Magical #WinterWonderland
Thursday night we were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of the Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park in London. To say it was magical is one big fat understatement! It was an incredible night out that I know will have created lasting memories for my boys.
As you get close to the park the skyline is alive with brightly lit towers, rides, big wheels and all manner of exciting looking things. I’m not sure who was more eager to get in there – the kids or me!
Amazingly it is free to enter, so if you don’t fancy the rides it’s still worth going along to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the Christmas market.
As you walk in there are some lovely Christmassy stalls offering a range of different wares for unusual present ideas. Plus a tantalising aroma which is a meld of spiced pretzels, BBQ, roasted chestnuts, hot flavoured nuts, candies, steak burgers, german sausage, hot chocolate, waffles, crepes and much more.
The children were keen to get the huge (frightening looking) rides but before we ran ahead we stepped into an innocuous looking ‘Hall of Mirrors’ I’m so glad we did, it was hilarious! Before you get to the maze of mirrors, there is a room full of different moving floors, which had us all in fits.
After much persuasion, I did manage to convince DH that ice skating was a great idea and we all donned incredibly crippling skates and headed onto the open air ice rink. We did place bets that I would be the first to stack it but it was actually DS1 who went first, and second and third and….. I think I was the third member of the family to ‘go down like a sack of spuds’. Have to say I was reasonably impressed that the ice didn’t shatter 😉 I learnt two things, one that I am not Jane Torvill and two that it is sometimes useful to have a well padded derrière!
Also spotted Roland Rivron in the ice rink, I think he was with the skating display (whether as a skater or not I don’t know as the boys were keen to get onto the scary roller coaster!) DS1 says that I scream to much on roller coasters…
As you enter and leave the park you go by a German singing reindeer – highlight of night for me, he was fab! Just don’t laugh too much at the glimpses of me!
#Winterwonderland at Hyde Park. Witness the German singing reindeer – no day out is complete without one! Please excuse the glimpses of me and the nest of snakes that is my hair….
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Winter Wonderland from MrsLJHall on Vimeo.
OMG! He’s amazing! ROFL!
Ahhhh, looks and sounds like you all had a fab time 🙂 xx
That looks awesome – we couldn’t go last year, but I think I might make sure we get there this year!