Exploring Life One Plate and Adventure At A Time
Exploring Life One Plate and Adventure At A Time
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I’m heading to Los Angeles, California for a fun Avengers Event that includes so many fun features! Follow along as I adventure around LA and attend multiple events from April 9th to 11th.
I am more than excited to announce that I will be attending the #AvengersEvent, #ABCTVEvent, #AgentsofSHIELD, #LAZoo, and #MonkeyKingdom Events In Los Angeles, California!
This not only will be my very first trip to LA but it will be with 24 other amazing bloggers! Although I am very nervous to travel on my own keeping in mind I will be meeting up with some of the hottest bloggers out there once I land is enough to keep this nervous gal going.
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My stay will be from April 9-11th which can only mean my days will be jam-packed and filled with once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Let’s start off with 1 part of my trip where I will be interviewing the stars of the movie below!
As a part of a most likely once-in-a-life opportunity, I will be interviewing these actors from Disney’s Marvel Avengers Age Of Ultron movie hitting theatres May 1st! What would you ask these actors if you were given 30 minutes with each of them?
UPDATE: If you are reading this, I have already participated in this once-in-a-lifetime #AvengersEvent in LA! Grab all of the details about the trip, including celebrity interviews with the cast and directors. Along with more fun events that happened during my trip.
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Leave a comment below with what you would ask each of them, yours may be chosen during the interview!
The 2nd part of my trip will be an early viewing of the movie which hits theatres on May 1rst! I promise I won’t spoil the movie for yall but we can all agree that it looks like it will be nothing but action-packed awesomeness! Take a look at the info below of the movie and its actors!
Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye.
Are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
Website and Mobile site: marvel.com/avengers
Tickets on Sale: Fandango.com/Avengers
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avengers
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/avengers
I’m sure you’re thinking wow that all sounds amazing is there really more to this trip? WELL OF COURSE THERE IS THIS IS DISNEY REMEMBER!
The 3rd part of my amazing trip to LA as apart of the #AvengersEvent – #ABCTVEvent – #AgentsofSHIELD – #LAZoo – #Monkeykingdom In Los Angeles I will be able to visit the set of the HOT ABC TV Network Agent’s of the S.H.I.E.L.D set! WOW I mean geeze if your trying to give a girl a heart attack at the young age of 25 years old Disney has definitely taken part in this lol.
Season 1 Episode 1 Synopsis
After helping to thwart Hydra, Agent Phil Coulson was appointed as Director and tasked with rebuilding the agency. By his side are Agent Melinda May, expert pilot, martial artist and longtime friend, and computer hacker Skye, now a full-fledged S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Agent Leo Fitz, brilliant engineer.
And Agent Jemma Simmons, genius bio-chemist, are dealing with the impacts of their near-death experience at the hands of Grant Ward. A highly trained agent in combat and espionage, who was found to be a Hydra mole. Also joining Coulson’s core team is Lance Hunter, a dashing mercenary sharpshooter with a quick wit.
https://twitter.com/AgentsofSHIELD
FB: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
https://instagram.com/agentsofshield/
Switching Gears here lets move on to the 4th naturally exciting part of my trip, if you haven’t heard Disney has a new movie called #MonkeyKingdom hitting theatres April 17th! I will be experiencing this movie with the other 24 amazing bloggers during this trip and I promise just like the Avengers Age of Ultron I will not spoil it for yall!
Life is an adventure for Maya, the clever and resourceful blonde-bobbed monkey in “Monkey Kingdom,” Disneynature’s new feature film set among ancient ruins in the storied jungles of South Asia. Maya’s world is forever changed when she welcomes her son, Kip, into her complicated extended family.
Like all families, Maya has more than its share of colorful personalities and she’s determined to give her son a leg up in the world. When their longtime home at Castle Rock is taken over by powerful neighboring monkeys, Maya’s whole family is forced to relocate, where she uses her street smarts and ingenuity to lead them to untapped resources amidst strange new creatures and unsettling surroundings.
Ultimately, they will all have to work together to reclaim Castle Rock, where Maya can hopefully realize her dreams for her son’s future. Featuring a rich cast of characters, including a mischievous mongoose, simple-minded langur monkeys, predatory leopards and monitor lizards, “Monkey Kingdom” is directed by Mark Linfield (“Chimpanzee,” “Earth”) and co-directed by Alastair Fothergill (“Chimpanzee,” “Bears”).
With music from award-winning composer Harry Gregson-Williams (“The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” “Shrek” movies), Disneynature’s eighth True Life Adventure—the follow-up to 2014’s “Bears”—swings into theaters April 17, 2015. For more information about the film and the conservation program, go to www.disney.com/monkeykingdom.
Website and Mobile Site: www.disney.com/monkeykingdom
Like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/Disneynature
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/Disneynature
Follow Disneynature on Instagram: https://instagram.com/disneynature
Wouldn’t it be perfect that I actually meet some equally naturally exciting stars of this movie? Well, won’t is flying overseas to meet the stars in this movie but actually attending the infamous #LAZoo. I love going to the zoo its always a fun experience with my kids looking at nature’s beautiful creatures whom I would never have access to see in the wild. I mean when are you ever going to see a panda on main street you know what I mean?
Don’t get me wrong though I love tigers and lions but would probably faint if I saw them walking past a Starbucks as I’m sipping on my morning coffee.
Are you all as excited as I am to experience these oh so many parts of my trip to LA?
Feel free to leave some question’s you would like me to ask the actors listed above during my one on one interviews with the stars. Your’s just might be featured in the interview!
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Named the most beautiful theme park for over 28 years, Busch Gardens Williamsburg the ultimate family-friendly park. Today I am sharing 5 Kid-Friendly Attractions at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, for families with small children.
Call me crazy but I took my family on vacation last summer, we didn’t go once but we went on two different occasions to Bush Gardens Williamsburg. Our long drive proved worth it once we entered the park. I had high expectations from what I remembered from when I had visited when I was little.
These expectations were met and I was surely a happy momma, my 4 kids had a great time and I cannot hear enough of “When are we going back? Well, of course, I don’t know and if I do I will need to purchase a portable DVD player with Dual Screens. I borrowed my mom’s for this and it was a lifesaver! My 1 year old fell asleep to it halfway in the trip which meant NO Crying and a happy momma!
If you haven’t guessed it yet, my family loves visiting Busch Gardens, Williamsburg. It’s one of our favorite places on earth, we have been visiting together as a family for over 7 years. Whereas I have been visiting the park since I was a little girl. One of my favorite times of the year in the park is the Food and Wine Festival.
Click on the photo above to be taken to my complete Busch Gardens Williamsburg Food and Wine Festival 2021 Guide. It’s full of my top picks for the season along with tips to help you plan your trip!
The Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia is perfect for families with small children. There are so many fun things to do in the park, especially when they have special events going on. Such as the Food and Wine Festival, Christmas Town and more!
To stay up to date with the latest in Busch Gardens events make sure you check out my full Busch Gardens Williamsburg 2021 Special Events post.
Head over first to Sesame Street Land, it offers tons of kid-friendly rides and a water park! My 1-year-old was in love with this place, my older kids loved it as well, they ran back and forth through the water and also enjoyed playing with other kids. Here’s a video clip of my baby girl enjoying the water.
Take your toddler on a trip back in time with some fun and friendly dinosaurs! This land boasts plenty of toddler-appropriate rides that will keep your camera lights flashing. With water boats, a dinosaur egg Ferris wheel, high flying planes and even a full high rope activity jungle!
This is safe fun that will surely get all of your toddler/young children’s energy out. My kids went around the jungle twice and still kept begging me to go up with them again. After they have worked up a sweat let them cool off with their very own dinosaur land water park, full of eggs squirting water as well as buckets of water dropping refreshing cool water from the air.
If you don’t mind paying a pretty penny per child and adult your little one can dine with Elmo and friends! Each ticket is good for one show as well as a choice style buffet. Every experience is different then another Each dinner/lunch is different so make sure to consult the park before you purchase your lunch tickets to ensure you are getting what you are paying for.
The show its self was entirely a different experience, Elmo, Big Bird and all of their friends sang and danced as we enjoyed our food. Later they walked around giving children a chance to take pictures with their favorite characters. My 1-year-old was so shy she refused to take a picture, while my other big kids were all but happy to snap a pic.
There is nothing more exciting than getting your face painted with your favorite characters and colors. My kids enjoyed their faces being painted with Dragons, Sharks and princess attire. This year when we go back my toddler will get to enjoy her face being painted since she is now old enough to choose what she wants.
Last but not least LIVE ENTERTAINMENT has to be one of the best features of this park. Grab yourself an information pamphlet at the entrance and plan out your day using their timed routines. I found it easy to schedule what side of the park we were going to be on once I found out what time each performance was going to be.
My kids really enjoyed Busch Gardens take on how the Grimm tales were told. They put a twist on the classic stories by adding in some modern song and dances. Throw in the fun and eye-catching costumes worn but the performers and you have a bunch of people laughing, clapping and gasping at every second of the performance.
Would I recommend your family visit Busch Gardens Williamsburg? YES! Of course, I would! It’s such a great place to bring your family you can’t fit in everything you want to do in one day!
Have you visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg recently? Share your families trip below!
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