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As (A) was selected to attend the trip to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his music school, New City School of Music, we knew right away that we would want to make a family trip out of it (when will we ever have the chance to come back). I reached out to friends and also my favorite reference, Pinterest, in order to find cool things we had to see, and do. I will OF COURSE be blogging about all of it. The first one is the house from the movie “A Christmas Story“.
WARDROBE
I am a HUGE dork as you know, and my kids are getting older FAST. I had the opportunity to put together some “themed” clothing items and took advantage of it. I am fully aware that soon enough they won’t allow me to do so, so I did it now (stay tuned for the outfits for our other stops).
The kids got customized gear because I have a circuit so WHY NOT?!
For (A) I of course had to play on “you’ll shoot your eye out”.
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For (E) the pink nightmare was PERFECTION. We did a play on the classic bunny suit scene, and since my little horror loving gal likes creepy things we thought this was befitting.
RNYD and I went more classic. He got a plaid button down shirt to play on the time frame of the movie, as well as to kind of be less dorky (he puts up with me only half willingly). I used his shirt to tie the ensemble together (special thanks to my girls including RNYM Account Manager Sofija to helping me there).
For myself we decided to go classic, with a 50’s themed dress <3
EXPERIENCE
We purchased our tickets before heading out to Cleveland so that I could put them out that day for the kids. They are super affordable. I also keep the clothing a secret having packed them in their bags without their knowledge. I love that they can wear them again this holiday season too :o)
There is a small amount of off street parking next to the house.
When we got there we went straight to the house to check it out. You have to have tickets to do this, if you didn’t purchase in advance, you have to go to the store to get them before you can enter. The staff allows you a certain amount of time to walk around and “experience’ the house, check things out and recreate specific scenes that you recall.
You can touch all the things <3
At your scheduled time they call you all together and you learn about the movie and the house, then you get a tour of the outside, the firehouse, museum, and garages.
Seeing all the memorabilia was really cool, but I especially loved the fan art that they display.
You finally finish up in the souvenir shop. THERE ARE SO MANY FUN THINGS this takes time, and restraint :o) We could have purchased everything, but we chose a few special items for the kids (nope no leg lamp, no bb gun). The kids each brought money they were able to use for something special and RNYD and I supplemented a bit, of course, we purchased an ornament for the tree to commemorate the experience (which we always do).
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COOL SIDE NOTES
This is a great place to maybe take those “Christmas Card” photos- the staff is super kind and everyone there was so nice, and willing to help you if you wanted a family pic.
They do special events for Christmas in July- check them out if you are considering a visit.
You can RENT the house like a hotel, or the Bumpus’ house next door. We really enjoyed Cleveland and its not 100% off the table as a future possibility.
