Review: Game Night with UnboxBoardom

Have you heard about UnboxBoardom? It is a subscription board game service and you get brand-new games delivered right to your front door! You can select from featured monthly games or just be surprised. They have different styles of games that range from family games to strategy games to party games. Also, because they want everyone to be able to enjoy the excitement from playing board games, for every 10 new board game subscription box signups, they will donate a board game to an organization that helps kids who can't afford one. 

Sign up and checkout was super easy, very quick, and extremely clear. I really liked how they would give you 3 different options to choose from. We have a lot of board games here and I wouldn't want to get one I already had. If a subscriber doesn't choose a game within five days from receiving the email, UnboxBoardom will surprise you and send you a random game from that month's selections. You even get the option to "skip" a month if none of the games interest you or if you already have the games. 

                            

We chose Station Master because it seemed the most interesting to play with the family. I've never seen this game before and it sounded interested but it did take awhile to understand and get the gist of the game. I played with my kids and after a few rounds we started to understand and the game took off. 

We had a fun night and love this idea of having games shipped right to our house. With plans starting at $29.99, I would recommend that you check it out and see how you can UnboxBoardom! 

Disclosure: By promoting this review I received a free game in the mail that I used to form my own opinion.

America's Incredible Pizza Company - Birthday Party

America's Incredible Pizza Company is the place to find it all! Incredible Pizza Company delivers high energy and a quality experience for the entire family. After enjoying their freshly homemade buffet; enter their world famous Fair Grounds and play over 100 arcade and carnival style games. Race to the finish line while driving their go karts, get lost in a friendly game of laser tag, get a hole-in-one while playing glow golf, and spin away on the bumper cars and more! So whether you're 6 or 60, enter their fairgrounds and have an incredible time while making memories that will last a lifetime! It's fun for all ages.

Present this coupon for a 99 cent All-You-Can-Eat Buffet with an $18 Game Card Purchase at America's Incredible Pizza Company Valid at their Memphis, Springfield, St. Louis, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and Tulsa locations only.

America's Incredible Pizza Company Review

Have you ever hard of America's Incredible Pizza Company? It is an awesome place to go play and have fun with your family. 

When you first walk in, you will notice several eating rooms to choose from. Each room has a different theme. The one in the picture, Memphis High School, has a high school theme inside which was really cute. 

Who doesn't love a buffet?! America's Incredible Pizza has one of the best buffets (per my children). There have so many food options! You can either help yourself to the pizzas they already have made or (the best part) is you can ask them for your own special pizza! 

My favorite was the salad bar! This picture doesn't show all the choices but there was eggs, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, croutons, bacon, cheese and much more. 

When you walk into their arcade there are a BUNCH of video games to chose from! One of my kids favorite games to play was this Nascar driving game. They loved being side by side racing!

Ha, my kids are so focused!

I personally could sit here all day and play this one. I loved the larger then life screen. 

My kids loved the hand protectors for the air hockey game. That's a great idea!

When your kids are finished playing and now want to redeem their tickets...

There are prizes galore to choose from. If you want to save your tickets and add to them the next time you come, you can!

Lastly, America's Incredible Pizza Company also has small attractions for an extra fee. 

They have a small little roller coaster inside that you can ride. My kids thought it was pretty fun!

This was fun. It's like bowling but you're using much smaller balls to hit the pins.

In my opinion this course was very small and hard to maneuver. There isn't much room to move. 

My kids couldn't get enough of laser tag. This was by far their favorite attraction. The room they played inside of was rather large and well designed. 

This was a fun little attraction to let the kids have fun and drive. 

For participating in this review we received a $50 gift card to use while we were there to help form a review. 

America's Incredible Pizza Company #FamilyFun

Fun, Food and Family America's Incredible Pizza Company is the place to find it all! Incredible Pizza Company delivers high energy and a quality experience for the entire family. After enjoying our freshly homemade buffet; enter our world famous Fair Grounds and play over 100 arcade and carnival style games. Race to the finish line while driving our go karts, get lost in a friendly game of laser tag, get a hole-in-one while playing glow golf, and spin away on the bumper cars and more! So whether you're 6 or 60, enter our fairgrounds and have an incredible time while making memories that will last a lifetime!


Get a 99 cent All-You-Can-Eat Buffet with a $15 Game Card Purchase at America's Incredible Pizza Company. Not valid with any other offer or discount. Can not be used towards a private birthday party, fundraising event or private group event. Valid at our Oklahoma City, Memphis, Springfield, St. Louis, San Antonio, and Tulsa locations only.

We love America's Incredible Pizza Company! It's a great place that is loaded with fun, excitement and food. 

Disclosure: In exchange for this post, I will be given compensation to review their location in Memphis. I will post that review on a separate post. 

Mid-South Corn Maze - #Memphis

There's just something about a corn maze that makes getting lost.... FUN! We headed to the Mid-South Maze to try out their Corn Maze (October). As we got there, my daughter was SO excited that as soon as the car parked, she was ready to hop out. We reached the beginning and bought our tickets. We told her that she could lead us all the way through. Here's the maze we had to get through...

You can almost see the building on the bottom right. That's where we started. It was fun watching my daughter think very carefully as to where she wanted to turn. We did find ourselves walking in circles quite a few times.  There even was a time she tried following another family, thinking they knew how to get out of the circle we were in. Sadly, they were no walking in circles with us. We just couldn't figure it out. 

After a few, "Mom, I think we are really lost!" and several "Are they going to leave us in here all night?" we were able to put our thinking caps on and figure out which path to take (process of elimination). 

When we finally reached the end, the picture on top was the "jump for joy" pose she made.  Also, she was happy that she earned her Corm Maze patch for Girl Scouts!!! We just love Girl Scouts. 

What's your favorite Corn Maze to go through?

#Review for @Dollywood #SmokyMountainChristmas

 

I am so excited to tell you about our trip to Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas!!

You can create Christmas memories that will last a lifetime! Dollywood is a 150 acre family adventure park in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Its mountain themed attractions, world class rides and award winning festivals and shows make Dollywood one of the top themed entertainment destinations in the US. Dollywood was so beautifully decorated with lights and decorations.

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer comes to life with an exclusive visit to Dollywood this holiday season. You can meet Rudolph and his friends, including Clarice, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster and Yukon Cornelius in Rudolph's Holly Jolly Junction, a magical area where festive fun awaits.

 After meeting Rudolph and his friends, families can head to Clarice's kitchen to decorate custom Christmas cookies or even take part in a few reindeer games! How cool is that!!

Feeling hungry? There are so many places to chose from. We chose the Backstage Restaurant and were seated right away!! Their buffet had so much to choose from but our family favorite was the make your own mac and cheese!

We even had a visit from Santa himself!! This was a truly magical moment for the little ones as they couldn't believe that Santa was standing right in front of them! They told him what they wanted for Christmas and he reminded them to help out around the house, play nicely with each other and listen to their parents! Thanks Santa!!

After we ate, we couldn't wait to go see the groundbreaking production of Dollywood's A Christmas Carol, which uses holographic technology to bring Dolly Parton to the stage as the Ghost of Christmas Past.

Following the show, we were given a special area that served us hot chocolate, cakes and cookies while we watched the parade!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And what's a parade without Santa!!!!!

 

 

After the parade, my daughter was so excited to meet Miss Lillian! She told Emily a quick little story and gave her a penny to make a wish!

Emily asked her if she could take a picture with her and Miss Lillian say yes, but only of Chicken Little could be in it, too!

There is so much to see and do down in Dollywood!

 

Do your children love to squash pennies? I know mine do!

 

 

If you are looking for somewhere fun to go this holiday season, we highly recommend Dollywood - Smoky Mountain Christmas!!! You're whole family will have a blast!

This just melts my heart!

 

Our trip to Dollywood's Smoky Mountain Christmas was provided by US Family Guide, all the opinions expressed are my own. 

 

Have a destination, location, or product you would like to be reviewed? Contact me, I would love to hear from you!

 

 

@Ripleys #Aquarium of the Smokies #Review

 

During our stay in Gatlinburg, Tennessee we were given tickets to all 8 of Ripley's attractions. We started with the one right across the street from where we were staying, Greystone Lodge at the Aquarium!

 

Right when we walked in, we were blown away! There was a HUGE round fish tank that attracted my children right away. They loved that they could walk around the fish tank to see everything!

 

What I immediately noticed was complete organization. As people were coming in, they flowed down the hall. No one was bouncing back and forth to see everything, they just followed the leader and took their time to see all the exhibits. Instead of an open floor plan where you walk around all over here and then back over there and then back to where you started because you forgot to see something, you followed the exhibits one by one because they automatically took you to the next one without missing anything!!! Best part is... we stayed together as a family (that's a plus!!!).

 

 

My daughter (who's 6) couldn't wait to show us the funny face this little guy was making!

 

 

My 9 year old son was mesmerized with the jellyfish! He was talking about SpongeBob and all the jellyfish under the sea while my daughter was telling him about the jellyfish that Dory and Marlin had to swim through to get to Nemo! They both knew that the tops of the jellyfish were safe to touch while the side and underneath were not safe. They would get stung.

 

There was also a tank there that allowed you to touch the tops of the jellyfish. One of the workers that worked the jellyfish table was very informative and shared her knowledge with the kids. Seeing their expression while touching a jellyfish was awesome!!

 

 

The seahorses had rather large crowd around their tank. It was interesting to see them hold on to plants and rocks while they took a nap while the others were swimming around.

 

 

Now these sea dragons were beautiful! They were up close for everyone to see!

 

 

Now my husbands favorite part was walking through the tunnel with the sharks! You had the choice to walk or stand on a slowly moving belt that took you through the exhibit. If you wanted to step off, you could. Then, when you wanted to get back on... yep you guessed it. You just step back on. There was SO much to see and my kids loved that the sharks (and fish) would swim directly over you!!!

 

 

How cool is this!!! You can see all 3 of my children absolutely amazed at how close this shark is!

 

 

I believe that this stingray is larger then both my children put together!

 

 

In the middle of all that fun, there was a play zone for the kids. They got to touch some fish and play with some of the displays! They kids had so much fun!

 

 

These were my favorite! I could just sit here for hours watching them swim and interact with each other.

 

 

Just amazing!!

 

 

Have your kids ever wondered what penguins look like up close and personal! I couldn't get my kids out of this exhibit! They were able to look them in the eyes and my daughter blew them a kiss!!

 

If you come to visit Gatlinburg, Tennessee then Ripley's Aquarium is a MUST SEE with your family!

 

Disclosure: I was given tickets for my family for review purposes. The opinions expressed in this post are honest and solely mine.