Rachel's Next Adventure

What can I say other than WOW, this parade! Sadly, the parade was cancelled due to high winds the first two days of our three day trip so we only managed to see it once, i'm so glad we got to see it though! I just love how they have 'rarer'* characters like Max Goof in the parade along side a huge Big Hero 6 float, and a flying Peter and Wendy. * Max isn't rare in Japan, but he is rare elsewhere in the world. If you ever get the chance to visit Tokyo Disney Resort before this parade ends, definitely make sure you give it a watch, I think it may have been the best Disney day time parade we've ever seen, even better than Mickey's Soundsational. Here is our video of the parade

You may have already seen our review from our stay in a Donald Duck room back in 2016, this time round we decided to stay in one of the Chip n Dale rooms, it was a tough decision between this and the new Stitch rooms but we just couldn't say no to these cheeky chipmunks. At around £500 per night just for the room - no tickets, no breakfast, and the early entry perk consisting of a total of 15 minutes you could easily see why people would look for something offsite, like the MyStays or the DreamGate, but honestly, we've stayed at the MyStays and the Ambassador twice each now, and while the MyStays isn't terrible, we definitely prefer the Ambassador. The theming is incredible, the amount of free gifts you get to take home is insane, they make the perfect souvenirs, I also love how they have hotel exclusive items in the gift shop - and the fact you have to prove you're a hotel guest to purchase them. The bathroom doors were super cute too! When y...

It only took three trips to Japan, but we finally made our way over to Yokohama to experience Pikachu Outbreak! We watched the parade three times, picked up a couple of souvenirs, had an amazing lunch at Shake Shack, and spent way too much in SnoopyTown before deciding to head back to Tokyo. We did want to see the night parade but as we'd have 6 hours to wait and we had to be up super early the next morning to move over to Tokyo Disney Resort we decided to skip it. Here is our Pikachu parade video, I can't wait to start showing you all the Tokyo Disney Resort videos we took soon too!

Another relatively slow month house wise! The first week of July we had our joiner/electrician back for three days. He built us a new - I don't know the word, basically the sloped board thats above the stairs - and fitted that for us as the old one needed removing. He also flipped the office door for us so it doesn't open into a wall anymore, and moved the light switch to the other wall. We also had two more light fittings changed - now we just need the kitchen and extension lights changing, but those can wait for now. We got a few more boxes from Wilko and managed to put a few more Halloween, Easter and Christmas bits away that we'd found in the back room. We also ended up buying a few more bits in the PoundWorld closing down sale so we still need to put those away. We also picked up a nice storage box from the PoundWorld sale, and some black car spray paint from Poundland to repaint it to it'll match our living room. Now I just want the new ...

The final update. We've finally bought and received our Green car Japan Rail Passes - we bought them from JTB . We decided to go with Green again as we'll be travelling during the busy August period and in Green Car you have enough space between you and the seat in front to store your suitcase.  We've bought a new hand held fan to help us tackle the 39ºC temperatures we're going to be standing in at Disneyland and DisneySea. I've tested it out and it's amazing! It has three speeds/strengths and is better than the mains one I use at home! This is the one we bought. I've finally sorted a new hand luggage bag as my camera bag isn't big enough now that I need to take medication, prescriptions etc with me. I've decided to use this one I bought in Walt Disney World last year as it has the side bottle pockets. Really not impressed with the quality though so i'm hoping it doesn't jam up or fall apart on the flight....

The August box finally arrived while I was in London, so here it is. A little late but super cute! There are 12 days left to order this box If you use this link you'll get $5 your first box!