{"id":669,"date":"2018-07-04T17:39:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T17:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/?p=669"},"modified":"2018-07-04T17:54:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T17:54:29","slug":"the-vip-lounge-with-idina-menzel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idina-here.com\/press\/the-vip-lounge-with-idina-menzel\/","title":{"rendered":"The VIP Lounge with Idina Menzel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Idina Menzel likes to \u201cgo with the flow\u201d when she travels, and while the Tuscany region of Italy is one of her favorite places on Earth, she is looking forward to chartering a sailboat and exploring the Greek islands in the foreseeable future. Menzel, 46, an accomplished Broadway performer (\u201cRent,\u201d \u201cIf\/Then,\u201d and \u201cWicked,\u201d for which she won the 2004 Tony Award for best actress in a musical), was on the hit TV series \u201cGlee,\u201d in the 2007 film \u201cEnchanted,\u201d and provided the voice of Queen Elsa in the 2013 animated smash \u201cFrozen,\u201d in which she sang the Oscar- and Grammy-winning song \u201cLet It Go.\u201d Menzel, a New York native who lives in California\u2019s San Fernando Valley with her son, Walker, 7, and boyfriend, actor Aaron Lohr, said she is looking forward to performing at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., on July 7, and at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion July 8. \u201cI always have so much fun when I\u2019m onstage in Boston, whether I perform with the Pops or perform on my own,\u201d she said. \u201cThe audiences are always so enthusiastic and I\u2019m just looking forward to seeing all of my friends again.\u201d We caught up with Menzel to talk about all things travel.<\/p>\n

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Favorite vacation destination?<\/b> I have so many. I\u2019d like to get back to Tuscany (pictured at right) in Italy. That was pretty amazing. The food, the wine, the art, the people .\u00a0.\u00a0. I studied Italian in high school and junior high because I used to sing more classical music, so I thought I should learn Italian. I like to go [to Italy] and try it out. I\u2019m on my way to London right now. Going to go to Ireland for a few days, and I\u2019m looking forward to that. I\u2019ve never been there.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Favorite food or drink while vacationing?<\/b> I\u2019m also a Disney princess and queen, so I have to be careful what I say. .\u00a0.\u00a0. I like a great, full-bodied red wine, like a Brunello, or an old-fashioned \u2014 guess that\u2019s not so horrible.<\/p>\n

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Where would you like to travel to but haven\u2019t?<\/b> Oh gosh. So many places. Something I\u2019ve always wanted to do and think I will do sooner rather than later is charter a sailboat and maybe sail the Greek islands or somewhere like that. It\u2019s kind of like a bucket list thing for me.<\/p>\n

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One item you can\u2019t leave home without when traveling?<\/b> Probably something for my voice like my throat spray [called Entertainer\u2019s Secret].<\/p>\n

Aisle or window?<\/b> Window because I\u2019m really good sleeping on planes; I can sleep in all different yoga positions. If I have the window, I can wedge my foot up in between the person\u2019s armrest in front of me a little bit without imposing. And I can lean my head on the window.<\/p>\n

Favorite childhood travel memory?<\/b> When I was in high school, I was in an honors choir and we went to the Soviet Union, as it was called at the time, and it was a pretty amazing trip. We went to Stockholm, then Helsinki, and then into \u2014 I forget where we entered into the Soviet Union, but we did Moscow, Leningrad, and we sang in all these churches. A pretty unforgettable experience.<\/p>\n

Guilty pleasure when traveling? <\/b>Pay-per-view movies in the hotels. Then I can watch all the movies that I\u2019m too embarrassed to admit that I want to watch, like the cheap romantic comedies that I don\u2019t watch with my boyfriend. Oh, and the M&Ms in the mini-bar.<\/p>\n

Best travel tip?<\/b> I would say go with the flow. Do not try to book every minute and every second and have everything planned to a T. Be willing to nap through something, or change in a moment\u2019s notice. Try new food, a new restaurant. .\u00a0.\u00a0. Be easygoing. Take a drive somewhere you don\u2019t know where you\u2019re going and see where you end up \u2014 but that\u2019s me. I know that can drive some people crazy. It\u2019s also good to have a good travel partner, because if you have the kind of person who is a Type-A personality and that makes them freak out, you\u2019ll fight and you won\u2019t have a good time with anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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