#Win a Family 4 Pack of Tickets to @SesamePlace for Opening Weekend! May3 or May4th! (TWO winners!!) #SPambassador

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Win a Family 4 Pack of Tickets
 to Sesame Place for Opening Weekend
 May3 or May4th (2 winners)
Waaaahoooo! Yes, oh yes, I am just a bit excited about all of this! Just one month from today,
 on May 3rd, Sesame Place will open its gates to the brand new Cookie’s Monster land! Our family is completely ready to enjoy all the fun that Sesame Place has given us for many years. There are more memories to be made this year! The great news is that you can join us on opening weekend by winning a family 4pack of tickets! See you there! Check out more about the new Cookie’s Monster Land here! 
Sesame Place will open its furriest land ever in Spring 2014 Cookie’s Monster Land! Cookie Monster will serve as host to all of his monster friends in this colorful and imaginative new land featuring five exciting rides, a three-story net climb, and a soft play area for the park’s youngest visitors. Everyone’s favorite Sesame Street monsters will come together in a fun-filled land with attractions and play areas that families can enjoy together throughout the year, including Captain Cookie’s High “C’s” Adventure, Oscar’s Rotten Rusty Rockets, The Honker Dinger Derby, Flying Cookie Jars and the Monster Mix-Up. The updated“1-2-3 Smile with Me!”interactive photo location also gives everyone the chance to share a furry hug and a smile with Cookie Monster and his monster friends.

 ENTER HERE!: Plenty of Choices of Ways to Enter! Choose ANY or ALL! 

  • Comment Below: You must leave a separate comment for EACH ENTRY that you do in order for it to count as an entry on random.org. You can choose any or all ways to enter. 
  • Leave a comment below that tells what you love about Sesame Street characters!(You can do this DAILY!)
  • Twitter: Follow @3decades3kids on Twitter https://twitter.com/3decades3kids Leave a comment below that you followed and what Twitter name you followed with.
  • Twitter: Tweet: I just entered to win tickets to @sesameplace  from @3decades3kids at 3decades3kids.blogspot.com Leave a comment below that you tweeted.(You can choose to do this daily).
  • Please follow @sesameplace on twitter 🙂 Comment below that you followed)
  • Facebook: Like 3decades3kids on Facebook and  comment about your favorite character at Sesame Place. Please use #Sesameplace  https://www.facebook.com/3decades3kids Leave a comment below with what your facebook name is so that the entry can count toward you. You can do this daily! It will only count if you come back and leave a comment here that you did it.
  • Instagram: Follow 3decades3kids on Instagram http://instagram.com/3decades3kids/ Leave a comment below with your instagram name so I know that you followed. If you already follow, leave a comment below that you already follow.
  • Instagram a pic of ANY Sesame Place or Sesame Street Moment and tag the photo @3decades3kids so I know it is for the contest giveaway. (Leave comment below).
  • Youtube: Like this 3decades3kids Disney video on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4FMpbw7Uo&list=UUR9Z0R9Mor-VCP05DRSdVgg&feature=share&index=2 Leave a comment below telling me what name you liked the video under.
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  • Email Address: Please email me your email address or leave it in a comment. I need a way to contact you if you win 🙂 ELGeorgia@aol.com
  • Please Read: IF you already Follow 3decades3kids on any of the choices above please leave a comment for each one so that I can put your entries into random.org as part of the contest. Good Luck! 🙂
  • Any additional questions or issues, please email Diane at ELGeorgia@aol.com.


Winner will be chosen 1159 pm on April 25, 2014 and contacted by email. The winner has 24 to claim prize tickets and will have to provide 4 names to put on the etickets. Prize delivery will be through etickets that can be taken right to the gate! Yay! No more guest services to redeem prize.

This will be much easier for the winners. (2 winners will be chosen. Each will receive 4 etickets good ONLY May3rd or May4th). The tickets will be one day tickets. Yes!! So much fun! See you at Sesame Place!

Disclosure: Diane Sullivan was not compensated for this post. . All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan-Sesame Place Ambassador Blogger  Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com and
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Sesame Street’s Abby Cadabby and Autism Speaks Co-Founders #LightItUpBlue @EmpireStateBldg #NYC

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CELEBRATE WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY
Sesame Street’s Abby Cadabby and Autism Speaks Co-Founders
Suzanne and Bob Wright #LightItUpBlue 
at The Empire State Building
NYC Look UP, tonight! Look Up!
There are few things closer to my heart than children. Basically between teaching for twenty years and having three children I can’t even imagine a day going by without being focused on a child somewhere. Knowing and loving quite a few children with Autism made celebrating World Autism Day today even sweeter.
Besides loving children, there are a bunch of characters I feel particularly close to, they would all happen to live on Sesame Street. Being a Sesame Place Ambassador Blogger is something I cherish, so when I was invited to witness Abby Cadabby pull the switch and light the Empire State Building Blue in honor of Autism I could not answer yes fast enough! What an absolute honor! 
This morning in a ceremony celebrating Autism Awareness Day I had the privilege of meeting Suzanne and Bob Wright, the co-founders of Autism Speaks. The world cannot be thankful enough for these two incredible people. Of course the President and CEO of Sesame Workshop, H. Melvin Ming stood proudly alongside Abby Cadabby as they both beamed about Autism Speaks fifth annual Light It Up Blue global campaign to raise awareness about autism. 
As they flipped the switch and lit the world-famous Empire State Building’s tower lights blue in celebration of World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, in partnership with Autism Speaks  will announce plans to develop a new community engagement initiative to help reduce the stigma surrounding children with autism. The Empire State Building is one of thousands of iconic landmarks worldwide that will participate in “Light It Up Blue,”today, April 2nd! I will get a little teary eyed tonight to look up at that tall friend of mine, The Empire State Building, and see him dressed in blue!
Disclosure: Diane Sullivan was not compensated for this post. An invitation was extended to me to attend this spectacular event in NYC. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan-Sesame Place Ambassador Blogger and PBS Kids 13 Ambassador! Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com and
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Sesame Place Has Some Awesome Special Event Concerts Lined Up for 2014! @SesamePlace

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Sesame Place Opens May 3rd
For The 2014 Season
Special Event Line Up Looks Awesome!
Sesame Place is an amazing place to visit with your Sesame Street fans.
Where else can you find Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo and other Sesame Street characters just walking the streets? Next month Sesame Place will open its gates to the brand new Cookie’s Monsterland!
You can also have fun meeting Sesame Place’s newest characters: Honker and Dinger!
There will be new rides and more to enjoy this season.
In addition, Sesame Place has been giving us some updates on upcoming 
special event concert. Honestly they are part the reason our family 
has always loved Sesame Place.
This year you can sing along with Choo Choo Soul on May 10 and 11th 
and Super Why on May 17 and 18th!
Stay tuned for more announcements on upcoming events
 and ticket giveaways coming soon!
Disclosure: Diane Sullivan is a Sesame Place Ambassador Blogger. 
All information supplied by Sesame Place. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan.
Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com and everywhere else at .@3decades3kids
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#Giveaway Water Country USA® is hosting a Colossal Pool Party #BuschGardens

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Enter To Win 
Water Country USA 
Colossal Pool Party- Yes, Please!
·      What could be better than winning a HUGE party at Water Country USA? I know, grabbing 250 students and 50 chaperones and heading to Virginia! Let’s go! If your school wins, I want in! (just kidding) But, seriously, this is an amazing contest giveaway. It does not take much to enter especially when you think of the prize attached!   Water Country USA® is hosting a Colossal Pool Party and one lucky school will win the ultimate VIP experience at Virginia’s largest water park. The Williamsburg, Virginia, water park is launching a video submission contest to celebrate the summer season and the opening of its newest family-thrill attraction, Colossal Curl™. High school students in grades nine through 12 are invited to join with their schools’ administration to enter the Water Country USA Colossal Pool Party Giveaway.
o   One lucky school will be awarded the following:
      • VIP admission for up to 250 students and up to 50 chaperones to Water Country USA.
      • The opportunity to be among the first to ride Colossal Curl.
      • Access throughout the day to a VIP zone.
      • Complimentary lockers and dining options.
      • Transportation assistance to and from Water Country USA.
      • An exclusive party after the park closes to the public.
o   To enter the contest, participants should submit a video that is no less than 30 seconds, but no more than two minutes, long. The video should describe why their school deserves to win a colossal pool party at Water Country USA. The entry phase of the contest begins on March 24 at 10 a.m. and submissions will be accepted through April 11 at noon. Starting at 5 p.m. on April 21, Water Country USA fans can vote on which school they think should win the contest. The entry process, official rules and submission criteria are available on Water Country USA’s Facebook page – Facebook.com/WaterCountryUSA. The giveaway is open to legal residents of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Washington D.C. and Delaware.
·         Check the grocery aisles for Mrs. Butterworth’s® Original Syrup featuring Busch Gardens on the bottle and enter to win a trip to Busch Gardens Williamsburg or Busch Gardens Tampa during the Mrs. Butterworth’s Family Fun Sweet-stakes
o   Enter to win on www.facebook.com/MrsButterworths
o   The contest runs through April 30, 2014
o   Grand prize includes:
§  Airfare
§  Hotel accommodations for three days and two nights
§  Admission to either Busch Gardens Williamsburg or Busch Gardens Tampa
§  An exclusive park experience: Either an Animals Up-Close Tour at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, or Serengeti Safari at Busch Gardens Tampa

o   Full contest rules are available at www.facebook.com/MrsButterworths
Disclosure: All materials provided by Busch Gardens. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan.
Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com. Diane Sullivan is a Sesame Place Ambassador Blogger.

Spring Is The Perfect Time To Visit Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Va. #Roadtrip2Fun

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Spring Is The Perfect Time To Visit
Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Va.
The shine today and our family cannot think about where to go first this spring and summer! Once place that comes into mind right away is Busch Gardens and Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Va.
It’s the perfect place for those of us who do not want to venture too far from the NYC area. Virginia is just far enough away to feel like you are on a major vacation and yet, you can get a long weekend in with more than enough time! Busch Gardens has some amazing fun in store for everyone this spring, along with some great deals! It’s Spring Break time around here and we are busy planning up some great #Roadtrip2Fun destinations!
Spring has sprung at Busch Gardens and the park is celebrating all April  with special birthday and anniversary celebrations of its most iconic kid-friendly attractions. Sesame StreetForest of Fun™ turns 5 years old this month, and Busch Gardens is celebrating with a weekend long birthday party on April 4 – 6. Elmo and his Sesame Street friends will greet guests each morning in the park’s England village. They will then lead families from England to Sesame Street Forest of Fun for the birthday celebration that will include complimentary milk and cookies. The birthday treats are available on a first come, first served basis.
This special birthday weekend also includes special performances of Elmo Rocks! at Il Teatro di San Marco in the park’s Italy village. Show details and times are available at www.buschgardens.com/va or on the park’s map.

Land of the Dragons® is also undergoing a makeover. The park’s original KIDsiderate attraction celebrates its 20thanniversary this season. A recent post on Busch Gardens’ blog detailed the efforts being undertaken to refresh the area for a special anniversary celebration on April 26.
Parents with children ages 3 to 5 can take advantage of the Free 2-Park Preschool Pass. Through this online-only offer, children can get a preschool pass this spring and enjoy unlimited admission to Busch Gardens and Water Country USA through Sept. 1.
April Deals
·         Spring Bounce Ticket – Valid for unlimited visits to Busch Gardens® and Colonial Williamsburg for up to 7 consecutive days from date of first use, thru April 27, 2014. This online only offer must be purchased by April 24. Visit the buschgardens.com/va ticket page for details.
·         Spring Tour Special – Book now and save 25 percent on select tours experienced between April 4 and May 26. Tours included in this promotion are the Family Fun, Landscape Life, Ultimate Busch Gardens Insider, Roller Coaster Insider, Ultimate Animal Insider, Animals Up Close, Clydesdales & Collies Up Close, Wolf Training and Birds of Prey tours
·         Meal Deal – Make mealtime a breeze and get your lunch and dinner all in one delicious package for only $24.  Add a souvenir cup for only $5 extra and get $.99 refills for the entire year.
·         Free 2-Park Preschool Pass – Visit www.buschgardens.com/bgwpreschoolpass before May 31 to register for a free 2-Park Preschool Pass for children ages 3-5. Proof of the child’s age is required at the time the passes are redeemed and the passes must be redeemed at either park by May 31, 2014. Children ages 2 and younger receive complimentary admission and do not need to register. Visithttp://www.buschgardens.com/bgwpreschoolpass for complete details.
·         Wendy’s Single-Day Ticket deal – Visit participating Wendy’s restaurants in Virginia and North Carolina for $5 off a single-day ticket to Busch Gardens. Triple the discount to $15 by entering the promo code found on the Wendy’s in-store coupon online at www.buschgardens.com/va.
·         Pampers Kids Free Promotion – Back again for 2014, get one free child’s single-day admission to Busch Gardens through the Pampers Gifts to Grow rewards program at www.pampers.com. Enter the Busch Gardens promotional code provided by the rewards program and receive one free child’s admission with the purchase of one regularly priced adult single-day ticket. The child’s ticket is valid for children up to age 9, and the purchase must be made online using the promotional code provided at www.pampers.com.
Spring Vacation Packages
·         Whether you’re coming for a weekend or during spring break week, a vacation in Williamsburg will put some spring in your step. Click here to review Busch Gardens’ best Springtacular vacation package that includes a Busch Gardens Fun Card, your choice of hotel accommodations, a free dining voucher and a Quick Queue pass.
Disclosure: All materials provided by Busch Gardens. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan.
Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com. Diane Sullivan is a Sesame Place Ambassador Blogger.