Legoland Windsor UK
September 15, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Playgrounds
Click to see my Legoland flickr album.
Ever since we moved to London in January, we’ve wanted to take our four-year-old to Legoland Windsor. My husband finally arranged to take the day off yesterday and off we went even though the skies were gray and it had poured heavily the entire night before. Legoland would NOT be a fun park in the rain because almost every attraction is outdoors. Luckily for us, the only drops of water we felt were from the many water-spraying rides!
As soon as we arrived at the front gates, our son was beyond excited. He had to touch every single thing including the oversized LEGO tiles that decorated the front gates. As soon as we were through the entrance gates, he ran as hard and as fast as he could to reach the first LEGO dinosaur on display. I have never ever seen him move like that.
It was probably a good thing we waited until now to bring him. Given his personality, he would have been frightened of some of the attractions until recently and he might not have been tall enough for some of the rides either. Minimum height requirement is usually 0.9m and kids under 1.3m must be accompanied by an adult.
His favorite ride by far was Dino Safari which featured jeeps going around a circuit flanked by various jungle creatures including a giant spider and several dinosaurs. His favorite play area was the Rat Trap which was geared towards older kids with drop down net cages and ramps but he still enjoyed climbing up and down, pushing buttons that produced loud sound effects like cannons roaring. LEGO Miniland was a pleaser too because of the running trains and space shuttle that “launched” every ten minutes with a big puff of smoke.
His least favorite ride by far was the Dino Dipper which is just like those carnival carousel rides that go around in a circle really fast. He didn’t appreciate that at all but I thought it was good to push him out of his comfort zone a little since he tends to be a little overly cautious at times.
Unfortunately, shopping wasn’t so great at the Legoland Windsor Big Shop. There wasn’t anything there we couldn’t find at Toys R Us. Other items like the Lego ice cube tray were too gimmicky and overpriced. We left happy to have had a day of adventure but no souvenirs to show for it. Maybe next time!
Have you been to a Legoland? What did you think?
PS There are more flickr pictures from Legoland Windsor in the United Kingdom, Legoland Billund in Denmark, Legoland California, and Legoland Deutschland in Germany.
Technorati Tags: amuseument park, playground, children, kids, legoland, legoland windsor, toys, lego, legos, attractions
You guys made it! Glad you had a fun time. I didn’t realize it was a whole amusement park type thing. Too fun.
Great trip report. Legoland should be even better in 2007 when the new rides, including the Wild River ride are added.
ok dont go there ,dont know how the place survives
rides to far apart staff dont seem to be trained, bins un empty ed, not working properly evreything you buy is at least a fiver slush puppy £3.xx dangerous rides ie bang your head getting into the rollercoaster that has now been enclosed because the residents near by are complaning so annoyed that we complaind and was given tickets not to lego land but to chessington world of adventure i understand that lego land is now paet of the tosauds group
save your money dont go there you have been warned