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Building Your Own Disney Itinerary

By Katina Brady


Most people love something about Disney; both adults and children. As a company it promotes fun, frivolity and childhood fantasy. If visiting Europe what would be the best Disney itinerary to get yourself that magic fix? Read on to find out more.

The first place to stop is obviously Disneyland, situated some 32 kilometres east of Paris. Unsurprisingly this is the most visited amusement park in Europe. It was opened to the public in 1992 and was aptly named Euro-Disney but this was changed. The park is easily accessible on Eurostar and there are lots of package options for transportation, hotel and resort tickets.

In addition to meeting and hanging out with all your favourite characters you can travel by horse-drawn carriage, ride on Thunder Mountain, visit Alice in Wonderland, help Buzz Lightyear and fly with Dumbo and ride terrifying rides. At the end of the day there is a parade and loads of fireworks. The company are the second largest purchasers of explosives all to add to the magic. There really is nothing more you could want from a resort.

A winter visit to the UK, USA, or Europe will inevitably tie in with the spectacular which is Disney on Ice. This themed show has characters from popular Disney animation taking to the ice surrounded by colour, music and magic. Every year there is a new theme, with this year's theme being Frozen. A chance to join Elsa, Ana, and cute little Olav dancing to Let it Go and Do you Wanna Build a Snowman. Remember you are in an ice-rink you wear warm clothes until you are warmed by the love and magic surrounding you.

After a day of touring and singing catchy tunes, you will want to sit down for a cup of tea and where better than the Disney Cafe, Harrods? Set on the fourth floor of this exclusive store, you can have tea and cakes, knickerbocker glories or the obligatory Mickey shaped toasties. Even the chairs have Mickey ears on the back. Obviously as it is Harrods it is not cheap but very cute and just right for a treat.

Whilst in London, the next stop is the Disney Store; although they exist all over Europe, the biggest and therefore best in Europe can be found on Oxford Street. Everything you could think of can be found here; DVDs, princess costumes, cuddly plushies, collectable watches and ornaments; in fact if you can brand it then it probably has. You will be served by enthusiastic cast members and entertained by a background of catchy music. Another expensive trip (potentially) but that seems to be part of the magic.

There is no better way of rounding off a Disney-esque weekend is to go to the movies to see their latest offering. Amidst much horror in 2009, Marvel Comics was bought by the organisation and fans were afraid the Marvel franchise would be made into sugary sweet characters. The first film to be produced based on Marvel is Hero 6, and is in the cinema now.

This is the first animated production to transpire from the 2009 buy-out of Marvel Comics, and it has been eagerly awaited. The animation is beautiful and the scenes are heart-warming between the lead character, Hiro, and Baymax and a perfect end to a perfect weekend.




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