Disney Essentials

For this weeks blog post we are going to share with you our DisneyLand essentials that everyone needs to know.

 The first thing that you are going to need to do is to download the DisneyLand Paris app, which has all the waiting times of the rides and attractions and also has a map of the park. It shows you where all the facilities of the park are and how to get to them, it shows where you are if you turn your location on, which helps if you are trying to find the way to a certain ride or attraction. You can also look at the restaurants that are there and book a reservation and you can operate your photo pass through the app aswell. 

The second thing which is REALLY IMPORTANT is a bag pack, when we went a week ago we decided to have two bag packs, one small mini bag pack which was included in one of our older blogposts and a bigger bag pack that had three compartments that could hold more things. This was really handy as we were there when it was colder so we could keep all our hats and scarfs in the bag ready to get out if needed. It was also really handy as we could fit our cameras and water bottles in them. It was also more convenient as we shared out the heavy things and made it easier to carry around the parks.

The third thing which was important for us was to make sure we had a portable charger and extra batteries and memory card as this will be necessary if you are using your camera a lot. If you are going to use your phone a lot to take photos or videos or you use the app you are going to need a portable charger as your battery will run low.

We found out when we were there that you can take food into the park so you are going to need to take snacks in with you for throughout the day especially if you get hungry fast as the prices aren't always the cheapest. We took food from our breakfast buffet in the hotel and took it with us into the parks as snacks that way if we were hungry in any of the lines waiting for a ride we were able to have a snack to keep us going before going for food. This is especially important as the lines are normally long and therefore you don't want to leave the line to go and get food only to go back later and the line be longer than before. 

If you are going in the month we did , which is October, or you know what the weather is like during the time that you go make sure to pack appropriately. We made sure to take raincoats and also made sure that we had comfortable and warm clothes for the parks as well as a change of clothes in the hotel to go back to the park wearing instead of staying in our wet clothes for a long time. 

Finally, if you are going to Disney and you have anything Disney related take it. It doesn't matter how old you are just wear it no one really cares and its the best place to wear any Disney merchandise you have. Especially if you go and meet the characters as they do pick up on it and it helps them to interact with you. It is also a lot of fun and you feel like a child again. 

 

This is all we have for our Disney essentials but if you have any others please leave a comment letting us know what they are so we can try them out next time we go. Thank you for reading and don't forget to follow us on here and to follow our social medias which are below to find out when we post our next post.

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Addams Family Show and Book Signing

Hello,

So awhile ago we went to see the Addams Family in the Millennium centre when the show came to Cardiff and we were all very excited to go and watch it.

We all thought that the actors were amazing and stayed true to the iconic Addams Family. We were also very excited to hear some of the songs live and were very impressed with the performance in general. We were also very happy to hear that one of our favourites in the show Carrie Hope Fletcher was doing a book signing in Waterstones in Cardiff on the Monday.

We then got last minute tickets to go to her book signing on the Monday as we are such big fans of her and think she is amazing. When we got to meet Carrie and have her sign the book that they gave us as part of the signing we found that she was exactly like we thought she would be. She was absolutely lovely to everyone that was there and did her best to make sure no one was waiting for too long as well as meeting everyone that was there and spend time with them. When we told her that we came to see the show and said how good it was, she thanked us and said how much she appreciates the support and was glad that we enjoyed the Show and truly it was one of the best stage productions that I have ever seen in the Millennium Centre so if you get the chance to see it go as you will not regret it.

Thats all for for this blog post, we have got more posts to post this week and we also have our Disneyland Paris trip to edit and post which we are very excited to share with you all. This was only a  small post just to share with you our experience even though it was ages ago. We hope you have enjoyed reading, don't forget to press the follow button on our blog page and to check out our social media's that are listed below. We would also love to hear from you all so don't be afraid to leave a comment or to message us on our social media's. We hope you have a lovely weekend,
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Can You Believe It's??

Hello lovely people,
I'm sorry we have been so inactive recently but we've been a while since we last posted a new blog post but we promise we are going to be more active as we have so much planned and we can not wait to post and share all our exciting plans with you all. We have a trip to Disneyland Paris coming up in October WHICH IS THIS MONTH WHAT!!!!! we are in October already, where has the time gone but anyway we will be blogging and posting on lots of different things to do with Disney like what to pack, what to take on the days in the parks, what to wear and as we are going in halloween what make up looks we are wearing and we are doing  DIY Mickey Mouse ears.

For this weeks post we thought we would just update you on what we are loving at the moment so with out further do we are going to start.
On Netflix we are loving at the moment Jane the Virgin as it is amazing and we can't believe we have only just discovered and started watching. Also if you haven't watched Lady Gaga's new documentary Five foot two you need to watch it as it is amazing and so inspiring as it shows her day to day life and how she deals with her life. We are loving The Crown as well as its really interesting learning and seeing what Royalty have to do day to day. If you are lover of series' and you haven't watched Riverdale why haven't you? It's probably one of my favourite Netflix series and I can not wait as this month they are realising series two. I have also loved how Netflix now have the newest fame as it is one of our favourite films and I remember watching it in the cinema when it came out. When we are talking about films we have watched and loved Me before you and the new live action Cinderella are defiantly on the list of our favourite films as they are simple amazing.

Now talking about music that we are loving lately on the top of our list of music to put on in the background so we can concentrate it has to be Niall Horan's latest single Too Much To Ask as it is probably my favourite song that he has realised and wrote. Also we are loving the Vamps newest album Night and Day and Little Mix's newest album Glory Days as we think they are both really good and different and their vocals are fantastic. Zayn's newest song with Sia Dusk till Dawn is amazing as well as Due Lipa's new album and newest single New Rules.

We have been loving Poppy Deyes and Victoria who writes Inthefrow, blogs amazing recently and really inspiring. Also Tanya Burr's newest blog post explaining and showing her newest beauty range is really good and her products look really good and I can't wait to buy them. Also I have been loving Mark Ferris, inthefrow, Carly rowena and Lydia and Lucy's youtube channels as they have been uploading really interesting and motivating content recently so if you are not already subscribed to them and have not seen one of their videos before you should defiantly go and check them out as they will not disappoint.

We would love to hear from you and to hear your suggestions and comments on our blog so we can improve as we love posting and we are so glad that you read our blog posts. Don't forget to follow us and tweet us or comment on one of our Instagram pictures with any comments or questions or to talk as we would love to get to know you. We are hopefully going to post again this week as we have lots of plans that we would like to make happen so keep your eyes open for another blog post this week. See you again, byeeee
ThePolkaDotDaffodil x

Back to School Haul

Hello everyone, for this weeks blog post we decided as it we are going back to school and so are some of you reading we thought we would do a back to school haul with all the essentials that you need to be organised and prepared for your lessons.

The first thing that you are going to need to make sure that you are prepared is a pencil case. This is important as it will keep all your pens, pencils, rulers, rubbers, highlighters and sharpeners in one place so you won't lose them in your bag. As you can see that one of us has a Cath Kidston pencil case as she loves the designs and the shape of the pencil case as they can fit a lot in them. The next things that you are going to need to go in your pencil case is a ruler, pencils, pens, a rubber, a sharpener and highlighters especially if you are doing your GCSE's or A-levels or are going to University as you will need them to highlight important information. You will also need notebooks to write down all your school work and homework in and to write down all you revision notes and important information. You might also need coloured pens for your revision notes as colour makes your notes look colourful and easier to remember and you might need folders to keep all your notes and sheets from your lessons in. You will need a memory stick to keep all your documents on so that if you need to finish any work or bring work to school it will all be on one memory stick.

The next thing you will need is a bag. It is important that you have a big enough bag to keep all your school books in and that the bag is waterproof as if one day you are walking to or from school and it starts to rain your books are going to get wet and ruined. I have the floral Cath Kidston bag as it has three separate compartments and it has two shoulder straps and two handles on the top which do come in handy sometimes. The bag is also good as it is big and can fit all my books and folders in and the bag is waterproof which is essential as we live in Wales and it rains all the time. The front compartment is also good as it's big enough to keep all your little bits and pieces in.

That's all for this weeks blog post, we are sorry its late but we've started back to school ourselves and its been really busy but we promise we will be better. Don't forget to comment what you think and any tips or advice you have for going back to school and make sure your leave your twitter or Instagram name so we can follow you. See you soon with our next blog post and thank you for reading this weeks xx

The Phantom of the Opera

Hello, Last Thursday the 24th we went to go see The Phantom of the Opera in Her Majesty's Theatre in London. we caught the 10:20 train from Cardiff central station  to London Paddington station. We then got to London at 1:30 and the show starts at 2:30 so we got in a taxi that took us straight to Her Majesty's Theatre. We got to the Theatre at around 2:00 so we had half an hour before the show was starting to buy a programme and find our seats. Our seats were on the floor so we had a amazing view of the stage and we could see everything that was going on as on some parts of the some the Phantom is above the stage and if you are on the floor at the back you wouldn't be able to see that part but you would see everything else. We went to see the show because I have wanted to see it for a long time and  I wanted to see the lady who was playing Christine as she was leaving at the end of August and she was AMAZING her voice was incredible, if you ever get the chance so go see Celinde Schoenmaker in any show go see it!

The whole cast was amazing the talent was incredible, the visual effects and sound effects were amazing so I would 100% recommend going to see the show as it will blow you away with how good it is. I have seen quite a few west end productions and musicals that have gone on tour but I think The Phantom of the Opera was definitely in the top 5 if not my favourite musical. It was definitely worth the money.

The reason that we bought two programmes were because there was a deal that you could get one for £6 or two for £10 so I went for the two as you can see. After the show finished we went to Selfridges for the first time and we got to try Japanese ice cream that was really nice. After we had a look around Selfridges we caught a pink taxi back to Paddington station were we caught our train back to Cardiff.
 Thank you so much for reading this weeks bog post, we have been planing lots of new blog posts so we will be posting more often which is really exciting. Don't forget to follow us on all our social medias that you will find below and don't forget to leave a comment, see you next week xx

Portugal 2017

Hello,

So we have just come back from a great holiday to Portugal and would like to share with you some of the things that we did whilst we were there. We stayed in Olhos De Agua but did also go into Albuferia and went to places like Zoo Marine and Aquashow.

We were walking distance from the beach and therefore we were often found going down to the beach in the evenings for meals which was very nice. the only problem with going to Portugal and eating out was that it wasn't very good for vegan food and we often found that one of us was constantly eating the same thing but the nice warm weather and the relaxing holiday was enough for it not to be too much of a problem.

We also went on a dolphins and caves boat trip and was intrigued by the beautiful caves as well as happy to see some common dolphins in the wild. We were accompanied by one biologists as well as the driver who were more than happy to tell us about the caves and the dolphins and provided a very interesting trip as well as an amusing one as it was no lovely boat ride but very bouncy. We got completely drenched by the sea on the boat despite wearing the coats that they had provided for us but it was all worth it.

We also went to Zoo Marine as we weren't sure what it would be like but we did enjoy it. It was both educational and fun as they were telling us about the animals as well as providing things like a pirate show to add humour as well as showing off some acrobatic tricks.

We also went to Aquashow which is a water park in Portugal which has a roller coaster. As you can see from the video on YouTube it was a big highlight of the trip as it was full of different rides for all ages and for everyone from people who don't like rides to massive thrill seekers. If you want to go and watch the video the link is here:
https://youtu.be/sdQjNIolFcM
If you want to see more videos like this on YouTube please leave a comment here or on the video. Thank you for reading, please leave a comment on where you went on holiday or where you would like to go as well as what you would like for us to blog about in the future.
Thanks,
ThePolkaDotaffodil x

Shopping haul

hello everyone,
we are sorry for non frequent blog posts but we were stuck on what to post and with the end of school we were quite busy but we are defiantly going to be posting more often now that we have the holidays.
For this weeks blog post I thought that I would post a haul of what I have bought in the past week. I was quite lucky when I went as there was a sale on in Cath Kidston so I was able to afford to get a few things.

The first thing that I picked up from cath kidston was this beautiful floral multi pocket backpack that was originally £48 but reduced to £28 which I thought was a really good price and worth the price because I have had a cath kidston backpack before about 2 years ago and it is still amazing. I was really glad when I saw that this was on sale as I have wanted for a long time.







I also really like that there are three different sections and that the back section is padded. This is good because it means that it will be comfy on your back. I like the cath kidston backpacks as well because of the back straps are really comfy on your shoulders and the two handles on top of the backpack are really useful for when you want to carry it or for when you want to get something out they are really helpful.

 I also picked up this pack of 6 pencils that had pink polka , floral designs and mini horses on them which I thought were really cute. Originally they were £6.50 but they were reduced to £3.50 which I thought was a good price. I have had their pencils before and they were really good so i'm really glad that I got some more.





                                                                   

                                                                                 The next thing that I picked were this set of 3 A5 assorted exercise books. I picked these up because I really like the designs on all three and they will come in handy for when I go back to school or when I  go to university. You could also use these for meetings or for general use around the house. I like how they are small so they will fit into my handbag so when I go out if I need to write something down I will be able to easily. These were originally £10 but they were reduced to £5.
                                                                               

I then picked up this set of 3 A4 notebooks because i thought that they would be really useful for school or university when I go. I also picked these up because I love the patterns on all three of the notebooks. The original price was £12 but they were reduced to £5 which I thought was a really good price as they will come in handy and the paper is really good quality.

 I then went to Primark and saw this adorable Mickey Mouse mini backpack that I could not leave without buying. I thought that the bag would be really useful as I am going to Disneyland Paris in October so this will he really useful to take around the park. I also liked that it was small because when I go to Disney I don't want to carry around a handbag or a big backpack as they will get on my nerves but a mini backpack will fit all my necessities in but won't let me overfill it so it won't be heavy. This was £9.00 which I thought was a really good price.

 I then saw this and also couldn't leave it in the shop as I have always wanted one but you can normally only buy them in the Disney parks and they are normally really expensive but I bought mine from Primark for £5 which I think is a really good price and I absolutely love tea so I am going to be drinking out of this all of the time.

 I saw this next to chip and I also had to get this honey pot tea mug from the Winnie and the pooh as it is one of my favourite Disney films and pooh bear is one of my favourite Disney characters so there was no chance that I was leaving this in the store. I also bought is because I thought that it would be nice for the winter when I have hot chocolate because it is a big mug so it will fit a lot in and also I thought that I could have my porridge in it in the mornings. This was £6 which I also thought was a good price.

The next place that I went to was Paperchase, where I picked up this amazing famous landmark notepad. I bought this because I thought that it would be useful for either school work or just a notebook to write down information that I need or to write down things that need to be done. I really liked this notebook because of the design and there are different sections in the notebook which I always find useful. I also really liked the paper as you could tell that it was good quality. I really liked as well the string that holds the notebook pages together as means that if I put any loose pages in there thy will stay in the notebook and not come out. I think I paid £10 or £12, I can't remember as I bought it quite a while ago.

 I then went to Waterstones where I bought two new books. The first one that I picked up was Wilde Like Me by Louise Pentland. I have wanted this for quite a while now so I was very excited that I could get a copy. I have watched Louise's youtube channel for a long time and I always find her very inspiring and someone that enjoys what she does and is thankful for all of her viewers and followers.

The second book that I picked up was Carrie Hope Fletchers book which came out around this time last year and she has just released the sequel to this book. I have also watched Carrie's youtube channel for a long time and have gone to see her when she played Truly in the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang UK Tour last year and we are going to see her play Wednesday Adams in the UK tour of The Adams Family on the 4th of August. I am really excited to see the musical as I have read the reviews and they are really good so if you live in the UK and you get the chance to see it I would recommend going to see it. I am really excited to start reading this book as I have heard good things and it sounds like a really good book.
This is all for my shopping haul blog post this week. I hope you enjoyed reading it and if you want to see more shopping haul blog posts don't forget to comment or message us on any of our social medias which are below. We would love to hear from you and to get some feed back and to hear what you would like us to post.
    Thank you for reading and don't forget to come back next week to read next weeks blog post. xx