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With gas prices as high as they are, it’s been estimated that fewer people will be driving over 50 miles for vacations this summer. We are actually trying to decide what we’re going to do this summer (not because of gas prices, but because of other factors). We will either spend 4 days at the beach as we have the last couple of summers, or we will take some of those vacation days and dollars to take in some experiences in the area. I’m lucky to live within a couple hours of both Boston and New York City, so we have a lot of options for local fun.

One great opportunity that is coming to New York City this summer is

Walking with Dinosaurs, the Live Experience

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If you live in the New York City area, or would be willing to travel there to attend this show on August 2, you can win this experience:

One Family 4 pack of tickets that are good for Saturday, August 2 at 7 pm at Madison Square Garden. These tickets are the $55 seats (Value $220+)

The show depicts the dinosaurs’ evolution, complete with the climatic and tectonic changes that took place, which led to the demise of many species. With almost cinematic realism, WALKING WITH DINOSAURS has scenes of the interactions between dinosaurs, and the audience sees how carnivorous dinosaurs evolved to walk on two legs, and how the herbivores fended off their more agile predators.

The history of the world is played out with the splitting of the earth’s continents, and the transition from the arid desert of the Triassic period is given over to the lush green prairies and forces of the later Jurassic. Oceans form, volcanoes erupt, a forest catches fire — all leading to the impact of the massive comet, which struck the earth, and forced the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Variety said, “The dinosaurs are stunning, life-size and faultlessly nimble. In act one, the beasts parade into the arena gnashing and cavorting as a safari-suited paleontologist describes their attributes … in the second half, the action cranks up, culminating in a spectacular clash as a T-Rex mom defends her baby from predators. Sonny Tilders’ triumphant creature design ensures ‘Walking With Dinosaurs’ is a truly spectacular spectacular. It is everything a dino-phile could want.”

Newsweek called the show, “that rare entertainment beast that parents and kids can enjoy together.”

I love sharing these types of experiences with my kids. The expressions on their faces and learning and enjoyment that occurs is priceless (or worth the big bucks that these kinds of events always cost).

Even if you don’t win, or if you’d like to attend on another date, you can purchase discount tickets with the code One2One, which is good for 10% off the price of the $35 and the $55 tickets at Madison Square Garden Only:

Use Discount Code: One2One when you purchase $35 or $55 tickets (not good on the $74 or $99 tickets) to any one of the following shows:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2008 – 3PM & 7PM
THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2008 – 11AM & 7PM
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2008 – 11AM & 7PM
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008 –7PM

Tickets are available at the Madison Square Garden or Radio City box offices, select Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster phone charge (212-307-4111, 201-507-8900, 631-888-9000, 845-454-3388) or online at thegarden.com and ticketmaster.com.

If you’d like to win this family 4 pack of tickets to Walking with Dinosaurs leave a comment here. Because this is a local event, I will only select a winner that acknowledges in the comment that you understand it’s in New York City on August 2, and you are available to attend at that location on that day. You don’t have to be local, but you have to be willing and available to travel there.

So, leave a comment, and spread the word! The winners will be announced on June 24 with the others from the Creative Summer Days giveaway event.

Thanks to One2One Network for sponsoring this giveaway. If you’d like to find out how you can get involved in helping to spread the word of mouth on exciting events and products (such as this one), click on over to find out more about it.

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  1. My 4 year old is obsessed with all things dinosaurs. He knows all the species and in turn we have learned a lot with him. We would love to see this show. Were only 20mins outside of Manhattan.

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  2. My son is a walking dinosaur, he loves everything about them and would be absolutely enamored by this show. We live in NJ and could easily commute to NYC. My husband goes there every day.

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  3. I think your site is GREAT! I follow it for my wife (and I) – things to do for the young ones, things we can all enjoy.

    We live just outside Manhattan. My two boys have been asking and asking to go to see Walking with Dinosaurs! We just finished watching the Jurassic Park series – naming all the dino’s! This would be AWESOME for them!!!

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  4. Dinosaurs at MSG? OMG that’s like a dream come true. How can they afford to put it in a venue like that?

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  7. My son has been a dino fanatic since he was born. This would be an absolutely fantastic prize for him to win. It looks so cool. I live in New York and would be able to make it to the city that day.

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  9. We live in NJ so traveling to NYC on Aug 2 will be easy for us. My kids would love, love, love this.

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  14. Aug. 2, in NYC. That’s perfect since we live there 🙂 Would love to win this- my daughter is a huge paleontology buff.

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  16. We live about 45 nminutes away from NYC and my children would love this!! My eight year old is a dinosaur expert and the tickets would be a PERFECT surprise!!

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  22. I live right outside of NYC and I’m free on 8/02, I would love to see this show and I know some other little ones and one big one that would enjoy it too.

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  26. The grandparents would love a visit so we can definitely be in NYC on August 2nd. Looks awesome! Not sure who will enjoy it more…my 4 year old or her dad!

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  27. MY Daughter wants to see this show. Live on LI, an easy train ride into the city. I am between jobs now, so cant afford the tix myself. A win would be awesome! Thanks for the contest.

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  31. That day is my anniversary.It will be 22 years.I live on long island and would jump on the railroad and head to penn station with my wife and two boys for the show and go to dinner.What a nice day it would be

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  32. My 7 year old just saw the commercial for the show for the first time last week on TV. He thought it would be awesome to go. Of course, as a 7 year old boy – he’s all about dinosaurs right now. He would absolutely love to go – in fact, the whole family would. Thank you so very much for such a great giveaway! 🙂

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  34. Wow! That sounds awesome. We’d love to go! We have family in NYC, so we have a place to stay and getting there is a breeze! Plus, the 1st is our 10th anniversary, so it would be a really nice way to celebrate!!!

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  36. Wow, I will love to go this event with my family. We live in the New York City and can definitely go there on August 2, 2008.

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  37. Wow! My daughter would love this. We live 45 mins outside NYC so getting in for this would not be an issue.

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  39. We are about 2 hours north of the city and my daughter is DYING to take a train ride. A train ride into the city to see dinosaurs would THRILL her!! I’d have to save the surprise and tell her for her birthday next month!!

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  40. We live very close to NYC, just an hour drive. My son wanted to see this so bad last time but we never got a chance to go. Please enter me!

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  44. Sunday in Manhattan, a bagel with lox, the Times and a short LIRR ride to Penn Station – what a perfect day!

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  45. I live right in NYC. And we’ll definitely be in town on the 2nd. We were hoping to see this but it’s not in our budget–sure hope we win! We only have 1 daughter so her best friend could come too.

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  46. Oh, WOW! We’re in E PA and can totally get to NYC on August 2nd!! My kids, hubby and I would be THRILLED to see this. Thanks for the chance to win!!

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  47. my 3 1/2 year old son would go bonkers over this. we literally can’t get enough books about dinosaurs for him! my husband would enjoy it too…plus we live about 2 hours away so it would be perfect. we always love taking the train into NYC count my family in for August 2nd!!!

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  50. I understand its in NYC – we’re only a hop, skip and a jump away! My kids love anything dinosaurs, so this would be absolutely perfect! Plus they have been begging to go back into the city!

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  51. August 2nd is great for. We are visiting NYC from Virginia and it’s the birthday of someone in our group!

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  53. I would love this for my nephew. He is nuts for dinosaurs and is even going to having a dinosaur b’day party in October. New York is the perfect location since he lives just a train ride outside of the city.

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  61. This would give us a great excuse to take the train in to NYC!!! We’d love to be there on the 2nd!

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  63. Wow! I love One2One Network and my kids LOVE dinosaurs. Hooray! We’d love to see the dinosaur exhibit on August 2 in NYC!

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  66. My boys would just LOVE this! We are available on August 2nd to head down to the city for the show and would love to win the tickets.

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  67. Since all my relatives are in the city, I would take my nieces and nephews. It would be so much fun! They’re growing so quickly and I would love to spend time with them before they reach that “age” where spending time with sports and friends is more important for them(Which is totally understandable, I just wish they would stay younger a little longer.)

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  70. We were going to do a NY trip again this summer to do some sightseeing and my son would absoulutely love this. I’m thinking even if we don’t win I will have to buy the tickets and go anyways. I’m wishing, I’m hoping, I’m crossing my fingers, and toes, and arms, etc. Can you tell I how much I would like this??!!

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  71. NYC or bust. I understand it’s in New York and have NYC scheduled for this fall for the kiddos before they begin kindergaten.

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  73. What an awesome show! would love to take the kids to this!
    We are in NJ, no problem for us to catch a train up to NYC 🙂

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  76. August 2 @ The Garden NYC…I’m marking my calender…my 8 yr. old will go nuts for this! No problem for us, we live in NJ…

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  77. I understand that it is in NYC on August 2nd. I have a 3 year old, 5 month old, and an autistic 4 year old. Both of my older boys LOVE dinosaurs. Their room is decorated in them. Dinosaurs was the first thing that I saw my 4 year old get excited about. It was amazing. We don’t have a lot of money so we can’t buy the tickets, but if we were to win them that would be wonderful. We’ve been to the museum of natural sciences and my kids had a ball. We live in NJ so getting there wouldn’t be a problem. Please pick us, it would make my boys very happy!

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  78. I live in the NYC area and I will be able to attend Saturday, August 2 at 7 pm at Madison Square Garden,

    Thank you!

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  80. Excellent! We would love to take a nice drive up there for this event! I’ve been dying for an “excuse” to drive to NY City again…so this would be perfect!

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  85. My son loves dinosaurs! I bought him so many books on dinosaurs and went to see them in the museum. He loves the movie the Night at the Museum because of the live dinosaur bones!

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  86. We live in Central NJ and it takes 20 min via NJ Transit to get into Penn station. My kids would love to see the dinosaurs!

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  87. We live on LI, just a quick train ride away from NYC and will be here on 8/2. Thanks for the contest!

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  88. We will be in NYC to visit my sister in law in NYC on August 2nd so this would be amazing! We live in south Louisiana so we rarely get opportunities like this here — and I feel like it’s an amazing coincidence that we will be there at the same time! My daughter would love this, and the amount of tickets would be perfect, myself, my husband, my daughter, and my SIL. Thank you so much for the opportunity! This is awesome!

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  89. Ahhh! We have NYC planned for one of our summer mini vacations this year!!! We live about 3 hr. away and would absolutely LOVE to see this. I know we are going to the Apple store, the Statue of Liberty, the Dakota and so to go here would be a nice, relaxing yet exciting event !
    I get it and would love to get it!

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