div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m_E-_gU-g6o/Tby0EIrvwLI/AAAAAAAAAJI/HmyL6mQxJv4/s1600/azoosment_logo.gif” imageanchor=”1″ style=”margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”183″ src=”http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m_E-_gU-g6o/Tby0EIrvwLI/AAAAAAAAAJI/HmyL6mQxJv4/s320/azoosment_logo.gif” width=”320″ //a/divbr /Santa’s Village is re-opening May 27, 2011! The family owned park has been renovated and now combines an amusement park with a zoo (hence, “azoosment”). They even were able to acquire rides from Kiddleland! So it will definitely create some nostalgia for Chicagoans.br /a name=’more’/abr /br /br /Original Santa’s Village Rides: br /ulliBalloon Race – Originally from 1989, the ride whisks kids and adults up to sail through the air on a hot air balloon./liliConvoy – These semi trucks have a jungle motif and will give children a safari-like experience./liliSleigh Ride – This 1959 ride features horse-drawn sleighs, allowing families to sit back, relax and take in the park’s sites./liliStarjet – One of Santa’s Village’s original rides, the Starjet blasts children off for an out of this world experience. /li/ulbr /Kiddieland Ridesbr /ulliMidge ‘o Racer – A Kiddieland original and fan-favorite, the Midge ‘o Racer allows children to try to take a drive in an old fashioned race car./liliKiddie Whip – Watch as your children spin around in this Kiddieland memory./li/ulbr /New Ridesbr /ulliDragon Coaster – The Dragon isn’t for the timid. Get a true roller coaster experience with this ride./liliKiddie Ferris Wheel – Who doesn’t love this amusement park staple? Watch while children take in a bird’s eye view of the park./liliKiddie Hand Trains – Why take the train when your kid can peddle a hand train around a guided course?/liliSwings – The swings takes children around and around until they can’t swing anymore./liliTilt-a-Whirl – Kids will scream with joy on this on this classic amusement park ride!/li/ulbr /Animal activities include an exotic animal show featuring a hands-on educational presentation, as well as a petting zoo, pony rides and a walk-in aviary with more than 200 birds. The park has two picnic groves, as well as a food area that offers a full menu of both kid and adult friendly options.br /br /a href=”http://www.azoosmentpark.com/”Santa’s Village AZoosment Park/abr /601 Dundee Avenuebr /East Dundee, Illinoisbr /(847) 426-6751br /br /Monday-Friday: 10am-6pmbr /Saturday and Sunday: 11am-7pmbr /$16.50 per person, with children 2 and under freebr /Entrance fee includes all rides and attractionsbr /Parking is freebr /br /span style=”font-size: large;”bSanta’s Village AZoosment Park was generous enough to send me 3 family passes to giveaway! Each family pass is good for free admission for a family of four. All rides, shows and attractions are free. How cool is that?!nbsp;/b/spanbr /br /You can enter in any or all of the ways below. Please remember to post one comment per entry so you can have more chances to win!br /br /1. Share your favorite memory of Santa’s Village (comment below)br /br /2. Comment with what ride you are looking forward to riding with your children!br /br /3. Become a fan of the a href=”http://www.facebook.com/home.php#%21/pages/kidlist-things-to-do-with-little-kids/200192670000291″{kidlist} facebook page/a. If you are already a fan of the facebook page, just comment that you are already a loyal reader. 
br /br /4. Put a link to this giveaway on your facebook page and add a comment that you facebooked it. (here’s the link to post: http://bit.ly/lijHSM)br /br /5. Become a fan of the a href=”http://www.facebook.com/pages/Santas-Village-Azoosment-Park-East-Dundee-2011-Season-Page/162858380436323″Azoosment Park facebook page/a br /br /6. Blog about the giveaway and comment with a link to your postbr /br /7. Post a topic or idea that I can investigate to share on the blog (The idea cannot be something that I already wrote about so please check the a href=”http://kidlist.blogspot.com/p/master-list.html”topics page/a before commenting)br /br /note: I will be using a random number generator (random.org) to pick the winner from the comments on this post. Please remember to add separate comments for each entry.br /br /You can enter now through Monday, May 9 at 8pm. I will announce the winner on the blog at that time.
Apr 302011
