Summer Fun with Tropicana

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My family and I have been enjoying Tropicana's Juicy Rewards for a while, and now that summer is here we need those Juicy savings more than ever. I've signed the kids up for one week of camp and we're traveling for five weeks, but we've still got all the rest of the summer to fill up with fun things to do. I love scheduling day trips to museums, parks and amusement centers, so every little discount helps. The Basics Juicy Rewards is a great program from Tropicana that helps you save on the stuff your family loves to do, just by buying stuff your family already loves -- orange juice. Each specially marked carton of Tropicana Pure Premium or Trop50 has a special code that you enter online to get Juicy Reward Points. You can redeem Juicy Reward Points for discounts on fun activities and gear (for more information, check out the Juicy Rewards official site). As a BlogHer Juicy Insider, I get to try out some of the activities that you can redeem discounts for, and tell you all about it. The Bongga One of the best things about Juicy Rewards Points is that they can be redeemed for discounts at so many popular places, not just obscure, out-of-the-way places that need to offer coupons to draw people in. Our latest Juicy excursion was to Children's Fairyland in Oakland, one of the first themed amusement parks in the US and a huge favorite in the Bay Area. It's a tried and tested favorite with my kids, and they're always ready for a visit.
Children's Fairyland is a sweet little place for young kids, filled with storybook sets that kids can run through and play in. One of my kids' favorites is the Alice in Wonderland set, which leads kids down a rabbithole-slide, through some underground tunnels and into a card maze. This must be how Alice felt when the whole pack of cards fluttered down on her!
Fairyland holds puppet show performances two or three times a day. Their productions are excellent (this one is "Wind in the Willows) and everyone enjoys them.
The park has a few gentle rides like a carousel, a train and a small ferris wheel. This is the "scariest" ride of the park, a giant dragon slide. Okay, it's not exactly a thriller amusement park, but kids of all ages love it, and they can actually go wicked fast on that slidy aluminum surface.
Since I was able to redeem two 2-for-1 admission coupons with my Juicy Rewards points, I told The Pea she could invite her best friend. The Pea is always getting invited by this girl's family so I thought it was time I returned the favor -- and thanks to Juicy Rewards, I didn't feel the bite in my wallet even with four kids. They all had a blast, and even made some new friends at the park (see photo above), spending quite a bit of time playing with (and on) them.
Children's Fairyland is really a wonderful place to hang out for the day! The Blah I've just discovered the first serious flaw in the Juicy Rewards program! You can only redeem a maximum of 3 rewards in each category (i.e. Museums, Aquariums, Batting Cages & Arcades, Amusement & Water Parks, etc..) -- not 3 rewards per establishment, per category. For example, you can only get dining discounts 3 times -- once for Baskin Robbins, once for Arby's, and a third time for some other local place, or any combination. But you're limited to three, and only three, dining coupons.
Same goes for the other categories. So we can only enjoy discounts to 3 museums of any kind, even if we've gathered enough Juicy Rewards points to pay for 5! I was hugely disappointed because it means we can't redeem Juicy Rewards points to enjoy discounts at our favorite places again and again. C'mon Juicy Rewards, puh-leeeeeeeze remove the 3-discount limit! The Bottom Line Despite the 3-discount-per-category limit, Tropicana's Juicy Rewards program is still a great way to save on things to do. It just means you get to try new things all the time, which is especially great during the summer when you and your kids are looking for things to do. They're adding new discounts all the time, so you're sure to find a deal you'll want to use! On a final note, I'm sad to say that this is my last formal post as a Juicy Rewards Insider. My Juicy Rewards Posts might be ending, but the fun goes on. You can bet I'll be buying Tropicana juice, entering codes, maxing out my points, and redeeming all the rewards I can. Make sure you squeeze every last drop of savings you can from Tropicana's Juicy Rewards Program until it ends in November! Register with and Tropicana Juicy Rewards and get one additional Juicy Rewards Point for free! To get you started, BlogHer and Tropicana have teamed up to offer new Juicy Rewards members a bonus Juicy Rewards point! How great is that: you get one step closer to redeeming a Juicy Reward, at no cost to you. To get your bonus point: 1. Go to http://www.tropicana.com/ 2. Set-up your Tropicana Juicy Rewards account (just take a minute!) 3. Visit the "Enter Codes" page within the site and get started with BLOGG-HER11 * *Note* This one-time use code is valid for new accounts ONLY. Must be entered within 6 hours of creating your account. One Last Time -- Win a $50 Visa Gift card! One lucky Bonggamom Finds reader will win a $50 Visa gift card courtesy of BlogHer. To enter, leave a comment on this post and tell me how you plan to save on your family's summer fun activities. Extra Entries For extra entries, you can do any or all of the following, (you can only do each extra entry once; please leave a separate comment for each extra entry): 1) Write this on the Bonggamom Finds Facebook Fan Page (leave a comment on this post with your FB id): I joined the 6th $50 Visa giveaway on Bonggamom Finds! http://ow.ly/1VOq5 2) Write this on the Tropicana Facebook Fan Page (leave a comment on this post with your FB id): Hey Juicy Rewards fans -- see how Bonggamom is using her Juicy Rewards points to have some summer family fun, and enter to win a $50 Visa giftcard! It's the last Juicy Rewards giveaway, so enter now! http://ow.ly/1VOq5, ends 6/30. 3) Tweet this (leave a comment on this post with a link to your tweet): See how @bonggafinds uses Juicy Rewards points to have fun this summer, enter 2 win a $50 Visa giftcard fr @blogherdeals! http://ow.ly/1VOq5 Maximum of 4 entries per person. This giveaway ends at midnight PST on June 30, 2010; I will draw a winner at random on July 1 and post the winner's name in the comments section after the winner confirms acceptance. Click here for complete giveaway rules. For more information, check out the Juicy Rewards official site. And don't forget to visit the rest of the BlogHer Juicy Insiders' posts (links are on the BlogHer.com special offers page )-- you'll have 7 more chances to win! Disclosure: I am being compensated for my participation in the BlogHer Juicy Insiders program. The views and opinions expressed here are my own.