Aladdin the musical & chasing Pokemon

It’s hard not to love everything Disney, so when I heard on the radio they were bringing Aladdin the Musical from Broadway to the West End, I knew we had to see it. I got our tickets booked within an hour of them going on sale and was very excited to get a forward facing box in the dress circle. Connor has always wanted to sit in a box.

We set off early from our hotel in Elstree on a mission to collect Pokemon from around London. Pokemon Go had been released two days earlier and it was all everyone was talking about. We arrived at St. Pancras and rather than jumping on the Tube or hailing a cab, Connor had the Ipad open and we were walking out of the station and all over London. It was a beautiful day so it was an ideal thing to do and cost nothing. We walked through to Russell Square all the way to Leicester Square for our lunch stop at his favourite spot.

We were booked for the matinee, so we made our way from Leicester Square though China Town to the Prince Edward Theatre. This is one of the bigger theatres in London, so they do let you in quite early. We were able to go to the dress circle bar and out onto the balcony which was lovely. We were shown to our seats and I knew I had chosen well, we were so close to the stage it was great.

The show itself was fantastic, Disney at it’s very best. It features all the songs from the Academy Award winning classic film. Aladdin and Jasmine are played by rising British stars Dean John-Wilson and Jade Ewen and they are wonderful, but the show was stolen by the amazing Trevor Dion Nicholas as Genie making his West End debut.

After the show it was time for a little more Pokémon hunting, this took us through to Covent Garden for a snack stop while we watched the street entertainers. This is one of my favourite spots in London and a great place to watch the World go by but we ran out of Pokémon so had to move on. Our next stop was Trafalgar Square. By this point my phone said we had done 16,748 steps and we were both getting tired, so we decided it was time to call it a day and hail a black cab back to St. Pancras.

We have been to London quite a few times, but I have to say playing Pokémon Go made this our cheapest ever day there and I saw places I never have before. It was a great day in a very hot sunny London.

I can’t wait to go back again next month when we stay for a couple of nights. I have tickets booked for Jersey Boys, I have a feeling it’s a show Connor will like once I have dragged him into the theatre.