Hello everyone, this is a little blog about my long weekend trip to London and some of the things that I got up to. Originally, I was planning to just come down and see the Spirited Away stage show, but I decided to turn it into a long weekend away.
6th June – Thorpe Park and Yamato
So, I head from my hotel to go to Thorpe Park for the day as I had never been before and it was a really good time.
One of the reasons why I wanted to go there as well is due to a new rollercoaster that they opened called Hyperia, which claims to be the UK’s tallest at 236 ft, fastest at 81 mph and is designed to give you about 15 seconds of airtime. Unfortunately, it was closed due to repairs when I went as there was a problem with the lift hill, but there we plenty of others to go on.
One such roller coaster is called stealth, which is quite a short one, but it doesn’t half go quick by doing 0-80 mph in 1.8 seconds.
There are also other ones like Nemesis Inferno, Saw: The Ride, The Swarm, Colossus and a reimagined Ghost Train that has special effects and live actors.
After having a fun and adventure packed day at Thorpe Park, it was time to go into London, so I stopped off at a park and ride London tube station, as I didn’t fancy trying to drive into London, nor pay the parking fees.
The show I went to see that evening is called Hinotori, The Winds of Phoenix by a group called Yamato, The Drummers of Japan. It was amazing to see, and I will post a video from YouTube of the performance, which is well worth a watch, especially with the energy and stunts they do, plus rocking out with a Shamisen as well.
If you ever get the chance to go and see them, do it, just do it, don’t hesitate as you won’t regret it!!
7th June – London and Spirited Away
The next day, I was heading home after seeing Spirited Away in the evening but didn’t really know what to do in the meantime, so I had a quick looking in the morning and then planned what I was going to do. The plan was to park up at Finchley Central and get the tube into London from there.
Now what about the time between the morning and the evening you might ask, well my dad made a suggestion and that was to go to a museum as London has plenty of them, so after looking up which one I wanted to go to, it was time to be off to the Science Museum, which as a bonus is also free to visit like many of the museums in London.
The museum has quite a few different exhibits, like the energy hall, space hall, information age, clockmakers section and flight section.
It was a blast to go around to be honest and an enjoyable day out, especially for someone like me, who is into technology and tech history as well.
Afterwards, it was off to get some ramen and then head to the London Coliseum to go and see the Spirited Away theatre show!
This was the awesome view from my seat as I was right near the front, now the show was not in English, but in Japanese, but there are screens that you might be able to see just in the picture above where the subtitles will appear, they are about halfway up each sign of the stage. Now as I thought subtitles would be a distraction, I watch the movie on Netflix earlier, so the story would be fresh in my mind and I tell you what, watching the show, was like watching the movie, but 1,000,000 time better, especially with the actors, puppetry and moving stage as well. I honestly cannot put into words how awesome the show was and even through it cost me a bit for the ticket (£180), I would have quite happily paid that amount again and seen it for a second time.
Here is a quick snap that I got of the stage after the show, before it got put away. Until next time, which will be when I am in Poland.
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