The Eden Project are offering free entry to volunteers & charity works this weekend, (20,21 & 22 January 2012).  Simply bring proof of employment, ID badge or letter of confirmation to enjoy a free day out at the Eden Project.

Eden Project Free Entry Offer

Warwick Castle for £13

Limited tickets are available for Warwick Castle at £13 per person if you book online in advance.  More details available at Warwick Castle £13 Deal.

Merlin Pass Half Price Offer

Pick up a half price Merlin Pass deal before this offer expires on 31 January 2011.  Individual Merlin Pass available for just £78 per person if you can visit selected Merlin attractions in person.  More details available at Merlin Pass Half Price Sale.

Trentham Gardens; £3 Entry

Trentham Gardens are currently offering discounted tickets this weekend to this popular Staffordshire attraction for just £3 per person.  More details available at Trentham Estate Deals.  For those in Staffordshire, you may also be interested in Blackbrook Zoo for £1.99 this weekend; simply turn up & pay on the door!

Half Price Legoland Pass Sale

Half Price Legoland Premium Annual Passes

Premium Legoland Annual Pass are currently available at half price and can be purchased online ore at the Legoland resort.  This pass includes unlimited entry during the Legoland season plus free parking and is available for £49.50 an adult & £37.50 a child, (3-15 years old). More details available at Legoland Premium Annual Pass Sale.

Vue Cinema; £1.25 per ticket

Vue cinemas offer mid morning family movies every weekend from just £1.25 per person.  Similiarly Cineworld offer £1 tickets for family movies on Saturday mornings at 68 of their cinemas across the country .  Simply check your local Vue or Cineworld cinema for details & listing times. More details available at Cinema Deals 2012.

Free Annual Pass Upgrades to Visitor Attractions

Here’s a chance to enjoy a day out and make savings all year!  Plenty of visitor attractions around the country offer free annual upgrades if you purchase your daily entrance ticket.  Attractions include the Eden Project, Blenheim Palace, Magna, National Space Centre & more.  More details available at Free Annual Upgrades for Visitor Attractions.

Have a good one,

Liz

Trentham Gardens are currently offering discounted tickets this weekend to this popular Staffordshire attraction for just £3 per person.  More details available at Trentham Gardens Offers 2012 or Trentham Gardens Ice Skating Deals 2012.

Trentham Ice Skating Deals

Purchase a Half Price Merlin Pass

This Half Price Merlin Pass sale is only running until 31 January 2011.  You can pick up an individual Merlin Pass for just £78 per person, (standard price £156) but only of you can visit selected Merlin attractions in person. If you are considering picking one up from Alton Towers, check out opening times at Alton Towers & Half Price Merlin Pass Sale

£5 Eden Project Annual Pass for Locals

For local residents living in Cornwall & Devon, you can pick up an annual pass for the Eden Project for just £5 per person!  Simply visit up to 10 February 2012 with proof of primary residence in Devon/Cornwall & photo ID and you can visit all year for just £5.  There is also the option to extend this to a 2 year annual pass for an additional £5, (ie 2 years annual pass for just £10).

Eden Project

Vue Cinema; £1.25 per ticket

Vue cinemas offer mid morning family movies every weekend from just £1.25 per person.  Children must be 12 or under and accompanying adults can also gain entry for this discounted ticket price.  This weekend’s selection includes Mr Popper’s Penguins, The Smurfs & Happy Feet 2.  Simply check your local Vue cinema for details & listing times.  Plenty more Cinema Deals available too.

Blackbrook Zoo; £1.99 per ticket

Here’s a chance to visit Blackbrook Zoo for just £1.99 per person this January.  With standard gate prices normally running at £9.95 an adult, this is a great chance to pick up a deal and enjoy a day out on a budget.  Simply visit the ticket kiosk on the day of your visit to take advantage of this deal.

Have a good one!

Liz

Vue cinemas offer mid morning family movies every day of the holidays from just £1.25 per person.  Children must be 12 or under and accompanying adults can also gain entry for this discounted ticket price.

Cinema deals

This Christmas holiday selection includes;

• Jonny English Reborn
• The Adventures of Tin Tin
• The Lion King
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2

Simply check your local Vue cinema for details & listing times.

Odeon Cinemas run a similar discounted ticket for children, (aged 12 and under) during the Christmas holidays.  Tickets are priced around £1-£2.50 for children with every child ticket you can secure a  free adult ticket too.  More details on participating cinemas & listing times available at Cheap Odeon Tickets for Kids.

There’s plenty more Cinema Deals available too including free tickets for preview screenings.

Sea Life Centre Deals

Our motto for Sea Life Centres is if you are paying full price, then you are paying too much!  There are plenty of Sea Life Centre Deals around to help you keep the costs down.

Ice Skating over Christmas

If you are planning a visit to an ice rink this Christmas, then check out of favourite Top Dog Ice Rinks for 2011/2012 including most glamorous rink & prettiest lakeside rink.

Drayton Manor's Magical Christmas

Visit Santa this Christmas

There’s still time to plan in a trip to see Santa this Christmas plus pick up a bargain to boot.  We’ve found a 2 for 1 voucher for Drayton Manor that includes all the rides at Thomas Land plus guaranteed snow or how about seeing Santa deep underground.  More details available at Visit Santa & 2 for 1 Deals.

Have a great Christmas, whatever you plan to do during the festive break.

Liz

Vue Cinemas offer £1.25 cinema tickets for children, (aged 2 to 12 years), and accompanying adults for families movies throughout the year.  Running every Saturday & Sunday, around 10am, plus every day throughout the school holidays. Simply check your Vue cinema for film listings & times.

Cinema deals

Tuesday Cinema Deals; Bargain Tuesdays with Cineworld

Participating cineworld cinemas around the UK offer discounted tickets each Tuesday for ALL movies being shown on that day.  More details available at Cineworld Tuesday Deals.

Tuesday Cinema Deals; Vue Cinemas Tuesday Deal

Vue cinemas also offer discounted tickets every Tuesday when you sign up for Cheap Day Tuesday Membership.  Membership is free and each member can purchase up to 10 tickets in one transaction, (ie not everyone needs to sign up!)  Just remember to sign up in advance as you cannot join and take advantage of cheap cinema tickets on the same day!

Odeon 40% off Vouchers

Whilst currently not available, we’ll let you know when this popular deal returns in 2012.  Remember with this deal, you need one voucher per person!  Why not Sign Up for Free to Topdogdays for the latest cinema deal updates.

Tips for a budget day out

Wednesday Cinema Deals; Orange Wednesdays

This allows Orange customers to bag 2 for 1 on cinema tickets each Wednesday.  More details available at Orange Wednesday Cinema Deals. It’s not just cinema tickets either with this deal as Pizza Express offers 2 for 1 on pizzas plus free garlic dough balls too.

Saturday Cinema Deals; Cineworld  Morning Ticket

Cineworld offers ‘Movies for Juniors’ where adult & child tickets are from £1 for a Saturday morning showing at around 10am. Cineworld usually offer a range of movies although it is worth noting that not all Cineworld cinemas participate in this deal. For further details, go to Cineworld Movies for Juniors.

Tesco clubcard vouchers & Cinema Deals

You can use your Tesco Clubcard vouchers to pay for Cineworld tickets.  Each adult cinema token costs just £4 in clubcard vouchers, (children’s cinema token; £2.50 in clubcard vouchers).  Cineworld rewards cannot be used in Dublin, Jersey or London’s West End cinemas.

Cineworld Unlimited Cards

For avid movie customers, it can be worth joining Cineworld’s Unlimited Card scheme.  You pay 14.99 a month, (additional charges for London West End & 3D movies) and watch as many movies as you wish!

For double deals why not combine a Cineworld unlimited card with Orange Wednesdays that gives both you & a friend substantially reduced cinema prices plus deals at Pizza Express!  Further information available at Orange Wednesdays & Unlimited Cards.

Free Cinema Tickets

Here’s a great way to pick up free cinema tickets & check out a movie before  general release to the public.  Simply sign up for free at See Film First, Disney Screenings or Show Film First with these preview movie websites.

Hopefully, you’ll then receive an email from time to time offering you free tickets, (usually 2 tickets), at a cinema close to you.  Films tend to run at off peak times, such as Saturday mornings or Tuesday evenings, and you need to be quick to use the screening code to confirm you tickets.  You can’t beat something for free!!

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Liz

With the ice rinks now open for the winter season, here’s a chance to take to the ice and miss the queues at the same time.  We’ve hunted high & low to find our Top Dog Ice Rinks for 2011 & 2012. Also worth checking out the deal running at Blackpool Beach Arena Ice Rink that is offering half price ice skating sessions on 30 November.

Ice Skating with Chilly Penguins

Public Sector Strike & Orange Wednesday

Don’t forget that this strike falls on a Wednesday so Orange customers can take advantage of Orange Wednesdays & bag 2 for 1 on cinema tickets.  To take advantage of this offer, just text Film to 241 and await your text code.  Show this code to cinema box office and pick up your 2 for 1 tickets for the movies.

Orange Wednesday isn’t just about cheap cinema tickets, you can also bag a bargain at Pizza Express too!  Flash your code at Pizza Express and you can receive 2 for 1 on pizzas plus free garlic bread or dough balls.

Swimming Deals

Public Sector Strike; Swim for it

Gulliver’s Splash Zones at both Milton Keynes & Warrington remain open and offers plenty of fun for a day out with the kids.  Check out our review at Gulliver’s Splash Zone Review.

The Theme Park maybe closed, but Alton Towers Waterpark remains open and plenty of deals available too.  More details can be found at Alton Towers Waterpark Deals 2011.

Water World in Stoke are running a buy one get one half price deal that is valid until the end of the year.  More details are available at Water World Deals 2011.

Many local authority pools maybe closed with the public strike so best to check before you set out.

Public Sector Strike & Twinlakes Theme Park

Twinlakes are offering 25% off their Winter Wonderland tickets for tickets purchased onine for 30 November 2011.  More details available at Twinlakes Winter Wonderland Deal.

Eden Project

Public Sector Strike; Eden Project & £5 Annual Pass for Locals

Devon & Cornwall residents could take this opportunity to pick up an annual pass for the Eden Project for just £5 per person.  Can’t beat this for value for money!  More details available at Eden Project £5 Passes.

Public Sector Strike & Crealy Adventure Park

Crealy Adventure Park in Devon is opening its doors for the day with a £5 per person entry ticket.  Whilst the outdoor park rides will not be open the indoor adventure area will be.

Public Sector Srike & Trentham Gardens for £2.50

If there’s 12 or more in your party, (and this can be a group of friends and family), you can take advantage of group rates of just £2.50 per person!  This will gain you access to the adventure park, maze, gardens, lakeside & cafe, (this does not include the Trentham Ice Skating).  More details available at Trentham Gardens £2.50 deal.

Liz

Legoland Discovery Centre is offering 1 free ticket to this attraction with £30 spent in store.  The free LDC ticket must be used between November & January & can only be redeemed when a valid till receipt is shown at the ticket kiosk.  Only one free ticket per transaction and only whilst stocks last.

Legoland, Windsor are also running a Free Legoland Annual Pass Deal on Christmas purchases.

Alton Towers Fireworks are running from 4-6 November with the best ticket deals available on 4 November with a late entry ticket for just £15.  More details available at Alton Towers Firework Deals 2011.

Alton Towers Fireworks 2011

Thorpe Park Fireworks

Thorpe Park Fireworks are on running on 5 & 6 November although the 5 November event is now almost sold out.  Many 2 for 1 vouchers run until 6 November but as you are unable to book in advance with these vouchers, maybe worth a call before you set off for this one.  More details available at Thorpe Park Firework Deals 2011.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Practically Half Price Season Passes

Here’s your chance to pick up a deal on next season’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach Annual Pass for almost half price.  Both Platinum & Diamond Passes up for grabs with this deal but only until 7 November 2011.  More details available at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Annual Pass Deals 2012.  Also last weekend to catch the Blackpool Illuminations & a Pleasure Beach Deal.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Deals

2 for 1 Voucher for Trentham Gardens & Tatton Park

Here’s a great 2 for 1 voucher that is available from Cheshire Gardens that offers free entry to many top garden attractions including Trentham Estate & Tatton Park.  More details available at 2 for 1 Vouchers for Cheshire & Staffs Gardens.

Cinema Deals for 5 & 6 November

Vue Cinemas continue to run their £1.25 tickets for mid morning family shows.  This week choose from The Smurfs, Hop, Rio or Kong Foo Panda 2.  More information available at Cinema Deals 5 & 6 November.

Eden Project Deals

Eden Project Local Annual Pass for £5

Here’s a great deal from the Eden Project for residents of Devon & Cornwall that offers an annual pass for just £5 per person!  More details available at Eden Project Deals & Local Annual Pass Offer.

Legoland, Windsor Half Price Tickets

Legoland, Windsor are offering half price tickets for the last day of the season on 6 November 2011.  Simply book online at Legoland by midnight on 5 November for this deal.  Plenty more Legoland Deals available too.

Liz

Odeon cinema is currently offering 40% off standard cinema tickets until 13 October 2011.  The great news is this not only includes Friday & Saturdays but you can use it on children, student & senior tickets too!  Simply download a 40% Odeon Voucher, or use the online discount code Film40 to secure your cheap cinema tickets.

Free Ticket Offer to the Dungeons

We’ve teamed up with The Dungeons to offer one lucky reader a family pass to this popular Merlin attraction.  With October half term & Halloween approaching, the Dungeons offers a brilliant scare attraction…for those that dare!

the Dungeon competition

The Dungeons can be found in London, York, Edinburgh, Amsterdam & now also recently opened at Blackpool too.  More details can be found at the London Halloween where you can also find a reduced price ticket offer running until 14 October 2011.

To enter our free prize draw all you need to do  sign up to our email subscription list on the right hand side of the page.  The winner will be notified from 4pm on Monday 10 October 2011.

With scary actor led shows, spooked rides and years of terrible history all within one attraction, it’s not for the faint hearted.   You’ll find plenty more details available at London Halloween.  Tickets are valid until 31 March 2012.

Good luck!

Liz

Odeon cinema is currently offering 40% off standard cinema tickets until 13 October 2011 !  Simply download your Odeon voucher, or use the online discount code Film40 to secure your 40% discount.

Drayton Manor Deals

Tuesday; Bargain Tuesdays with Cineworld

Check out participating cineworld cinemas that offer every ticket for every show at a discounted rate.  More details available at Cineworld discount tickets Tuesdays

Wednesday; Think Tank Museum only 10p

In celebration of Birmingham Think Tank’s 10th Birthday, you can gain entrance for just 10p on Wednesday 28 September 2011!  This offer is available all day with the museum open until 8pm if you were thinking of taking the children after school.

Thursday; Encourage the children to secure a Blue Peter Badge

Blue Peter badgeholders can gain free entry to almost 200 top visitor attractions including Alton Towers & London Zoo.  Badgeholders, aged between 6 & 15 years, must be able to show their Blue Peter badge, badge card and be accompanied by a full paying adult to secure free entrance.  More details available at Free Entrance for Blue Peter Badge Holders.

Cinema deals

Friday; Drayton Manor for £10

Drayton Manor is offering entrance for just £10 on Friday 30 September!  Simply arrive wearing something blue plus a downloaded voucher and you can take advantage of a theme park on the cheap. More details available at Drayton Manor £10 deal.

Saturday; Vue Cinema for £1.25 per person

Vue Cinemas offer £1.25 cinema tickets for children, (aged 2 to 12 years old), with accompanying adults each weekend morning.  This is a great way to enjoy a family movie on a budget.  Films running this week include Spy Kids; All the Time in the World & Marmaduke.  Check your Vue cinema for film listings & times.

Sunday; Free Return Visits to Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is offering FREE return visits if you book online from today until 19 October 2011 with reduced price wristbands available, (adults £27, juniors £22).  This is a ‘like for like’ deal including family wristbands where  you book your free return visit during the initial booking process.

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