We spent three days at Legoland and had such a great time. If you love Legos (which we do!) then you'll love Legoland. Most of the rides are aimed at younger kids, though there are a few rollercoasters. I have never been there before even though we lived not too far away growing up. Here we are at the entrance. It rained a little bit on us the first two days (and was a bit chilly) but that kept the crowds down and we were able to do a lot. We did a lot of the same things on subsequent days so I'm going to post pictures by attraction and not by day - that's why we have different clothes on in pics on the same ride. And I'm starting to forget what we did when - it was a bit of a whirlwind!
The Lego Ninjago ride opens before the park officially opens so we headed there first. On the way we met the red Ninja (Kai). The other kids were too bashful to stand by him for a photo so Emma and I stood with him. The Ninjago ride was a lot like the Midway Mania ride at Disney. You ride around and shoot (or actually karate chop) bad guys that are on different interactive screens throughout the ride and get points for it.
Hanging out with L-Loyd (have you seen the Lego Ninjago Movie? It's a family favorite of ours)
All the Lego creations throughout the park were so fun
A little climbing wall outside the Ninjago ride. There were also spinners to play on nearby. One thing I liked about Legoland (that I wish Disney would do more of) was that they had lots of things to play on, many of them right outside big rides so smaller kids can play while bigger kids ride. Or you might be able to play while one person stands in line, although we didn't try that. There weren't really many long lines on our trip.
The bigger kids rode the Technic coaster next and I took the younger ones (who didn't want to ride or were too short) to play in a mummy themed play place right outside. The mummy play place was so cool. It had a bunch of ball pit sized foam balls that you could shoot all around in various contraptions with air power. It was fun. We also went on another cool ride where you shoot lasers at things - The Lost Kingdom Adventure.
On a small people only plane ride.
Emma cried on this one 'cause it whips around the corner pretty fast.
Lego version of the teacups. Scott volunteered me to go on this one with the kids. And I'm proud to report I didn't throw up, although I didn't want to go again. Hooray!
The kids waiting in line for the Dragon rollercoaster
Lego Dragon
John was tall enough for the Dragon coaster but didn't want to ride it. We did this Royal Joust ride that was right outside of the rollercoaster. John went on this several times and Grant gave it a go once.
Big people did the Dragon coaster a lot and we got some apple fries while we waited (then shared with them when they got done). Apple fries are a Legoland specialty and not to be missed! They taste like apple pie.
Posing as a Lego Knight
There was a Lego play place right outside the Dragon coaster
There are little Lego building stations all over the park
We built some stuff
Grant built this fort
Also in the medieval themed land was a huge wooden play structure called Hideaways. I think it was one of the kids favorite things! I don't think I got any pictures of it but everyone wanted to visit it every day.
Matthew's favorite thing was this ride - Knight's Tournament. Grant, Scott and Anna also gave it a try. You can choose how thrilling you want the ride to be on a scale from 1 to 5. Matthew always picked 5. I think Grant and Anna chose level 2. I think Scott went on it more times than he really wanted to. He had to ride with Anna and Grant.
You're such a good sport, Scott!
More Lego adventures to come...
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