Disney On Ice Celebration Coupon Discounts

Posted on November 22, 2010 by TheDaddy

Disney on Ice holiday celebration show is coming to arenas for the Christmas season. In the Denver area, Disney On Ice: Let’s Celebrate is at the Pepsi Center. Opening night is December 9, 2010.

You can get tickets online via TicketHorse, but the service charges are outrageous. If you can get to the Pepsi Center box office, be sure to buy your tickets there instead. I plugged in 4 tickets using a coupon for Disney On Ice I found and got discounted tickets for $14 each. That’s $56 if you can’t do the math, but the total for the order was over $85! Ticket Horse is a scam as far as I’m concerned.

The good news is that you don’t have to search for an online discount code for Disney on Ice Let’s Celebrate tickets. Opening night has $14 ticket specials with or without any online coupon code.

If you don’t want to go on opening night, you can get a 4 pack of tickets for $44 using coupon code FFA4. But, beware those high service charges and watch your order total before entering your credit card information or clicking ORDER.

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Christmas Toy Deals With No Black Friday Hassles

Posted on November 12, 2010 by TheDaddy

Want to get some big savings on toys for Christmas, but don’t want to hassle with fighting crowds on Black Friday?

Some retailers are hoping to both blunt the madness and increase their own sales by offering Black Friday sales BEFORE the Friday after Thanksgiving. Today and tomorrow over at Toys R Us, for example, there are “Door Buster” specials for in-store savings and coupons. You can find the printable Toys R Us coupons online and check out their sale online too.

Just head over to toysrus.com and click on the 2-Day Only Mega Sale. I would link to it, but its done via Flash or some other nonsense, so I can’t actually find out where to link. I would think that would be a bad idea for retailers online, but who knows.

Anyway, good sales on Melissa and Doug Toys, Zhu Zhu Hamsters, and a Lego table like the ones they have in some doctor’s offices, or in the Carter’s Outlet store in the Park Meadows Mall (although this is regular Legos, not the big toddler-sized Duplo Legos).

Don’t forget to check Amazon.com for prices before heading out to buy. If you signed up to get your free Amazon Prime two-day shipping as a “Amazon Mom” (even if you are a Dad!) everything ships free, even if you don’t spend over $25.

Happy Holidays, and good hunting for toy deals and more online and off.

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Halloween Candy Recall 2010 – Nestle Raisinets

Posted on October 27, 2010 by TheDaddy

Ever since selfish cowards began poisoning or otherwise tainting Halloween candy, it seems that kids just can’t catch a break when it comes to dressing up in a new costume and reveling in the surprise and delight of neighbors, friends, and family members at the sight of children in Halloween costumes. Each year, parents need to be smart and play it safe. This year, it seems that a couple of candy recalls before Halloween trick-or-treating starts are playing spoiler.

Fortunately, one of the recalls is not dangerous to most kids, although it can be very dangerous to those who are allergic to nuts. The other Halloween candy recall for 2010 is concerning for everyone and should be taken very seriously.

nestle-raisinets-recall-halloween-2010It seems that certain bags of Nestle RAISINETS Fun Size Bags in 10 ounce size may contain peanuts. The candy bags already say that they were made on machines that also process nuts, so kids with peanut allergies so severe even food made on equipment that handles nuts is not safe should already be steering clear of RAISINETS. But for those with serious, but quite that serious, nut allergies undeclared peanuts can be a big deal. A severe allergic reaction can mean a trip to the hospital, or worse. (Picture is NOT a sample of recalled packaging.)

The good news for all other children without peanut allergies is that there are no other health problems associated with candy from Nestle, or Raisenets in general.

For Halloween 2010, kids with no nut allergies who get Raisinets in their trick-or-treat bags can safely eat even the packages being recalled. For those children who do get Raisinets and have a peanut allergy, it’s probably best to throw them away, or trade them with friends for non-nut containing candy.

For full details on the Nestle Raisinets Halloween Fun Bags candy recall, visit the FDA’s website at FDA.gov (remember to use GOV and not COM).

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2010 Halloween Candy Recall Mega Pops Lollipops

Posted on October 26, 2010 by TheDaddy

Just in time to make savvy parents even more concerned about candy from trick-or-treating on Halloween, there has been a recall of a popular brand of lollipop Halloween candy.

2010-halloween-candy-recall-mega-popsMega Pops brand lollipops are being recalled for the vague and ominous reason that there may be “foreign particles” in the candy. If that doesn’t make you feel all warm and fuzzy, I don’t know what would.

Like most food product recalls this candy recall only affects certain bags of the suckers. These are all of the bags processed during the time that there was a problem. Customers need to compare the lot numbers on the bags of candy, or the UPC Code numbers. The catch to that, of course, is that kids getting Mega Pops suckers dropped into their trick-or-treat buckets or bags aren’t going to get a good look at the serial numbers on the bags.

If you have a bag of Mega Pops lollipops at home, then by all means check first to see if your suckers are even on the recall list. If not, then you can use them freely. You may want to think twice about giving them out as Halloween candy to trick-or-treaters though, considering that a lot of parents will be following the next bit of advice, as well.

If your child gets Mega Pops lollipops — or the any of the recalled Raisinets — it’s probably safest to just throw them away. If your child is old enough you can use this as a way to teach them that it is better to be safe than sorry. However, lessons make for very poor Halloween candy (the kind you should get your house TP’ed for) consider allowing your kid to swap out the suspect lollipop with one of the pieces of candy in the bowl your house is handing out to trick-or-treaters.

That way, children can learn a valuable lesson at Halloween without feeling like they lost out, and at the same time, they will learn that while Mom and Dad will never compromise on their health and safety, they also are not out to ruin a good time or cheat kids out of any Halloween candy.

(We do that after they go to sleep.  Hee, hee. — What? I walked around in the dark and cold too, some of that candy should go to me.)

Update: There is another Halloween candy recall for Nestle Raisinets. Fortunately, this one only affects those children who are allergic to nuts.

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Free Amazon Shipping for Parents Through Christmas

Posted on October 13, 2010 by TheDaddy

As mentioned earlier, Amazon has started a program that it calls Amazon Mom. Despite the name, it is open to Dads, Grandparents, and frankly, anyone. All you have to do is go to amazon.com/mom and fill out a form. No proof of being a primary care giver for a baby or toddler is required. As long as you care about being a good dad or mom (or pretend to) that’s all that matters.

The key benefit of Amazon Mom is that you get three months of free membership in the Amazon Prime program, and that means that you get free shipping on any size order (no $25 minimum is required). More importantly, it is free 2-day shipping. That can make the difference between getting a Christmas present ordered on Amazon in time for Christmas Day or not.

The Amazon Mom program also offers discounts on diapers and wipes, but you need to subscribe to regular orders to get the 30% discount on diapers and baby wipes.

Don’t forget, Amazon free super-saver shipping is available on orders of $25 and above. However, that kind of shipping has a time frame of 5 to 7 business days, and it gets slower with the Christmas rush as the holiday draws closer. That makes the free Amazon Prime 2 day shipping such an important part of finding good online deals for baby stuff and Christmas gifts for kids.

I’m bringing this free offer up again now because we are officially within the window where those three months of free 2-day shipping include Christmas (and New Years if you care.)

Go sign up now while you have plenty of time and aren’t rushing to make last minute shopping decisions. It will be sitting there waiting on your Amazon account come December 17th when you really need it.

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