Theme Park Roadtrip - Coasters, castles & other adventures

The London Eye, July 2025

The finale of our Merlin Annual Pass London excursion was a ride on the world famous London Eye.

We're still in London's South Bank area, visiting Shrek's Adventure. Hopefully we'll see Donkey on our third Merlin Annual Pass stop of the trip.

We found ourselves in the ocean at Sea Life London Aquarium on stop 2 of our Merlin Pass London trip.

Stop 1 on our Merlin Annual Pass London Tour was to see the waxworks at Madame Tussauds.

The days were numbered on our National Trust pass, so we took one final trip. A double-header to Penrhyn Castle and Bodnant Gardens

We celebrated Jo's birthday at Universal's Helios Grand Hotel with food and drinks at the Helios Bar overlooking Epic Universe.

You can't have a world class theme park without world class rides and attractions, so did they live up to the hype at Epic Universe?

3 days of food and drink at Universals Epic Universe. Here's our rundown of all the Epic eats and Epic treats we tried at Orlando's newest Theme Park

We got jealous of all the people at the previews, so we made an unscheduled trip to Orlando for 3 days at Universal Epic Universe!

Making full use of our National Trust Pass with a trip to Quarry Bank Mill in Manchester.