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My husband’s best friend, also named Chris, lives in Trenton, New Jersey with his wife and their two children. I was talking to him on the phone the other day, just chatting about summer vacation and what was going on here in Michigan this summer, and he started telling me about all the Things to do in New Jersey during the summer, and I was so surprised! They have this place in Wildwood called Morey’s Piers that has three different amusement parks right on the water, two different beachfront waterparks, plus a summer concert series! We do not have ANYTHING like that in Michigan.

Wildwood events include the Radio Disney concert series which takes place on “Magic Mondays” Radio Disney’s hottest musical artists will appear live, for FREE, on July 7th, 14th, and 21st, and then on July 26th, Mitchell Musso from “Hannah Montana” and Raven Symone from “That’s So Raven” perform at the Oceanfront Arena. The final concert isn’t free, but ticketholders can save $10-$15 off tickets for the following day to the amusement piers or waterparks!

You know, we were going to save up and take a family vacation to a waterpark here in Michigan, but after looking at everything there is to do at this Morey’s Piers, now I want to plan a trip to a new jersey water park instead. We could see my husband’s best friend and go to both amusement and waterparks at the same time, it would be a trip my kids would never forget!

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Little Jet Set was founded by two mothers, Hana S. Wolf & Nisha T. Cordero, who left the practice of law to share their extensive knowledge of how to keep kids entertained on planes, trains, and in automobiles without resorting solely to electronic gadgets. Their website is packed with an outstanding collection of products designed to help make travel easier and more fun for both kids and parents!

All of the brands whose products are carried by Little Jet Set are of the highest quality and are carefully chosen. To give me an idea of what is available on the site, Lisa at KidStuffPR sent me two great products to review.

This Bee Lightening Bug flashlight by Manhattan Toy has an easy on/off button switch and shuts off automatically. It comes with two AA batteries and is meant for ages 3 and up. It’s a cute toy AND a flashlight!

From the Luggage and Bags category, I received this Wet/Dry Case by Room-It-Up in adorable pink and green plaid. It’s got a divider so that your wet toothbrush or bath sponge can go on one side, and the items on the other side stay dry. You bet I’m packing it when I go to Disney in two weeks!

I skimmed through all of the categories on Little Jet Set and here are just some of the great things I found to use when traveling-Craft kits, coloring books, flashcards, cute hooded beach towels that fold up into pillows, Nocturnimals, which are stuffed animals that gently glow with the touch of their paw and stay lit for four minutes, games for the car-cards, magnetic games, puzzles with oversized pieces in a zippered travel bag, travel journals and scrapbooks, soft Playsets that are smooshable and machine washable (love the Snow White and the Seven Dwarves finger puppets!) and the Trunki, a rolling suitcase that toddlers can ride on while you pull them by a strap-cute and fun!

Whew! I’m telling you, before you take your next trip, check out Little Jet Set! Whatever you need (or don’t know you need yet), I bet they have it! Thank you again to Little Jet Set and KidStuffPR for sending the flashlight and the wet/dry case for this review.

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When my family and I go on vacation, I generally plan everything very carefully. I know where we need to go, when we need to be there, how long it will take, and it usually works out just fine. Except for the summer that we went to California to visit my sister and go to Disneyland and Legoland-that time my planning didn’t work out as well.

Our flight home left from John Wayne airport in Orange County, and I assumed it would take us about thirty minutes to drive there from our hotel. Problem was, the distance we needed to drive would have taken thirty minutes had we been in Michigan traffic, only we were in California traffic, which turns out to be a whole lot different. The drive ended up taking over an hour, and by the time we got to the airport, dropped off the rental car and got through security, we had missed our plane.

To say I was freaked out would be a huge understatement. I must have looked sufficiently panicked to the Northwest Gate agent, because he got on the phone and next thing we knew, he had transferred our tickets at no charge to another flight-leaving from LAX in Los Angeles! Fortunately for us, while the plane had been boarded and the doors locked, the baggage had not yet been loaded, so we were able to get our bags pulled off and brought back to us in the airport. I waited in the ticketing area while my husband went to find a taxi that would take us to LAX-oh, and Northwest also gave us taxi vouchers for a free ride to the airport. Since then, my husband and I have been fiercely loyal to Northwest for caring so much about us.

Anyway, I saw my husband motioning to me from outside that he had found a taxi, so I put our suitcases on a cart and went out to load them in. And then realized that I had left the taxi voucher AND OUR TICKETS on top of the counter in ticketing. I ran faster than I ever have back inside, sure that I would get there to find that someone had stolen our tickets and the voucher. But the heavens were smiling down on me that day, and they were right where I left them. We all piled into the taxi, drove to LAX, and made our flight home on time. And so far, that has been the CRAZIEST thing that has ever happened to me on vacation!

So, why am I telling you this? Because Trusted Tours & Attractions wants you to know that if you like to plan your vacations like I do, their site can show you plenty of things to do in Los Angeles (in case you ever miss a plane or anything). The site has lots of great family vacation ideas in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and Washington D.C.

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