Built in 1941, the El Rancho Hotel and Casino at one point was the largest hotel on the Vegas strip. In 1960, the structures were lost to fire, and never rebuilt.
“The El Rancho Hotel and Casino offers a friendly western hospitality, Red River Lounge, five great Restaurants and Wagon Wheel Buffet.”
Today, the Hilton Grand Vacation Club occupies part of the former El Rancho property.
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Yesterday Audience Rewards announced a new promotion with Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG). Over the course of 4 weeks, Audience Reward members who have their SPG accounts linked (which you already do from following the InACents Points Play trivia page updates, right?), will have the opportunity to answer 10 trivia questions. Each correct answer earns you 1 Show Point (i.e. Audience Rewards currency), as well as an additional entry for the grand prize, 100,000 SPG StarPoints!
Together with the entry you receive for linking your account, there are a possible 41 total entries. We at InACents would love one of our readers to win the grand prize. Therefore, we will be giving you the answers to gain the maximum amount of entries.
So without further ado, here is the information for this weeks entries. Note they all have to do with the Broadway production of Annie. Good Luck!
1) What does it mean if someone has a “hard-knock” life? they have a difficult life
2) What is a “foundling”? a child who has been found after being left by its parents
3) Who says, “And you’ll get down on your knobby little knees and clean this dump until it shines like the top of the Chrysler Building”? Miss Hannigan
4) Who says, “His name? His name is…Sandy. Right, that’s it, Sandy. I call him Sandy, you see, because of his nice sandy color.” Annie
5) Who says, “If it’s beauty products you’re peddling, I don’t need any. Get out.” Miss Hannigan
6) Who says, “Crummy orphan livin’ in the lap of luxury. It ain’t fair.” Lily St. Regis
7) What were “breadlines” in the 1930s? lines people stood in to get free food
8) What does it mean to be “living in clover”? Living well
9) What does it mean if someone got their knuckles “rapped”? They were hit on the knuckles
10) What is a “Dapper Dan”? someone who dresses nicely
Note, the questions as part of this promotion will not earn SPG StarPoints like the typical Points Play trivia program does. What I also do not know is if these questions will appear in the next round of Points Play trivia questions. If that happens, there is a chance you will not be able to answer them again to earn SPG StarPoints. I think the risk is low though, as the Points Play trivia questions have yet to all be about the same show in one round.
Please visit our Audience Rewards Points Play Trivia to stay up-to-date on the latest information on earning FREE Delta Skymiles, US Airways Dividend Miles, SPG StarPoints, and Best Buy Reward Zone points!
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Last month our family decided to take a quick spin down to Columbus, Ohio since the weather was so nice. Our destination for this trip was the Columbus Zoo. It is incredible, to say the least, just how far the Columbus Zoo has come in the last decade. No longer is the zoo just a quick visit to see some animals. The zoo has been completely revamped, and has an adjoining water park, making a multi-day visit if one so chooses. It is no doubt the affiliation with Jack Hannah has spurred the success and growth of the Columbus Zoo.
Our family has never visited the water park, but at least once per year we take advantage of our reciprocal discount zoo admission to our zoo to the south. The zoo is now so large, I dare say sometimes a family just can not see every aspect without experiencing physical exhaustion. Our family typically sees the exhibits in a random assortment, and has yet to see the entire property in one visit.
You better believe this family of boys made a stop at the train ride. For a $1, guests can ride around a small loop of the North America area. Unfortunately, there really is not much to see on the train. In addition, the ride is not narrated in any way, making the train nothing more than a rest break. With the whole zoo having been carefully designed and laid out, the train appears like an afterthought.
The Grand Carousel was manufactured in 1914 by the William I Mangels Company with wood horses carved by the Marcus Illions Company. The carousel was first located in Olentangy Park, an interurban-era amusement park in Clintonville. In 1938, the Mangels-Illions carousel was relocated to the Scioto Ranch Park (also known as the Zoo Amusement Park and Wyandot Lake). On June 17, 2000, the restored carousel, with original 52 horses and 2 chariots, began “spinning its magic” at the Columbus Zoo. Of the nearly 5,000 “Grand Carousels” that were operational during the 1900s, fewer than 200 remain.
What we were totally surprised about during this visit, and somehow we overlooked it for years, is the boat ride through the Islands. Our boat ride experience was nothing short of remarkable. I will just let the video speak for itself. We had the entire vessel to ourselves in a nice, quiet, peaceful setting. During our slow visit down the stream, and in the process of trying to capture the perfect video for our audience, we captured some incredible sounds of nature.
As soon as our boat set sail, I no sooner had my phone ring, our boys asked lots of questions, and some guy on the bridge above us asked if it was a good ride. At the end of the video you will even get to hear a lovely boat song by Lan-Shark (1).
We are a first-rate production company here folks, and dive into experiences to truly capture the emotion and feel of the destination.
Throughout the zoo there are lots of great hands-on areas and playgrounds for the kids to expel some energy, just in case trekking them around the zoo is not tiring enough.
Our overall trip to the Columbus Zoo was very rewarding for both the boys and us. The nice thing is that regardless of how many times we have visited, the Columbus Zoo offers something new and exciting that we had not experienced prior.
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