tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51088842267573385642024-03-13T14:00:23.967+11:00Coolin with kidsLife switched up with kids, sneakers, fashion, films, food, music, art, a-league in Melbourne...corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1235125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-11958178354659629082024-03-13T13:59:00.002+11:002024-03-13T13:59:33.216+11:00Jinks broke her leg July 2023 Jinks broke her leg at the start of July, it is healing beautifully, she has to take it easy until November, but we will get there. I just wanted to put out there what to expect if it happens to you.We were on a family holiday, we interviewed a couple of dog sitters through mad paws and chose a beautiful family, a stay at home Mum and Dad who is a zoologist (speciality wild dogs). A few corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-55010436860489551722023-11-12T10:23:00.003+11:002023-11-16T12:45:51.185+11:00The Disney Wonder Melbourne 9-12 November 2023 This is going to be long…Before you go: the day check in opens, check in that moment, so you can get an early boarding time, and if you want an easy character experience, book the princess meet and greet at that time too. We had finished lunch and had some of our bags while people we still boarding.We had a 12pm boarding time, dropped our bags in a little early, and they called for 12pm at corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-8097750811079200692023-10-04T14:16:00.003+11:002023-10-04T14:16:52.252+11:00Disneyland 2023 It’s been a long time between visits, covid, plus obligations for travel last year. We hadn’t been since 2019! This is our fourth trip to Disneyland, we have been to all of the Disney Parks in the world except WDW. So this isn’t going to be a trip report, but a series of tips and observations.Cast compliments, this is located in the app. If any cast member makes your day more special, corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-14212597227384320252023-07-25T10:40:00.002+10:002023-07-25T10:40:35.360+10:00Disney Aulani July 2023 Disney AulaniWe truly love this place. But it is seriously overpriced. I wouldn’t choose it over a Disney park, but I would choose it with the kids every time we are in Hawaii.Check in is not until 4pm. We showed up at 10am, checked our stuff in, got our wristbands and towels and had a glorious pool day! I do really miss the leis and Kakui nut necklaces, and the cute little drink theycorriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-89578272321052708572023-07-25T10:38:00.004+10:002023-07-25T10:38:49.464+10:00Hawaii June 2023 Jetstar were AMAZING! You read that right! They were so good with disability, they let us check in at the business class check in. Gave us passes to get through security. Pre boarding too. It was a truly wonderful experience, exact opposite from the last time we travelled through melbourne airport (international). Flight was fine. Can’t complain!We stayed at the Embassy Suites corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-55379015951619162802022-07-20T14:52:00.001+10:002022-07-20T14:52:29.937+10:00Paris Disneyland July 2022DLP was my first ever park, I loved it so much, it sparked my Disney obsession. If this was your first park, or only park, you would love it. But my review is from someone who has been to most of the parks many times. It’s small and charming, a lot of beautiful details. You can’t go to a Disney park and not have fun. It was lots of fun. But in a scale, it is arguably the worst Disney parks, no corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-45440625637303064302022-07-20T13:13:00.001+10:002022-07-21T12:18:51.008+10:00Paris July 2022The first and most important thing you can do in Paris if you don't speak French is say Bonjour to everyone you see, in shops, any service industry, restaurant, just say it. Usually they will speak in English back to you, if they can. Only once I explained that I don't speak French and asked if they spoke English, we made it work. We didn't experience rudeness, but everyone is sloooooow, corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-65267518918163822452022-07-14T16:32:00.005+10:002022-07-21T12:45:50.292+10:00London June 2022We stopped into Surrey for 4 days to start for some lovely time with the family.We stayed at the Sandhurst Premier Inn, it was fine for what it was. They have a Beefeaters restaurant attached where we ate a great buffet every morning (kids eat free, so it was around $40 for the whole family!), and some decent dinners too.We used London Heathrow cars for our car service and they were fine, but corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-45829328573925856322022-05-20T13:11:00.002+10:002022-05-20T13:11:23.939+10:00Gold Coast Easter 2022 So late putting this together. We brought covid home with us, and then had the flu, so this is super late.Our first trip out of state since September 2019. Surfers Paradise has really gone downhill post covid. The service is less, portion cost more (understand) for less food/worse quality. It was good to get a break, but it didn't really float any of our boats. I don't know if or when we corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-87676487853293584842019-10-05T16:05:00.000+10:002019-10-17T17:43:50.351+11:00Day 16 travel day
Woke up feeling much better, perfect timing for travel day! Super slow morning, packing, chilling, not quite enough time to go and do anything, so passed the time in the hotel.
Klook car booked to pick us up at 1pm. There was no confirmation on this, I messaged them yesterday and they seemed slow to reply and then had us being picked up at the wrong hotel and going to the wrong airport. To corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-13958406736734183502019-10-05T16:04:00.001+10:002019-10-09T13:34:45.255+11:00Day 15 Tokyo DisneySea
DisneySea
This morning we decided to have a slow morning. It was
needed and we decided that we didn’t enjoy the squish of the pre park opening
queue enough to make it worth getting a fastpass for Toy Story Mania. We got
in, and there were still fast passes available so we made our way over. I
misjudged how high a curb was, stacked into a tree. It was bad, but I got it
together quickly while corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-36762676715356032062019-10-05T15:56:00.003+10:002019-10-09T13:32:40.927+11:00Day 14 Tokyo Disneyland
Disneyland
Arrived 40 minutes before park opening. The queue is just
a squish of people as opposed to orderly lines. It was hectic. we do not like this at all, I felt terrible for the kids, they were squished with no air, it was humid, and as much as I just wanted to get out of there, we were committed, so we stayed until they let us in.
Park opened and we went straight to the Monsters corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-25895456075021786552019-10-05T15:53:00.002+10:002019-10-09T13:29:31.111+11:00Day 13 Tokyo DisneySea
Tokyo DisneySea
We did the worst possible thing and arrived ten minutes
before opening, the queue was wild! It only took 15 Minutes to get in though. The way they queue here is a massive free for all that ends up at the turnstiles or attraction at which point you need to know who is next, this didn't suit any of us, I like a clear cut line.
First stop Toy Story Midway Mania fastpasscorriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-76849841146868327062019-10-05T15:50:00.002+10:002019-10-09T13:24:54.204+11:00Day 12 Hilton Tokyo Bay and Tokyo Disneyland
Check out of Shibuya Excel Hotel was easy.
Iruka shuttle
Pick up scheduled at 8, car was there at 7.49, we were
ready! Love an early car. Beautiful and clean vehicle. Smooth drive.
Hilton Tokyo Bay
Arrived at 8.30, checked in, they gave us our key for the
afternoon and took our luggage to our room.
Walk 3 minutes to the monorail station. 4 day pass for
1400 yen. Monorail 3 mins to corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-26147474279369418522019-10-05T15:45:00.001+10:002019-10-09T13:20:04.965+11:00Day 11 Sanrio Puroland
Sanrio Puroland
We got off the train at Tama Centre station which is
beautifully decorated with Sanrio characters. Take the elevated walk to
Puroland, straight ahead and then left.
We started from the bottom. Walked into the Fairyland
show, it was really hard to get in to because it was all in Japanese, we
decided not to spend 40 minutes here and left early. Straight into Kawaii
Kabuki, corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-6411284820996555812019-10-05T15:44:00.000+10:002019-10-09T13:19:08.632+11:00Day 10 TeamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum
This morning we were headed to TeamLab Borderless at the Mori Building, it was going to be 46 minutes on a train and I just didn’t want to
start the day stuffy on the train, it is hot and hotter underground. So we got a cab, hotel called it, took 15
minutes to come. Very nice car and very clean. Cost 6900Y, a LOT for a 15 minute
car ride! But it was nice to not arrive flustered!
TeamLab corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-67304681901947493292019-10-05T15:41:00.002+10:002019-10-09T13:17:23.809+11:00Day 9 Tokyo
Used Klook car service from airport, driver was 15 minutes
late. It was 11.30pm and we were all very tired, would have been so happy with
the service if only he was on time! Not what I was expecting in Japan! The car was lovely and good driver though.
Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu
This is a quad room and there is a huge amount of space
unexpected in Tokyo. 4 king single beds. But the bathroom is corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-23344964934628528262019-10-05T15:37:00.000+10:002019-10-09T13:14:35.550+11:00Day 8 travel day
Travel day
Morning spent chilling by the pool.
Epic packing to ensure that each bag is under 20kg. We are
flying this leg with Asia’s version of Jetstar, so it has to be perfect!
Checked out, stored luggage. Brunch at chart cafe. Shuttle booked for 1.25.
Easiest customs and security at the airport, didn’t have
to take anything out of our bags!
Flying with Hong Kong express. I had read corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-18061715311124591622019-10-05T15:35:00.002+10:002019-10-09T13:13:51.990+11:00Day 7 Hong Kong Disneyland
Day 7 at Hong Kong Disneyland
After the massive food fail in the park yesterday we
decided to eat breakfast at the hotel. We each ordered one thing each, congee,
waffles or a pancake and it cost $90AUD. The food here is crazy expensive! I
was over the moon to find they had a gf pancake. It took half hour to make and
was completely raw, but still good to feel full!
Into the park! Shopped corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-62775749587817669182019-10-05T15:28:00.003+10:002019-10-09T13:12:22.150+11:00Day 6 Hong Kong DisneylandDay 6 Disneyland
Took the hotel shuttle to the park. This park is in Halloween mode, you can feel it walking up the path, Halloween decor, Halloween music, so exciting. Security were chill, they didn't take our snacks away from us, and gave us stickers. Used the hotel queue to enter which moves twice as fast! Many rides
not open until 11, and eateries aren’t open at all! First up a picture corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-17292200869194084992019-10-05T15:28:00.000+10:002019-10-12T16:49:56.439+11:00Day 5 Travel to Hong Kong, Disney Explorers Lodge and character dumplings at Crystal Lotus
Day 5
It smells like smoke everywhere. Either people smoking or a scent to hide the smoke.
Mr Orange car pick is up at 5.10am and off to the
airport. Nice car, good service.
Arrival at Hong Kong, we had booked the Disney shuttle,
significantly less expensive than a car $150HKD for all of us. We go to the
desk, they say it will be ready in half hour at 12.20. Concerning becausecorriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-82748853383126039222019-10-05T15:23:00.000+10:002019-10-09T13:05:18.886+11:00Shanghai Disneyland Overview
Shanghai Disneyland overview
This park is missing too many classic rides.
English isn’t widely spoken but mostly easy to
communicate, many things written in English, prices all in English, but
ordering can be tricky (Example we ordered two Pepsi’s with our meal and they
gave us Pepsi and upgraded the children’s drinks to Pepsi, that’s not something
we give our kids).
It is magical, thecorriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-40124837048650258712019-10-05T15:20:00.002+10:002019-10-09T13:04:19.434+11:00Day 4 Shanghai Disney
Day 4
This morning it was pouring, we got to the queue for the
shuttle at 7, it didn’t get busy until much later.The hotel had umbrellas to take into the park, but they were long umbrellas and we couldn't imagine taking those on rides. Fortunately I was a bit extra in my packing and packed ponchos for all! Mace wore his from the jump. In my packing I didn't pack myself a jumper, because corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-76648913731982736762019-10-05T15:18:00.004+10:002019-10-09T12:59:05.440+11:00Day 3 Shanghai Disney
Day 3 Shanghai Disney
Got to shuttle queues at 7.10, 60 people in queue and we
just got on the first shuttle. Seems crazy to get in the parks early when half
of the stuff is closed.
Walked on to Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh twice.
Walked on to Peter Pan, twice!
Walked on to crystal grotto.
Did Alice’s Maze, awesome tea party at the end.
Some delicious ice dreams (Shanghai is my corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5108884226757338564.post-30335872066363161182019-10-05T15:16:00.007+10:002019-10-09T12:54:32.540+11:00Day 2 Shanghai Disney park
Day 2
Shanghai Disney park
We got up early, the first shuttle leaves at 7.35 for an
8am park opening. Shuttle is complimentary with hotel stay. You must stay
together for entry as you get an entry card for the extra hour and must enter
together. We got there at 6.45 out of confusion on our part, and were the first
in line. The queue was massive by the time we left and not everyone got on, corriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934220463598091382noreply@blogger.com0