Monday, February 20, 2012

Legoland!

We got a great deal on Legoland tickets so we took the kids out of school on Friday and went. It was a lot of fun! The boys are so into legos and were so impressed with all the lego things built throughout the park. This was their first trip to an amusement park and the first roller coaster ride for Doc and GQ. Mr. X has been on a rollercoaster at the fair but that's about it.

 

Most everything is made completely out of Legos! At least all the figures and stuff.


They had a minicity made out of Legos. The shuttle was Doc's favorite I think.


Made completely out of Legos!


The first rollercoaster we went on. Doc and GQ were able to ride this one. It's the only one GQ could ride but he loved it!


The dinosaur outside Coastersaurus made out of legos.



A model of the rollercoaster car outside Project X.


Doc and I are in the front of this car.




Project X


WB and Mr. X rode in the front of this car. Mr. X wasn't sure about this rollercoaster. It had some sharper turns and one large drop.


Technicycle.










Jr. Driving School






They got Driver's Licenses!


Driving School. Mr. X was old enough for this one.



Duplo Farm play area.





This is a rollercoaster within the Lego Kingdom area. It was Doc's favorite. Unfortunately, it's hard to get a picture of the rollercoaster because of the castle. GQ was too little for this one.

 
Royal Joust


Doc is excited about the ship wreck.


Do you see the ship wreck on the bottom?


Every 8 minutes or so, the shuttle "engines" would start for lift off. Of course it doesn't actually go anywhere but it does send out billows of "smoke".


The treasure chest outside the Pirate show.

 
The pirate show was a water ski show with tricks.








With some acting, dancing, and water-fighting thrown in.




R2D2


Another part of the minicity



Safari Trek


All the animals are made of legos.



Pharoah's Revenge. As we rode through the ride, we had little laser guns to shoot at different things.









It rained while we were there but the kids still had a blast. We actually made good time through the park and were able to do most everything that we wanted to do. We even rode a few of the rides more than once. The kids didn't get overstimulated or cranky until the very end so that was good too (especially considering they were up at 4:45 am and hadn't gone to sleep until 9 pm the night before). The lines had lego stations that you could play at while waiting. The food was a little expensive but it wasn't outrageous like you might expect. The yearly passes are reasonable considering the cost of admission and later this year they will be opening up a water park area as well. We didn't get an annual pass or anything but I was overall pleased with Legoland. I like it better than Disney for sure.