Legoland Theme Park FL Pros and Cons

WOO HOO! LEGOS!

So, see this characters? Yep, they are the only characters you will see in the ENTIRE park. The only people dressed up were the Lego Friends characters and who wants to see them? Boys? Um, no.

The theme park is open to those who stay at the resort at 9:30. It opens to the general public at 10. You can get my opinion of that on my previous post: Legoland Resort. We had a buy one adult ticket, get a kid in for free. This are pretty easy to find. They come in Lego boxes, the Lego Magazine or even at the McDonald's in Winter Haven, FL.

I was surprised to find that Legoland is NOT close to Orlando. It is in Winter Haven which is around 1.5 hours away from Orlando. The good news is you don't have to fly into Orlando. You can fly into Tampa and experience the gulf beaches. (which haven't had sharks sighted this summer like the other beaches.)

The rides are for those under 10. I think if you took older children they would be bored to tears. Little J-Bird doesn't like roller coasters, but you know what? He rode every coaster! The one ride the boys liked was the Driving School sponsored by Ford. This was the most impressive Lego exhibit at the park:

Over 2500 legos! A true scale Ford Explorer

The ride was pathetically slow compared to the toys we
have at home! :)

Legoland tried to compete with the Mouse, but falls short. There is a Chima water ride that is cool, but short. There is a Safari ride that is cool as the creatures are all made out of Legos!

There are three movies you can watch when at LegoLand. They are all 4D. The bad news about the movies? Yep, they are the SAME movies at the Lego Discovery Centers around the U.S. We had seen all the movies before. What a joke! Why would I spend money to go to Lego Discovery Centers to find the same movies at Legoland? Arrrr. The kids like them as they love to wear those silly glasses.

The best part about LegoLand? Yep, Miniland. It was the best part and I could have spent hours just observing the minute details in this area. It had a Star Wars area with scenes from the movies depicted perfectly. My Little Jedi Knights loved it! 

My young Padewans WOOT!