Ash - Mickey From The UK

Ash Hales is a British Disney Parks writer and the voice behind Mickey From The UK. Based in the South of England, he has been visiting Disney Parks for over three decades - starting with Disneyland Paris as a wide-eyed child and Walt Disney World as a teenager who had absolutely no idea he was starting a lifelong and frankly expensive habit.

Since launching Mickey From The UK in 2017, Ash has made dozens of trips to Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris and on Disney Cruise Line - all as a British guest. He visits multiple times a year with his wife, and on occasion his wider family, and the recommendations on the site come from genuine personal experience - his own money, his own trips, and his own annual tradition of convincing his bank that nobody has stolen his card - he's just in Florida again.

A web developer by trade, Ash built Mickey From The UK himself in 2017 because no equivalent UK-focused Disney Parks resource existed. He writes the guides he always wished had existed - practical, straight-talking advice for British guests, without the American bias.

Mickey From The UK has grown into one of the UK's most trusted independent Disney Parks resources for Brits, with over 150,000 followers across Facebook, Facebook Group, Instagram, Threads and X and has been cited in Wikipedia articles, Time Magazine, and Yale University publications.

His favourite park is EPCOT, his favourite attraction is Haunted Mansion, and his favourite restaurant is Jiko - a position occasionally threatened by the Garden Grill breakfast.

He covers Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Disney Cruise Line, and UK travel news relevant to planning your trip.