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Very interesting to see Legoland. It looks like the kids had a lot of fun. Lukas looks adorable with his little hands in the air! Daredevil!
It is different, but we really enjoyed it. He is a little daredevil!
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I haven't looked into Legoland as I have a hard time wanting to leave the bubble. Your pics look great and it sounds like its a good park to visit while the boys are still small.
Since we weren't going to the other parks this was a perfect time to try it and I'm really glad we did.
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Legoland looks like a lot of fun!!!
It was!
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Originally Posted by cubfancolleen
Looks like a fun place for little boys!!
Definitely!
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Originally Posted by ilovedisney247
Legoland looks great! I'm going to have to borrow someone's little ones to go visit!
I have 2 you can borrow.
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Looks like you had a good start to your day. Can't wait to see more pictures of Legoland.
I also love the fact that they have legos at each ride for the kids to play with. That probably helps prevent a lot of melt downs due to waiting in long lines. Although it sounds like long lines don't happen very often.
Legoland looks like a lot of fun. Nate has said he wants to go and I'm sure we'll end up there sometime. Cameron likes to play with his Duplos, but I'm waiting to take him to Legoland until he's a bit more interested in Legos. I'm sure that will be in no time if his father has anything to do about it.
Love your trip report so far, thanks so much for sharing it and including the pictures! We were at Legoland two years ago, my son who will be 12 soon, still wants to go back again, and your pictures help to bring back memories I would have otherwise forgotten! I should get our pictures out!
Wow, I'm reading so early. The boys look like they are loving Legoland. I had to laugh at your comment to someone about how Mike used to drive straight thru from Austin. Pat and I did that all the time before Lily. The first trip to Austin when I was pregnant ended that. I don't mind the drive down to the world. I'm going to have to convince Lily of it though.
Legoland looks great! I love how all the rides look like they are made out of Lego! My kids would have loved that place when they were younger.
It was really well themed and I loved that they looked like they were made from legos too!
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I also love the fact that they have legos at each ride for the kids to play with. That probably helps prevent a lot of melt downs due to waiting in long lines. Although it sounds like long lines don't happen very often.
The boys may have played with them for a toital of about 2 minutes the entire day.
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Great photos of LEGOLAND! I want to try and check it out on our next visit next year...
It really is a neat place - you'd love the Cypress Gardens area (which I'll get to eventually).
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Legoland looks like a lot of fun. Nate has said he wants to go and I'm sure we'll end up there sometime. Cameron likes to play with his Duplos, but I'm waiting to take him to Legoland until he's a bit more interested in Legos. I'm sure that will be in no time if his father has anything to do about it.
Dylan is pretty into them and later that night at DtD they got some legos.
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Love the pictures from Legoland, looks like the boys were having a great time. Love the picture of Lukas on the Beattle Bounce
They had a great time!
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Love your trip report so far, thanks so much for sharing it and including the pictures! We were at Legoland two years ago, my son who will be 12 soon, still wants to go back again, and your pictures help to bring back memories I would have otherwise forgotten! I should get our pictures out!
PS - Hope your day wasn't ruined!
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip! Coming right up on part 1 of day almost ruined.
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Wow, I'm reading so early. The boys look like they are loving Legoland. I had to laugh at your comment to someone about how Mike used to drive straight thru from Austin. Pat and I did that all the time before Lily. The first trip to Austin when I was pregnant ended that. I don't mind the drive down to the world. I'm going to have to convince Lily of it though.
Good Luck convincing Lily. It is nice to fly, but the drive wasn't as bad as I thought it might be...well at least the drive down wasn't.
After the Lost Kingdom Adventure we headed to Coastersaurus for Lukas’ 1st real roller coaster. He had to be 36” to ride this as well. Dylan took a little convincing but we said Lukas is doing it, you can to so he was willing to give it a shot. Mike rode with Lukas and they scored the front row! Dylan & I were right behind them in the 2nd row. I know Lukas put his hands up at some point but couldn’t see him well enough to know if kept them up the whole time. This was a really fun coaster, much longer than Barnstormer, and was made of wood. Lukas absolutely loved it! Dylan, not so much, but at least we didn’t have any tears.
After the Coastersaurus we had a restroom break and then went to the Safari Trek. The Safari Trek is a little ride through safari of legos. You ride in a little jeep and see animals made of legos. We couldn’t believe how real the giraffes looked! Looking at my pictures I realize we did the Lost Kingdom Adventure after the Safari Trek, but oh well, we did it. We cut through Miniland exploring as we went to get to the Lego Technic area. Don’t worry we’ll be back to finish the rest.
shipwreck under the water
In the Lego Technic area we just did the Technicycle which is like a dual bicycle that you peddle in order to make it rise like a plane and you move in a circle. On this ride Mike & I got our workout as Lukas couldn’t reach the pedals and Dylan was just lazy. Dylan was tall enough to do the other 2 rides here but didn’t want to try them.
It was nearing lunch time and we were trying to figure out where to eat. Earlier in the day we thought about the pizza place but it was a buffet and Lukas already said he wasn’t hungry so we didn’t want to pay for him to eat nothing. We headed towards the ski show, but the place near it was closed so we back tracked to Lego Technic and went to the Lakeside Sandwich Co where we got some sandwiches, chips, fruit and drinks to share. We got it to go so we could catch the ski show at 12:30pm, Battle for Brickbeard’s Bounty, and have lunch at the same time (I had checked earlier to see if it was ok to bring food into the theater and it was). We enjoyed lunch and the show! I’m glad we didn’t sit up front as those people got absolutely soaked from the pirate antics. After the show you could meet some of the characters from the show so both boys met a soldier while Lukas met the Princess and the host of the show.
After the character meet & greet we headed to Lego City! First up was boating school. This was the longest line we waited in as the boat were a little slow as you did drive them yourself and it was a little difficult for me let alone kids that were driving them. While in line I went to put something in my purse and realized I didn’t have it. Oh my God! Everything was in there, my wallet, money, credit cards, everything except the camera that was tied to my wrist. I remembered taking it off at the ski show so I ran as fast as I’ve ever run back to the theater. And there was standing an employee who said “I’ve been waiting for you.” I guess the exasperated and panicked look on my face gave me away. I checked the bag and everything was there, thanked him profusely and made it back in line for the boats before the boys boarded. Whew! Crisis averted! And thankfully Mike just kept quiet.
After the boats we went to look around the area and see if Dylan wanted to do flying school next, but that was a no go. So driving school it was! The boys had to go to separate schools since they were separated by age, so I took Lukas and Mike took Dylan. Just before Lukas was going to get on I see Mike & Dylan. Dylan decided at the last minute he didn’t want to do it. I put Lukas in a car and tried to explain to him how to drive the car. What was I thinking?! The age for this ride was 3-5 and he was 3, but this seems more like an older 3 ride as they were all having a bit of trouble doing two things at the same time – steering and pushing the pedal. It was fun to watch and the employee at this ride is a saint for doing this job!
Doing all we wanted to in Lego City we headed back towards Imagination Zone where Dylan wanted to ride the Kid Power Towers. Lukas had to sit out because he wasn’t tall enough and I was glad Dylan chose to ride with Mike because this ride you had to pull yourself up with a rope and then you slowly fell back down. Lukas & I watched from a bench talking to a nice older couple that was there with their son and grandkids.
Up next…Chima is not my friend aka part 2 of how my day (and trip) was almost completely ruined
Except for the purse episode, this all looks like a lot of fun! I can't believe how life-like the animals look. I remember seeing Miniland in Cheryl's report of the Legoland in England. I love seeing the cities and all the detail they put in. Did Lukas give himself a scare when he saw himself in the mirror?
OMG, what a scare with the missing purse! Thank goodness you found it and best of all, "Mike kept quiet". The worst thing a hubby can do is add to your frustration by making a comment. I, once, left my lanyard with all our tickets hanging on the door of a bathroom stall at Epcot. Thankfully I realized it was missing right away and ran immediately to the bathroom to get it. My hubby didn't say anything, he knows better.
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