To celebrate National Tourism Month, we have teamed up with Family Friendly Cincinnati (FFC) to give away 31 Prizes in 31 Days this May!

Register to win online at FamilyFriendlyCincinnati.com. And check back each day to see that day's prize.

Prizes include everything from tickets to Kings Island, Ozone Zipline Adventures and The Beach Waterpark to golfing canoeing, dining and more!

Plus, as an extra incentive, you can be registered into a grand prize drawing for a 1-night stay at Great Wolf Lodge if you do either or all of the following:

1. "LIke" Warren County on Facebook and leave a comment on the FFC blog saying you did so
2. Follow Warren County on Twitter and leave a comment on the FFC blog saying you did so
3. Leave a comment on the FFC blog about any of the prize giveaways.

Winners will be announced inside the 31 Prizes tab on our Facebook page and on Twitter. You can also follow the contest on Twitter by searching the hashtag #31Prizes31Days.

Great Wolf Lodge at Kings Island announced that it will be opening a new waterslide in March of 2010, just in time for Spring Break!

Named, The Triple Twist™, this new ride features a high speed, five-story drop into a huge funnel followed by twists and turns and two more funnels. And at night, The Triple Twist takes it up a notch as you are immersed in a full-sensory LED lighting experience. The Triple Twist will be the first waterslide of its kind in the world!

To celebrate the unveiling of the new ride, Great Wolf is launching its "First Family" Sweepstakes. The "First Family" will receive:

• The opportunity to be the first guests to ride the new waterslide on Grand Opening Day
• The winner's surname on the new ride
• The winner's photo and commemorative plaque placed in the Grand Lobby of the resort
• One of the hotel suites to be named after the winner (with a photo and plaque outside the room)
• Two overnight stays in 2010

The sweepstakes begins at 12:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, January 18, 2010, and ends at 5:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, February 26, 2010.

The 2009 Dock Dogs National Championship is coming to Warren County, Ohio, October 16-18! More than 400 teams are expected to compete in this year's competition. The National Championship features three unique competitions: the long jump, the high jump and the speed retrieval. 

The weekend activities are free and open to the public. The entire competition will be held at the Kings Island Resort & Conference Center.

Going on the same weekend, just across the street at Kings Island is Halloween Haunt and Howl-o-Fest, the park's unique Halloween events. For help planning your stay for this busy weekend, view a list of hotels near Kings Island. 

As a seventh-generation member of the world-famous Wallenda family of daredevils, Nik Wallenda is known for performing death-defying stunts.

This Saturday, August 15, Wallenda will push the limits of what his great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, started more than 100 years ago with a spectacular high-wire walk on a cable about the diameter of a nickel suspended 262 feet in the air from the park's front gate to the Eiffel Tower - a distance of more than 800 feet - with no safety nets or harnesses!

Nik will become the third member of the Wallenda family to perform at Kings Island, and his walk will be performed at a height that is three times higher than the previous Wallenda walks!

Wallenda's history-making walk is scheduled for 7:00pm and included free with park admission.

The all-new Cincinnati Premium outlets opens on August 6 and has big plans for its first weekend. Special Events for the weekend include UC legend Oscar Roberston appearing on Thursday at the Nike Store, plus live remotes all weekend from local radio stations such as B105 and Q102! Here's an article with parking details and other helpful information for the weeken.

Cincinnati Premium Outlets offers upscale outlet shopping with an impressive collection of 100 designer and name brand outlet stores including Banana Republic, Coach, Cole Haan, J.Crew, Kenneth Cole, Michael Kors, Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Tommy Hilfiger and more! Here is the complete list of stores.

MASON, OH - The United States Australian Football League (USAFL) will bring its 2009 National Tournament to Mason, Ohio, over the weekend of October 10-11, 2009.

The popular event is the largest Australian Rules Football tournament in the world, and will attract 1,000 players, officials and coaching staff, with a total of 32 men's teams spread across four divisions, as well as up to six women's teams. The tournament is hosted by Cincinnati's own Australian Rules Football team, the Cincinnati Dockers.

The event is expected to bring around 3,000 people to the area the weekend of October 10-11, with an estimated economic impact of $800,000.

"We are thrilled to return to the birthplace of Aussie Rules football in the US! The City of Mason, and the Warren County Convention and Visitor Bureau have been great partners in helping to bring the 2009 National Tournament to Mason, Ohio" said Rich Mann, USAFL President. "I want to thank the city again for everything they have done, and will do to make this an awesome event."

The USAFL or US Footy as it is known to the players, was formed in 1997 with a few Midwestern Teams (including the Cincinnati Dockers) and has grown into a 30 team National Championship event that moves its national championship around the country. USAFL has grown substantially since its inception in 1997. The first national championship was held in Cincinnati in 1998 and consisted of 15 teams, mostly from the Midwest. 

The sport is beginning to take route in colleges across the US and the youth version of the game is rapidly finding its way into cities across the country. While the City of Mason is hosting the National Championships in October, the USAFL, the Warren County Convention and Visitors Bureau (WCCVB), and the City of Mason will be working year-round to showcase the sport to the youth in the area.

WCCVB along with the City of Mason began working with US Footy to secure the National Championship bid in 2007. US Footy chose Warren County and the City of Mason because of willingness to work with US Footy and for the diverse product mix and world-class attractions such as Kings Island and Ozone Zipline Adventures, which presents a perfect back-drop for these tournaments. Warren County is a drivable market - and, with all there is to do, the athletes and families will have a great time before and after the tournament.

"We are so fortunate to have the City of Mason as the host for this national tournament, they were instrumental in securing this event" said Shirley Bonekemper, Executive Director of the WCCVB. "Mason has already established itself as a place to see great sports both internationally and nationally as the home to the Western & Southern Masters, the Western & Southern Women's Open, the AVP Mason Open, the Duramed Futures Tournament - and now we welcome the US Footy National Tournament."

The tournament will be held at Heritage Oak Park in Mason, OH. Located just north of Cincinnati and south of Dayton.