When it comes to taking a family vacation, planning is a key part of things. When you fail to plan out your trip and cover all of the most important points, you’ll regret it later. A lack of structure will make your trip more stressful than it should be for any of you.… View Post

Zaks Poringland | Dad Review

Zaks Poringland | Dad Review

Zaks in Poringland is just outside the City of Norwich but is part of the group of Zak’s restaurants that are in and around the City. This one is probably the largest one and is home to Classic American style food in a friendly atmosphere, this review is at the time of the Covid restrictions being ended so depending on movements guidelines it could change.… View Post

Plan a Family Trip to Florida

Plan a Family Trip to Florida

When you think of Florida, you probably think of family holidays. It’s the home of Disney World, after all, so it’s only natural to associate the US state with family fun. Florida can also be a pretty affordable place to go, and it’s not too far away, being on the east side of the US. If you plan your trip well, you can avoid spending too much, making it a great introduction to the country for your whole family. … View Post

Butlins | Why the kids love it

Butlins | Why the kids love it

Butlins Holiday parks are Family resorts located across the county and can cater to all types of people and families in a range of activities, they can differ from each of the 3 but essentially it’s the same concept. We’ve been able to visit all 3 at some point but as the years have gone on it has been one of the favorite places for the kids to go, for days out or holidays, etc.… View Post

Chessington World of Adventures | Howloween 2021

Chessington World of Adventures | Howloween 2021

Chessington world of adventures is a family theme park full of great fun activities, its part of the Merlin Group so Merlin passes are a great way to expand your fun. It was Halloween and like many other Theme parks and events, they also changed there fun towards that while they celebrating Howloween, but did it boost your experience? did add extra? was it worth the visit at this time of year? that’s the question?… View Post

Diary of our COVID 19 Lockdown | October 21

Diary of our COVID 19 Lockdown | October 21

Last year in March I decided to do a Lockdown Diary, these were weekly but with the return to a bit more normality, kids back to school everything starting to open, I moved it to Monthly, and with us still, in and out of Lockdown each month was continuing through our journeys. It was October, normally a big month for us with Half term and Halloween which is one of our favourite times of the years, it was arguably the month where we were much more back to normality even if the country is up and down.… View Post

Alton Towers | Scarefest 2021

Alton Towers | Scarefest 2021

Alton Towers is the largest theme park in the UK and arguably the most known, it’s full of rides for all ages and is part of the merlin group of attractions which means you can use your Merlin Pass. It’s Halloween time and Alton Towers is one of those attractions that go all out, it’s very popular every year and will often sell out quickly which tells you how in-demand it is, even this year with Covid precautions still in place.… View Post

Legoland Windsor | Brick or Treat 2021

Legoland Windsor | Brick or Treat 2021

LEGOLAND is located in Windsor near London and is home to all things lego its part of the Merlin group in which you can also your Merlin Passes, from displays to rides, attractions to fun play areas, it’s great for kids and Lego fans alike. Halloween is always a big thing for merlin parks and Lego has always gone big with Brick or Treat in their efforts to celebrate it, so how is going this year?.… View Post

High Altitude | Dad Review

High Altitude | Dad Review

High Altitude is a Trampoline park filled with activities sports and classes all featured around Trampolining, which can be great fun, but also a variety of health benefits. Their mission “Is to work with the local community to provide a FUN, SAFE and HEALTHY and INCLUSIVE environment for families to enjoy, no matter age or ability” is something at the core of what they are trying to do, that ould get missed by the fun of it all.… View Post

Thorpe Park | 2021 Post Lockdown Return

Thorpe Park | 2021 Post Lockdown Return

With the Lockdown being here on and off for over a year, May 2021 was potentially towards opening up to normality, With theme parks allowed to reopen how were they getting on? how were they dealing with Covid and social distancing procedures with time to adjust? this time we looked at Thorpe Park a place we visited last year during the covid Era, but with it all still feeling fresh and new at the time.… View Post

What are we looking forward to after Lockdown?

What are we looking forward to after Lockdown?

With Lockdown hitting in 2020, and then two further lockdowns following we saw a stop-start time over several months, so much so over a year and for like ourselves we have seen very little out of either being at home or at work, the same goes for the children as they have also been either at home or a school…sometimes.… View Post