Legoland for todders
The boys have recently shown a huge interest in Lego and having seen an advert on TV for Legoland Windsor, Zakariya was determined to go for his birthday in September.
We saw the Summer offer of £35 per person and decided that we would take a trip for Suleimans birthday in July instead.
We booked two days before to keep an eye on the weather forecast. We’d read online that the summer holidays are busy but if the weather is grey or wet, then it tends to be a little more bearable.
We had hoped to arrive at the park at 9.30 for a 10am open, but the difficulty of getting two boys ready in the morning after opening presents delayed us.
We hadn’t told them where we were going but as soon as we entered the drive way leading to the park and they saw the Lego signs they were screaming with excitement.
We arrived at 10.30 with a very short 5 minute wait in the queue to scan tickets to go through.
If you are going with little ones definitely write down what they can ride on.
First thing we did was grab a map and circle the rides we could all ride as well as the rides Zakariya (over 100cm) could ride.
Under 90cm children get in free, there are only a handful of rides they can take part in but that doesn’t stop the resort from being a great day out.
As a family with a little one under 90cm you are still able to enjoy
The new Lego Ferrari Build & Race Experience in BrickTopia
This was easily the biggest highlight for the boys. This is also all under cover so perfect for a wet day. You can get close to a full scale Ferrari Monza SP1 made from 383,610 lego bricks!
Inside the experience you can build your own mini Ferrari out of lego bricks before testing them out on a variety of tracks and also digitally on a virtual race track. Duplo blocks are also available for smaller children.
The Magical Forest in MYTHICA
A walk through experience with some of the MYTHICA creatures, a simple straight forward path with plenty of things for little ones to see.
NINJAGO The Ride - NINJAGO world
This is advertised at older children (6+) but without a height restriction. There was a relatively long queue time for this so we decided to check out the rest of NINJAGO. The boys were able to play on the climbing wall and we tried to have a go at the PS2 stations but they were either out of order or in use.
Lego City Deep Sea Adventure - Lego city
This was my favourite. You are given a special submarine mission, as you queue and enter into the experience there are interactive things to get involved in, including a QR coded app educational game to keep the little ones (and adults) busy while you wait. We didn’t have to wait long before descending into our submarine and taking our seats. As you journey off the bottom sides of the boat become transparent and you can see fish, rays and even sharks swim by you.
Mini land
We could have spent hours at Mini Land admiring the impressive builds and watching the trains and cars go by. The boys took part in the eye spy activities located at each area and loved hearing how many bricks each build uses.
Mini Land is seriously impressive and you can leisurely walk around making it a great break in between queueing for rides.
Fairytale Brook - Duplo Valley
The boys weren’t that interested in visiting Fairy Tale Brook because it is right by the Duplo Playtown which they loved. Themed play areas are all within one space including a Fire Station, Police Station and Princess Castle.
Duplo Playtown
LEGOLAND express train
Balloon School - Lego city
Duplo Express - Duplo Valley
Aero Nomad - Kingsom of the pharaohs
Lego Studios 4d
Desert Chase - kingsom of pharaohs
The many building opportunities around the resort.
Zakariya was able to ride a few more attractions but didn’t want to without his brother. We will wait until they are both a little bigger before we return so we can make the most out of our day. The Driving Experience is something I think they will both love, this is suitable for those 1.1m to 1.5m in height. The minature version, L-Drivers just wasn’t cutting it for Zakariya and it’s a shame that this wasn’t a little more exciting.
TOP TIPS
Pack a lunch and plenty of snacks if you want to save £££. Chances are you will be there for pretty much the entire day and prices are not cheap.
They sell little tubs of popcorn for £4 so bring a bag of share popcorn.
There are water bottle refill stations around the resort so a mini squeeze juice bottle is a great idea to avoid overpaying for drinks.
Head towards the back of the park first to avoid longer queues. As we looped back round before heading home the Ferrari Experience was a lot quieter than when we first arrived.
The Hill train is a great way to get to the back of the park first and can be caught coming back as well.
Check online for previous day/s queue timings and peak times to get an idea of how long you may be queuing for.
Children are not allowed to take bricks away from the ‘make your own’ areas so make sure you tell them this before entering. We saw a lot of very upset kids trying to take away what they had made and not understanding why they couldn’t have them.
Bring a buggy. There are plenty of save spaces to park them and everything is very accessible. It’s a long day and even if it’s for them to sit down to just eat a snack it’s worth it. You can also shove all your snacks underneath!
The Lego stores tend to be more expensive then Smyths (the product Zakariya wanted was £12 cheaper in Smyths!) so we promised a trip to Smyths after and told them they the Lego Store was just a display area!