Legoland

Last month our family got to go to Legoland. What a fun trip. We really had a lot of fun. It was nice to go to an amusement park in the middle of the summer that didn't have crazy long lines. We only stood in one line that was 30 minutes long. Legoland has some really great things going for it. The playground areas are by far the best that I have ever seen. They were huge and had all the fun gadgets. Despite the weather being in the sixties the kids still wanted to get wet. The water playground was awesome. We had the kids go there last thing before we left the park for the afternoon so that we could go right back to the hotel and get into dry warm clothes before we went back for the evening.

Legoland also just opened up a water park. It was great for the kids because the height requirement for all of the water slides was only 42 inches. Hyrum is unable to go on most water slides here in Phoenix but was able to go on all of them at Legoland.

Another great thing that legoland had going for it was that for most rides that the lines were likely to get long they had a Lego station for the kids to build at while parents waited in line. Most of the time the lines were short enough so that we didn't need to take advantage of it, but we all know that the lines are the worst part of amusement parks so this was nice. Legolands rides are also more interactive that any other amusement park (that I know of), you frequently had to pedal, pump, or steer, your ride. I thought that was kind of cool.

There was an advertisement there that talked about miniland, where they build miniatures of cities all out of Lego's. The advertisements said something about how many millions of blocks of Lego's were in miniland and only one toilet. I told the kids if they could find the one toilet I would give them each a dollar. With a bit of help they were able to find it.

Take note of the kids bandannas. They really made it easier to keep track of the kids. And they are still young enough to think they are cool. Great idea John!

We also stopped by the sealife aquarium while we were there. It was cool as well but let's face it. When there is a choice between fish and rides, the rides win.