End of the Month Giveaway #2: Ripley's Combo Tickets!

I hope you have enjoyed hearing about Ripley's Believe it or Not, Wax Museum, and the Mirror Maze.  There is one more attraction you will find in this one building that I want to tell you about.  It is called Impossible Laser Race.  The Laser Race is extremely complicated for most people that aren't double-jointed.  Basically, you must try to make it from one end of the room to the other without hitting any lasers.  You are, also, timed, so you are trying to beat the clock, too. 

This month's giveaway is combo tickets to Ripley's!  That means you can get into all 4 attractions free of charge!!  I hope you will have as much fun there as we did.  Now, let's get this giveaway rolling...

Here are the details of what is being given away:

2 Combo tickets for all 4 attractions valued at $29.99 each (for a 59.98 value)!

I have a total of 6 tickets to giveaway, so 3 lucky people will get 2 tickets each!  To enter, comment on a blog post, put some of our posts on your Facebook page or pin them on Pinterest.  Then, leave a comment on this post letting us know what you did.  You can get as many as 5 entries per day until the drawing on July 10th, 2012.  For those dedicated readers who come back daily and make sure to get all 5 entries per day, you bump your odds of winning but you may even win more than one pair of tickets if your name is chosen twice from the raffle.  I know some of you have bigger families, so enter as often as possible. 

Good luck!

Ripley's Enchanted Mirror Maze in Grand Prairie, TX

Are you ready to get lost?  The Mirror Maze in Grand Prairie is just for you!!   With over 2,000 square feet of confusing two-way mirrors, you are bound to get lost a few times.  Plus, if you ever find your way out, you can go back in and try again as many times as you want.

It was fun to see everyone running around trying to find their way out.  We will remember this experience for the rest of our lives.  This was a great family bonding event.  We depended on each other to make it out of there.

Cost:

Adult (age 13 and up)= $16.99*

Child (age 4-12)= $8.99*

Child 3 and under= FREE

*There are 3 other attractions at this location so there are bundling pricing options as well. I posted about 2 of the others already, and you can find them here and here.

**All opinions expressed herein are my own, and I have not received any monetary or other gift for a positive review. We were invited to spend the day at the 4 attractions expenses paid, and we have been given tickets for a giveaway! The tickets will be given away this month, so stay tuned!

Ripley's Believe It or Not in Grand Prairie, TX

While on a hunt for the weird, quirky, and unusual, we headed to Ripley's in Grand Prairie.  We found plenty of odd inventions like the rocking chair shown that rocks itself.  It was actually for sale many years ago.  Very odd!

A vest made from human hair... anyone interested in wearing that one? 

People never stop being odd, and because of this, Ripley started traveling the world looking for the oddest of the odd.  Several of these items were added to the Odditorium in Grand Prairie for the enjoyment of the public.

We had a good time looking at how far humanity has come compared to 100 years ago.  The strange people were interesting as well.  We saw many things you would never find anywhere else.

Cost:

Adult (age 13 and up)= $16.99*

Child (age 4-12)= $8.99*

Child 3 and under= FREE

*There are 3 other attractions at this location so there are bundling pricing options as well. I will be posting about the other 2 attractions over the next few days.  You can see the wax museum that I posted about yesterday here,

**All opinions expressed herein are my own, and I have not received any monetary or other gift for a positive review. We were invited to spend the day at the 4 attractions expenses paid, and we have been given tickets for a giveaway! The tickets will be given away this month, so stay tuned!

Palace of Wax in Grand Prairie, TX

The Palace of Wax is a museum filled with over 200 life-like wax characters.  As you can see by the pictures, they have many different types of wax characters.  There are politicians, historical characters, movie stars, talk show hosts, storybook characters, religious figures, etc. 

We enjoyed our visit.  The figures look so real that my youngest got scared by a few.  You could spend a lot of time in this museum looking at all of the details.  I wish I could have stayed longer.  I really enjoyed it.  My youngest was anxious to get away from the wax people because they were too life-like.  If I had gone without her, I would have spent more time enjoying the art work.  It is really incredible!

Cost:

Adult (age 13 and up)= $16.99*

Child (age 4-12)= $8.99*

Child 3 and under= FREE

 *There are 3 other attractions at this location so there are bundling pricing options as well.  I will be posting about the other 3 attractions over the next few days.

**All opinions expressed herein are my own, and I have not received any monetary or other gift for a positive review.  We were invited to spend the day at the 4 attractions expenses paid, and we have been given tickets for a giveaway!   The tickets will be given away this month, so stay tuned!

Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, TX

Feeling a little lucky?  Head over to Lone Star Park and win some money!  Saturday June 9th is the Belmont Stakes and that race will be simulcast.  This is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown.  We may have our first Triple Crown winner since 1978.  I'll Have Another* has placed first in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness this year, so this race is sure to me a hot one!

If you aren't sure how to bet on horses, don't fret, there are plenty of pointers available on site.  The first thing you should do when you arrive is get a program.  The program will have pointers and walk you through the steps of what each kind of bet is and your odds.  There are, also, lots of friendly people that will help you if you ask. 

If you don't like crowds, you are going to want to skip the Belmont Stakes this Saturday.  It will be packed with standing room only.  You can always step outside if it gets too crowded because there isn't too much of a crowd outside when the sun is beating down. 

Lone Star Park has races almost every Thursday-Sunday during their regular season which is April to the first week of July.  These regular days are calmer and usually have seats available.  There are many different seating options and ticket arrangements.  For lunch and dinner there are restaurants, snacks and a buffet. 

*Update: I'll Have Another has been scratched from the Belmont due to a swollen left front tendon. 

Cost:

Varies depending on seating $5 and up per person