the oldest amusement parks in the world? Walt walked around Tivoli Gardens, making notes on the food, the gardens, the rides, and even the […]
Read More The Magic of Tivoli GardensI’ve only attended one rollercoaster opening day before, Storm Chaser at Paultons Park. I went into that day expecting chaos. Pulling in to a services close to the park for a full refresh and stock up, ready for the longest wait of my life. In the end? I waited fifteen minutes. But this time, I […]
Read More Toutatis Opening Day!I’ve been to Cedar Point. A sentence I never dreamed I’d be able to write, but here we are. I’ve actually visited America’s Roller Coast. And what a place it is. Way back in the year of our lord 2021 – a lifetime ago, or so it feels – my friend Bobby dropped a simple […]
Read More USA 2022 Days 11 & 12: Cedar PointPhantasialand, Germany I first visited Phantasialand just 7 months ago (at the time of writing) in June of 2022. The weather was gorgeous, with temperatures nearing 30 celcius, clear blue skies and long sunny days. But with 6pm park closes and 10pm sunsets, it’s safe to say I never even came close to seeing what […]
Read More Walking in a Wintertraum WonderlandPassing by the stunning Gateway Arch on our way out of St Louis, and Missouri, the time had come to begin the drive back East, travelling through Illinois on our way to Indiana, and our next stop: Holiday World. Holiday World was something of an anomaly in our road trip line-up, being a medium-sized family-owned […]
Read More USA 2022 Day 9: Holiday WorldMako, Hagrid’s, VelociCoaster… there were a lot of new coasters to try on this trip!
Read More Riding Orlando’s Latest, and Greatest, Rollercoasters
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