Time Well Spent Magazine

#WaltDisney created the world’s most visited #holiday #resort - which he sadly never visited - for memories which will last forever. But many parts are designed specifically for you to miss. We’ve got the lowdown on the 21 most mind-blowing facts about The Most #Magical Place on Earth. Why is every #American flag there fake? What’s the secret behind their #GoAwayGreen paint and #Smellitizer scent technology? Why do #Presidents donate their old clothes to the resort? How did #TheBeatles split there? Why are there 4,000 acres of empty land around it, and you’ll never find a structure higher than 199 feet in the park? https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/21-crazy-facts-about-walt-disney-world Find out at the 🔗 in our bio ☝️👑☝️👑☝️👑☝️👑☝️👑☝️👑

Back to #school, back to work and trying to ignore the tumbleweed blowing around your wallet? #January can be a rotter if we let it, but #London is still bulging with fun to cheer up the #family, and we've rounded up the best of the bunch. It includes a gaggle of #FREE and low-cost #events, from brand new #lighttrails to illuminate the gloom, #neon #painting, kids' #theatre, #Paddington, and your last chance to cling onto some festive joy with #icerinks and #pantomimes. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/top-40-things-to-do-in-london-with-kids-this-january Find out more at the 🔗 ☝️🧒☝️🧒☝️🧒☝️

If you’ve sold one kidney to fund Christmas and are keen to keep the second, while STILL enjoying amazing activities in the world’s best (but wallet-annihilating) capital, we’ve got you thrifty, fun-wizards covered with 30 AMAZING #FREE things to do in #London. From #FREE #concerts, #comedy shows, and Royal Academy #acting #classes to stunnning #Hindu temples, #secret #underground #Roman #cult temples, #chocolate meccas, #cinema nights and #giraffes... it's all in our guide at the link. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/best-free-things-to-do-in-london 🆓️☝️🆓️☝️🆓️☝️🆓️☝️🆓️☝️

#Battersea Power Station has turned its #Christmas dial up to 11 with this year’s #Glide #icerink, plus luxury igloos, a glass #apresski lodge, #rides, #games, elf #school, festive #markets and the chance to hurry up its iconic #chimney, for a sleigh's view over #London’s festive twinkles. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/christmas-at-battersea-power-station Head to the 🔗 to see why it might be London’s ultimate Christmas destination ☝️⛸️☝️⛸️☝️⛸️☝️⛸️☝️⛸️☝️

Award-winning #panto powerhouse, Susie McKenna has waved her wand and transported #SleepingBeauty to ‘Lewishtonia,’ in this modern retelling of the classic, packed with #magic, #comedy, sparkling routines and #WestEnd stars. We head to #Catford’s #BroadwayTheatre for this high energy, #girlpower twist on the classic, which sees the nanny wake Sleeping Beauty with a kiss, for her to become a kick-ass warrior princess who rescues the prince with her sisterhood of sassy fairies from the brilliantly wicked Carabosse. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/review-sleeping-beauty-broadway-theatre Read the full #review at our link. You snooze, you lose. 💥 on until 31 December 💥 ☝️👸☝️👸☝️👸☝️👸☝️

#TheGlobe’s modern retelling of #HanselandGretel is the perfect, sweet treat for little ones, with a moving tale about #refugees for older #theatre-goers. My six-year-old daughter and I follow the trail of bread crumbs to The Globe - which is astonishingly beautiful, even in the rain - for this timely retelling, which has returned for its second year with a shorter, more child-friendly version. Britain’s #PoetLaureate, Simon Armitage has transformed the #BrothersGrimm classic into a beautiful, one-hour #poem, performed by the cast with #songs, #dance and magical effects. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/review-hansel-gretel-shakespeare-s-globe Read our full #review at the 🔗 🍬☝️🍬☝️🍬☝️🍬☝️🍬

After a storied career in #hospitality, spanning more than two decades, #ColonelSaab GM #AtulJoshi has seen his #luxury #Holborn flagship named UK’s Best Asian Restaurant (Holborn) for the second consecutive year, and the newest #TrafalgarSquare #restaurant named Best Newcomer. And he has turned his discerning palate to the best places to #eat and #drink around #Trafalgar Square, from morning to night. They include a must-try #EggsBenedict at an iconic destination; unbeatable #Portuguese delicacies, #Michelin star #Mediterranean dining; a #speakeasy with live #jazz and the ultimate way to eat #art. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/colonel-saab-gm-atul-joshi-s-insider-guide-to-trafalgar-square Read Atul’s delicious Insider Guide to Trafalgar Square at the 🔗 ☝️🍽☝️🍽☝️🍽☝️🍽☝️🍽☝️🍽☝️🍽☝️

Ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, we are presenting our annual guide to the best #Christmas #theatre shows… OH YES WE ARE. It’s not Christmas until festive drag queens are wheeled out to make jokes about your Aunt Fanny and cockatoos. And we’ve got all the snowmen, sequins, tinsel-covered jazz hands, and dancing elves to see you through to 2025. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/best-christmas-theatre-shows Check out our #guide and #reviews at the 🔗 🎭☝️🎭☝️🎭☝️🎭☝️🎭☝️🎭☝️

Count down to Christmas with our guide to the most original and delicious advent calendars of 2024. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/this-year-s-best-advent-calendars From musical Gruffalo calendars to advent doll's houses, luxury beauty calendars housed within jewellery boxes, gardener's calendars, and hot chocolate treats, it's all here at the 🔗 ☝️🎄☝️🎄☝️🎄☝️🎄☝️🎄☝️🎄☝️ #gifted #AD

Many #children will wake up on #Christmas morning without #presents, food, or even a bed to get out of. 🧸@actionforchildrenuk is addressing this by launching the UK’s #first Secret Santa’s #Giving #Grotto, where children *give* a gift rather than receiving one. 🧸young visitors will step into the role of #SecretSanta, selecting a present (from #teddies to #books, #toys, #meals, and warm #clothes) that could help a #vulnerablechild. 🧸As parents make a donation their child will choose a present that could help a less fortunate child feel the magic of Christmas. 🧸When there, the parent or carer will be able to make a donation (matched by @nationwidebuildingsociety ) helping to support the vital work Action for Children does all year round. Children attending will receive a special reward of a photo with #FatherChristmas, a ‘thank you’ letter, and a badge for their generosity. The best kind of grotto. ⏰️ 29 November (12.30-7pm) and 30 November (10am to 7pm) 🎫Entry is free with a £5 deposit (allowing for a family up to five) through Design My Night. 📍15 Bateman Street, Soho, London W1D 3AQ https://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/blog/join-us-at-secret-santas-giving-grotto/#:~:text=Unlike%20a%20traditional%20grotto%2C%20at,Childhood%20is%20short Booking details above 🧸❤️🧸❤️🧸❤️🧸❤️🧸❤️🧸❤️

We leap onto our broom to head to the launch of this energetic, wonderfully daft and polished #musical by #TallStories, the #children’s #theatre alchemists behind The #SmedsandtheSmoos and The #Elmer Adventure. It’s a lively and colourful 60-minute adaptation of the children’s classic, which bewitches our four and six-year-olds with catchy songs, beautiful stage and lighting, and a charismatic cast. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/review-room-on-the-broom-lyric-theatre Head to the 🔗 for our full #review of this #Olivier nominated theatre staple, for ages 3+ and running until 5 #January 🧹☝️🧹☝️🧹☝️🧹☝️🧹 #pressinvite

#LeedsCastle has turned its #Christmas dial up to 11 with its stunning #lighttrail through the magnificent, 550-acre estate, blazing and twinkling with festive magic until 1 #January. We head to its #launch, where we discover #gingerbread men and #fireworks exploding across the castle walls; winding paths of flaming flowers, shimmering in the water; sparkling #tunnels, a field of #light which dances to Christmas #music; giant colour-changing lilies illuminating the #lake and an otherworldly, lit #waterfall. There are sparkling gingerbread men, leaping from trees; smoke and lasers that our children dance through; UV, neon bridges and giant #Nutcrackers - in keeping with the theme of the castle’s new, immersive show - more on that in our next post. We warm up with #mulledwines and #hotchocolates, with pizza, crumble and custard at their #fair and festive #market area. The experience closes with #marshmallow toasting around a fire pit, before a surprise meeting with #FatherChristmas himself, who awaits guests outside his cosy, wooden grotto at the close of the magical experience. https://www.timewellspentmag.com/post/the-uk-s-best-christmas-events For more on this and the uk's other top Christmas experiences, head to our 🔗 ☝️🕯☝️🕯☝️🕯☝️🕯 #pressinvite