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The Office has some really good old-fashioned food. They are not about healthy trendy food at all. They serve big burgers, fried chicken, fish and chips, onion rings, etc. They are family friendly,...
The Office has some really good old-fashioned food. They are not about healthy trendy food at all. They serve big burgers, fried chicken, fish and chips, onion rings, etc. They are family friendly, so you don't have to worry if your kids are a little bit noisy. The other cool thing is that the saloon area (where the booze and karaoke are) are in a separate room from the restaurant part. This makes it nice so that if you go dinner with your family, you don't have to watch and listen to a bunch of rowdy drunk people.
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This is a good hotel to stay at in Vegas if you are coming with your kids. It is not too fancy, so you don't feel awkward about walking through the casino to your room with the kids in tow. The...
This is a good hotel to stay at in Vegas if you are coming with your kids. It is not too fancy, so you don't feel awkward about walking through the casino to your room with the kids in tow. The rooms are decent and clean and the prices are pretty good. The kids really like it because it looks like a medieval castle from the outside and the whole inside is like a Sherwood Forest kind of a theme. I liked it because I didn't have to feel out of place with having kids there and it was very conveniently located - right across from MGM Grand and New York New York.
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This is a pretty good no-frills hotel for people that want to stay close to Disneyland. The prices are a lot cheaper than most hotels close to Disneyland (about $50 or so). The staff was friendly...
This is a pretty good no-frills hotel for people that want to stay close to Disneyland. The prices are a lot cheaper than most hotels close to Disneyland (about $50 or so). The staff was friendly and they were really geared toward tourists coming to Disneyland. We saw a couple of seedy goings-on in the parking lot, but it wasn't terrible. It was fine just for a place to crash while you go to Disneyland. If you are looking for something fancy or if you are going to spend a lot of time in your room, I would spring for a nicer hotel. However, if you're just going to sleep for a few hours, save some money and stay at the Red Roof.
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This is an awesome aquarium and it is a neat place to visit whether you are a kid or an adult. It will give you a whole day of entertainment because it is so darn big. Actually, it is a little...
This is an awesome aquarium and it is a neat place to visit whether you are a kid or an adult. It will give you a whole day of entertainment because it is so darn big. Actually, it is a little overwhelming and it is sometimes a good idea to get your hand stamped and go shop for a little while on Cannery Row and then come back. It gets extremely crowded, especially on the weekend, and the line just to get in and get tickets takes forever. I would highly recommend pre-ordering your tickets online. Also, the parking is really bad. It is very hard to find a place to park. However, once you get past that and get into the aquarium it is really neat. There are so many exhibits that I couldn't even begin to list them all. Some of the best ones are the touch tank for the kids where they can touch starfish and rays. Also, the otter exhibit is really good because it is a huge tank where you can watch the otters play both above and under the water. The most awesome exhibit is the jellyfish exhibit. It is really big and dark and you can see all the beautiful colors of the jellyfish. I would highly recommend just going in and checking it out if you are going to be near Monterey. It is a much more pleasant experience if you can go during the week and not during the summer or Christmas or Spring break, because it just gets way too busy.
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We got a good deal on a room here through Priceline and it was a pretty nice hotel. It was set back from the busier parts of Monterey and it was really pretty, but still close enough to get to...
We got a good deal on a room here through Priceline and it was a pretty nice hotel. It was set back from the busier parts of Monterey and it was really pretty, but still close enough to get to everything easily. The rooms were decent and actually pretty nice, but I don't think I would have liked it as much if I had paid full price because they were a little outdated and worn. Overall though, it was a pretty nice hotel. One warning though - you can really feel the building sway when it is windy. When we first got there, I thought we were having an earthquake because it was moving so much - it was a little frightening.
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We recently took the kids to Disneyland, and to be honest, I was really dreading it. I remembered Disneyland to be far too crowded and more frustrating than fun. I don't know if they changed things...
We recently took the kids to Disneyland, and to be honest, I was really dreading it. I remembered Disneyland to be far too crowded and more frustrating than fun. I don't know if they changed things or what, but I was pleasantly surprised. First of all, for anybody that has not been there in a long time - things are way different. You can't just walk in from a local hotel to avoid parking at Disneyland. Once you hit the front gate, you will drive for a good 15 minutes or so before you even get to the parking. It would take forever to walk it. They now have a HUGE parking structure instead of just the big parking lot they had. They also have Downtown Disney where they have a bunch of restaurants and shops that are not inside the park itself.
Inside, the park is really clean and inviting and the workers were a lot nicer than I remembered them to be the last time that I went.
Of course, everything is pretty much a fortune there. It will cost you a lot of money to eat throughout the day. You can check out a bunch of websites for tips on how to save money, but one of the best is mousesavers.com. Also, if you look online, there are a lot of sites that will give you tips on what order to go on the rides in order to avoid long lines - this really works!
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Valley Christian Academy is a Christian school that provides education to kids from kindergarten all the way through high school. It is great because your kids get a really good education in a small...
Valley Christian Academy is a Christian school that provides education to kids from kindergarten all the way through high school. It is great because your kids get a really good education in a small classroom environment and they are also receiving their religious instruction at the same time. What I really like is that my kids are getting a superior education experience and they don't have to check their religious beliefs at the door. The only reason that I don't give it 5 stars is because I believe that they are a little too strict with the dress code. While I want my kids to look nice and presentable, I think they sometimes take the whole dress code thing too far.
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