@GreatWolfLodge to Open 12th Resort in North America Right In Massachusetts! June 5th!

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Great Wolf Lodge to Open 12th Resort in North America
Grand Opening in Massachusetts Set for June 5th
The time is almost here! June 5th we can all get a glimpse of the latest addition to the Great Wolf Family! Great Wolf Lodge, North America’s largest family of indoor waterparks, announced today the official grand opening celebration date for Great Wolf Lodge New England. Opening on June 5, the new resort, located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, will soon offer area families the perfect destination for a weekend getaway, or longer family vacation.

“Great Wolf Lodge New England is going to change how families in the region spend time together,” said Great Wolf Lodge CEO Kimberly Schaefer. “We know that parents are challenged by so many things when it comes to planning and taking a vacation. Great Wolf Lodge offers value, convenience, and fun all under one roof. Parents can focus on having a great time alongside their children.”
The indoor waterpark resort will be a first-class destination, complete with more than 400 suites, a wide variety of entertainment offerings, dining options and amenities for the entire family. The centerpiece of the resort is the exciting indoor waterpark. With signature Great Wolf Lodge water rides and attractions, including the thrilling six-story, Howlin’ Tornado; the amazing Wolf Tail slide, with its 360 degree loop; Slap Tail Pond wave pool and the River Canyon Run family raft ride, Great Wolf Lodge New England will offer something for everyone.
The waterpark is just the beginning of all that Great Wolf Lodge New England brings to the area. Throughout the entire resort, families will have many unique activities and attractions to enjoy. The giant Howlin’ Timbers Play Park will offer hours of excitement. Complete with indoor mini golf, Ten Paw Alley bowling, an assortment of kiddie amusement rides and more, Howlin’ Timbers will be a destination in itself.
Exclusive to Great Wolf Lodge New England, the entire family can experience something new – high above everyone else. The 30 foot tall Howlers Peak Ropes Course will be the brand’s first and only indoor ropes course experience. The adventure begins when guests put on harnesses and then venture out across several rope pathways. Complete with varying heights and challenges at each station, Howlers Peak will be one of the key attractions at Great Wolf Lodge New England. Younger children will also howl with delight as they can walk alongside their parent on a smaller course designed just for them.
Signature Great Wolf Lodge experiences including Scooops Kid Spa and the interactive, live-action game, MagiQuest will also offer memorable moments for kids and parents alike. And each night, everyone will gather in the lobby for the interactive Forest Friend Show and Story Time before heading to bed in one of the lodge’s 406 themed suites.
More than 42 million families with children live within 300 miles of a Great Wolf Lodge. The addition of Great Wolf Lodge New England gives more families than ever the opportunity to create new family traditions – together.
“It’s hard to beat a weekend getaway, within driving distance, where parents know they can entertain everyone in the family from morning to night,” Schaefer continued, “We look forward to bringing the Great Wolf Lodge experience to families in Massachusetts, and the entire New England region in just a few more weeks.”
In honor of the resort’s grand opening, guests can save up to 30% on their reservation by booking at visit by July 4. Reservations can be made online at greatwolf.com or by calling 866.670.9653.
Snapshot of Great Wolf Lodge New England – By the Numbers:
·         68,000 square feet of indoor water park
·         84-degree indoor waterpark
·         300,000 gallons of water
·         30 foot tall ropes course
·         406 themed suites
·         6 delectable dining options, including the Lodge Wood Fired Grill, Hungry as a Wolf Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts
·         4 unique shopping experiences including the Great Wolf Kids Store and Buckhorn Exchange Gift Shop
About Great Wolf Lodge:

Great Wolf Lodge is North America’s largest family of indoor waterpark resorts and the brand leader in the waterpark resort industry. Great Wolf Lodge is a first-class, full service, year-round destination resort. Extending far beyond waterparks, Great Wolf Resorts provides families with quality accommodations, exceptional service, as well as popular proprietary amenities all under one roof – creating family traditions, one family at a time. Opening in June 2014, Great Wolf New England is the company’s 12th indoor waterpark resort.

You Are Invited! ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK #Premiere in #NYC on Thursday, May 15th at 7:30PM at the ZIEGFELD THEATER #free

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You Are Invited! 
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Premiere in NYC on 
Thursday, May 15th at 7:30PM at the 
ZIEGFELD THEATER  
with the cast of the show
I’m thrilled to be able to offer 3decades3kids readers tickets to  the PREMIERE of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK in NYC on Thursday, May 15th at 7:30PM at the ZIEGFELD THEATER  with the cast of the show.
The seats will be first come, first serve and business casual attire will be required. Please arrive early to ensure entrance. Be sure to have your printed ticket with you. GoFoBo guests can line up on 55th Street on the side of The Ziegfeld Theater.

Please click on the link below to grab a pair of tickets to the event!
Ziegfeld Theater
NYC
May 15th 7:30pm

On Friday, June 6th, your favorite eccentric group of inmates is back for season 2 of the groundbreaking Netflix original series.
Season 2 of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK begins on Friday, June 6th

Synopsis: From the creator of “Weeds” comes a heartbreaking and hilarious new series set in a women’s prison. Piper Chapman’s wild past comes back to haunt her, resulting in her arrest and detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper trades her comfortable New York life for an orange prison jumpsuit and finds unexpected conflict and camaraderie amidst an eccentric group of inmates.

Disclosure: No compensation was given for this post. Diane Sullivan is a gofobo.com movie partner.
All opinions are that of my own and honest. Contact me at ELGEorgia@aol.com and @3decades3kid everywhere else! 



Disney Junior’s Give a Book, Get a Book Program Is Amazing! @DisneyJuniorPR @DisneyJunior #DisneySMMoms

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Disney Junior’s 
Give a Book, Get a Book Program Is Amazing
Disney Social Media Moms
After spending twenty years as an inner city teacher and being a mom of three, I have learned one thing about children, they love to read! They also love to be read to at any age and they love to have their own book. We can probably all remember a special book we loved as a child, a special book that our mom or dad or teacher or grandma read to us. For me it was Cinderella. I could listen to the story over and over and over. I’m so sure my mom had the book memorized from reading it to me so many times. I remember the day she bought me the book. I wanted that book so badly. I could not believe she actually bought it and it was MINE, all mine. I believe it’s because of that book and my mom reading it to me that I have always loved reading and reading to others and still sitting down with a good book, a page turner. It’s because of that one simple book that my children love reading, that my students loved reading. All it took was ONE book, one little book. It brings tears to my eyes now to think of how much I love reading and how important reading is to a child.



Recently during the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration I was beyond thrilled to be introduced to the Disney Junior’s Give a Book, Get a Book. Bravo, Disney! You know the importance of reading! Disney and First Book will provide for the donation of up to one million books to U.S. communities in need and will present families with free digital books from Disney Publishing Worldwide. Disney Junior’sGive a Book, Get a Book.  Storytelling is the foundation of the initiative designed to inspire parents and caregivers to spend time each day sharing stories that help develop the critical thinking, vocabulary and language skills a preschooler needs.  The program includes a redemption code offering a free Disney Digital book and a way for families to experience giving back by donating books to the community of their choice.  Disney Junior’s Give a Book, Get a Book, also includes public service announcements, free storytime events at Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Disney Store locations, and interactive Radio Disney events.
Honestly, I never thought I would be in the same room as LeVar Burton, a lifelong children’s literacy advocate  Cofounder and Curator-in-Chief of the award-winning Reading Rainbow app. His words were like music as he spoke about the importance of building literacy and of storytelling in the digital age.  We also had the pure pleasure of being treated to a celebrity reading by Disney Junior stars Ariel Winter and Tim Gunn (of “Sofia the First”) and David Arquette (of “Jake and the Never Land Pirates”).

Our family was thrilled to meet up with Genevieve Goings (of Disney Junior’s “Choo Choo Soul”), who hosts the Give a Book, Get a Book public service announcements on Disney Channel. She emceed the event and had all the moms singing along with her to All aboard the Choo Choo Train! Okay, I admit it, we loved it! She is amazing and the perfect spokesperson for the program. If you frequent the Disney Store or watch Disney Junior, you will definitely see her explaining the new Give a Book, Get a Book!

You can now take advantage of an all-new website, GiveaBookGetaBook.com, featuring tools and resources for parents and caregivers that promote the value of storytelling and offer interactive activities.  Now at Disney Store locations and later this summer at other nationwide retailers, there are two ways to Give a Book, Get a Book.  For a limited time, with the purchase of any specially-marked Disney Junior book or product, receipts or packaging will include a redemption code allowing kids and families to direct the donation of a book to First Book in the region of their choice and to access a free Disney Digital Book to share as a family.  Additionally, Give a Book, Get a Book bookmarks with redemption codes will be distributed to visitors at participating public libraries and Radio Disney events throughout the summer.  With the help of families across the United States, Disney and First Book will donate up to one million books through this program.
Disclosure: No compensation was given for this post. I was an attendee at Disney Social Media Moms Celebration and given a deeply discounted rate to attend. All opinions are my own and honest. Contact Diane Sullivan at ELGEorgia@aol.com or everywhere else as .@3decades3kids. #DisneySMMoms

Monster Jam Path of Destruction Roars Back to Met Life Stadium June 14th! #MonsterJamNYNJ @monsterjam

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Monster Jam Path of Destruction 

Roars Back to Met Life Stadium June 14th


With Monster Jam roaring back into MetLife Stadium in less than two months, I wanted to share the very first few trucks and drivers that have been announced to compete at Monster Jam Path of Destruction on Saturday, June 14! WoooHooo! I know that our family is geared up and ready to go! We love Monster Jam and especially enjoy it outside at Met Life Stadium. The Pit Party is amazing and fun for the entire family! Get ready to join the fun and I will keep you posted on any giveaways and new announcements that will come our way!
Announced so far for June 14th:
  • Grave Digger®, driven by Dennis Anderson
  • Grave Digger The Legend®, driven by Adam Anderson
  • Son-uva Digger®, driven by Ryan Anderson
  • Max-DSM, driven by Tom Meents
  • Monster Energy, driven by Damon Bradshaw
  • Mohawk Warrior®, driven by George Balhan
  • Northern NightmareSM, driven by Cam McQueen
  • Lucas Oil Crusader®, driven by Linsey Weenk
Additional trucks and drivers competing at MetLife Stadium will continue to be announced this week!!
To get the latest on competitors revealed to the star-studded line-up, be sure to follow Monster Jam on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Fans can also subscribe to the YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/MonsterJamLive.

Disney Social Media Moms Celebration – A First Timer’s Experience! #DisneySMMoms

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 Disney Social Media Moms Celebration
 A First Timer’s Experience
Being invited to the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration is quite an honor. After years of watching all the tweets, posts, and pictures of all the past Celebrations I was just beside myself to see the spectacular invitation in my inbox this past February. Now, being invited is just the beginning. There is cheering in the house, planning, shopping, packing and counting down to the fun. What is so unique about this social media influencers celebration is that you can bring your family along with you. Yes, you don’t have to get a million babysitters lined up and leave behind your loved ones, they are right there with you. Since our family travels as a pack this was just music to our ears! So we packed and I read everything I could to try to get a grasp on what would happen, but compared to what was about to take place, I did not have a clue!
Before we knew it, our family of five loaded headed to the airport to go from the east coast across the country to the west coast and have our very first family visit at Disneyland! 
From the moment we arrived at the Disneyland Resort I kind of figured out why they called it a celebration! The Disney Social Media Moms Celebration check in was a party onto itself. We were introduced to new friends, had a chance to chat with great brands, already started learning about Disney brands and had a chance to visit with some amazing Disney characters. The care taken at the check in was first rate. Each family was given their a private cast member to go over the itinerary and answer any questions we may have had at that time. Maxine Clark and Donald Driver nearly bringing me to tears with there stories. They really taught me just how powerful a story can be. Leanne Jakubowski and Gary Buchanan kept us smiling in the meantime with their cheerfulness and antics! There are other highlights that I am saving for separate posts and they may or may not include Maleficent and more! My brain is spinning as I write this, just thinking about everything that took place during those four days on the west coast!
Our days were spent learning  and listening to as powerhouse after powerhouse took the the stage. With too many to name in just one post, as just a sampling, we were inspired by. There were private parties, meet and greets, family fun, but there was more. There was friend making, there was a connection-an energy that I have not seen at many of the other conferences I have attended. There was learning and above all, there was inspiration! Although this post cannot include everything I wanted to just let you know about the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration as a whole. It’s more than a conference, it is truly a celebration.
 

Disclosure: No compensation was given for this post. I was an attendee at Disney Social Media Moms Celebration and given a deeply discounted rate to attend. All opinions are my own and honest. Contact me at ELGEorgia@aol.com or everywhere else as .@3decades3kids.