Storybook Land – Winter/ Holiday/ Santa Light Show

Santa's Residence Storybook Land Review Looking for a great outdoor adventure with the kids this winter? Head into the heart of South Jersey to Storybook Land and you’ll not only make some wishes come true, you might even be more popular than Santa … at least for a day. Storybook Land is an amusement park on reverse steroids. That is,... Read More

Great Wolf Lodge Day Trip – Pocono Mountains, PA

Owooohhhh. Owooohhhh! Justin and Andrew began howling (literally) for our trip to Great Wolf Lodge seemingly weeks before we were to depart. “How many days now,” Andrew, the newly turned 4-year-old asked. “5,” I replied. “That’s a long time …” he replied, disappointed. Finally, 25 follow-up questions,... Read More

Sahara Sam’s Day Trip – Indoor Water Park in South Jersey

When we first drove by Sahara Sam’s my son Justin, then a 5-year-old, squealed with delight. He had just eyed the water slides jutting out of the building like giant, colored curly straws. The look in his eyes told me there was no doubt a day trip was in our future. Sure enough, for his 6th birthday the request came to splash around in Sahara... Read More

Storybook Land Day Trip

My 6 year old son and his friends love, LOVE Storybook Land. This is a great day trip that accounts for at least two visits per year – one during the summer and one during the winter holiday. For the last 50 years Storybook Land has been keeping childhood alive by with all-time favorite stories and nursery rhymes. Children’s classics are interspersed... Read More

NJ Beach Day Trip

A NJ beach “day trip” … I know, it seems like an oxymoron for anyone not living within a pearled conch shells throw to the ocean. Thanks to beastly traffic, especially on summer weekends, ‘Day trip’ and ‘NJ beach’ go together about as well as sand, wind and donuts. That said, we’ve got it figured out at... Read More

Dutch Wonderland Day Trip

In 1963 the Clark family of Lancaster, PA, founded Dutch Wonderland Family Amusement Park. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, which owns and operates Hersheypark, purchased Dutch Wonderland Family Entertainment Complex in 2001. The goal of the Park has always been to provide a unique place for families to... Read More