So we went today. I was able to purchase the tickets at a discount from a radio program, so we paid only $35 for 2 adults and 2 kids. Had I bought the tickets at the counter (not with the on-line discount) we would have paid over $70 (and there were a lot of people around us that did pay that much). The kids had a pretty good time. DD6's favorite was the Dragon Ride (ala Disney style car on a track through scenes made with LEGOs. DS3 was a little scared of the skeletons and the dragon. The dragon snorts water out its nose by the way, it startled DS a bit.), we rode it at least 3 times. When you first enter, you will do a walk through the "Miniland", which is a replica of downtown Chicago, really cool! We loved seeing the small details: the
Lego guy buried in sand at the beach, the city turning from daytime to nighttime, the Chicago cop napping on a picnic blanket in the park, etc. DD also liked the "Jungle Expedition" where you walk through a room themed to be a jungle with all the animals constructed from LEGOs. Kids are encouraged to touch the glowing purple crystal for "good luck for the rest of your life", but of course the crystal is guarded by a MASSIVE red and black LEGO spider over it. Needless to say, DS was not very happy about the spider, so you can take a lava-looking hallway round the back to avoid if necessary. This spits you out into the "Hall of Fame" area with some life-size LEGO statues of Batman, Hagrid and Harry Potter, Darth Vader and R2D2. There is also a little area with soft rubber LEGOs for the little ones to play with. You can take stairs or an elevator upstairs. There is a 4D film (don't even bother trying to compare this to Philharmagic!) starring some LEGO characters that speak some sort of gibberish (some more squirting water here) that is approximately 15 minutes long. Next to the movie line is the "Lego Factory Tour". You smash into a room, and there are a few stations to crowd around to view the process of making a LEGO brick. DD got to be the "assistant" and help to push the red buttons, so that was an instant hit with her. There is a small room with a couple of LEGO play tables and it is all themed with SpongeBob SquarePants. My kids are Disney purists, so the poor things were kinda clueless as to what the h*ll these were. But there were some really cool LEGO jellyfish suspended from the ceiling. The last thing left was the LEGO Cafe. We did not eat here, but don't skip going in, because this is where the little play area is located. There is a small, congested play area (a much scaled-down McDonald's playland) that was crazy with kids basically climbing on top of one another. There are more LEGO play tables here with chairs. But beware the kids running around without shoes and the sharp LEGO pieces on the ground. That's about it. We spent about 2 hours here. Had I paid full price I probably would have been disappointed, for $70 I want a full day of activities. It was also quite possibly the loudest place I have ever been. Any questions, I will try to answer!
