December 23, 2010 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, CA Navy vs. San Diego State This year’s San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl features San Diego State vs. Navy. Second year coach Brady Hoke has completed a turnaround of the San Diego State program that is making its first bowl appearance since 1998. The Aztecs have lost only four games this season, including close games against TCU and Missouri. Navy is led by veteran quarterback Ricky Dobbs and can reach a 10 win season with victories versus Army and San Diego State. While you are in San Diego, pick up a Smart Destinations Go San Diego Card. The attraction passes offer savings of over 55% compared to walk up retail prices. Our cards give you access to LEGOLAND, SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego Zoo, San Diego Air and Space Museum and much more! For you Navy fans, make sure you visit the USS … [Read more...]
Smart Destinations Attraction Passes Complete Your College Bowl Trips
The 2010-2011 Bowl Schedule was recently announced and Smart Destinations has attraction passes in many of the Bowl cities, such as Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, and San Diego. We want to help keep Bowl fans entertained before and after game day, so we are dedicating this week's blog to let you know about how to save time and money while cheering on your favorite college team! December 22, 2010 MAACO Bowl, Las Vegas, NV Utah vs. Boise State Led by Heisman trophy candidate Kellen Moore, the Boise State Broncos take on the Utes of Utah in the MAACO Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Both schools had hoped to make it to a BCS game but losses late in the season altered their plans. Fans, this is the last game for each team in their current conferences. Next year, Utah joins Colorado in the Pac-12 while Boise State moves over to the Mountain West … [Read more...]
Make the Most of Those End of Year Vacation Days
Most companies have a "use them or loose them" policy when it comes to vacation days. If you find yourself in this position and are unsure of what to do with your time off, why not explore your own backyard with one of our passes to the city. Have you promised to take the kids to the planetarium? Thinking of checking out the new wing at the Museum of Fine Arts? Make the most of your vacation days, by taking advantage of Smart Destinations network of over 500 attractions, sites and tours in over 14 destinations. Wherever you are and whatever you would like to see and do we have an attraction pass that is right for you. Not only do we save you money, but we also help you save time, with skip the line privileges at many attractions. … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Lego Christmas Tree at LEGOLAND
Last night marked the beginning of the LEGOLAND ® California's Holly Jolly Holidays with the tree lighting ceremony of the world's largest LEGO® Christmas tree. The tree stands at 3o feet tall and is made of over 245,000 DUPLO® bricks and decorated with over 240 LEGO ornaments. Celebrity Brooke Burke of "Dancing with the Stars" and her family helped Santa light the tree. During the month of December California’s LEGOLAND becomes a holiday wonderland with entertainment every weekend including carolers and musicians who walk the park and nightly fireworks from Dec. 26-30. Take your picture with snowman made of more than 37,000 LEGO bricks or with the LEGO Santa, his sleigh and two reindeer featuring 51,100 LEGO bricks. One lucky child will be randomly chosen every night until December 24 to light the tree when the park closes. Although many things have changed with LEGO’s … [Read more...]
Go City Card, Explorer Pass and Attraction Reviews
Smart Destinations now has a section of our site exclusively dedicated to Go City Card, Explorer Pass and attraction reviews. This review page give you the inside scoop about which attractions to visit and how to get the most out of your attraction passes from Smart Destinations as described by our customers. At the top of each review is a link back to the pass or attraction it describes, so you have a quick and easy way to get to more information if you want to read or buy. Visit our attractions and pass reviews pages to read more. … [Read more...]
Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt at Harvard Museum of Natural History
With the release of the final Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" two weeks away, the Harvard Museum of Natural History is hosting a Harry Potter scavenger hunt to help all you muggles get in the wizarding spirit. Grab your HMNH “Marauder’s Map,” and explore the museum galleries while testing the depth of your knowledge about Harry’s world. Admission to the museum is included with our Boston pass. The scavenger hunt is free with admission and runs from now until November 28, 2010. Take the Red line to Harvard Square and the HMNH museum is a short 8 minute walk from the T stop. … [Read more...]
Head to New York for a Spook-tacular Time
Our partners, Top of The Rock and Ripley's Believe It or Not are offering some great family friendly activities and admission is free with the New York Explorer Pass. Top of The Rock, New York's newest observation deck is hosting a family friendly party from 1-4pm on Halloween on the 67th observation deck. Take your little boys and ghouls to the Top of the Rock on Halloween and Receive FREE admission to the party with your New York Explorer Pass. Children can have their face painted, enjoy magic shows, crafts, popcorn and cotton candy. Dressing up in your Halloween costume is highly encouraged. Ripley's Believe it or Not, "After Ghoul Special" begins October 25 through Friday, October 29. Kids will receive free entrance to the Odditorium from 4pm-7pm. Ripley’s staff will be dressed in Halloween costumes and handing out candy. There is also a Halloween themed scavenger hunt … [Read more...]
Choose How Lucky You Want to Get in Las Vegas
We recently launched our Custom Las Vegas Explorer Pass. The custom pass allows users to choose from 29 of the hottest attractions in Las Vegas, ranging from Madame Tussauds, a tour of the Hoover Dam, the Stratosphere Tower, and even a tour of the Grand Canyon. To get full details and to start to build your own ticket visit the custom Las Vegas pass page. You simply choose which museums, sights, and tours you wish to visit. When done, check-out and receive a custom guidebook matching your choices and your custom explorer pass is shipped to your door. The Custom Explorer Pass is all you need to access the sights selected. … [Read more...]
TripFilms’ Top 5 Things to Do In New York City
TripFilms reviewed our New York City Explorer Pass and came up with their top 5 things to do or visit with the pass in New York City. #1 - The Statue of Liberty #2 - Empire State Building Observatory #3 - Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum #4 - Metropolitan Museum of Art, aka "The Met" #5 - New York Water Taxi If you want to explore TripFilms' top 5 things to do in New York City, pick up your New York City pass good for either 3, 5, 7 or 10 attractions. You can also build a personalized sight seeing pass to different New York City attractions and save. Got a different list of top things to do in New York? Let us know, we'd love to hear what your favorites are. … [Read more...]
“World’s Greatest” a Great Way to See the City of Seattle
The World’s Greatest Seattle Walking Tour is the humble name for a two and a half hour tour around downtown Seattle, Belltown, and Pioneer Square. The tour takes you up close to the many sights of the City as your tour guide gives you insights about the characters and events that grew Seattle from fledgling backwater outpost to burgeoning 21st century city. Pike Place Market (watch out for flying fish), WTO riot, grunge, Nordstroms' headquarters, Pioneer Square, Belltown, Seattle Art Museum, the original Starbucks store, Klondike Gold Rush, Great Fire of 1889, Post Alley, the monorail, Smith Tower, the city's rich sports history, and more all help this walking tour earn its name. The tour starts at Westlake Park across Pine Street from a... (wait for it) a... Starbucks! How perfect is that? The World's Greatest Seattle Walking Tour is also now a part of the World's … [Read more...]
