Lots To Do In Line: Disneyland - A Days in the Park Giveaway

Last week, we shared a review of a Disneyland-themed book we were recently sent after we gave it a trial-run inside The Park.  Lots To Do In Line: Disneyland by Meredith Lyn Pierce, was definitely something that comes highly recommended by us (you can read the review to find out what that's all about), and now that we've recommended it to you, thanks to our friends over at The Intrepid Traveler, we're going to really share it with you!

They were kind enough to send over a couple of extra copies, brand-spanking new, for the best readers on the planet, and we're passing them along to you!

"Look ma, someone just won us!"

Like we said in our review, we think that these books are just absolutely fantastic, so it's a huge deal for us to be able to pass a couple along to you, for your next trip to Disneyland!

Here's what you need to do to enter, so listen up!:
1) Leave us a comment letting us know that you'd like to win a copy of the book.

Easy enough, right?  But if you'd like a couple of more ways to enter to win, check this out:
BONUS ENTRIES:
1) Follow us on Twitter (@DaysInThePark) and leave us a comment here with your name and Twitter ID and let us know you're following us on Twitter
2) "Like" us on our Facebook Fan Page and leave us a comment here with your first name and let us know you're following us on Facebook

While it may seem like shameless self-promotion, and in a way, of course it is, these really are the best ways to keep track of us and what we're up to, and always be in the know about fantastic items that we're giving away, just like these!

You will recieve ONE entry for each comment that you leave us, for up to a possible total of THREE entries per person.  BE SURE TO LEAVE US A COMMENT FOR EACH ITEM THAT YOU COMPLETE - THEY MUST BE SEPARATE COMMENTS for each individual item.  That way, you are assured that all of your entries are properly counted in the drawing.  It may seem like we're yelling at you, but every time someone fails to do it and misses an entry, so please be mindful.  It's all so that you get more chances to win!

You will recieve ONE entry for each comment that you leave us for each item completed, for up to THREE entries max.  Our giveaway will run until Tuesday, February 28th, 2012 at 11:59PM-PST.  We will hold a drawing for the winner on Wednesday morning, the 29th using random.org, and will announce the winner here on our blog as well as on our Facebook page, and contact the winner at that point.

Again, you guys are why we do this.  We love writing, and we love carrying people along with us on adventures.  We just can't say "thank you" enough, but with the help of The Intrepid Traveler and this wonderful little book, we think we've come up with a pretty good way to do just that.  Let the entering begin!

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The Intrepid Traveler provided Days in the Park with three copies total of Meredith Lyn Pierce's Lots To Do In Line: Disneyland.  One copy was sent for review purposes to Chad and Mark, and was kept for their own personal use (at the behest of The Intrepid Traveler), and two copies were to be given to you, our readers, which we're doing here.

We Have a Winner in Our First "Thank You" Giveaway!

We have a winner!

A couple of weeks ago, as a big fat "Thank You" to the many readers we've had over the last several months, we offered up some Disney goodies to one lucky winner.  The contest (or entry deadline) ended last night just before midnight, we've done our drawing this morning, checked everything out, and we're ready to announce who it is!

Before we do, though, we just wanted to say again how much we've loved doing this over the past few months.  It's been a joy to write about something we love on an almost daily basis, and we're very appreciative of everyone, old and new, who's come through our doors and came along on our "Days" with us.  You're the reason we write (as opposed to just enjoying Disneyland ourselves), and you're the reason we decided to host this giveway, and you can bet we'll be doing many more of them in the future.  It was fun watching the entry list grow over the last couple of weeks!  Enough chit-chat...!

The winner of the very first Days In The Park "Thank You" giveaway was comment #58, CastawayJP!

Our winner was chosen using the "True Random Number Generator" at random.org.

And there you have it!  Jeremy, we'll be contacting you shortly via Twitter Direct Message to make sure we get your information taken care of so we can get that prize pack out to you as quickly as we can.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered.  As we said, we've had so much fun doing this, we can only assume we'll cook up another reason to do one very soon.  So keep coming back for more opportunities to win your own Disney goodies from Days In The Park!

The winning prize pack for our first "Thank You" giveaway - who knows what we'll give out next!? Stay tuned!

We'll See Your D23 Expo and Raise You a "Thank You" Giveaway!

Whoops!  We apologize for anyone who may have been looking for a post yesterday and didn't see one!  For some reason it didn't auto-publish as it was supposed to, so we're a day behind thanks to it.  Now that that's out of the way...

Well, the D23 Expo 2011 has come and gone.  We spent the last week talking about, and sharing pictures from, our favorite parts of the two days we spent there, and we figured what better way to wrap it up than with our first ever Days In The Park giveaway!

We've been planning a giveaway for a while now, and have been collecting items here and there and we're ready to roll.  Not only was it the end of D23 though, but we've hit several milestones with our blog in recent months and this is our way of saying "Thank You!" to everyone who has made it happen.  We recently crossed the 300 "Likes" threshold on our Facebook Page (and are poised to hit 400 any day now), and we crossed the 1,000 followers mark on our Twitter account as well.  We stand amazed at all the encouragement and reads we've had over the last several months, and we appreciate each and every person who's walked through our virtual doors and listened to what we had to say.  As long as people keep reading, we're going to keep writing; and giving stuff away.

So here's what we have for you guys in our first "Thank You" prize-pack:

• Stitch Plush complete with a keychain from one of our favorite attractions at the Disneyland Resort;  Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
• An Annual Passholder-only Vinylmation featuring the new Disney California Adventure Park attraction Goofy's Sky School

And we've even thrown in some D23 Expo swag we picked up while we were at the convention last week including:

• The official guidebook we received for the D23 Expo which highlighted the entire weekend's worth of activities
• An official Lion King 3D orange headband (complete with orange faux fur!) which all the participants who saw the movie received (and let us tell you, we saw a lot of these at Disneyland this weekend so we can only assume they're quite popular)
• And best of all, A Disney Store Vinylmation celebrating the Store's 25th anniversary, which was only available at the Expo, and included a limited edition pin celebrating the Store's 25th anniversary as well

So there you have our first giveaway items! We think it's a fun little pack with something for everyone: the kiddies with the plush, the collectors with the Vinylmation, and the hardcore "we collect anything Disney" with some of our D23 swag.

Here's what you need to do to enter:
1) Follow us on Twitter (@DaysInThePark) and leave us a comment here with your first name and Twitter ID and let us know you're following us on Twitter
2) "Like" us on our Facebook Fan Page and leave us a comment here with your first name and let us know you're following us on Facebook
BONUS ENTRY:
1) If you have a site or blog of your own, link to us here at http://www.daysinthepark.com and let us know!  We've even made it easy for you with a button at the top of our page you can use and make it look all fancy!  Then leave us an extra comment here with your first name, Twitter ID and the address of your site or blog.

You will recieve ONE entry for each comment that you leave us for each item completed, for up to THREE entries max.  Our giveaway will run until Monday, Sept. 12, 2011 at 11:59PM-PST.  We will hold a drawing for the winner on Tuesday morning the 13th using random.org, and will announce the winner here on our blog as well as on our Facebook page, and contact the winner at that point.

IMPORTANT! - Please be sure to leave a SEPARATE COMMENT for each item that you complete, so you are assured you receive all of the entries that you are entitled to.   

Again, you guys are why we do this.  We love writing, and we love carrying people along with us on adventures.  We just can't say "thank you" enough, but we can sure try.  Let the entering begin!

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All of the items used in the above "prize pack" were chosen for the giveaway, and procured for the giveaway, by us.  We either paid for the items ourselves, or snatched them out of the "freebie" lines at the D23 Expo, because we're cool like that.