Does anyone have any Legoland tips? I think we’ll be going for the first time in the next few weeks. So far from my 5 minutes of research I’ve learned that their rides are super low capacity and I’m better off going on a weekday. I was kind of hoping Legoland was some theme park that nobody goes to and that I could just stroll in on a Saturday with no lines.
My 6 year old son has been super into his Super Mario Lego sets and Lego video games on Nintendo Switch. Legoland has never appealed to me but it seems like now is as good as time as any. I was actually surprised by their ride roster- I thought it would be much less interesting. It’ll just be fun to go somewhere where I don’t know every nook and cranny. First “new” theme park for me since I visited Busch Gardens in Tampa in the early 2000’s. Although there was so much time between my first DCA visit in 2001 and visit in 2010 that may as well have been a new theme park.
I've only been once so I'm not an expert, however...
Watch out for water rides. This is a kids park. If the ride involves water then the fun is based on letting the kid get an adult wet. If you're okay with that then your kid will have lots of fun. And after the Wave Racers (it zips around in a circle in the water) your shoes will go "squish, squish, squish".
Make sure to go on the driving school. Kids love that thing. It's kids only. Adults just sit and watch. It doesn't look like much but they drive around in cars and are supposed to follow traffic laws. I think it's just red light green light so it's simple. Most of the kids are very determined. The oldsters sit in a viewing area and get to see whose kids are the best drivers. My niece's son Danny was an
excellent driver. Far better than those other kids.
I was a bit surprised by the number of upcharges. Maybe it's because I'm just used to Disney parks where you pay upfront. Well at least until the Genie+ thing. There was a driver's license near the driving school which I think was 15 bucks. You don't have to get one but your kid will want one. It's a mean thing to do to cheap parents with lots of kids.
One thing to watch out for is that there are some attractions which you have to sign up for early in the day in order to go later. We didn't know that and so Danny couldn't do the MindStorm thing later in the day because the reservations were all gone. That one is 9 and up so that doesn't apply to you. I just quickly looked on the website and am missing wherever they warn you about these reservations but a quick google found this page:
sign up page. Maybe somebody else who knows that park better can explain what needs these reservations but we totally missed wherever you're warned.
Go on the skipper school boat ride if the line isn't too long. It's looks boring but it can be lots of fun if you're lucky. The boats aren't on a track and are hard to steer. Somebody ahead of us screwed up going around a tight turn and there was a huge jam of boats. A ride operator put on waders and had to unjam the boats one by one. That was one of the most fun things we did all day. Even if there's no jam up it's challenging for the kid to steer which can be fun. The ride is hit or miss but for us it was one of the highlights of our day.
And I must heartily second the recommendation about apple fries. Don't let the apple part fool you. These are
not good for you. So get some unless you're into healthy eating or are a diabetic.
