We are doing a last minute one night stay with the destination being legoland. My boys have always wanted to stay at the legoland hotel. SOOO is the hotel worth 2x the beach retreat?
We haven't stayed at the Beach Retreat - but the convenience of the Legoland hotel was great. It was easy to go back and forth to the park if we wanted, and my kids loved the buffet restaurant (Bricks I think) and the pool. It was nice to not have to wait for the shuttle.
We actually never made it over there. There was lots to do at the Beach Retreat, rooms were well done and lots of space. The reminder emails I got just before all mentioned the master builder class though.
One thing I didn’t know was that staying there gave us premium parking, handy for driving over!