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Have a blast with your family this fall
San Diego offers everything families could want from a vacation destination. The coming of fall brings with it great kid-friendly promotions such as October Free Kids Days at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, and the option to visit all four of the major attractions that also include SeaWorld and LEGOLAND for a fantastic Fab Four rate. In addition to our attractions, be sure to check out the fun and educational offerings around the county that make San Diego a getaway spot perfect for the whole family.
Balboa Park
What could be better than an entertaining park where your kids can experience art, culture, and learn something new along the way? The largest urban cultural park in the United States, Balboa Park is often referred to as the “Smithsonian of the West.” Its 1,200 lush acres are home to 85 cultural attractions, including 15 museums, eight gardens and the San Diego Zoo. The park features a massive array of interesting and fun activities for all ages including: The San Diego Air & Space Museum, The Balboa Park Carousel, The Balboa Park Miniature Railroad, the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater, the San Diego Automotive Museum, the San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum, the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, the San Diego Museum of Man, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, the San Diego Museum of Art, and the San Diego Natural History Museum.
The New Children's Museum encourages children to think, play and create with innovative, hands-on art opportunities, classes and first-rate exhibitions designed by emerging and established contemporary artists. The museum ended the summer in the pillow room with Ziggy Marley for the final weekend of their first exhibition, childsplay, on September 7. The Museum will be closed until October 10, when it will re-open with their second exhibition, Animal Art, where kids will get a chance to think animal, play animal, and create animal.
San Diego Bay
No stay in San Diego is complete without a trip to the waterfront. San Diego Bay is bustling with activity, as it serves as the homeport for Navy ships, a large sportfishing fleet, thousands of pleasure craft, and an increasing number of cruise ships. Mission Bay, a 4,600-acre aquatic playground, is the largest facility of its kind in the world featuring separate, designated areas for sailing, power boating, fishing, swimming, and water skiing. The USS Midway Museum is a retired aircraft carrier that now serves as a fascinating interactive floating museum.The Maritime Museum of San Diego consists of several historic sailing vessels docked on San Diego Bay including old tall ships, passenger ferries, and even a Russian submarine.
The Beaches
Whether families wish to swim, surf, snorkel, play volleyball, or just lie in the sun, there’s a stretch of sand for everyone along San Diego's 70 miles of coastline. Coronado Beach is an aquatic wonderland recognized annually by the Travel Channel as the best family beach in North America. La Jolla Shores is recognized as one of the most family-friendly beaches in San Diego County according to the Travel Channel.Ocean Beach, home to the Ocean Beach Pier and the popular Dog Beach. A three-mile boardwalk popular with inline skaters, skateboarders, runners, and bicyclists connects Pacific Beach and Mission Beach. Mission Beach is home to Belmont Park, featuring its vintage “Giant Dipper” roller coaster, “The Plunge” giant indoor swimming pool and amusement arcades.
History
San Diego boasts a rich heritage that comes alive at many monuments and historic sites located throughout the county. Be sure to see Cabrillo National Monument in Pt. Loma, Mission San Diego de Alcala in Mission Valley, Old Town State Historic Park, and the Gaslamp Quarter Downtown, during your stay in San Diego.
Family Fun Events
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Through 09/26/2009
Inaugural Mission Bay Wine Festival at The Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa
Catamaran Resort and Spa
Location: Mission Bay
Price: $55 in advance $60 at the door
Description: The inaugural Mission Bay Wine Festival will feature tastings from prominent wineries in Napa, Temecula, Sonoma, Washington and abroad. Proceeds from the silent auction
benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego County.
Hosted by Pacific Magazine, 101 KGB, and The Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa
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Through 09/26/2009
Night at the Museum
San Diego Air & Space Museum
Location: Balboa Park
Price: $70-&75
Description: Now your family can explore the Museum at night during our Night at the Museum sleepover! Over the course of the evening your family will explore the galleries and our mysterious basement with flashlights, watch a movie, meet costumed re-enactors, and much more. Then you'll end the night sleeping under the planes in our galleries.
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Through 09/26/2009
Stella Nova Dance Company presents 'The Magic of Mingling'
Stella Nova Dance Company
Price: $10-22
Description: Join Stella Nova Dance Company as they present a spirited mixture of dance by an amazing line-up of choreographers in the company’s fall show, The Magic of Mingling, premiering on September 25 and 26 at the David and Dorothea Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla.
“We are especially fond of The Magic of Mingling because it presents audience favorites with new twists,” says Rayna Stohl, Artistic Director of Stella Nova. “Working with our company’s dancers is priceless and reflects the importance of dance in a youth’s life.”
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Through 09/27/2009
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Through 09/28/2009
Cabrillo Festival
Cabrillo Festival, Inc.
Price: Free
Description: Fun Festival commemorating the discovery of San Diego
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