{"id":144,"date":"2009-02-06T15:17:51","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T21:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/play-outside-on-your-chicago-vacation-at-this-free-festival\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:42:04","slug":"play-outside-on-your-chicago-vacation-at-this-free-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/play-outside-on-your-chicago-vacation-at-this-free-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Play outside on your Chicago vacation at this free festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/6a00e54ece184a883301116844288c970c.jpg\" style=\"FLOAT: right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chicago-vacation\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e54ece184a883301116844288c970c \" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/6a00e54ece184a883301116844288c970c.jpg\" style=\"MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px; WIDTH: 250px\" \/><\/a> By Brooke Prewitt Vane<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who says it\u2019s too cold to play outside on your<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=chicago-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago vacation<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Grab your scarf and mittens and head out to Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumpark.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Millennium Park<\/a> this February 7-8 for a weekend of free fun during <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.explorechicago.org\/city\/en\/things_see_do\/event_landing\/events\/tourism\/frozen_fun_fest.html\" target=\"_blank\">Frozen Fun Fest<\/a><\/strong>. With games, performances and interactive activities, this is a great event to include in your family vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Kids of all ages can play <strong>ice games<\/strong> and pose for an ice portrait. There&#39;s also a kid-sized <strong>ice maze<\/strong>, <strong>guided winter walks<\/strong> and festive performances. Frozen Fun Fest will be held eachday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with performances daily at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>With plenty of indoor and outdoor attractions, it&#39;s always easy to find fun on a Chicago vacation. This weekend, bundle up your family, travel to Chicago and embrace the elements at Frozen Fun Fest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Orbitz resources:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformMDLPDealsContent?deal_id=chicago-vacations&amp;cnt=PKH\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago vacation<\/a><\/strong>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\" target=\"_blank\">Airline tickets<\/a><\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Brooke Prewitt Vane is a public relations specialist at the Chicago Office of Tourism.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT1kYWUyODkzM2RkMjdhYzE1OGQxYzQ5MTQyNTJiODZlMw==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make Frozen Fun Fest at Millennium Park part of your Chicago vacation and enjoy ice games, guided winter walks and a kid-sized ice 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