The A=Z Of Character Meet and Greets! - The Letter A

I love meeting characters at theme parks, obviously mostly Disney parks, however I also love Universal Studios and a couple of others that do character meets.I figured it would be a fabulous idea to record all of my character meet and greets here on my blog. I am hoping to keep adding to it as I meet more characters. So in an alphabetised format, as Peter Pan would say:Heeeeeere weeeee gooooo!

A is for....

Ariel. I have met Ariel three times now, all in Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The first time I met her I was 6 and had so much fun entering her grotto. I then met her again in 2016 with my friends in her newer version of her grotto. Then again in 2017, we met her in Akershus in Epcot at the breakfast character dining, which was superb. Each time she was very interactive and one of my favourites to meet.

Aurora. I was excited to meet Aurora at Akershus as she is a princess I quite often portray in my job and she has since become one of my favourites. She also said she loved my phone case which was the Vogue cover of Aurora!

Anastasia. She was a very funny character to meet! I got to meet her at the 1900 Park Fare Cinderella Dinner. She commented on our ears and interrupted us at the table to ask if we were discussing cheese! She taught me how to pose "proper" as she called it!

Aladdin is another character who I have met a few times, ranging from Disney World to Disneyland Paris, and at all different ages. He was actually probably one of the first characters I met when I was 3 in DLP. He kissed my hand and I thought he was amazing!

Alice is one of my all-time favourite characters so I was excited to get to meet her at 1900 Park Fare for breakfast. It is my dream to get to play Alice.

Anna was very funny. She loved my ears and even did a special little message for my friend Meryn, which i thought was really sweet. She was one of my favourite characters to chat to!

The Alice 1951 Tag

I was tagged to do the Alice 1951 tag by the lovely Onceuponablog. Alice in Wonderland is one of my all time favourite Disney movies, so I was thrilled to be tagged!

1. Who in Wonderland would you choose to be your best friend?

I would choose the Cheshire Cat, because he is the right amount of kooky and fun! We could play lots of hide and seek around Tulgey Wood!

2. Would you rather be humongous or teeny tiny?

Preferably neither but between the two it'd have to be teeny tiny. You could sneak around anywhere without being seen!

3. What would you personal Wonderland look like?

Disney World is literally my personal Wonderland!!!

4. If you could take one possession with you to Wonderland, what would you take?

My camcorder, I'd have to vlog the entire trip!!!

5. Similarly, if you could take someone with you to explore who would you take?

It would have to be my best friend Lucy. She's an Alice fan too.

6. Would you most enjoy: sailing in a glass bottle or falling down the rabbit hole?

I like Tower of Terror so I'll go with falling down the rabbit hole, as you get to fall slowly and it looks really fun!

7. Minus the Red Queen, who would you least like to bump into?

I guess the Caterpillar he's so bossy and condescending.

8. In the garden, which type of flower do you think you'd be?

I think I'd be a Daisy, I like to think I;m quite dainty when I want to be, but not the prettiest of all the flowers.

9. Which of these locations would you like to call home: The Dormouse's Teapot, The Cheshire Cat's Tree, The Red Queen's Castle or the Caterpillars Mushroom?

100% The Red Queen's Castle, I like my amenities.Plus I'd have a whole labyrinth to run around in.

10. What would you do if you had to stay in Wonderlad for 5 years at a time or could never visit again?

I'd visit for 5 years at a time. It's so random and fun I'd love to stay!

I now nominate: @livingwithgee, @disney_polar, @ducknmouse, @littledischick & @jade_spade_

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Trip Report

For my 24th Birthday I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach with my friends. There were 7 of us altogether, even though there should have been 8. Unfortunately my friend Joe became ill on the day and couldn't come. So we had myself, Lucy, Pete, Amy, Becca, Clinton and Shaun. Luckily it was a very sunny day and we could enjoy the weather.

We travelled down in 2 cars, myself, Becca and Lucy were with Pete in the hire car. Whilst Shaun and Amy were in Clinton's car. The latter thought it would be fun to race us down to Blackpool, little did they know that we were having a birthday breakfast in McDonalds while they zoomed down the motorway! I enjoyed a hash brown and a coke zero as my breakfast and the four of us discussed how Florida would feel like this!

When we finally arrived and saw the sheer amount of college kids running riot, we were initially shocked, as it was a Monday (a day we figured would be quiet.) However, the queues were actually really short!

The first ride we braved was Ice Blast! This is one that I used to be terrified of, and from one time when I felt bad that Pete couldn't go on it with anyone, I jumped on it and haven't looked back since! I now actually quite like it, but I still get really nervous before it takes off. Especially when the ride operator shouts "this may be your last birthday" right before pressing the button!

We then moved on to rides everyone enjoys such as The Derby Racer, Alice in Wonderland and the Ghost Train  After we got off the Ghost Train, Lucy's backpack was wide open and the zip has bust. She tried to get Shaun to fix it and he got it to shut slightly. We then headed to my personal favourite: Wallace & Gromit Thrill-o-matic. Before we went on the ride, we got the chance to meet Gromit! It made a fabulous picture and I had to buy it as a keyring.

We went on lots of other rides, including the Nickelodeon Streak, the Avalanche, the River Caves and another of my favourites the Steeplechase. Unfortunately, on the Steeplechase, Lucy's brand new head band flew off, although she didn't notice until she got off the ride. She was gutted! While the brave people decided to go on the Big One, Lucy and I took to the Chinese Puzzle Maze to see if it had dropped into there. What was supposed to be a 5 minute look around, turned into 20 minutes of being utterly lost. It was quite funny! They still hadn't got through the queue so we went back on the Steeplechase to see if we could spot the headband. Literally 30 seconds into the ride I spotted it atop a hill. However, we were sadly informed that she'd have to have it sent back to her due to the electrics of the ride interfering with where it was situated! She decided it wasn't worth the postage fee as she only paid 50p for it! 

On the way home we grabbed a well deserved Burger King, which was utterly delicious! And then set back off home with a very twisty car journey heading down some lanes and with some hide and seek going on. 

It was one amazing birthday!