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Wendy’s Legoland Florida Free Child Ticket with Adult Ticket Purchase

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The Wendy’s Legoland promotion is back from earlier in the year, again offering a free child ticket with adult ticket purchase ($84). Offer expires on May 31, 2014 (however, still working as of 6/27/14). Tickets valid for (1) year from date of purchase. Guests can purchase up to six (6) adult/child ticket packages with this promo. Additional individual tickets are also available for purchase.

As always, be sure to keep track of our master lists of Legoland discounts by clicking on the Discount Lists page at the top of the site for all of the latest offerings.

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9/11/14- Offer expired
1/17/14- Offer live again.
6/10/13- Offer expired
3/11/13- Originally published

Northern Rail

Discounted Nights at Northern Rail Traincar Inn

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DISCOUNTED NIGHTS AT NORTHERN RAIL TRAINCAR INN – Our family had the privilege last Thanksgiving to visit the Red Caboose Motel located near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Despite some cold overnight temperatures, it was quite a unique experience sleeping in a caboose that I was fortunate are family got to try.

That trip in particular I get asked a lot of questions about from readers when I meet them, wondering how we were able to learn about such a unique hotel. Really, it was quite by accident, and one we learned about from deal sites offering discounted nights.

So we are excited to learn there is another overnight train site, this time located in Two Harbors, Minnesota. The Northern Rail Traincar Inn offers guests 17 units located inside transformed boxcars. Peter Greenberg proclaimed the Northern Rail Traincar Inn is “One of the world’s 10 most unusual hotels.”

Link: Amazon Local Northern Rail Traincar Inn (affiliate link)

Guests can choose from the following options:
For $89 ($149 value), enjoy a one-night stay for two in a Porter Room, Sunday – Thursday check-in
For $119 ($149 value), enjoy the same, Friday or Saturday check-in

Each night stay also includes continental breakfast.

The nice thing about this offer is they are valid thru October 20, 2014, and you are able to purchase as many nights as you would like.

Unfortunately, it is quite a hike for our family to drive all the way up to Minnesota to take advantage of this offer, but we are hopeful some of you may find it an interesting stop to include in your travels.

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140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

A Review of Dinosaur World, Kentucky with Kids

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DINOSAUR WORLD KENTUCKY KIDS- Lions, and Tigers, and Dinosaurs, Oh My! When staying at the Mammoth Caves area, I had the opportunity to surprise my family with a visit to Dinosaur World before we headed on to Florida.

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

We were able to visit the Kentucky Dinosaur World right at opening, making it an excellent opportunity to experience the theme park without any interaction from other guests.

Our family has seen the dinosaurs of Disney, and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, and even those at Cedar Point. So we were not too sure what to expect. Surprisingly, we really had a great time enjoying the property and the 150 plus life-sized dinosaurs around the park.

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

Note, the dinosaurs are not audioanimatronic like those at many other places. They are stationary statues of the dinosaurs. Guests go on a nice hike through the woods on paved paths to experience the dinosaurs. The really nice thing about Dinosaur World is there were 1) dinosaurs I had never heard of prior to our visit, and 2) each exhibit included detailed plaques that talk about various details of each species.

Following our extensive nature walk, we were invited to the Fossil Dig. Kids aged 3-12 get access to the Fossil Dig area with their admission ticket. After a brief educational briefing by the attendant, kids were encouraged to search the area for fossils of their own. Once they filled their cups, they were allowed to keep any 3 of the fossils in their containers.

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

In addition to the Fossil Dig, our kids were invited to the Dino Gem Excavation area. Here, guests purchase a bag of gems intermixed with sand. They then pan for their gems in a gold mine style wash. Our boys really enjoyed this part, as any time you add water to the mix, the event gets more interesting for them.

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

140609 Dinosaur World Kentucky

Our boys were able to take home a large back of unique gem stones, which was really neat to do, as well as identify the collection later on.

Dinosaur World also had a small museum, extensive gift shop, really nice playground for the kids, and themed restrooms.

My only complaint about visiting Dinosaur World is I fear they may go extinct due to lack of staying up with the times. The downside of stationary dinosaurs that do not move nor make sound is that people these days expect more. While I had an appreciation for the artistry that went into creating the dinosaurs, other may not. Having seen life sized dinosaurs at other parks that move and make sound, I could imagine some may be bored by the less than exciting immersive recreations.

Have you visited Dinosaur World? What did you think?

Dinosaur World Kentucky is located at 711 Mammoth Cave Road, Cave City, KY 42127, with additional locations in Florida and Texas. Admission is $12.75 for adults, $10.75 for seniors, $9.75 for kids aged 3-12, and those under 3 are free.

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Note: Our family was provided passes to Dinosaur World, as well as access to Fossil Dig and Dino Gem Excavation. All opinions are those of the author.