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October trip plan with my boys

Posted by (Tucson) on

Arrive Friday 10/6 11:30 get to hotel (near Waterloo station), big walk to see Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, ending at Piccadilly Circus to see the lights before heading home to early bed

Saturday: Tickets to Kensington Palace, planning on Natural History Museum, maybe some playing in the park and possibly early morning visit to Portobello Market (depending on how we sleep/wake up). Tickets to climb the O2 at 5:45

Sunday: Tower of London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast (both included on the London Pass). I suppose both if we're moving quickly. 6:30 Globe Theatre Much Ado About Nothing

Monday: Hampton Court Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral to climb the dome. Maybe St. Martins in the Field to do rubbings if we have time, we are having dinner at our favorite restaurant near there that night.

Tuesday Westminster Abbey early to beat crowds. Yes, boys are interested for various reasons. Trip out to Windsor 12:30-5:30 (train times, not visiting times). Wicked at 7:30

Wednesday: Harry Potter, Imperial War Room

Thursday: Stratford-Upon-Avon. I teach Shakespeare. I've gotta go. And I arranged a tour around town with Mr. Shakespeare himself :) Gonna video interview him for my kids.

Friday: King's Cross to see Platform 9 3/4, British Museum, British Library,

Saturday: 11:00 jet boat tour on the Thames, leave for hotel around 1:30.

thoughts?

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You might need to reschedule St Paul's Cathedral. Hampton Court Palace is a 30-minute train ride outside of London and there's so much to see and do there (especially if the weather is good and you want to explore the maze and gardens) then you could easily spent four or five hours there. So you might find that's your whole day gone...

Posted by
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Good to know about the lights. First Big Ben and the scaffolding, now the lights! :(

St Pauls is kinda an add-on The kids will love the climb, but I think they will get their "cathedral" fill after Westminster!

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How old are your kids? We just spent a week in London in July and most of your days, would have been too much for my kids ( 12 and 9) as they really also wanted some down time.

For example, we spent 5 hours at Harry Potter Studios not including getting there and back. If you mean Churchill war rooms, we were there for 2 hours so there is no way that we could have done both in one day.

I guess a lot depends on how you like to travel. We prefer doing less but really seeing/doing than just rushing through things to tick them off our list.

Either way, I am sure that you will have a great time!

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Thanks for the additional posts. We are using hotel points. I have purchased all the tickets for things that I need to do ahead of time - including Harry Potter :)

It is an expensive trip. I've been saving for it since my husband and I returned from London four years ago. I am feeling good going into it knowing that my out of pocket expenses while there will be food, oyster card, and souvenirs.

Frankly, this trip I have even spent time trying to figure out where we will be eating ahead of time, so I have a budget figured out for that. I found that my husband and I struggled sometimes finding the "right" place to eat when and where we needed to eat, if that makes sense. This trip I have discovered that many places to eat just pop up on the map. Food and kids in a foreign country is tough, so I am feeling more prepared with options near all our destinations that will keep the kids happy. And no.... I'm not locked into anything :) I'm ready to go with the flow, but I feel confident that no matter what schedule changes we make I will have not look panicked in front of the kids!! Ha!

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