Sea World Updates for 2020 #SeaWorldSanDiego #SeaWorld

Are you ready for Sea World's 2020 News and Updates?! 

Sea World has a lot of splashin' going on now, all through summer, to the end of this year. 

A few favorites are back with new editions as well.

Follow along for Sea World and Aquatica updates. We will be sharing these, hot off the press, news updates all year long.

AN ‘INSIDE LOOK’ AT SEAWORLD 2020

SeaWorld guests are invited to get a peek behind the scenes of SeaWorld during Inside Look. 

 

https://seaworld.com/san-diego/events/inside-look/

This popular program returns in 2020, with special access to five animal areas of the park: orca open house, sea lion rescue story, animal rescue facility, Humboldt penguin habitat and pilot whale and dolphin presentation. 

At each of the animal areas, guests will receive special, up-close access and will be able to pose the questions they’ve always wanted to ask. 

 

 

Plus, some of SeaWorld’s most important community partners will be on hand to share how they partner with SeaWorld to help animals and the environment outside the park’s borders, including Helen Woodward Animal Center, Helping Paws, Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute and more. Guests who visit all six areas and get their map stamped can receive a collectible SeaWorld animal pin. 

Inside Look, which is open to any guest and included with park admission, takes place Feb. 8–9, Feb. 15–17, Feb. 22–23 Feb. 29–March 1. 

YEAR OF FUN AT SEAWORLD FOR UNDER $100: 

 

Want an Inside Look at SeaWorld? Craving savory treats from around the globe? Ready to take a dive on SeaWorld’s all-new floorless coaster this summer?

 

SeaWorld guests can experience all that and more with a SeaWorld SoCal Resident Pass, on sale now for a limited time for under $100.

Lunar New Year Festivities in SoCal #LunarNewYear

Lunar New Year - The Year of The ROOSTER

Always a beautiful cultural display, the events of Lunar New Year, are one of my most recent favorites to explore!

Here is a beginners list to see and start to experience the amazement and culture that comes with Lunar New Year:

* Pretend City Lunar New Year Celebration - +Pretend City Children's Museum  January 28th 11am to 3pm

Gong Hey Fat Choy! That means “Happy Chinese New Year.” At Pretend City, immerse your child in a cultural experience as they celebrate Chinese New Year and learn about Chinese traditions as they celebrate the new year. There will be a special Chinese New Year theme parade to close out the day! All the deets HERE!


* OC Metrolink to Golden Dragon Parade Saturday Feb 4th 

 Catch a FREE Ride to LA's Golden Dragon Parade
On February 4, celebrate Lunar New Year by visiting the 118th Annual Golden Dragon Parade and Festival in Los Angeles. Ride Metrolink free two ways!

 Get Two Free Tickets Online Enter the sweepstakes by this Friday, January 20 for a chance to win two round-trip tickets. Winners will be selected January 25. Enter the sweepstakes.

 Get a Free Ticket at the Kick-off Event Before the parade, attend a fun event at the Irvine Metrolink Station on February 4. Be one of the first 100 attendees and get a free round-trip ticket (first come, first served). Click HERE to learn more about this event. 



* Something New? Well for me YES - I have been told that the Hsi Lai Temple has the most wonderful Lunar New Year displays and events. 
You can find all the info HERE. From what I can see, the education and the floral alone are worth the visit. Have you been? Please let me know what not to miss!



* Disneyland 
Lunar New Year Festivities  kick off January 20th and continue through Feb 5th at the Happiest Place. Follow along as we take a few trips to the Magic and bring you live fun too with in the next few weeks!



* Oshogatsu Family Festival Ring in the Year of the Rooster with New Year-themed performances and crafts. 
Featured activities include demonstrations of the ancient art of candy sculpting, sample bowls of lucky zaru soba for kids, a performance by Los Angeles-based TAIKOPROJECT, and a mochitsuki (rice pounding) demonstration.
 When: Jan. 8, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
 Where: Japanese American National Museum, 100 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles
 Information: janm.org 



* Tet Festival The Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California presents its 36th annual event celebrating the lunar year. 
Attractions include the Miss Vietnam of Southern California Pageant, music and dance performances, food vendors and games.
 When: Jan. 27, 4-10 p.m.; Jan. 28, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Jan. 29, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
 Where: OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
 Information: tetfestival.org 

* Asian Pacific Lunar New Year Festival -Traditional Asian music, taiko drums, dance performances, art displays, martial arts demonstrations and Asian cultural displays highlight the annual lunar festival, which opens with a parade of nations at 10 a.m. In the evening, the closing ceremony includes a fireworks display ringing in the Lunar New Year.
 When: Jan. 28
 Where: Downtown Riverside
 Information: lunarfestriverside.com

* San Gabriel Lunar New Year Festival -  San Gabriel Lunar New Year celebration combines the traditional and modern with 30-foot outdoor stage with live performances, dance competition, food trucks, craft beer garden, and kids zone.
 When: Jan. 28, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
 Where: San Gabriel Mission District, 320 S. Mission Drive, San Gabriel
 Information: sglunarnewyear.org/about 

* LET'S KEEP ADDING TO THE LIST!

Do you have a fav festival that I can add to the list of must visit, or have to experience. Please let me know and I will add it in!

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! 
#LunarNewYear

Penny

Odysseo Gives Back for the Holidays While in SoCal #Odysseo

Odysseo Holiday Give Back - Holiday Show

Deserving Families in SoCal Experience Cavalia's Odysseo!

We love Odysseo, but when I heard that the show was putting on a Holiday performance for about 500 deserving families in SoCal, I just about cried. 

I am a huge fan of this amazing show and fall even more in love with a production when as a whole they are so thrilled to do something like this and go above and beyond giving back to each city they stop in. 

Orange Empire Railway Museum Brings Fall Fun With PEANUTS™ THE GREAT PUMPKIN PATCH EXPRESS #Giveaway

Are you Ready for Fall? Well it is HERE and so are all the fun Fall Festivities in So Cal!

One of our favorite places to visit is the Orange Empire Railway Museum. Why? Well who doesn't love trains and California History?! There is always something to read up on, see or learn a new fact about on each visit. 

But... the Orange Empire Railway Museum is more than Trains... they offer seasonal events too. 

This year during October, on specific dates, the Orange Railway Museum will be running the PEANUTS™ The Great Pumpkin Patch Express!

Charlie Brown Ready to Greet Guest! PC OERM

Here are all the exciting deets!

McDonald's SoCal Offers Free Back To School Breakfast September 13

Southern California McDonald’s Kicks Off the School Year with Free Breakfast for Students K-8th Grade

Hot off the Breakfast Press...

McDonald’s is helping kick-start your little pupil’s year with a wholesome breakfast. 

Join in on Ruby's Birthday Celebration On July 27th

Come one Come all - Eat and Celebrate with Ruby's Diner!

Happy Birthday and Congrats on the Ruby Dooby Foundation.

I love when great places do good things.

Here is the scoop!

Hyundai Tucson Test Drive Our Top 5 Favorites About This Sweet Ride

Loved it!

This perfect 5 seater SUV won me over with it's mom friendly features and so much more!

We took the opportunity to fully test drive this Hyundai Tucson and took her all over Southern California!

I had a few meetings and meet ups lined up and loved how much fun and practical the Hyundai Tucson really is.

Our family was able to test drive this beauty to a few soccer practices, a team bonding event at #BoomersIrvine , to +AquaBall headquarters, to the circus, to +Ruby's Diner , to the Circus and so much more... we did not want to let her go after a fun filled week. 

Here are my personal favs!

* the drive is similar to a coup. With the drive train handling, it's perfect for around town, or on the go gooo. Tight turns and easy to comfortably control gave me the confidence in the Tucson that I was looking for in an SUV.

WOW! Visit Legoland This Weekend ONLY for $35 !!

Hot off the Bricks!! $35 Admission to LEGOLAND

Community Days This Weekend!

Word on the Bricks is that an awesome opportunity is coming this weekend to visit +legolandcalifornia for a discounted price!!

Legoland Blogger Insider Info ! Be the first to know all new info by following my blog!

Support our local science, arts and after school programs this Saturday and Sunday!

Specially-priced $35 LEGOLAND tickets include admission with Park hours extended to 8 p.m. for even more family fun!

Buy tickets now HERE FOR SATURDAY and HERE FOR SUNDAY !

Take advantage of this great offer and support local Carlsbad school programs, this weekend only!

+Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce 

Happy New Year!!

Wishing You ALL the Best 2016!

It's been a long year, a long year filled with a lot of updates, memories, moments, shocks, love and plenty of things to grow from headed into 2016.

This last year the biggest challenge for me was figuring out this whole "Your kid is on the spectrum" thing. Autism. What the heck does that mean for me, my kid and our family.

I will be posting more about it all in 2016 as we get deeper into the fight back for OT, Feeding and the best for our soon to be 4yo smarty pants, who by the way reads at almost a 1st grade level. So proud!

As for my daughter, she is amazing. The light of my day and the calm to my storm, she works well beside me on our adventures and does an amazing job as an individual in soccer, friendship, school and more, she calls it Zoe Style, I call it Blessed to be her mama.

I am grateful for so many things and for so many wonderful people in our lives that support us, care for us, love us unconditionally and are always there for us.

My wish for 2016 is for everyone to have peace, peace with in, peace on a topic that has been heavy on the heart, peace over a struggle, peace in love, peace in ones self and peace for all. I know that sounds so silly but I do think that it starts with us, with one and then with more!

Hope everyone has a safe, fun and awesome New Years Eve and 2016!
OnTheGoOC


#Peace #NewYearsEve #NYE #BestOf2015 #SoCal #MyLife #Autism #Sensory #OT #Soccer #Family #Love #2016 #LetsDoThis #KickItOff

10 Must Do's at Winterfest OC Before Jan 3rd!

Baby it's cold outside! It has been a bit on the crisp side this winter for Orange County.

Cold weather brings winter fun and winter fun brings us to Winterfest OC at the OC Fairgrounds.

We were invited to attend Winterfest last Friday to kick off all the winter fun you can have in OC. We really did not know what to expect but there was so much to do we ended up staying over 4 hours!

Both of my kids had a wonderful time and did so many activities they were exhausted by 9pm. Yes we are on winter break, we live on the wild side and let our kids stay up late to enjoy moments with them and make memories... I am totally okay with that!

My daughter wanted to point out her favorites too so in combination with my own, as a family, we decided, these are our 10 must do's at WinterfestOC this year.

* Ice Skating - everyone had a great time. There are assistance guides for the younger kids that need to push and hold onto something. Hey adults can use those too! Very handy and were $5 each. The cabanas are right on the ice and would be perfect for a large family friends group or even a work event for team building. Ice skates fit pretty true to size. Everyone loved being on the ice, I had a blast skating with my babies. My son did great, he is on the spectrum and last year did not care for it but this year was all about it for at least 30 minutes. He would have gone longer but he was getting tired.
            

* Ice Carving - the Chainsaw Chicks are amazing. We have seen them before at the Opening of Frozen movie but these girls I would watch over and over craft up that snow with those chainsaws! Super fierce!

* North Pole - Here the kids were able to craft ornaments, cards and more. Also, the best part for my son were the trains. You could control them and they were chugging through the villages and snow of the scenery around them. There were also some sweet treats beautifully done up for winter that were available for purchase.
          

* the World's Largest walk through ornament - this big and bright red ornament was so beautiful and large. We were able to walk through it, look up to the sky, and enjoy a moment of the Holiday spirit around us. Makes for a wonderful picture too!

* Tree Lighting - this was spectacular! There were fireworks (fireworks opening night only), Santa and a massive tree being lit to music and the Holiday cheer all around. My daughter loved all the lights and excitement that was set off for the lighting of the tree! It was beautiful. Did I mention there is SNOWFALL!

* Carnival Rides - the kids rode rides and had a great time running around checking all the different rides out. They were able to ride most together. My son is 42" and my daughter is 5' tall so they were good to go for most.

There were a few that my daughter rode that my son could not but to be honest, it was probably not the safest for my son at his height and age so I am glad the height restrictions are there. My girls favorite was the Kamakazi and the ride spun her up and over again and again.

* Reindeer - This was fun to see and get up close with. These reindeer are just beautiful and it becomes so surreal for all to be near Santa's helpers on the magical night! They are super cute and I am not going to lie, I wanted to take one home. Hehe..

* Snowflake Summit - Head up the hill and then race down the 130 snowy icy drop of a hill that has you laughing all the way! my kids could not get enough of the tubing. They must have each rode it at least 8 times and had so much fun doing so. It was hard to get them off the summit!

* Santa and Mars Claus - Meet the man himself and his sweet Mrs. Claus. Take pictures and share your wishes and hopes for this Holiday Season. They will be there through Christmas Eve!

* Photo Opportunity - I love to take photos. I love to make sure my kids have a still shot of memories we make so that they too can share them with their kids in the future too. I love that there are Photo Ops all over WinterfestOC. From large life size Candy Canes to Face cut outs for posing as elves, the fun is everywhere to capture those moments I love.

In it's first year WinterfestOC totally brought all the winter fun you can have to the OC. I hope that everyone gets a chance to enjoy the festivities.

To help out on the fun, WinterfestOC is also giving thanks, they are offering a great promotion for those that serve, protect and service our community. 

See HERE for more details on how Nurses, Teachers, Police, Military and Fire Fighters can receive free admission on specific dates and more..

Have a great Winter OC!! See you next year and thank you for the invite to the awesome winter fun WinterfestOC - we loved it!



#WinterfestOC #WinterInOC #Thingstodoinoc #WInterFun #OC #KidsFun #Tubing #IceSkating #TreeLighting #Santa #Trains #Cabanas #Christmas #Rides #Games #Food #Drinks #Fun #Family #Crafts #winterfestOC

Frozen On Ice - Coming to SoCal This Week!

For the first time in forever, Frozen on Ice is coming to SoCal!

Did you know that the Frozen Sisters are coming to OC and LA this month?!

I sent out all the details on my blog but that was in January when we bought our tickets. I know, I know, so early...but everyone has Frozen Fever and I knew it would sell out! see past blog post here!

We were invited to check out the new Frozen On Ice show. I will be sending my girl Melissa to cover the event for me. We will have a recap and all the details about what not to miss and what to look out for by this weekend posted! 

There is still time to get the few tickets that are left. I heard there was even another show added cause of the demand for seats. 

Check out all the updated details of the show and how to still get your tickets now as a special pre Holiday surprise. Perfect for Hanukkah or early Christmas present. 

About the show and how to get tickets:

Feld Entertainment, Inc., Brings the #1 Animated Movie of All Time to Life with

Disney On Ice presents Frozen 
Presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt

Coming to Los Angeles in December 2015!

STAPLES CENTER SHOW SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, December 9       7:30 PM

Thursday, December 10         3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

Friday, December 11              11:30 AM & 7:30 PM

Saturday, December 12          11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Sunday, December 13             11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Monday, December 14                 7:30 PM

HONDA CENTER/ANAHEIM SHOW SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, December 16     7:30 PM

Thursday, December 17         10:30 AM & 7:30 PM

Friday, December 18              1:30 PM & 7:30 PM

Saturday, December 19          11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Sunday, December 20             11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Monday, December 21                3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA/ONTARIO SHOW SCHEDULE:

Wednesday, December 23     7:00 PM

Thursday, December 24         4:30 PM

Friday, December 25              3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Saturday, December 26          11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Sunday, December 27             11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

LONG BEACH ARENA SHOW SCHEDULE:

Tuesday, December 29           7:00 PM

Wednesday, December 30     7:00 PM

Thursday, December 31         4:30 PM

Friday, January 1                     2:30 PM & 6:30 PM

Saturday, January 2                11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Sunday, January 3                   11:00 AM, 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM

Monday, January 4                          7:00 PM

For a complete list of tour dates, visit the Disney On Ice website (www.disneyonice.com) 
or click here (www.DisneyOnIce.com/FROZEN) and stay current on the latest developments through social media by visiting:

Facebook  (www.facebook.com/DisneyOnIce)

Twitter  (@DisneyOnIce 

YouTube  (www.youtube.com/DisneyOnIce)

We can not wait to be FROZEN OVER!

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