SoCal Holiday Happenings

Unwrap Mummy Mysteries at Discovery Science Center

Explore the more mysterious sides of science this Halloween from October 12 – November 4

Build your knowledge of pyramids and get gruesome

when Discovery Science Center presents Spooky Science – Mummies! Decode hieroglyphs, build your knowledge of pyramids and get the gruesome, gory facts behind the mummification process.

Did you know that mummies are buried all around the world? In addition to Egypt, mummification was a popular burial method in South America. Explore the cultural differences between the processes of making a mummy in this special exhibition.

Discovery Science Center’s annual Spooky Science exhibition is a SPOOKtacular good time! Participate in fun science experiments, enjoy trick-or-treat goodie bags and explore a spooky maze. Located at 2500 N. Main St. in Santa Ana, guests can explore more than 100 hands-on science exhibits in themed areas, including Discovery Stadium, Techno Arts, Air & Space, Perception, Dynamic Earth, Quake Zone, KidStation, the Digital Lab and Dino Quest. For further information, call 714.542.CUBE or visit www.discoverycube.org.

Little Ones Invited to Brick-or-Treat at LEGOLAND®

LEGOLAND® offers a monstrously fun new way for families to enjoy Halloween this year with

Brick or Treat will entertain the little ones without to much scare in scary

“Brick-or-Treat After Dark.” Brick-or-Treat haunts the theme park the weekends of October 13 &14, 20 & 21 and 27 & 28 with extended “After Dark” hours each Saturday.

Special areas of LEGOLAND will be open each Saturday of Brick-or-Treat until 8 p.m., allowing the Park to come alive with the spirit of the season, including Castle Hill, the Imagination Zone and Miniland U.S.A. In addition to rides, shows and attractions, little ghosts and goblins enjoy special activities like the Haunted Hideaways, a LEGO® brick pumpkin build and a nighttime costume contest with a prize for the best “after dark” costume.

Throughout all of Brick-or-Treat, children 12 and under trick-or-treat with a LEGOLAND souvenir bag on the Park’s exclusive Brick-or-Treat Trail. Trick-or-treaters gather goodies including Wonka© candy, Upper Deck™ trading cards and other surprises.

The return of the much-anticipated costume contest gives children an opportunity to show off their imaginative Halloween costumes each day. Enter one of five categories to show off Boo-tiful costumes, including Most LEGO-themed, Spookiest, Most Imaginative, Funniest and “Best of the Best.”

The festivities at LEGOLAND California’s Brick-or-Treat events are included in the regular admission price and can be enjoyed during normal Park hours. Guests who purchase tickets any Saturday of Brick-or-Treat can enjoy the Park all day and attend Brick-or-Treat After Dark festivities. Tickets for Brick-or-Treat After Dark can be purchased separately for those attending the nighttime event only. When children break away from the Brick-or-Treat festivities, families can enjoy more than 50 hands-on, minds-on imaginative rides, shows and attractions. For further information, call 760.918.LEGO or visit www.legoland.com.

Snow Falls and Holiday Magic Shines at Disneyland Resort

In traditional holiday spirit, Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure parks become dazzling holiday wonderlands beginning November 16, featuring spectacular entertainment,

Disney's Halloween Time will sure to delight the whole family

amazing decorations, festive foods and favorite adventures and attractions.

Disneyland

Disneyland presents a seasonal array of holiday shows, attractions and lively entertainment. Guests entering Main Street, U.S.A., find the traditional 60-foot evergreen Christmas tree in Town Square, decorated with 10,000 ornaments and holiday lights. The park’s annual holiday parade, “A Christmas Fantasy,” is presented daily November 16 through January 6.

“Santa’s Reindeer Round-up” allows kids and their families to chat with St. Nick, see real reindeer grazing in a corral and join in holiday line dances with music from a Western trio. “Haunted Mansion Holiday” features the collision of Halloween and Christmas themes. Jack Skellington from the film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas transforms the Haunted Mansion to match his odd vision of the holidays. And in Fantasyland, the classic “it’s a small world” becomes “it’s a small world Holiday” with an overlay of more than 300,000 colorful twinkling lights.

The nightly fireworks spectacular, “Believe … In Holiday Magic,” debuts November 16. New for this holiday season, the park’s signature Sleeping Beauty Castle glows with lights that resemble hanging icicles during the fireworks show. The fireworks conclude with a touching rendition of “White Christmas” and one of Disneyland’s most beloved holiday traditions: the magical snowfall which gently flutters down on Main Street, U.S.A., Small World Mall and New Orleans Square.

Disney’s California Adventure

California Adventure present an array of Holiday Events and shows

Disney’s California Adventure celebrates the season with park-wide decorations and lively entertainment. Inside “a bug’s land,” Flik and his bug buddies have spread giant Christmas lights, oversized ornaments and towering candy canes throughout their realm. Alongside Paradise Bay, a resplendent Christmas tree provides a dazzling sight as other nearby trees sparkle with hundreds of lights and wreathes adorn lampposts.

The Sunshine Plaza becomes “Santa’s Beach Blast,” where the Disney characters blend classic holiday images with the California beach lifestyle. Santa the surfer greets guests near a Woody wagon sleigh, and the area is filled with seaside-style holiday decorations.

The Park hours for both Disneyland Resort theme parks are extended for much of the season, and the Downtown Disney District and three Disneyland Resort hotels join in the merriment with special entertainment and holiday dining. For more information about the holiday activities, new attractions, and the Year of a Million Dreams, visitwww.disneyland.com

You’re Invited to LEGOLAND®’s Holiday Block Party!

The eighth annual Holiday Block Party at LEGOLAND® runs for just one week from December 22 - 31. The family theme park is decked out in its holiday finest with decorations, special

Legoland's eighth annual Holiday Block Party is a holiday favorite

entertainment and jolly sounds of the season.

The world's biggest LEGO® tree is the centerpiece of the event. Standing 30-feet tall and created out of more than 245,000 forest green DUPLO bricks, the tree is adorned by more than 240 ornaments and 100 holiday candles, all built in LEGO basic brick. Take advantage of a great holiday photo opportunity as your children pose with a special life-size LEGO display of Santa, his sleigh and two reindeer, one with a familiar bright red nose. The 7-foot tall display features 51,100 bricks. Of course the "real Santa" will visit LEGOLAND on December 22 - 24 before heading up to the North Pole!

Nightly fireworks light up the sky above Miniland U.S.A., and the holiday season concludes with the only Kids' New Year's Eve party in Southern California with a special brick drop at 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.LEGOLAND.com or call 760.918.LEGO.

Hang Out for the Holidays with the SeaWorld Gang!

Clyde and Seamore welcomes holiday visitors to Sea World San Diego

Shamu and the gang will be in the holiday spirit this year with special festivities to celebrate the season. SeaWorld’s Holiday Celebration returns for a second year, with"Clyde and Seamore's Night Before Christmas" sea lion and otter show and "Shamu's Holiday Night" killer whale shows, December 1–2, 8–9, 15–31. SeaWorld's Holiday Celebration also features the lighting of SeaWorld's 320-foot Skytower Tree of Lights. On selected dates, the celebration also will include strolling holiday musicians and "Meet the Holiday Animals" such as a reindeer, penguins, arctic foxes and more. (December 1, 8, 15 and 22 and December 26–31). For further information, visit www.seaworld.com.