Supercross Championship Live!

 

Seeing races and competitions live can give you quite the thrill! My family and I love going to see monster trucks when they come to town & we are always looking for new things to do. So when we saw that Supercross Live was coming to town for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship, we knew we wanted to check it out. Their stop here in Glendale is round six of seventeen for this season. If you are a fan of Supercross this is an event you are sure to enjoy! Instead of just seeing it at home on your TV, you'll be able to enjoy the action right in front of you. 

We have a pretty large track for them to race on here at the State Farm Stadium, it is crazy to know how quickly the crews are able to bring the dirt in, built the track, and then get everything back out again. The entire track was easy to see from anywhere in the stadium so no need to worry about where you end up sitting. The track was a combination of regular dirt with two sand areas, which can be a little slippery on a dirt bike, so it is possible to see a rider lose their bike from time to time.

The crowd at this event was buzzing with excitement. The introduction for this show and for the main roster of riders was very energetic to watch! There were fireworks, a laser show, pyro and custom music for each rider being featured on the big screen. They also had a live DJ at the event playing before & during the event. Depending on if you has asthma & where you sit in the stadium it may be a good idea to bring a face mask with you, there is a lot of dust, pyro smoke and more that was floating around the area which is why they had the top of the dome open to help air everything else. For small children it may also be a good idea to bring headphones as it can get a little loud. 

The races are very fast paced & there is a lot going on at once, but thankfully they make it easy to help keep up with who is in front by turning their headlights green. The races are over before you know it, each one last just over six minutes. The event was family friendly, there were fans of all ages from small babies with their parents up to seniors enjoying the show. It was fun watching the riders race around the track & also seeing how high they were able to jump over some of the spots along the track.

Does this look like an event you would enjoy? Have you ever been to a similar event?

Disclaimer- Supercross & The Encore Agency provided tickets for us for the review free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase. 

Champions of Magic are coming to a city near you!

 

The Champions of Magic are a team of  five illusionists from all over the world who have come together to put on an exciting family friendly show & is currently touring around the US. We received the opportunity to go see them live last Friday when they played here in Phoenix, downtown at the Orpheum Theatre. Ticket prices range depending on the city they are visiting, I clicked on a few of the upcoming dates they are playing and tickets ranged from starting at $29.50 to starting at $40 a ticket so unfortunately I can not provide you with an exact price however I can offer you a discount code for 25% off ticket prices (valid up to two days prior to the show you want to see), that discount code is TRUST. 

Before getting into our review & thoughts on the actual show, I just want to comment on how beautiful the theatre they performed at is. The Orpheum Theatre is nearly a hundred years old, it was built in 1929 & I had never been to it before now, the inside is stunning & the updated red velvet covered seats were comfortable for the duration of the show. The kids were very excited to go see this show as were we, it is always enjoyable being able to attend events like this that are great for the whole family.

We each had a different favorite part of the show & favorite performer. Each performer had stage time to do an act by themselves & then they had several acts where they worked together. The show had a great mixture of illusion acts, mentalist acts and escape acts. During certain acts members of the audience may be selected to come up & be part of the act which is fun to see and it is even better if you are one of the lucky participants selected to go up on stage. The show lasts for two hours and fifteen minutes with a short intermission to allow the audience to use the bathroom, buy food or drinks and visit the merch booth set up in the front. You'll be enjoying the show so much the time will seem to fly by. 

The whole show was a high energy event from the music they played while performing to the performers themselves really getting the crowd into the acts with them. It isn't noted on the tours website, but I would put up a small warning for anyone prone to seizures, through out the show there are a lot of flashes of bright lights, light changes & on stage fire works that are a little intense with how bright they can get when you've been sitting in the dark. 

It is one thing to see a magic act on TV, but it is another experience seeing it live & up close. These performers are well experienced and will leave you wondering just how they were able to pull off the tricks right in front of your eyes, they are quick, skilled and engaging. I'd love to go into more details about the tricks they did, but that would ruin the magic of seeing it live for yourself so I won't give away which acts they performed during this show. We had a lot of fun & would recommend this for anyone who enjoys magic or wants an exciting night out with the family.

Disclaimer- The products mentioned above were provided by US Family Guide for the review free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.

Peter Pan 360 Tickets Giveaway!

***This is not a paid post, I will be receiving complimented tickets in exchange for this post. All opinions about this show are my own and may vary from others.****

Are you in Phoenix or the surrounding areas? I have a wonderful event and opportunity to share with you. A live event called Peter Pan 360 is heading to Scottsdale, what is Peter Pan 360? Escape to Neverland in a whole new way with this spectacular, innovative live stage production of PETER PAN that combines intimate theater-in-the-round and overhead surround CGI projection; with actors in dazzling flying sequences forty feet in the air and whimsical puppets that bring J.M. Barrie’s classic tale to fantastical life, creating a truly unique environmental theatrical experience! This event will be held at The Pavilions at Talking Stick in Scottsdale Presented in Association with Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Opens January 13, 2016.

Fun facts:

-       Threesixty Theatre is a state of the art, climate-controlled tent and very intimate at only 13 rows deep!  There is not a bad seat in the house!

-       The tent is 100 feet high and takes over 4 days to build

 

The CGI Projection Screens make this version of PETER PAN unlike anything you have ever seen or experienced before!

-       The CGI is delivered by 12 video projectors each providing 30 degrees of the image. We use edge-blending software so that each projection blends seamlessly with those either side of it to create our continuous 360 degree virtual set.

-       The CGI provides 15,000 square feet of video, larger than the biggest imax cinema.

-       Each projector provides 20,000 lumens of light (1 Lumen = the level of light perceived by the human eye) A good home-cinema projector gives out approximately 2000 lm on average

-       The longest sequence of CGI in the show is the Flight to Neverland for which 400 square miles of Edwardian London was rendered for the 4½  minute flight. This involved the use of 300 computers running continuously for 2 weeks.

 

 Want to Experience the magic? and see Peter Pan 360 for yourself? I am giving one lucky valley family a Four pack of tickets for the January 20th show. If you are interesting in buying tickets you can get 15% off your ticket purchase using the promo code BLOG15. 

Enter to win the tickets by filling out the form below!

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Peter Pan 360 Cyber Monday Sale!

***This is not a paid post, I will be receiving complimented tickets in exchange for this post. All opinions about this show are my own and may vary from others.****

I know it is only Sunday but I wanted to post this a day early so you can be sure to snag tickets to this event! Peter Pan 360 is heading to Scottsdale,AZ in January, what is Peter Pan 360? Escape to Neverland in a whole new way with this spectacular, innovative live stage production of PETER PAN that combines intimate theater-in-the-round and overhead surround CGI projection; with actors in dazzling flying sequences forty feet in the air and whimsical puppets that bring J.M. Barrie’s classic tale to fantastical life, creating a truly unique environmental theatrical experience! This event will be held at The Pavilions at Talking Stick in Scottsdale Presented in Association with Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Opens January 13, 2016.

Want to Experience the magic? Share the magic of Peter Pan 360 this Holiday Season. Cyber Monday only, Buy 2 tickets and get 2 free!*" Hurry and get the best seats; this offer ends at 11:59 p.m. on November 30th! Use promo code MAGIC when purchasing your tickets online."

* The offer is applicable on PL2 category for Wednesday shows, Thursday shows and Sunday’s 5:30pm performance. Limit of 4 tickets per transaction. Cannot be combined with any other offers. Applicable on new purchases only.

This is a Unique Experience you won't want to miss!

The code has been programed and will be live Monday morning at 12:01 a.m. and will expire Monday night at 11:59 p.m.
The code is MAGIC. You can purchase your tickets Here.

 

Lucas Oil Boat Racing!

***This is not a paid post, I will be receiving complimented tickets in exchange for this post. All opinions about this show are my own and may vary from others.****

You may have seen a post I made about a month ago about the Lucas Oil boat races headed to AZ, I wanted to share some of my photos from the event with you. The boat races were held at the Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park which was easy to find, near plenty of places to stop for a drink or food and offered lots of parking. There was also another car race going on in the lot across from the boat racing so we had the chance to see some powerful racing cars.





Everything was pretty open at the event, all passes included access to the "pit" area which is where all the racers had their trailers set up, you could see them working on their boats, ask them questions or just walk around to see what was going on. Ford was also there doing test drives of their back -up camera system and there was a few nice model cars as well. All of the boats were fast, some of them reaching 150+ MPH and boy were they loud!



There was a lot of down time in between each batch of races which can take some time so during that time you can sit and chat or you can walk around, all of the kids seemed to be in a good mood despite a long wait time or two one of which included a rescue of a boat that sank. There were also Jet ski races along with the actual boat races which were fun to watch as well. If you are in the area around the Wild Horse Pass area or if the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Races heads towards you I suggest going and checking it out with your family it is a unique experience.