We spend a couple days at Legoland and we could have gone even more! We had heard that it was fun, but I was impressed nonetheless. The entire time I felt like I was a Lego toy and had been shrunk down to the appropriate size. Everything was built out of Legos, rides, decorations, the hotel...it was awesome. I thought it would be like a Disneyland knock-off, but I was mistaken. There were rides and themed areas, but my favorite aspect were all of the unstructured play zones there were for the kids. Playgrounds, Lego rooms, splash pads, jungle gyms, Lego parks....so much room for the kids to just be kids and go wild! I think the easiest way to go about our days at Legoland is going to be to add captions and stories to each pic instead of giving a play-by-play.
Heartlake City. We arrived just in time to see Olivia, Andrea, and all the Lego Friends girls perform. The kids in the audience were able to get up and dance and McKenzie thought it was great.
The stables were our first experience with play zones. Legos? In buckets? For everyone to use? Life-size Lego pieces? OK!
Duplo land was fun too. This is what reminded me of my childhood. I never really got into the little ones as a kid, but I still remember the two huge buckets of Duplos we used to build everything. I love how even the doors on the houses are right.
There was a Duplo train to ride. Kelton thought it was great.
Daxton..."Save me mom! This is way too scary!"
We couldn't believe our luck that there were cars that Kelton could drive by himself. They weren't bumper cars, so the kids actually had to push the pedals to drive in a circle. I was impressed so many of those 3-5 year-olds could actually make it around the circle!
Right next door was a larger track for the 6-12 year-olds. Cambrie loved that it had stop lights, a gas station, a park, and a mini subway. It looked just like a little city. She stopped and an intersection waiting for her turn to go, but took her time finding a safe merging zone. She had a line of about three cars behind her whose drivers were all experiencing a small form of road rage. Ah it was hysterical!
We could tell that the force was strong with the Legoland designers. They had built replicas of most of the main characters in the series, as well as a lot of the major scenes from the videos.
Darth Vader
Yoda
? (I need Jeremy!)
Tatooine
The Death Star
Kylo Ren and Poe Dameron
Mini USA was impressive! The US Capitol had enough blocks that if they were stacked in a single tower, it would be a couple miles high!
Where else can you eat lunch in New York and San Francisco at the same time?
This building zone was fun. There were boat frames but it was up to the kids to give them some personality. Once they were done building they could race them down the river. All four of my kids got in on the action. I think Daxton actually really likes Legos.
Kelton totally did his own thing.
The girls built a cruise ship. It was a little top heavy and so it fell over pretty early on in the rapids, but it looked pretty and that was all that mattered to McKenzie.
We did manage to find a couple rides. While the girls and I were waiting in line for Technic, Kelton and Jeremy found Egypt. The Beetle Bounce was a HUGE hit! From what Jeremy said, Kelton almost never had to wait in line so he hopped on, rode the ride, hopped off, and ran around to get on again immediately. He rode it probably about 15 times in a row and never grew tired of it.
Pharaohs' revenge was also a favorite of Kelton's. It was a large pavilion where balls were being shot our of cannons to the people below. Those kids picked up the balls, fired some back, but mostly put them back in the tubes to be delivered to the shooters. It was loud, but no one seemed to mind having balls shot at them consistently.
It took Daxton a couple tries before he was brave enough to handle the noise, but once he figured out where to put the balls he was having a great time.
Ninjago world. I thought this was cool. It was small and simple, but it made me smile. Each of the ninjas has an elements talent, and next to each sculpture there was an activity to be like a ninja:
Nya-water
Cole-earth and balance
Kai-fire and spinning
Jay-lightning
Lloyd-being a cool green ninja
And can I say again how cool I thought all of the sculptures were!?
Yup, these ones too are pretty cool!
This race track was for cars. Jeremy was meeting with Dan, so I was on my own with the kids for a few hours. I very quickly realized that I am no master builder. I could barely build a functioning axel and wheelset. Cambrie made a car with a braking system. Ya...she's a lot cooler than me.
These big blocks were perfect for the boys. Every time Daxton put a block on the tower he laughed and a goofy grin spread across his face.
We found a Medieval zone. While the girls rode the dragon coaster, the boys climbed and played with big blocks. Every time I turned around Kelton was asking me to take a picture of him on top of something else he had climbed to the top of.
Ah, my knights in shining armor! Knight McKenzie the Glamorous.
Knight Kelton of the Order of the Monkey
I'm glad that he can slay dragons for me!
This play structure was so large that once my kids entered, I didn't see a glimpse of them for at least five minutes, if I was lucky. There were slides, nets, ladders, stairs, tunnels...it was like the perfect tree house. Daxton thought he could keep up with the big kids, but more often than not he jammed the way for all the other climbers. Luckily he's blessed with three big siblings who always want to help.
We tried to capture a picture of everyone jumping for joy because our time there was so awesome. "Everything was awesome! Everything was cool when you're at Legoland! Everything was awesome, when you're living the dream!"
