Halloween Fun and Fright Fest Now At Six Flags Great Adventure! What Are You Doing This Weekend? #FrightFest #SixFlags

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Six Flags Great Adventure’s FRIGHT FEST
Are You Ready For A Little Scare In Your Life? 
Fun By Day- Frights By Night!
Looking for some scary fun this Halloween season? It’s closer than you think and right here in Jackson, NJ, less than two hours from NYC. The fun at Six Flags Great Adventure caters to both crowds. If you have little ones, you can visit from 10:30 until 6pm when the park is scare free! After 6pm the tides change and although there are quite a few scare free zones you can really get your scare on during the evening hours. Recently our family had the change to experience Fright Fest first hand. What an awesome day! Our light-time hours were filled with regular park rides, trick or treating and themed shows that were appropriate for my six year old daughter. By day, families can enjoy favorites like the Trick-or-Treat Trail, Professor Slithers’ Creepy Critters animal show and Spooky Kooky Magic Show plus the new Monster Maze, a corn maze including some of Halloween’s most famous characters.  At the Wilderness Theater, guests can enjoy the new Doc Snooker’s Halloween Time Machine, a zany show for all ages.  Guests can also challenge the park’s famous line-up of thrill rides including El Toro, Kingda Ka and Nitro, and the new Safari Off Road Adventure. As night approached, my husband took to the shelter of a scare free zone with my daughter while my sons and I went on a hunt for some frightening fun!

 Fright Night begins at 6PM with The Awakening! After 6 pm, the festival transitions to “fright by night” as nearly 200 zombies are released into the park. This fall, the park will introduce a new terror trail – Total Darkness, a blackout maze.  Lakefront will be home to a new scare zone, Straw-Man Stalkers, with blood-thirsty scarecrows.  Terror Trail favorites like Voodoo Island, Asylum, Wasteland and The Manor, now indoors, will return to terrorize guests. In total, Six Flags will offer six haunted

walk-throughs and four scare zones. Fright Fest continues weekends through Oct. 27th.
Nighttime shows, known as “monstertainment,” will include the return of the iconic Dead Man’s Party, Ghoulmaster’s Ghosts, The Awakening, Circus of Thrills and more.  Terror trails require an additional fee, while all scare zones and monstertainment are included with park admission.
Fright by Night is not recommended for children under 12 and those who scare easily.
On Sept. 28, Six Flags will host the eleventh-annual American Red Cross Blood Drive and Wild Safari Run.  At the blood drive, Guests can donate a pint of blood to earn a free ticket to Fright Fest between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.  Reservations must be made by calling 732/928-2000, ext. 2834.  Up to 200 donors are needed and will be taken on a first call, first serve basis. Must be 16 or older, at least 110 lbs. and in good health to donate. The Wild Safari Run is a 3.1-mile cross country meet sponsored by Powerade and Kelly’s Sports.  The race features high school cross country competitors from surrounding states running through the safari.  Registration information is available at www.wildsafariinv.com
Six Flags Great Adventure will host the 7th annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Oct. 6 – New Jersey’s largest 5k run/walk.  The day honors breast cancer survivors, those lost, and unites a community in the fight against breast cancer.  In 2012, more than 8,000 participants and spectators turned out to support the Race for the Cure.
For more information, visit www.sixflags.com/greatadventure.

Disclosure: Media invite provided by Six Flags Great Adventure. All opinions
are that of Diane Sullivan. Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on twitter .@3decades3kids.


Giveaway:#Disney #TheLittleMermaid 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital Copy #FindYourVoice

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Disney’s The Little Mermaid Releases October 1st and We Could Not Be Any Happier! Win the 2-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack with Digital Copy Here (2 winners)
Ask anyone and they have heard about The Little Mermaid. Ariel has made her way in all of our hearts and houses since her introduction years ago. This darling Little Mermaid is a daily topic in our house that is abundantly filled with the many mermaid tailed toys. With saying that, you can imagine how exciting it is to gear up for the release of The Little Mermaid on October 1st. We are especially pumped after just experiencing Second Screen Live: The Little Mermaid in theaters recently. Our family was thrilled to find out all the extras that will available with this new edition of TheLittle Mermaid including a new music video, Crab-E-Oke Sing-Along and more! You can check out all the extras below. We cannot wait to check it out first hand on October 1st! This will be a fine edition to our collection of The Little Mermaid on VHS(showing my age), DVD, and now blu-ray!


Special Features

  • Includes Blu‐ray, DVD and Digital Copy
  • New Music Video
  • @Disneyanimation: Go Under The Hat At Walt Disney Animation Studios
  • Disney Intermission (Crab-E-Oke Sing-Along)
  • Deleted Character – Harold The Merman
  • Under The Scene – The Art Of Live Action Reference
  • Part Of Her World: Jodi Benson’s Voyage To New Fantasyland
  • Howard’s Lecture: Howard Ashman, The Lyricist & Executive Producer Of The Little Mermaid
  • Treasure’s Untold: The Making Of The Little Mermaid
  • Storm Warning: The Little Mermaid Special Effects Unit
  • The Story Behind The Story
  • Under The Sea Early Presentation Reel
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Deleted Scenes With Introductions
  • Easter Eggs
  • Disney Song Selection – Play Movie With Lyrics
  • Audio Commentary
  • Ashley Tisdale “Kiss The Girl” Music Video
  • The Little Match Girl With Intro
  • Disneypedia: Life Under The Sea
  • Under The Sea Adventure: A Virtual Ride Inspired By Disney Imagineers



    The Little Mermaid bluray/dvd GIVEAWEAY(2 winners)
    The magical folks at Disney were kind enough to offer two 3decades3kids readers
    a copy of their own to love at home! It could be you. Please enter below on Rafflecopter.
    Winner Chosen October 10th at 11:59pm and contacted by email. Winner will have 24 hours to respond to claim prize before a new winner is chosen. Good Luck Little Mermaid fans!
    I love that I can share this with you. You know how much our family loves Disney! 18+/USA only.
    Disclosure: Giveaway/Review copies provided by Disney Pictures. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan, like it or not! lol. Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or tweet me .@3decades3kids 
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      Love Metallica? Thursday, September 26 Robert Trujillo: New Brunswick: AMC NEW BRUNSWICK 18, 10:00 p.m.

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      METALLICA ACROSS AMERICA
      Metallica band members to introduce METALLICA THROUGH THE NEVER at IMAX® 3D theatres across the country on opening weekend

      Love Metallica? You will not want to miss out on this! Metallica’s James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo will make in-theater appearances in celebration of the opening weekend of Metallica Through the Never at select IMAX® theatres around the country September 26th – 28th.
      Metallica Through the Never recently premiered at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival and stars Metallica, one of the most popular, influential rock bands in history, and critically acclaimed actor, Dane DeHaan. Metallica Through the Never is a music-driven, 3D motion picture event directed by Nimród Antal and co-written by Antal with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo.

      Filmmaker Nimród Antal immerses audiences in a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience with spectacular live performance footage of Metallica’s most iconic songs — created exclusively for the film — combined with a bold, narrative story featuring imagery drawn from the band’s trailblazing iconography. Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond the Pines) portrays Trip, a young roadie sent on an urgent mission, during Metallica’s roaring live set in front of a sold-out arena.  The film features dazzling pyrotechnics, the most elaborate live-performance stage ever built and state-of-the-art 3-D photography, captured using up to 24 cameras simultaneously.

      Metallica Through the Never opens exclusively at select IMAX® theatres nationwide on September 27th and will expand into additional theatres and cities on Oct. 4th.

      Thursday, September 26
      Robert Trujillo:

      New Brunswick: AMC NEW BRUNSWICK 18, 10:00 p.m.

      Cabbage Patch Kids Celebrate 30 Years and Doll Giveaway @cpkusa #Cabbagepatch

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      Happy 30th Anniversary
      Cabbage Patch Kids
      and Giveaway
      30 years ago something magical happened in a cabbage patch, the first Cabbage Patch Kid was born!
      During the past thirty years many many more Cabbage Patch Kids were born and adopted by loving families all over. It’s hard to believe it’s been so many years since these little lovebugs have made their way into our homes and hearts. Through the years there have been additions and changes, but the fact remains that you can always tell a Cabbage Patch Kid by it’s unique and adorable look. Each and every one still comes along with it’s birth and adoption certificate. How can you help but not love Cabbage Patch dolls?
      Recently, my family was invited to share in the fun of celebrating a big Happy 30th Birthday with the Cabbage Patch dolls! 
      Emily’s 30th Anniversary Cabbage Patch Kid!
      The day was a dream come true from both my daughter and myself. We were thrilled to get an up close look at dolls that were on display from the very beginning up to the current doll. What an amazing experience! It was incredible to see the happiness and excitement in her eyes as she looked over all the choices of dolls before choosing one to make her very own. We were treated like gold as Emily visited station after station gathering up all necessities to take care of her newly adopted Cabbage Patch Kid. Her first stop was at the Birth Certificate station where she received an official birth certificate for her new friend. She also took the pledge to care and love the new addition to our family. My daughter also had the pleasure of  having her hair styled along with her Cabbage Patch Kid! They both chose pink extensions (no surprise there) along with some bows. What an adorable station that made every little girl there feel like a princess!
      Birth Certificate
      Emily made an extra dolly to donate to a local hospital.

      The day was filled with celebration and station after station to visit! Emily loved the story telling station where she was able to hear all about how Cabbage Patch Kids are born! Although this was not her first Cabbage Patch Kid, Emily definitely has a much better understanding of how special Cabbage Patch Kids really are to everyone who loves one of their own. By the end of the stations Emily’s diaper bag was overflowing with diapers, rattles, binkys, bottles, bracelets, stickers and more

      The yummy cupcake celebration cake!
      Happy 30th Birthday, Cabbage Patch Kids!
      Cabbage Patch Mini Babies! How adorable!
      . Of course the most exciting part of the party was getting to make friends with a life size Cabbage Patch Friend, seeing a bigger than life 30th Birthday Cake and singing along to “Happy Birthday” with a room full of families with a definite love for Cabbage Patch Kids! We enjoyed a wonderful birthday brunch, complete with party hats, blowers, and of course delicious birthday cupcakes! Happy 30th Birthday, Cabbage Patch Kids! Thanks for letting us join in all the festivities! We love you!
      Check out all about Cabbage Patch Kids right here. 
      Check out our video of some of the Cabbage Patch Kids
      that were on display at the party- dolls from 1983-2013!

      Cabbage Patch Kids Giveaway
      It’s wonderful to be able to host a giveaway on such a precious doll. We love Cabbage Patch Kids! Here’s your chance to have your very first one or add to your collection! Enter on Rafflecopter below. Winner Chosen October 15th, 2013 and notified by email. Winner has 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen. Good Luck all 18+/USA only. Disclosure: Diane Sullivan was invited to a party event in NYC. Giveaway item provided by Cabbage Patch Kids. Contact me at ELGeorgia@aol.com or on twitter at @3decades3kids. 



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      Giveaway: Win A Family 4pack of Tickets To The Corn Maze and Train Ride- Phillipsburg #NJ

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      Giveaway: Win A Family 4pack of Tickets To The Corn Maze and Train Ride- Phillipsburg #NJ 

      Fall is here and I must admit it is my favorite season (well, next to summer)! When I finally have to resign to transition from shorts to long pants, I also know there is a lot of Fall fun in store! I love watching the leaves change colors and everything that comes along with pumpkin picking, apple orchards and baking! With saying this, there is one Fall activity I have always wanted to try out but just never took the chance on it. Going through a corn maze is something our family has talked about but never ventured out to do. This Fall we are definitely going to give it a try! Right in Phillipsburg, NJ they have a fantastic Corn Maze! Not to mention that you can board the train in historic downtown Phillipsburg  and journey to the CORN MAZE.
      Once you arrive at the corn maze you will go through a brief orientation and  then the fun begins!Each group receives a map of the maze. We actually have a small and a large maze. Depending on your skill level and the amount of time you have  you can do either one or both! In the maze there are 12 checkpoints and 12  check boxes to be checked off.
      As you find each check point there is a hole puncher at the check point. The game is complete when each check point is checked off and you find your way out of the maze! On site we have a beautiful picnic grove so feel free to bring your lunch and spend the afternoon.You can arrive on any train you like and stay as long as you like.Please remember, the only way home is by train and the last train  heads North to the station in Phillipsburg at  3:45 pm in the afternoon.You can also play FSI Farm Scene Investigation   and find out who abducted Farmer Joe!Also on site we have a 30 foot inflatable Pumpkin Bouncie the kids just love!Click here to find out more about the Corn Maze


      Corn Maze SCHEDULE
      SATURDAY
      11 AM, 12:30pm, 2:00pm & 3:30 ( OCTOBER)
      SUNDAY
      11 AM, 12:30pm, 2:00pm*
      On Sundays the Corn Maze is not available on the 3:30 train.
      For more info call
      908-454-4433
      or
      877trainride
      FARES:
      Children: $13.00
      Adults: $20.00
      This includes train ride AND Corn Maze entry!
      GIVEAWAY
      We have a 4pack of tix to giveaway from Phillipsburg Railway and the Corn Maze! You ticket includes both the train ride and the Corn Maze! Enter below on Rafflecopter. Winner will be chosen September 30, 2013 and be contacted by email. Winner will have 24 hours to respond and claim prize before a new winner is chosen. Good Luck. Disclosure: Giveaway and Review tickets provided by Phillipsburg Railroad. Contact Diane Sullivan at ELGeorgia@aol.com.

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