LEGOLAND Florida Update: A Quiet Day (PART 2)
We will now continue our tour of LEGOLAND Florida (PART 1 can be found here):
This new sign is without any doubt a great tribute to the gardens (and to the former name of the park):
Inside the gardens area, we have noticed that the broken tiles have still not been replaced:
The gorgeous landscaping of the area need no further comments. Nature speaks for itself:
The majestic Banyan Tree:
The new waterpark will open soon, but some sections of the water slides are still sitting in the backstage of the park:
Moving on to the Imagination Zone, we noticed that some new walls have popped-up near what may finally become the "LEGOLAND Clubhouse:
A peek inside:
You can notice some new posters:
The two entrances to this small building have now two new names:
IMAGINATION I:
...and IMAGINATION II:
Here are the walls we mentioned before:
Will they enclose also this section? Maybe, we don't know:
The new I-Zone Panini shop is now open! We will post pictures of the interior of this new restaurant at a latter time (in the meantime, check out the pictures over at LEGOLANDphoto.com):
These small drop towers are still without a real theme:
This giraffe is OK:
This is not. This black pole in the middle bothers me immensely:
Around the great LEGO City:
One side of the LEGO Rescue Academy was not operating:
The other side was open:
The LEGO Driving school is one of the most popular rides of the park:
The Coastersaurus is a truly great attraction:
The theming is also very nice:
In LEGO Kingdoms, The Dragon Coaster now has a place were guests HAVE to put their cameras, purses, etc. (if they have one). Before, you were allowed to bring these items with you on the ride. Not anymore:
Moving over to DUPLO land:
We are not sure, but this lamp might be new (we have not noticed it before):
There's a lot of room in here. I would like to see a small puppet theater in here:
Some unusual palm trees...
The DUPLO Farm:
Some new posters have been placed inside the structure:
And this concludes this update. Thanks as usual for sticking with us and have a great day!
PART 1 OF THIS UPDATE CAN BE FOUND HERE >
PART 1 OF THIS UPDATE CAN BE FOUND HERE >
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I love the Disney parks, I love the Universal parks.. I even like Seaworld (though imo an overrated park).
ReplyDeleteBut this park really looks like the most boring and half *ssed park ever created.
I have not felt a spark of enthousiasm for this park since Lego World Orlando was announced and when I see these pictures confirms it even more that this park is not a reason to cross the ocean once again to visit Orlando.
Sorry to be so bitter or cynical but this park makes me sad to the bones.
I agree Legoland shouldn't be in such a place were the Theme Park standard is so high by Disney. Not a great park your right it is so boring.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the park is starting to grow in, though I'm not sure it is meshing well with the former amusement park leftovers like the carousel. I love the Legoland park in California and think it is wonderfully themed. Best wishes to this Florida park in a crowded market and not an optimum location.
ReplyDeleteI haven't visited this park recently, but I can only tell you what I see, and to me this park still doesn't look that packed. Sure, it's December / January, but I would expect more people in this park considering it's brand new, and people want to try it out.
ReplyDeleteAnd the driving school looks like a lower capacity ride, so I would expect a line even though in that picture, it doesn't even look like anyone is in those cars?
And to some people, I think this park is going to be boring for you because it's mainly a kids park. Seaworld has animals, Disney has a lot of stuff from their own movies plus some other movie companies like Star Wars / Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone / etc whereas this is just kids stuff. I think for everyone (any age), they would be interested in at least seeing the Miniland thing, but it's a lot of money just to see that thing.
Other than that, it's driving cars, operating a fire truck, driving boats, former roller coasters plus 1 extra, and seeing Lego shows (Some being on screen, and one being on water). The park even says that it's geared for kids under 10 is it, or 12?
I cant believe how many people are hating on Legoland. This park is amazing! I cant wait to go! I love he flower legos in the Cypress sign! It made me sad to see how empty the park was.Hopefully it picks up!I am sure once the water park opens, more locals will come back!
ReplyDeleteLegoland has made a marketing decision ONLY to cater to the 6-12 market. I think they are missing out on a huge group of former Cypress Garden fans, likely an over 50 market. Although they have an over 60 pass, they should probably lower it to 50 and call it a Garden pass. More importantly they should invest money in restoring the large portion of the old gardens they have fenced off including the famous Florida pool. I went in Oct just to see the garden -- still gorgeous and the Lego cities are also interesting to the over 50 crowd.
ReplyDeleteStop comparing everything to Disney. LEGOLAND doesnt want or pretent to be Disney. Merlin is a Large operator of attractions and knows what they are doing. Stop expecting large e-ticket stuff, thats not what this is about. You have to have or be a kid to understand. My kids can go to disney everyday for free yet they ask to go to LEGOLAND not Disney.
ReplyDeleteWould love to day trip to legoland but let's be honest: $75 and no florida resident discount? Nah. I get 3 days in disney for $99, a year of universal for $159, a year of the busch family for $79, and 3 day cruises to the bahamas for around $200!
ReplyDeleteMerlin needs to get their lego heads out of the ground and price appropriately. $45 I'm there, $75... well the empty park speaks for itself.
I was lucky enough to go with my fiance and my mother who is older. We have no children. NONE. And all three of us had A BLAST!!! There is plenty for ALL of us to do. It is a wonderfully themed park. With one of a kind attractions with a lego-slant to it. Majority of the rides are INTERACTIVE! I've never seen so much interactivity when it comes to rides before. I grew up near 2 small amusement parks near Pittsburgh. Idle wild and kennywood. Legoland brings me back to my childhood where I enjoyed old fashioned rides, without all the bells and whistles that disney and universal provide. Sometimes those rides can be highly overrated. You can't beat a good old fashioned wooden roller coaster. There is plenty to do for everyone. and before you bash the place...why don't you ACTUALLY go for yourself instead of looking at pictures that don't do this park justice!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd to anonymous who is complaining about the pricing. If they did about an ounce more research they'd find out that an annual pass for legoland is only 129 without ANY block out dates...unlike the 99 dollar for one park for three consecutive days for disney. Which is blocked out for most of the entire year. And 159 one for universal which also has way more block out dates than could ever be useful....
ReplyDeleteMy husband and two sons (ages 12 and 15) were at Legoland in December. There were many school based trips that day and it was busy but not crowded. The park is definitely geared to 12 and under. We are not large people but could not sit side by side with each other as the cars on the ride were very small. The rides themselves were nice. The folks who load the rides didn't have the flow down either. The mini city was great. The lego sculptures throughout the park were wonderful. It was not a full day park however. After 6hours we were done. I agree with others that it was pricey.
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