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I'll be heading to Legoland this summer with my 7yr old son. We have one day planned toward the end of August - mid week.
Anyone have any advice? Looking for not to miss attractions and shows, best strategy for touring or anything else you can think of. I'm wondering if heading to the back of the park first and working our way back to the entrance or just arrive at park open and start in the front and just keep ahead of the crowds.
I think whichever option we choose we will tour the mini towns on the way out. And we will definitely see the water ski show.
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Holly, Evan is going to love it! Are you going on a weekday? I would think that may be better than a weekend day (Fri-Sun). The day we went in October it was not crowded at all so we were able to do everything we wanted. The ski show is a lot of fun. We bought lunch and brought it to the show so we killed 2 birds with 1 stone there - ate while we watched the show. If you plan to do Chima, do it last. You WILL be soaked from head to toe and will not have any dry spots what-so-ever.
They do have 1st visit, birthday pins in Guest Relations so you may want to get those right off the bat too.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
We are going a weekday - I thought the same thing, probably less crowded with locals.
I was trying to see what attractions were there and thought the exact same thing about eating lunch while watching the show.
We are skipping the water park area since we will be doing BB/TL. I know Evan will want to do everything in the "city section but I really want to see the minilands.
DO you think a half hour is enough time to see the minilands? I saw that they have a Master builder on hand at certain times during the day for Q&A. Evan now wants to be a "Lego Master" when he grows up so I'd like to plan on doing that meet and greet.
I think the Duplo area will be too young and a few of the rides he does at the boardwalk at home so I don't think we will wait in a lne to do them.
Are any of the ride vehicles made of actual Lego? or do they just look like a giant Lego? Evan SWEARS they are made of Legos but I didn't think they were.
Currently the 4D film is closed. I hope it opens back up before we get there.
Did you tour by going to the back first and then working your way to the exit/entrance or did you just start and the entrance and work your way to the back of the park?
When we went the water park was closed so we didn't have to worry about that. Duplo was also closed. We pretty much started in the front and made our way around because it was pretty empty.
The rides aren't made of actual legos, but they sure look like they are!
We went to LEGOLAND the Friday after Thanksgiving and we didn't find it to be busy at all. My boys, who are also 7-years-old LOVED it. Just this morning on the way to church my boys asked me when we'll be returning.
To get back to your questions, we didn't have any kind of touring plan per say. We actually did the minilands area first. In all honesty, I don't think 30 minutes is enough. We spent a lot of time there and went back later in the day again. The displays are amazing to look at; there is soooo much to see. My boys' favorite rides were the Ford driving school and the flying school (roller coaster). We did go to the water show but got there after it started and ended up sitting in a grassy area to the side. We thought it was okay but we ended up leaving early because there was so much other stuff we wanted to see and do. We didn't make it to Cypress Gardens either which is the one thing I really wanted to do. We didn't do the 4D movie - again no time. My boys loved, loved, loved the rides and rode many of them over and over again. They also liked the playground area (it is very nice) and this indoor play area where you could shoot balls at people (I'm sorry I can't remember the names for any of this stuff.) We ate at the pizza buffet place and thought it was good.
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which is the one thing I really wanted to do. We didn't do the 4D movie - again no time. My boys loved, loved, loved the rides and rode many of them over and over again. They also liked the playground area (it is very nice) and this indoor play area where you could shoot balls at people (I'm sorry I can't remember the names for any of this stuff.) We ate at the pizza buffet place and thought it was good.
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