***This giveaway is now over. See the winner here.*** Thanks to all who entered!
I may have mentioned that my girls would be happy on a deserted island with only a few princesses dolls and ponies to play with. Throw in some macaroni and cheese, the orange kind, a few books and a large carton of strawberry milk, and they wouldn’t care if rescue never came.
But they also like dinosaurs. At the risk of sounding horrifically gender-biased, dinosaurs are basically the only thing they love that doesn’t come accessorized in pink sequins and a matching plastic purse.
So far I’ve held out on Dick showing them Jurassic Park, even though that sentences me to endless viewings of the seventeen Land Before Time movies. And now that we have a pass to the Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum here in Utah, the kids are getting just about enough of bones and fossils and playing in the erosion table.
Only, you can never get enough dinosaurs. Not really.
So I’m excited that the BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs tour is coming to Salt Lake City next week. The friendly people there asked if I’d like to give away a family four-pack of tickets to opening night, which is Wednesday, January 14th, 7 pm, at the Energy Solutions Arena (where the Utah Jazz play).
Would I?
H-E-Double-Hockey sticks, YEAH!
Walking With Dinosaurs is supposed to be pretty darn cool. I mean, if those smarty BBC people are involved it’s gotta be good, right? It runs January 14th-18th, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday. (Not that I’d go on a Sunday, but then, if I were Jewish I wouldn’t go on a Saturday, and if I were Muslim, not on a Friday, so basically, we’re pretty much covered).
If you don’t win the giveaway or you need more tickets (because, hello? Utah? family FOUR-pack?), use the code RAPTOR to get $10 off each ticket.
To enter the Walking With Dinosaurs giveaway, simply leave a comment telling me who the dinosaur lover is at your house before January 7th, and I’ll use the random number gizmo-thingie. If you’re too far away from Utah to use the tickets yourself, enter anyway and give someone you love a surprise after-Christmas present. If you don’t know anyone within an hour of Salt Lake City, enter anyway still. I can recommend several deserving dinosaur-philes to you.
Jane
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I’m not entering (being both not close to Salt Lake and not knowing anybody close to Salt Lake) but dinosaurs are also one of the few gender neutral toys in our house. Max and Lucy both equally love playing with our sets of dinosaurs. We have begun making an annual pilgrimage to the Heard Nature Museum where we can see life-size animatronic dinosaurs. Very impressive.
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So, I happen to know a few people in Salt Lake. Plus, I have a few dinosaur-loving boys here. Hook me up, baby!
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We have a whole passel of boys who would LOVE to see Walking with dinosours! Whenever the commercial comes on TV they always shout “COOL!”
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Entering… DINOS Rock. Two dino loving boys and Two dino loving girls live at our house. Even checked with Dad.. and he is not working. Enter us in.
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We went and it was pretty good . . . free tix are even better than finding them on craigslist (which is what we did)
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Wow, a giveaway! So bloggish of you. I’m in the midwest, but my dinosaur-phile friends in Brigham City would luuurve these.
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My 5 year old son went last year when the show was in Brisbane, Australia – he LOVED it – have fun.
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You know I have four boys but you may not know that they are all dinosaur lovers! I don’t know where they get it from. My hubby actually let my older two watch Jurassic Park (and boy was I mad). My boys would love this so much It would even be worth the 2 1/2 hour drive. Cool giveaway!
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My boys LOVE dinosaurs.
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Hey, not in your neck of the woods, but I’ll enter and then if I win I’d like to give them to your sister and her kids {if that’s ok and doesn’t violate some unwritten bloggy giveaway rule}.
You know, I don’t think anyone at my house has zoned in on dinosaurs — not either of the boys or my daughter. Hubs loved the book by Crighton; I still can’t believe he passed away.
Take care!
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I would love to win this for my nephew and his family who live in Ogden. I myself would love to go but we moved out of Utah this past summer. But I know my nephew would love them!!!
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Just like the above comments i have 2 boys caden 5 and kyson 3 who are just crazy about dinosaurs! when the advertisments came up that the show was going to be in SLC we flipped. the boys are jsut estatic about going. I checked on tickets and seen the price, i then let caden know that he could no longer spend any money out of his piggy bank!! so now every time someone comes over he asks them for their change and explains that he is saving his money to go see ” walking with dinosaurs” he asks everyday how many more days! both the boys have starting growling at me when they get in trouble! it is really cute!! this is really one of the best giveaways i have came across!! dad said he is available to go with us so if ou could please enter us in the drawing that would be great!!
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I have a couple boys that love dinosaurs. it would be real special if we would will these tickets.i dont check me email often but you can call me @ 307-871-3668 thanks
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HI WHAT AN AWESOME GIVE AWAY!! I HAVE 2 BOYS THAT ARE DINO FREAKS!! THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE DINOSAURS! I AM PLANNING ON TAKING THEM BUT FREE TICKETS ARE BETTER!!
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I have two boys that would LOVE to go. I think I’d finally make cool mom status if we won. Enter us in!
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Conner loves dinosars, Cora and I both love museums, and my roommate, Helen, is sometimes even referred to as the Lizard Lass.
While you lived in FL, did you guys ever check out Dinosaur World?
I wonder how I could get THEM to ask me to giveaway tickets!
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I’m entering for my two nephews in Pleasant Grove – they would love this! Thanks for the chance!
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I’m the dinosaur lover in our house! One summer I volunteered at Hogle Zoo all summer in their dinosaur exhibit. (I was 11 or 12 at the time.)
Cool give away, Jane!
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HI I HAVE A FRIEND THAT HAS TWO BOYS THAT WOULD LOVE TO GO!! PLEASE ADD US TO THE DRAWING
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My sons love anything to do with dinosaurs.
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We would LOVE to see this show! My almost five year old son is the dino lover in our household – we simply cannot afford the tickets so I would love to win them and be able to take him!
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I would love to win and take my nephew and neice!
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My friend has two little girls that would love this, and they live in Salt Lake!
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Pick me, Pick me! My triplets are turning 6 this month–what could be more fun than seeing dinosaurs for your birthday???
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My dinosaur loving grandson lives in St. George and I bet they’ll come that far if they can!
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My husband desperately wishes that our 1.5 year-old boy were more interested dinosaurs. Right now, he’d rather try on my makeup or wear my jewelry.
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My kids would be thrilled to go! This show looks sooo cool, I probably should just buy tickets myself (and I might, if I don’t win these!)
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I have a household of boys who would love to go. My second eldest is absolutely obsessed with them, so this would be an awesome gift to win for him.
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i wish was in my area my son would love this he wants to be a palentoligest(spelling unsure)
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Our 10 year old son is obsessed! He is dying to go to this!
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My son Kolten is obsessed with the commercials to “Walking with Dinosaurs” I am really wanting to take him to this, the ironic thing is that it is here the same time as his birthday, he will be 8 on January 16th, I also wanted to take him and spend some time with just him as I am going to start working on the 20th of January and it will be the first time I have worked full time in a long long time, as I have been a stay at home mom for a long time. So that is why I am entering.
Thank you
Amanda Redford
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My niece & nephew love dinosaurs and really want to go! I hope we win!!!
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My grandsons & granddaughter are all into dinosaurs and this looks awesome. I came across this site looking for discount codes to buy tickets so I thought I would enter and keep my fingers crossed!
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Well…it’s a toss-up, really. My oldest son wanted to be a palentologist as a Kindergartner. (He’s detoured through Theater Tech right now.) My youngest son is a huge fan of “Walking with Dinosaurs”. And I’ve been a dinofreak since my earliest days.
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Our whole family is fascinated about dinosaurs. We enjoy learning just about anything about dinosaurs, and one of our favorite learning places is the Discovery channel. We live in the Ogden area and have enjoyed both the Dinosaur Park in Ogden, Utah and the Dinosaur museum in Vernal, Utah. Our family would be ‘rapturous’ if we could win tickets to see the Walking with Dinosaurs show!
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I HAVE A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN GREEN RIVER THAT HAS 2 BOYS THAT WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS!!
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I KNOW TO BOYS THAT WOULD BE THRILLED TO SEE THIS SHOW!
PLEASE ADD ME TO THE DRAWING!!
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HI THERE! DINO’S ROCK!! I KNOW OF A COUPLE OF BOYS THAT REALLY WANT TO SEE THESE DINOSAURS!
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Hi I have Grandsons that live in Green River WY that are crazy about going and would love to go.This is all I have heard for days over the telephone. I am asking you to choose them for this memorable adventure, that they can pass on the story of their trip to “Walking With Dinosauers” to their children and a story they would love to share with all their freinds and family for years to come.
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Hey How cool for you to offer this giveaway. So many dino lovers out there. But I know two boys that would be crazzzzy about you if you picked them. They need a pick me up in their life and this would just be the thing.
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I would love to win these for my three boys. Come on random gizo thingy!
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What there are princesses and ponies??? NOT for two boys I know! They are Dinosauer lovers all the way. Count me in your giveaway to send these two little dino rustlers to SLC.
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Count me and my two grandsons in on this dinoriffic giveaway!!!
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PICK ME!! PICK ME!! The two little boys in my life would love to see the DINOS.
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I’ve got a house full of dino-loving kids — seven, to be exact. They’ve worn out the DVDs (and the carpeting at Thanksgiving Point), and if I see (or step on) another mini-sized monster I may have to donate my brain to Body Worlds. If the posters on the wall, books on the shelves, and enough dino-shaped plastic to supply all the surgeons in Hollywood isn’t proof they’re fans, I don’t know what would be. Let the fun begin! Four tickets will at least get some of us in the door . . .
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My grandson in Bountiful loves dinosaurs. He would be thrilled to go!
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MY CO-WORKER HAS 2 BOYS THAT ARE TOTAL NUTS ABOUT DINOSAURS! I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS DRAWING SO THAT THEY MAY SHARE THIS ADVENTURE WITH EACH OTHER AND GROW UP TELLING WILD TALES OF IT! PLEASE CONSIDER US FOR THIS DRAWING
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SORRY THIS IS THE CORRECTED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE ABOVE COMMENT THANKS ROBIN MARTINEZ
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HI PLEASE ENTER MY FRIEND IN THIOS DRAWING SHE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE HE BOYS WHO ARE 5 AND 2, THEY TRUELY LOVE DINOSAURS!
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HI PLEASE ENTER MY FRIEND IN THIOS DRAWING SHE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE HE BOYS WHO ARE 5 AND 2, THEY TRUELY LOVE DINOSAURS!
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Oh, this would be SO cool to go to. I’ve seen the ads, and would LOVE to take my dino loving 5 year old son.
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I would like to enter my grandson who is a major dino fan!
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We’re here in the SLC area and we’ve seen the commercials. It looks very interesting and we’d love to win.
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My 2 and 4 year old are dinosaur fanatic’s…I think he relates to them maybe…we’ve been to see the dinosaurs at the Utah Musuem of Natural History but that is all we could afford so far…Thanksgiving Point dinosaur museum hasn’t been in our budget and I think the “walking dinosaurs” may be more of a thrill!
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My 5 year old son has always liked dinosaurs, but all the sudden has become a fanatic. I have had to pretend that I know how to pronounce names so that he doesn’t think his mom is an idiot. I just hope that someday he doesn’t repeat my poor pronunciation.
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I have 2 boys, 8 and 3. Need I say more? I don’t know a boy who doesn’t like dinos, especially if they look alive. They’d love the show. I’d even make a the 2 hour drive to see it, especially for free. And wouldn’t ya know, 4 is the perfect number for us.
Thanks!
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We are an adventurous family of dinosaur lovers!!! From books to origami to paintings….dinosaurs have our heart! : )))
Thanks so much for this fabulous give~away! : )))
leahita[at]gmail[dot]com
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I am the dino lover in my family and I would love to share this event with my family of 2 boys & a girl who are also fans!
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Duncan would love this! Thanks for the chance to win!
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hi i know of 2 little boys who are dying to go to this!! please enter us into this drawing!
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My 8-year old son absolutely loves dinosaurs! He would be in heaven if we won
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I have three daughters (well technically they are step daughters) who I haven’t gotten to see much lately. They love dinosaurs and are way excited about the show. We weren’t able to give them much for Christmas other than some dinner plates we made for them and some pajamas. We would love more than anything to be able to take them to this show but we are uncertain if we can afford to so free tickets would be a great blessing!
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This would be sooo much fun to do as a family!!
Thank you for the opp!
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Our 5-year old dino lover, Seth, fractured his wrist (ice skating) three days before he is coming to Salt Lake for the big ski adventure due to start this weekend. Now, he’s wearing a nice cast and skiing is out of the question but he sure would love to spent some time with his prehistoric pals! He would also love to treat his older sister and parents to the same. Thanks for the chance.
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My 6-year-old thinks he’s going to see real dinosaurs. I tried to explain that real dinosaurs have been extinct for thousands of years but he refuses to believe otherwise. Can’t wait to check this out!
Please put us in the drawing!
Thanks so much!
Kelly
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darn–the RAPTOR code didn’t work!
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