Jordan Banjo takes fans inside LaplandUK visit that kids 'didn't want to leave'

Diversity prima and KissFm big Jordan Banjo was pictured with his influencer woman Naomi and their 3 children astatine LaplandUK, which opened it's doors for Christmas 2024 this month

Jordan Banjo said he'd 'never seen his kids truthful excited' arsenic helium took them to LaplandUK - and the KissFM big looked conscionable arsenic thrilled to 'lap up the magic' arsenic helium enjoyed the festive household time out.

The Diversity dancer, 31, and his woman Naomi were aboriginal arrivals astatine the elven wood this year. Sharing immoderate adorable pics of their visit, Jordan joked his kids 'didn't privation to leave' arsenic helium admitted helium didn't cognize however overmuch longer his older ones would support believing successful Santa Claus.

Alongside immoderate snaps from their trip, the prima posted connected Instagram: "We went to Lapland yesterday. We had the champion time. it’s our 3rd twelvemonth going and this twelvemonth I don’t deliberation I’ve ever seen the kids sooo excited! I emotion this age!! They counted down the sleeps each week since we told them and they didn’t privation to leave! It was adjacent much magical than ever before!" He added: "I cognize we’ll lone person a fewer much years near of this magic truthful I’m lapping up each 2nd of it. The champion times with my best. The festivities person begun."

Jordan and his brood articulation the likes of Cheryl, The Beckhams, Elton John and adjacent the Prince and Princess of Wales who person each enjoyed trips to LaplandUK with their small ones.

This twelvemonth tickets sold retired successful March successful grounds breaking clip arsenic families rushed to drawback up a spot astatine the immersive experience. LaplandUK is simply a family-run concern masterminded by parents Mike and Alison Battle who resigned from their jobs to marque their imagination a reality.

The yearly lawsuit has evolved into an immersive four-hour theatre acquisition acceptable successful Swinley Forest, successful a Hollywood-style set. Conceived from six best-selling books, written by the Battle family, it allows families to participate a magical world successful which 31 characters travel together, each twelvemonth from November 9 until December 24. It was voted the UK’s champion tourer attraction successful 2022.

Since it opened its doors successful 2007, LaplandUK has seen implicit 1,000,000 visitors.

Jordan's festive pictures sparked a flurry of excitement from his Instagram followers. "UK Lapland is the astir magical spot successful the UK," joked one. "We went contiguous for the archetypal clip and it was fantastic," added another.

While Jordan's celeb pal Fearne McCann responded with a bid of emotion bosom emojis.

The snowy surroundings makes a marked alteration from Jordan's concern this clip 8 years ago, erstwhile helium recovered himself 1 of the stars successful the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! jungle.

A fashionable campmate, Jordan finished up successful 4th spot successful 2016 - losing retired to eventual Queen of the Jungle Scarlett Moffatt. Jordan admits helium astir didn't motion up for the amusement aft feeling tense astir stepping distant from Diversity, but was persuaded to by his older member Ashley. He past enjoyed the acquisition truthful overmuch helium signed up to instrumentality portion successful the South Africa rotation disconnected amusement featuring chap each stars.

"Ash [Banjo] said, 'you should bash it, you should bash it!' I got successful and determination and determination was Carol Vorderman and everyone and I felt a spot overwhelmed.

"But [second] clip was a batch easier, I went successful and archetypal of each I had Carol determination again who I know, and Ash does Pride of Britain with Carol, and she's ever lovely."