Arizona Guide and Deals

Since 1988, Auto Care Super Saver has been helping car owners save cash with maintenance punch cards redeemable at local auto shops throughout the course of a full year. These cards come loaded with all kinds of prepaid services, including at least three full-service oil changes with up to 5 quarts of oil, lube, and a new filter. Depending on the location, punch cards may also feature tire rotations, brake inspections, engine-light readings, air-conditioning performance tests, and other repairs and inspections essential to a car's well-being. Customers can transfer the punch card's benefits to any ride, ranging from station wagons to sports cars to feral merry-go-round mounts.

At Stratum Lasertag, light warriors leap and duck while toting phasers in an arena with 15 different levels and 90 towers, bridges, and ramps. Designed by the EME Entertainment group, who designed Universal Studios Japan, the emporium bathes warriors in the flickering of strobe lights and the neon glow of black lights as they ascend ramps and blast at one another from different angles. Throughout the space, murals of black holes, outer space, and alien creatures set the mood for bouts of intergalactic warfare. In between laser bouts, players can refuel at the concession area or keep trigger fingers nimble with a stint in the arcade room. Stratum Lasertag outfits participants with laser-tag vests and phasers during birthday parties, bar and bat mitzvahs, graduation celebrations, and team-building events for actual builders.

Nearly a half century ago, horticulturist Harrison G. Yocum opened his backyard to the public, displaying a bounteous collection of cacti and palms. After a few relocations, expansions, and the establishment of a nonprofit charter, Tucson Botanical Gardens now spreads 17 distinct plots across more than 5 acres. A delicate rumble hearkens the arrival of the Garden Railway miniature train, which winds through gardens uniquely dedicated to birds, butterflies, wildflowers, and traditional Native American crops. Admission—which is free for garden members and children younger than 3—grants passage to five different tours, and groups of 10 or more can arrange self-guided or docent-led tours at a discounted rate. If visitors awaken their appetites by savoring aromas from the onsite herb garden or by staring at clouds shaped like canned goods, they can dig in at the Gardens' Café, where sun spills through a slatted gazebo onto iron tables loaded with roast-beef baguettes and mexican tortilla soup.

Travel to a Xanadu of childlike delights—go-karts, rock climbing, laser tag, mini golf, bumper cars, a dazzling arcade with more than 150 games—all housed under one bi-leveled pleasure dome. For $18, today's Groupon gets you a four-hour unlimited pass (a $40 value) to explore Amazing Jake's, a 90,000-square-foot plus warehouse of sensory stimulation. The unlimited package listed on Amazing Jake's site for $21.99 only gets you three hours of fun and $5 of video and redemption ticket games. This deal gets you an extra hour for a lower price, plus unlimited video games so you can come home an over-stimulated pizza-fueled champion of joy.Follow @Groupon_Says on Twitter.

Initially created to rescue mares and foals that were discarded by the drug industry, Dreamchaser Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation now works to save horses and other farm animals from starvation, abuse, abandonment, and slaughter. Volunteers work to gentle and train the horses, many of which come to the ranch wild, until they're comfortable enough to join the herd. On average, a rescued horse spends roughly one year at the ranch. The ultimate goal is to place every animal into a loving, permanent home through the ranch’s adoption program. The organization also works to educate the public about the inhumane treatment of animals and provides enrichment programs for local foster children.

Each Super Star Car Wash location treats cars like the super stars they are with computerized washes, hand details, and maintenance services. Washes—which can be bought one at a time or in package form—range from full-service washes that combine machine and manpower to Mega Star washes that include add-ons such as Rain-X. Detailing scour cars inside and out with vacuums and features such as carnauba hand wax, orbital polish, and clay-bar treatments and also may include Meguiar's wax to remove light oxidation, seal in surfaces' sparkle, and protect paint from unwanted hair growth. Additionally, oil changes supply engines with regular or synthetic Quaker State oil; each change comes with a free car wash.