New Dora and Diego Exhibit
The Let’s Explore Exhibit featuring Dora the Explorer and Diego, favorites among preschoolers, opens January 28th at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana.
Activities include exploring Isa’s Flowery Garden, helping Tico gather nuts, uncovering pirate treasure with the Pirate Piggies and helping baby animals in the Rainforest Maze. The exhibit runs through May 6th, 2012.
A special event, Breakfast with Dora, is scheduled January 28th & 29th. Contact the Discovery Science Center for details.
General admission into the museum is $14.95 for adults and $12.95 for kids age 3 to 14. Kids 2 and under are free. Parking is $4.00 (cash only).
The Discovery Science Center, a 59,000-square-foot museum with approximately 120 interactive exhibits that encourages visitors to search for answers, think and explore, is Orange County’s largest nonprofit educational resource.
If you’re traveling on the 5 freeway, it’s hard to miss its iconic architecture, a 10-story-high, 108-foot giant cube sitting on one of its points. Click here for driving directions.
Discovery Science Center has over 120 interactive exhibits.
As the ball drops in Time Square, the Great Park balloon will descend
If you’re looking for something fun to do with your family on New Year’s Eve, head on over to the Great Park in Orange County and enjoy the festivities before counting down to 2012, East Coast time.
Beginning at 5:00, activities include carousel rides, kid’s crafts and a United Way “Midway” hosting carnival-style games and raffles. All proceeds will benefit Orange County families in need. Military vehicles and vintage cars will also be on display.
Stop by the Hanger 244 Lounge, check out the D.J. and enjoy dancing to disco-era tunes. Live music begins at 7:00 presented by Southland Mega Groove performing music from each decade from the 1940′s to the present.
A variety of food vendors will be selling gourmet food and alcohol-free refreshments.
Don’t forget to share the fun with your friends at the high-tech photo booths that can post your pictures to Facebook.
At 8:30 the park transforms into a New Year’s Eve bash with streamers, party hats, noisemakers and as the ball drops in Time Square, the Orange Balloon will descend at the Great Park.
The celebration ends at 9:30, leaving plenty of time to put the kids to bed and celebrate yet another party, Pacific Standard time.
Admission to this event is free but there is a $10 Parking fee and entrance into the park for this special event will be at Trabuco off Jeffrey road.
