I haven't posted in what feels like a long time. We've made our way to Florida and we're hanging out at the house. We are exploring Windsor Palms so we can share with everyone everything the resort has to offer. I was talking to one of the guards at the gatehouse and he was telling me that it's rained here every day for over a month. I checked the weather network and today it was not supposed to rain so we decided to check out LEGOLAND.
Our 7 year old is crazy about Lego, and I mean crazy. If he could he would play with Lego all the time and would own every Lego set ever made, especially Star Wars. Luckily our 10 year old daughter also likes Lego, she though is more of a collector. She has a lot of sets but her prised possession is her Lego Harry Potter sets, she has built them all and has them on display-not much playing happens with them.
So this trip is our first since LEGOLAND opened. We have seen coupons in the Lego Club magazine in the past for a free kids admission with an adult admission, but since the LEGOLAND discovery centre in Vaughn opened I haven't seen any. My brother in law sent some to us on his last trip down in the mail, but they seem to have vanished so this morning we set out on a mission to find some on our own. You can find on line savings but not as good as the one I mentioned above. We stopped at a tourist centre on the way and they also have discounts that allow you to visit a second time within the 7 days following your visit but we knew we wouldn't be able to take advantage of that. The employees at the tourist office said that they had heard of some coupons on Pepsi bottles and at McDonalds. So off we went to find a McDonalds. Our second stop was the McDonalds within a mile of LEGOLAND itself and we got the coupons and not only did we get the buy an Adult admission get a child's admission free but it also included entrance to the water park which we wanted to do! We had some extras which we will leave at the house for others to take advantage of.
The park itself was not overly crowded, I'm not sure if that's because it's a weekday or because it's been raining so much. We weren't about to complain though, the only ride we waited more than 10 minutes for was the dragon roller coaster. It did manage to rain a couple of times but that was okay as we were already soaking wet. The new Legends of Chima area was fun, a splash pad and a boat ride that sees you spraying others with water and getting wet yourself. The signs say you MAY get soaked, it should have said you WILL get soaked. We didn't dry off until we after we made our way to the water park and intentionally got wet. The ride was fun, but I would save it until right before I went to the water park or right before I was going to leave.
LEGOLAND is definitely geared toward the 2-12 crowd with a few bigger rides to keep the older kids and adults interested. Our kids definitely had fun and with the water park it was a full day. I think you could make it a full day without the water park (especially in the months the water park is closed) if you took in some of the shows which we did not get to see. The water park is not big but it was a great way to cool off and what is there is great. A good wave pool and the joker soaker had lots for the younger kids and adults alike to do. Overall we had a great time, I would only have a few comments about things to be aware of. If you've been to Disney World, this is not Disney. Often the rides loaded slowly even when the line was short and staff didn't always seem to know what they were doing. Every time it rained everything shut down, even if there was no visible lightning. Food pricing was reasonable for a theme park, still too much for what it is though and I would recommend avoiding the fried chicken.
There is lots of Lego merchandise (LOTS)and they do NOT accept the Lego VIP card, which is not great if you collect points or have points to redeem. The kids had their own money to spend but we told them to wait until we went to the Downtown Disney Lego Store to buy anything big because they have points saved that they can redeem. It's a good thing to be aware of.
We enjoyed our day and the kids came home tired and happy. I would recommend it to anyone with a Lego lover in the 2-12 age range. But keep your eyes out for coupons or specials, even with our 2 for 1 coupons it was still $200 for admission. If you have been to LEGOLAND and have any other advise for people leave a comment and if you want to go to LEGOLAND and have a question, ask and I'll do my best to answer. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I'll have some more posts during this visit. Next up are home reno updates and a stop by Magic Kingdom and New Fantasyland.
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