Edition 64 • July/August 2017 @FamiliesManch The local magazine for families with children 0-12 years facebook.com/familiesmanchester FREE www.familiesonline.co.uk ® MANCHESTER In this issue: School’s out for SUMMER! Loads of ideas for holiday clubs, things to do, and places to see! Covering: Altrincham, Trafford, Salford, Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Didsbury, Stockport, Cheadle, Bramhall, and surrounding areas. News News Disney on Ice comes to Manchester Save 20% at Oxygen this Summer! Jurassic Kingdom – a ARE YOU other trampoline parks it has multiple roar-some dinosaur tour! FEELING LUCKY?! different jumping zones, so whether you’re a superstar flipper or a bouncing The tour has an educational element WIN a Family Ticket beginner you’ll be in for a treat at attached to it thanks to an educational Oxygen Freejumping! worksheet for primary school aged to Gulliver’s World, Warrington Join Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse tales that have captivated the world, This Summer the whole family is children and a marquee where you can Gulliver’s theme park resorts offer the hottest as they take audiences on a fun-filled including the Lion King, The Little welcome to have a bouncing time as watch dinosaur documentaries. Other ticket for fun-loving families this summer! And tour in Disney On Ice presents Passport Mermaid, Peter Pan and Frozen. you defy gravity on the mega airbags, activities include an excavation scene we’ve teamed up with them to give away to Adventure (11 – 15 October). The show will be at the Manchester and take part in special themed events where younger children can dig in the THREE family tickets for a bumper day out Journey to the most memorable Disney Arena from 11 - 15 October and tickets including awesome beach parties and sand to unearth a T-Rex fossil, a VR at Gulliver’s World in Warrington. destinations with all of your favorite are now available at more! Or why not take on the Oxygen experience and a range of photo Magical memories are created every day at Gulliver’s, characters and get swept away by classic www.disneyonice.co.uk. Allstars at spring-loaded dodgeball? opportunities. which is specially designed for children aged two to 13. So it doesn’t matter if you’ve Oxygen Freejumping, Manchester’s There’s so much to explore! The dinosaurs cover three key area Termsgot toddlers and conditions or bigger apply. Familykids in membership tow, there entitles really 2is adults something and 2 children for everyone (aged 15 to or explore under) to and 60 consecu enjoy!- tive days free health & fitness membership at the club. Does not include access to golf facilities. favourite trampoline park, is set to Plus, exclusively for Families including the Jurassic, Triassic and New for 2017 is Togo Tower at Warrington and the Pirate Training Camp at Matlock Refract:17 at Waterside make Summer boredom a thing of readers, you can save 20% if you use Cretaceous period and include a T-Rex Bath. Together with theme park classics like the rollercoaster, log flume and the past with a great offer on code FAMILIES20 when booking! Get standing 18m from head to tail, a battle dodgems and a host of weird and wonderful rides and attractions at each park, there’s highlights including performances jumping sessions and special ready to make some memories this between Deinonychus and Tenontosau- loads to discover with lots of new things to see and do all the time! inside a giant bird’s nest, inspirational Summer events, exclusively for Summer with the whole family at rus, and a 16 metre long Diplodocus. With free parking all day, every day and a host of soft play areas, interactive shows, theatre on a trampoline, a family sing- Families readers! Oxygen Freejumping. Visit The UK’s first ever national outdoor The event runs daily from 8 – 23 activities and entertainment on offer too, there’s more to Gulliver’s than meets the eye. a-long and a family rave for the little Oxygen Freejumping is the place oxygenfreejumping.co.uk to book. animatronic dino-tour, including July, 10am to 8pm with last entry at It’s not just theme park thrills on offer at Gulliver’s – each resort is also home to ones, as well as thought-provoking and where you can jump, flip, leap, play and Located in Trafford Park, Manchester, 30 full scale creatures, comes to 7pm. Tickets are now on sale at other captivating attractions, including the Gulliver’s Hotel Warrington, Explorers intimate shows inside a static caravan soar to your heart’s content. Unlike this offer ends Thursday 31 August 2017. Manchester this summer. Expect www.jurassickingdom.uk with online Retreat at Matlock Bath, the award winning Adventurers Village at Milton Keynes and interactive gaming on a mega scale snarling jaws, moving eyes, booking prices from £11.50 adults, plus the Dinosaur & Farm Park as well as the SFEAR high ropes climbing for older children and teens. swaying tails and roaring sound £10.50 concessions, £9.50 children challenge and an official Nerf Zone at every location. Waterside Arts Centre has announced Refract:17 runs from Friday 21 to Summer in the Alps effects from these magnificent and £38 for a family ticket plus standard Find out more at www.gulliversfun.co.uk, www.facebook.com/gullymouse a brand new ten day summer Sunday 30 July and if you join creatures as you follow the trail booking fees. But if you book before and www.twitter.com/gullymouse programme bursting with Waterside’s free membership scheme, around the site at Philips Park in 8 July and enter FAMILIES20 at the To enter the competition, simply send your name and daytime telephone number to experiential performance, music passholders can enjoy a host of Manchester. checkout, you can save 20%! [email protected]. Entries close Sunday 30 July. Good luck! and events to challenge visitors of discounted tickets, drinks offers and all ages to see things differently. unique opportunities during the ten A wonderland of activity and theatre days. More information is available at will delight audiences of all ages – with refract.org.uk/refraction Turn your passion into pennies Gemma, an existing consultant in the area, has achieved huge success The Alps may be an obvious destination own meals, or join the party at ‘Au Coin after less than a month of promoting for the ski season, but how about a du Feu’ for dinners that you usually only this well-known and trusted range of summer visit? Summer offers enough dream of. Family friendly early evening products. Gemma says “I am already green (the mountains) and blue (the meals for the children and a daytime earning a good income with the 25-30% sky) to set you up for the whole year crèche for little ones not quite as active commission, plus there are so many – and plenty of fresh air to fill your as you, with drinks in the bar for the incentives and the company is so families’ lungs. grown ups – or in the Jacuzzi on the supportive. I am just thrilled and can’t With reasonably priced flights from terrace – Paul and Francesca will make believe I didn’t try this sooner! It fits London airports to Geneva then a short you wish that this was home! Are you looking to earn some extra so easily around the children and I am drive to Morzine, there is a warm wel- For more about Chilly Powder chalets money around being home with the selling products I am passionate about.” come waiting from Paul and Francesca for summer and winter visit children? Or perhaps to start a whole To find out more about local Eyre at Chilly Powder. With the main www.chillypowder.com and more new full time career in something you opportunities from sales consultant to team chalet – Au Coin du Feu – plus two about summer in Morzine visit love? The Body Shop At Home could manager call Jayne on 07960 274 739 or chalets next door, you can organise your www.summer.morzine-avoriaz.com have just the answer you are looking for. email [email protected] Next issue: Sept/Oct 2017 Advertising/artwork: Families Manchester is part of Families Magazines Ltd, a [email protected] franchise company. All franchised magazines in the Circulation: 25,000 copies of Families Manchester are group are independently owned and operated under available through nurseries, schools, libraries, selected Events, diary dates, what’s on: licence. Families® is a registered trademark of Families shops and other points throughout Greater Manchester. [email protected] Magazines Ltd, Remenham House, Regatta Place, Marlow If you would like free copies for your organisation, Cover Photography: Istock Road, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5TD. The contents of please let us know. Design: Paul Wilson Graphic Design, Congleton. 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