Riding to Happiness at Plopsaland de Panne

I’m not the sort of person who believes everything happens for a reason, but when it comes to Plopsaland de Panne things worked out just about right. Originally, I was set to visit this park for the first time way back in March of 2021 as part of a drive down to Disneyland Paris. At […]

Efteling: My New Favourite Theme Park?

There aren’t many theme parks in Europe more deserving of ‘absolute bucket list park’ status than Efteling. A sprawling wonderland of rides, walk-throughs and shows lined with ridiculously (wonderously) themed bins, ATM’s, vending machines… well, everything really. You name it, Efteling has themed it. Visiting Efteling was a dream of mine for a very long […]

Jardin d’Acclimatation

In five years of regular visits to the French capital, I’d still not gotten around to visiting this small park in the centre of Paris. But this April, the time finally came to put that right. I had absolutely no idea what to expect from this park given that it’s not really somewhere I’ve heard […]

Celebrating 30 Years of Disneyland Paris

After falling head over heels in love with Disneyland Paris in late 2017 – a whisker too late to attend the 25th celebrations – I promised myself I’d be there in person for the next major milestone. Thankfully after a few years of uncertainty, the stars aligned and I was indeed able to attend and […]

Les Quais de Lutèce

Sorry Disney’s Sequoia Lodge, you’re not my favourite hotel stay ever anymore. Until a few years ago, Parc Asterix was never really on my radar. A park themed to some comics I read as a kid but had completely forgotten? Eh, I could take it or leave it. But as I got more invested in […]

Five Ways Disneyland Resort Surprised Me

As a surprise to absolutely no one, I truly adored Disneyland Resort. Whilst we had a rocky first day, by lunchtime on day two I was totally enamoured with the original Magic Kingdom. But then I expected that. This is a resort I’ve watched countless videos about, read the books, and learned the history. I […]

Riding Some of the World’s Scariest Rides at The Strat

At 1,149ft, the Stratosphere hotel in Las Vegas is the USA’s tallest freestanding observation tower. Of course, far more important to me – and probably to you if you’re reading a small themed entertainment blog – is that it also offers some of the country’s most unique thrill rides. With a visit to Vegas planned, […]

Knott’s Berry Farm

Back in February, the time finally came to visit my first regional park in the United States of America and what better place to start than ‘America’s First Theme Park’? There was a whole lot to love in this beautiful place, so let’s take a little tour around the park’s lands. First up… Ghost Town […]

Universal Studios Hollywood

I was not expecting to be able to visit Universal Studios Hollywood on this trip, or any other this year, but in a lovely surprise we managed to wrap up everything else we wanted to do in LA early leaving enough time to visit the original studio theme park! I’ve never really known what to […]

A Quick Dash into Adventuredome

I’M IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! Dear lord, I cannot stress enough how magical it feels to be back over the Atlantic in the land of peanut butter M&Ms and Baja Blast. And what a place to start this trip. Las Vegas, the city that’s practically a theme park in itself. So far I’ve […]