Showing posts with label fun facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fun facts. Show all posts

Sunday, October 12, 2014

WIN 2 Tickets ($44 value) to LEGO® KidsFest at the Indianapolis Convention Center Nov 7-9th! #Legokidsfest

We're giving away 2 Tickets ($44 value) to LEGO® KidsFest at the Indianapolis Convention Center November 7-9th! My kids have adored building with LEGO bricks from toddlerhood to the tween years, and I have fond memories of enjoying hours of creative play with them in my own childhood. We also dig geeking out on LEGO fun facts. Find them interspersed below and blow your friends' minds.


*Fun Facts: LEGO is the contraction of two Danish words, "leg godt" which means "play well". More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949


Disclosure: ChiIL Mama is happy to be in the US Family Blogger network. We have been chosen for this promotion and compensated with tickets for our family and our giveaway. As always, all opinions are our own.

Got a LEGO fan of your own? Indy is just a few short hours south of Chicago if you're in the area and up for a road trip. This is the closest LEGO KidsFest is coming to The Windy City. If you're one of ChiIL Mama's Indianapolis, Cincinnati, or closer readers, you're even luckier! Enter today.

LEGO KidsFest is coming to the Indianapolis Convention Center, November 7-9, 2014! LEGO KidsFest brings all of the creative hands-on, minds-on fun of LEGO building and experiences together in one activity- and entertainment-packed family event for children of all ages and builders of all skills and interests.

*Spacey Fun Fact: LEGO minifigures are out of this world, literally. The two Mars Rovers have an image of the LEGO minifigure etched into their front grill & Laid end to end, the number of LEGO bricks sold in a year would reach more than five times around the world.


TICKET Giveaway Details:
One of MY followers will win (2) tickets ($44 value) for the opening night session on Friday, November 7,  2014 (4-8:30pm). I encourage you to LIKE and Follow LEGO KidsFest on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram for all the latest ticketing updates as this event has been selling out in prior cities. Must be 18 to enter, 1 entry per day allowed, random drawing by USFG!

Winner will be randomly chosen by USFG on Friday October 17 announced on my Blog and notified via email.

*Fun Fact: The LEGO minifigure represents the world's largest population of people! More than four billion minifigures have been produced in the last 30 years. This is almost 12 times the population of the United States!



LEGO KidsFest Indianapolis, IN
Nov. 7 - 9, 2014

GENERAL INFORMATION
The LEGO KidsFest is a giant traveling LEGO expo coming to the Indianapolis Convention Center from Nov. 7 - 9, 2014. This hands-on, educational, all-ages LEGO extravaganza features millions of LEGO bricks, not to mention lots of construction zones, dozens of life-sized LEGO models and displays, LEGO Friends, LEGO Chima, LEGO Star Wars, live LEGO Master Builders, and so much more covering three acres of space. 

Five identical sessions are available. Tickets are $20 for kids and $22 for adults.




*Fun Fact: With a production of about 306 million tires produced a year, the LEGO group is the largest producer of tires in the world.


Here's some of the awesome LEGO related fun planned for LEGO KidsFest 
(some activities are subject to change)

* LEGO Model Gallery: dozens of life-sized models made entirely from LEGO bricks 
* LEGO Master Builders: live demonstrations and activities from the crew who get paid to play 
* Race Ramps: build a custom car, then race it down the ramp against friends and family 
* LEGO Chima: choose a tribe and test battling skills with the whole family 
* LEGO Star Wars: build and display a Star Wars model
* Creation Nation: build your own creation to add to a custom map of the U.S. 
* LEGO DUPLO: younger visitors can explore imagination through building
* LEGO Retail: purchase LEGO merchandise and official KidsFest tour goods
* Brick Pile: a gigantic pile full of LEGO bricks for creative play and enjoyment
* Monochromatic Builds: bricks of a single color to foster group creativity
* LEGO Friends: build for the five empowered friends from Heartlake City 
* LEGO Mindstorms: build and program robots and snakes 
* LEGO Ninjago: spin the way to being a Spinjitzu member 
* LEGO City: using the imagination to create buildings and vehicles to the urban diorama

*Fun Fact: There are 915 million ways to combine six eight-stud LEGO bricks.



LEGO Systems, Inc. is the North American division of The LEGO Group, a privately-held, family-owned company based in Billund, Denmark, one of the world's leading manufacturers of creatively educational play materials for children. The company is committed to the development of children's creative and imaginative abilities, and its employees are guided by the motto adopted in the 1930s by founder Ole Kirk Christiansen: "Only the best is good enough." Visit the virtual LEGO world at www.LEGO.com. LEGO, the LEGO logo, and DUPLO, are trademarks of the LEGO Group. 
2014 The LEGO Group.

*Fun Fact: Children around the world spend five billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.


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Disclosure: Once again, ChiIL Mama is happy to be in the US Family Blogger network. We have been chosen for this promotion and compensated with tickets for our family and our giveaway. As always, all opinions are our own.


Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Disney on Ice Rockin' Ever After Fun Facts #ChiDisneyonIce





Here at ChiIL Mama we love to ChiIL out with fun facts about productions.   We make the silly stats into games and geek out on the wacky wonder of what goes into a major, touring production.   Cover the answers and make your guesses.   You might be astonished!   Kids can beat adults at the fun facts games, too, so it's great entertainment for all ages.



Here are some Disney on Ice Presents Rockin' Ever After fun facts for you:


TOUR AND SHOW

Hours it takes to set up the production

Hours it takes to tear down the production
Crew members who travel with the production
Number of staff members with production
Number of concessions members with production
Number of trucks it takes to transport production
Number of buses it takes to transport cast, crew & staff
Number of cities on the 2012-2013 tour
Miles traveled during the 2012-2013 tour
Average distance between cities
Longest trip of the 2012-2013 tour
Shortest trip of the 2012-2013 tour
Number of trucks needed to haul equipment
Number of computers utilized by management
Average size of ice skating surface
Number of concessions trailers

Answers:
12
4
14
5
40
12- show; 3- FCP
4
34
12,270
300
Orlando to Providence 1,251 mi.
Newark to East Rutherford 12 mi.
12
5
140' x 70'
3



PERFORMERS
Number of male performers in the production
Number of female performers in the production
Number of countries represented by cast
Age range

Answers:
18
21
7
18 to 45


COSTUMES
Number of yards of fabric used to make the costumes
Number of costumes in the show
Number of costume pieces that make up the costumes
Number of costumes per cast member
Number of costume shops used to make the costumes
Total number of people who worked on costumes 
Number of Be Our Guest "place settings"
Number of Sea Creatures in Under The Sea 

**There are hidden Mickey images in the Beauty and the Beast's enchanted objects


Answers:

Over 350 thousand
About 180

Anywhere from 3-9 pieces
4-8
3 from CA, 6 from NYC and 3 from FL
Hundreds
10
23 + 6 daughters of Triton, Flounder, Sebastian, & Ariel



PROPS
Number of different paint colors used on the props
Total number of props in the show
Number of frying pans in Tangled
Number of fire torches used in kill the beast

Answers:
85

183

12
24



SET
Yards of fabric used in the stage set curtains
Height of tallest point of the set
Total weight of set
Dimensions of curtain

Answers:


1,091
38 ft.
16,000 lbs
32'6"x91'9"



LIGHTING
Length of lighting truss
Total number of lighting fixtures
Total number of available amps
Number of gobos (special lighting patterns)


Miles of cable

Answers:
1,027 ft.
382

2,095 amps used with 4,200 available
17 per fixture 1,258 total
6.62




SOUND
Number of hard drives

Number of speaker enclosures
Number of channels on the sound console
Number of sound effects added live
Range of sound (loudest)



Answers:
4

40

16
200
95db



Disney on Ice Rockin' Ever After is still in town, at United Center, for 5 more days only.   ChiIL Mama's readers can use the code MOM for big ticket savings, so go already!



Check out our original show shots & review here.


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