Touring plans for SeaWorld or Legoland?
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Organize your day around the shows, but do the rides in the morning (as soon as the park opens).
Link to Ratings on Shows: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1876698
Link to Show Times: http://seaworld.com/ParkHours.aspx?locID=3
Let me know if this is helpful for you.
Link to Ratings on Shows: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1876698
Link to Show Times: http://seaworld.com/ParkHours.aspx?locID=3
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These lnks were great. thank you
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Thanks for the help! I wrote my own tentative touring plans for both parks (since I couldn't find full touring plans anywhere) but basically did as you suggested for SeaWorld. The park opens at 9 am and the first show isn't until 11 am! I am hoping to do all of the 'good' rides and exhibits before then.
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maybe you could post your touring plans, then let us know if it worked or not
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I'd be interested in specific plans/comments on how they worked too!
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Okay, here's the scoop. Keep in mind that we did SeaWorld on a Monday at the end of July, and Legoland on a Tuesday at the end of July. So it was high season, but middle of the week.
SeaWorld
We arrived a half hour before the park officially opened. They let us into the park but held us back at ropes at key locations. We dashed at the rope drop to Arctic Encounter, and then after that did Journey to Atlantis. Arctic Encounter is a simulator ride taking us through the Arctic, and when it was over we walked through an exhibit of various arctic animals. The kids especially liked a polar bear cave that growled loudly when we entered it. On Journey to Atlantis we didnt get as soaked as I had been told we would, but we were still pretty wet.
These two rides (plus the Arctic Encounter Exhibits) gave us enough time to make it to Shipwreck Rapids (every time I said the name of that ride I felt like Elmer Fudd) when it opened at 10 am. This would have been great, except that Shipwreck Rapids was down due to technical difficulties.
So we decided to come back later in the day. Instead, we went to the Shark Encounter, Manatee Encounter and Penguin Encounter exhibits. Of all of these, the Penguin Encounter was the best, because it featured hundreds of penguins wandering over the ice, jumping into the water, swimming around, and playing. It was amazing to see so many of them at once!
We coasted by the Rocky Point Preserve to look at the dolphins there and then went to the obligatory SeaWorld show: Shamu! Of course, the real Shamu is long dead, and they dont even have any new whales named Shamu. The whale we saw perform was named Corky, of all things. But they still called it the Shamu show and had everyone shout Shamu.
We had just enough time to run by Shipwreck Rapids again. It was open! We lined up, got to the front, were told to board the next raft and it broke down again. We knew it was serious when we saw them opening up the emergency exits and offloading people who were well back in line to get off of the ride. So we bailed and went to the Cirque de la Mer show. The title is obviously borrowed from Cirque du Soleil and this was very similar: with clowns and acrobats and hapless participants from the audience. The kids werent as impressed with this one. Afterward, we stopped for some lunch, and then went over to see the Manta Rays.
We traveled to the Sea Lion/Sea Otter show, which is a comedy routine, with the sea lion and otter acting various parts. The kids enjoyed this more, although DH and I had preferred the Cirque show. We went by Shipwreck Rapids again, only to find the line 90 minutes long. We deiced that we would just have to miss it this trip. Instead, we went to the Saltwater Aquarium and saw a number of interesting fish, and had the chance to touch starfish in the touch pool outside.
We had planned on going to the Dolphin show after this, but when we arrived it was full, so instead we ended up at the Pet Show ugh. Not a good replacement. None of us were very impressed. But now it was time to depart SeaWorld, so we got into the car and drove to Carlsbad, where our hotel for the night awaited. It was located right across from the beach, so we went for a dip in the Pacific Ocean and played in the sand for awhile before grabbing dinner and heading to bed.
In summary: We got there early and were able to do a lot of stuff before the shows started at 11 am. Outside of technical difficulties with Shipwreck Rapids, the only thing we couldn't do (that we were interested in) was the Dolphin show. Had we arrived 10 minutes earlier we probably would have gotten in. Also, we wanted to leave by about 3 pm. If we had stayed longer we could have done the Dolphin show.
Other info: We had lunch at the Shipwreck Cafe, and the food was okay, but overpriced. The kids liked seeing the animals while they ate, though.
Since we were going to Legoland the next day, we spent the night in Carlsbad at the Best Western Beach View Lodge. It wasn't too expensive and included a decent breakfast. Best of all, it was across the street from public access to the beach/Pacific Ocean, so we were able to spend some time there before going to bed. This hotel is about a 5-10 minute drive from Legoland.
SeaWorld
We arrived a half hour before the park officially opened. They let us into the park but held us back at ropes at key locations. We dashed at the rope drop to Arctic Encounter, and then after that did Journey to Atlantis. Arctic Encounter is a simulator ride taking us through the Arctic, and when it was over we walked through an exhibit of various arctic animals. The kids especially liked a polar bear cave that growled loudly when we entered it. On Journey to Atlantis we didnt get as soaked as I had been told we would, but we were still pretty wet.
These two rides (plus the Arctic Encounter Exhibits) gave us enough time to make it to Shipwreck Rapids (every time I said the name of that ride I felt like Elmer Fudd) when it opened at 10 am. This would have been great, except that Shipwreck Rapids was down due to technical difficulties.
So we decided to come back later in the day. Instead, we went to the Shark Encounter, Manatee Encounter and Penguin Encounter exhibits. Of all of these, the Penguin Encounter was the best, because it featured hundreds of penguins wandering over the ice, jumping into the water, swimming around, and playing. It was amazing to see so many of them at once!
We coasted by the Rocky Point Preserve to look at the dolphins there and then went to the obligatory SeaWorld show: Shamu! Of course, the real Shamu is long dead, and they dont even have any new whales named Shamu. The whale we saw perform was named Corky, of all things. But they still called it the Shamu show and had everyone shout Shamu.
We had just enough time to run by Shipwreck Rapids again. It was open! We lined up, got to the front, were told to board the next raft and it broke down again. We knew it was serious when we saw them opening up the emergency exits and offloading people who were well back in line to get off of the ride. So we bailed and went to the Cirque de la Mer show. The title is obviously borrowed from Cirque du Soleil and this was very similar: with clowns and acrobats and hapless participants from the audience. The kids werent as impressed with this one. Afterward, we stopped for some lunch, and then went over to see the Manta Rays.
We traveled to the Sea Lion/Sea Otter show, which is a comedy routine, with the sea lion and otter acting various parts. The kids enjoyed this more, although DH and I had preferred the Cirque show. We went by Shipwreck Rapids again, only to find the line 90 minutes long. We deiced that we would just have to miss it this trip. Instead, we went to the Saltwater Aquarium and saw a number of interesting fish, and had the chance to touch starfish in the touch pool outside.
We had planned on going to the Dolphin show after this, but when we arrived it was full, so instead we ended up at the Pet Show ugh. Not a good replacement. None of us were very impressed. But now it was time to depart SeaWorld, so we got into the car and drove to Carlsbad, where our hotel for the night awaited. It was located right across from the beach, so we went for a dip in the Pacific Ocean and played in the sand for awhile before grabbing dinner and heading to bed.
In summary: We got there early and were able to do a lot of stuff before the shows started at 11 am. Outside of technical difficulties with Shipwreck Rapids, the only thing we couldn't do (that we were interested in) was the Dolphin show. Had we arrived 10 minutes earlier we probably would have gotten in. Also, we wanted to leave by about 3 pm. If we had stayed longer we could have done the Dolphin show.
Other info: We had lunch at the Shipwreck Cafe, and the food was okay, but overpriced. The kids liked seeing the animals while they ate, though.
Since we were going to Legoland the next day, we spent the night in Carlsbad at the Best Western Beach View Lodge. It wasn't too expensive and included a decent breakfast. Best of all, it was across the street from public access to the beach/Pacific Ocean, so we were able to spend some time there before going to bed. This hotel is about a 5-10 minute drive from Legoland.
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Legoland
We got to Legoland about a half hour before park opening. This was the only park on our trip that opened at 10 am. All other parks were 9 am or earlier. It showed. There were a LOT of people waiting for the gates to open.
We weren’t entirely certain what to expect with this park, but were pleasantly surprised. The place is a mixture of decent rides (geared for smaller kids) and Lego exhibits. The kids had a terrific time. First we dashed over to the Knight’s Tournament. This is a pair of seats on robotic arms that twist and turn you around. You can choose an intensity level of 1 through 5. Of course, DH and I wanted Level 5, but since they were less than 55 inches tall, the most the kids could do was Level 2, so that’s what we experienced. In the end, the ride was a bit jerky, so it’s probably just as well.
We moved over to the Dragon Coaster, and enjoyed the combination of Lego sculptures and coaster. We then moved back down to the Lands of Adventure ride, and found it to be packed. Ugh. Our time of walk on rides was over. Still, we felt good getting two major rides in right away. The Kingdom of Adventure ride was Indiana Jones themed, and had guns you could shoot at targets to earn points, and was very popular.
Best of all, Lego actually understood how hard it is for little kids to stand in line! They had an outdoor Lego play area in the line! We dropped the kids off and they played at the tables until we were almost at the front. Ingenious!
We moved on down to the Technics coaster, and this ended up being our longest line of the day. This coaster was immensely popular, and we lined up for nearly 40 minutes. We enjoyed it, but didn’t think it was worth the wait. Fortunately, by now, we had done all of the headliner rides in the park, so we knew we wouldn’t be lining up much for anything else. We went across the way to the Bionicle Blaster ride (like the teacups at Disneyland) and enjoyed that attraction, before going to the Aquazone ride next door.
This ride is essentially a bunch of jet skis in a circle that you can move around in a limited way. It was during this time that there was an earthquake in Southern California. It was supposedly felt in San Diego (south of us) up through LA (north of us) but we didn’t notice it. Perhaps we just got extra splashing on the ride! But no one at the park appeared to have noticed anything unusual, and we had no idea there had even been an earthquake until hours later. Interestingly enough, the next day at DL, people told us that the park there had been evacuated and shut down for 2 hours because of the earthquake. It was really felt there and they wanted to make sure the rides were okay.
We decided to go over the to older part of the park and to get there we walked through Miniland USA, which holds Lego re-creations of a number of (mostly American) landmarks. Particularly impressive were the White House and Capitol building, as well as a re-creation of the Las Vegas Strip, from the Luxor all the way up to the Stratosphere!
We meandered over to Fun Town, where the kids went to the Volvo Driving School. Legoland has some kind of association with Volvo (even though Volvo is Swedish and Lego is Danish). This ride is like bumper cars, except that there are traffic signs and lights and the kids aren’t supposed to bump each other. They are also supposed to drive on the correct side of the road. They had a mini-version for kids 5 and under, but we convinced DS to say he was 6, since 5 years and 8 months rounded up is 6. This allowed him to go on the bigger kids’ version. Both kids really enjoyed this one.
Once we had experienced the Volvo Driving School, we went to the Fun Town Fire Brigade. The entire family got into a fire truck, drove over to a fire, then got out, put out the fire, and drove back to the start. The ‘driving’ consists of two people pumping levers up and down and is very physical. There were 4 fire trucks competing and needless to say, with DH’s competitive spirit we won our ‘round’. The kids were very impressed that we won.
The fire trucks were right next to the Lego Factory Tour, so we went in. Unfortunately, this tour was something of a disappointment, as this wasn’t a real factory, and half of the exhibits were not working. But we received our souvenir Lego brick at the end and the kids enjoyed the play tables.
We walked through the Adventurer's Club, which was another Indiana Jones style exhibit where we went into a jungle and an Egyptian-style tomb, which housed treasure. DS loved this, as it allowed him to pretend that he was Indiana Jones.
We saw that the line at the Skipper School (another bumper car-style ride, but in boats) wasn’t too long, so we joined it. There were more Lego tables for the kids to play with while we were in line, so the kids didn’t mind the wait.
I got stuck in a traffic jam at the end of the route, and DD and I had to have our boat fished out. Needless to say, DH and DS were much amused.
Across the way, Captain Cranky’s Challenge had a short line, so we joined it. This ride consists of a big pirate ship going in circles. The kids liked it, but it wasn’t so impressive for DH and myself.
By this time, DH and I were getting hungry, but we didn’t want to have lunch, since we knew we had a dinner reservation at Disneyland. So instead we stopped for a serving of Legoland’s famous ‘Apple Fries’. They were delicious!
While we ate, the kids played in Hideaways, which is a giant castle play area. They had a blast. They enjoyed it so much that we took them to the Pharaoh's Revenge play area in Lands of Adventure, where they got to shoot tennis-style balls at other kids. They really got into this one.
By this time we were getting tired, so we decided to finish up after a ride on the Miniland boats. We toured a number of world monuments built to scale out of Lego, including the Sydney Opera House. The kids were especially impressed with this one, as they recognized it from our Australia trip in January.
We were heading out when DH and DD decided to try out Build and Test, where they made a Lego car and then got to race it against cars others made. DS wasn’t as interested so I took him back for one more round in the Adventurer's Club. We got back in time to see DD impressing all of the boys with her car.
We were getting tired, so we headed for the exit. DH stopped at the first aid station to collect some bandaids for blisters on his feet, while the kids enjoyed playing with Lego Star Wars characters.
We made a quick trip through the gift shop, and then headed back to the car. We were tickled to notice the elite ‘Volvo parking’ in the lot.
In Summary: We were there at opening and left by about 3:30 pm. We did pretty much everything we were interested in, but there was a bunch of stuff we skipped. We bypassed the toddler rides (our kids are 5 and 7 and weren't so interested in these) and some of the other rides that didn't look so exciting (like the pedaling rides). We also skipped much of the water play in Pirate Shores because it was a cool day and we didn't want to get wet (even though we had all worn bathing suits under our clothes and were prepared for it). If you really want to see everything at Legoland, I would go for the 2 day ticket deals that they offer, or spend a FULL day there (opening until closing).
The ride into Anaheim and the Paradise Pier Hotel took us a little over an hour. I was checking into the Paradise Pier by 4:45 pm.
We got to Legoland about a half hour before park opening. This was the only park on our trip that opened at 10 am. All other parks were 9 am or earlier. It showed. There were a LOT of people waiting for the gates to open.
We weren’t entirely certain what to expect with this park, but were pleasantly surprised. The place is a mixture of decent rides (geared for smaller kids) and Lego exhibits. The kids had a terrific time. First we dashed over to the Knight’s Tournament. This is a pair of seats on robotic arms that twist and turn you around. You can choose an intensity level of 1 through 5. Of course, DH and I wanted Level 5, but since they were less than 55 inches tall, the most the kids could do was Level 2, so that’s what we experienced. In the end, the ride was a bit jerky, so it’s probably just as well.
We moved over to the Dragon Coaster, and enjoyed the combination of Lego sculptures and coaster. We then moved back down to the Lands of Adventure ride, and found it to be packed. Ugh. Our time of walk on rides was over. Still, we felt good getting two major rides in right away. The Kingdom of Adventure ride was Indiana Jones themed, and had guns you could shoot at targets to earn points, and was very popular.
Best of all, Lego actually understood how hard it is for little kids to stand in line! They had an outdoor Lego play area in the line! We dropped the kids off and they played at the tables until we were almost at the front. Ingenious!
We moved on down to the Technics coaster, and this ended up being our longest line of the day. This coaster was immensely popular, and we lined up for nearly 40 minutes. We enjoyed it, but didn’t think it was worth the wait. Fortunately, by now, we had done all of the headliner rides in the park, so we knew we wouldn’t be lining up much for anything else. We went across the way to the Bionicle Blaster ride (like the teacups at Disneyland) and enjoyed that attraction, before going to the Aquazone ride next door.
This ride is essentially a bunch of jet skis in a circle that you can move around in a limited way. It was during this time that there was an earthquake in Southern California. It was supposedly felt in San Diego (south of us) up through LA (north of us) but we didn’t notice it. Perhaps we just got extra splashing on the ride! But no one at the park appeared to have noticed anything unusual, and we had no idea there had even been an earthquake until hours later. Interestingly enough, the next day at DL, people told us that the park there had been evacuated and shut down for 2 hours because of the earthquake. It was really felt there and they wanted to make sure the rides were okay.
We decided to go over the to older part of the park and to get there we walked through Miniland USA, which holds Lego re-creations of a number of (mostly American) landmarks. Particularly impressive were the White House and Capitol building, as well as a re-creation of the Las Vegas Strip, from the Luxor all the way up to the Stratosphere!
We meandered over to Fun Town, where the kids went to the Volvo Driving School. Legoland has some kind of association with Volvo (even though Volvo is Swedish and Lego is Danish). This ride is like bumper cars, except that there are traffic signs and lights and the kids aren’t supposed to bump each other. They are also supposed to drive on the correct side of the road. They had a mini-version for kids 5 and under, but we convinced DS to say he was 6, since 5 years and 8 months rounded up is 6. This allowed him to go on the bigger kids’ version. Both kids really enjoyed this one.
Once we had experienced the Volvo Driving School, we went to the Fun Town Fire Brigade. The entire family got into a fire truck, drove over to a fire, then got out, put out the fire, and drove back to the start. The ‘driving’ consists of two people pumping levers up and down and is very physical. There were 4 fire trucks competing and needless to say, with DH’s competitive spirit we won our ‘round’. The kids were very impressed that we won.
The fire trucks were right next to the Lego Factory Tour, so we went in. Unfortunately, this tour was something of a disappointment, as this wasn’t a real factory, and half of the exhibits were not working. But we received our souvenir Lego brick at the end and the kids enjoyed the play tables.
We walked through the Adventurer's Club, which was another Indiana Jones style exhibit where we went into a jungle and an Egyptian-style tomb, which housed treasure. DS loved this, as it allowed him to pretend that he was Indiana Jones.
We saw that the line at the Skipper School (another bumper car-style ride, but in boats) wasn’t too long, so we joined it. There were more Lego tables for the kids to play with while we were in line, so the kids didn’t mind the wait.
I got stuck in a traffic jam at the end of the route, and DD and I had to have our boat fished out. Needless to say, DH and DS were much amused.
Across the way, Captain Cranky’s Challenge had a short line, so we joined it. This ride consists of a big pirate ship going in circles. The kids liked it, but it wasn’t so impressive for DH and myself.
By this time, DH and I were getting hungry, but we didn’t want to have lunch, since we knew we had a dinner reservation at Disneyland. So instead we stopped for a serving of Legoland’s famous ‘Apple Fries’. They were delicious!
While we ate, the kids played in Hideaways, which is a giant castle play area. They had a blast. They enjoyed it so much that we took them to the Pharaoh's Revenge play area in Lands of Adventure, where they got to shoot tennis-style balls at other kids. They really got into this one.
By this time we were getting tired, so we decided to finish up after a ride on the Miniland boats. We toured a number of world monuments built to scale out of Lego, including the Sydney Opera House. The kids were especially impressed with this one, as they recognized it from our Australia trip in January.
We were heading out when DH and DD decided to try out Build and Test, where they made a Lego car and then got to race it against cars others made. DS wasn’t as interested so I took him back for one more round in the Adventurer's Club. We got back in time to see DD impressing all of the boys with her car.
We were getting tired, so we headed for the exit. DH stopped at the first aid station to collect some bandaids for blisters on his feet, while the kids enjoyed playing with Lego Star Wars characters.
We made a quick trip through the gift shop, and then headed back to the car. We were tickled to notice the elite ‘Volvo parking’ in the lot.
In Summary: We were there at opening and left by about 3:30 pm. We did pretty much everything we were interested in, but there was a bunch of stuff we skipped. We bypassed the toddler rides (our kids are 5 and 7 and weren't so interested in these) and some of the other rides that didn't look so exciting (like the pedaling rides). We also skipped much of the water play in Pirate Shores because it was a cool day and we didn't want to get wet (even though we had all worn bathing suits under our clothes and were prepared for it). If you really want to see everything at Legoland, I would go for the 2 day ticket deals that they offer, or spend a FULL day there (opening until closing).
The ride into Anaheim and the Paradise Pier Hotel took us a little over an hour. I was checking into the Paradise Pier by 4:45 pm.
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Awesome! Very helpful! Thanks for taking the time to post!
It sounds like you had a great time. We're definately looking forward to going...and will now be more prepared! Thanks again!
It sounds like you had a great time. We're definately looking forward to going...and will now be more prepared! Thanks again!
To more or less echo helenb's great post, the best advice is to get there early and do the relatively new/popular things like Knight's Tournament & Land of Adventure first. Beyond that, LL doesn't really lend itself to making an efficient touring plan. There is no Fastpass system, and so many of the rides are low capacity/slow-loading that wait times build quickly to 25+ minutes almost everywhere and then stabilize there as people spread themselves throughout the park. (An exception is Sky Cruiser, a not-very-exciting ride where you pedal a vehicle along an elevated track; the wait times for this seem to just keep building throughout the day and can get to 60+.) Also, the park layout is more of a circular design than a hub & spoke design like DL/MK, so backtracking would be pretty time-consuming anyway. Especially now that they are opening an aquarium (for which either separate or "hopper"-type admission will be required), it is just plain difficult to do LL in one day (especially if the hours are 10-5 or 10-6) without doing some major skipping, although as with any park there are things that your kids will probably be too young or old for, so you'd be skipping them anyway.
With that said, I believe LL is absolutely worth spending an extra half-day or more at (check mousesavers.com for links to 2-day tickets at basically the same price as 1-day ones). The theming, attention to detail, cleverness and friendliness are way above most other parks' with the exception of the Disney parks, and even there I would say LL is in that ballpark. There is plenty to "do" at LL, but even more to "see" and it's great fun to go at a relaxed pace, linger amongst the sculptures in Miniland (and everywhere else), let your kids loose in the splash/play/climbing areas for a half hour or so without worrying about the time, etc. It also gives you the freedom to go back and redo rides like Fairy Tale Brook and the Dragon, where you'll see and appreciate Lego details that you'll probably have missed the first time.
One tip that folks might find useful even if you are already planning on going for an extra day is to plan to stay until closing if your kids can take it. The latest they stay open in the summer is only 8 pm anyway, and since so many people clear out at 5 or 6, wait times start dropping dramatically after that. We like to eat lunch at 11/11:30 to beat the rush, get those apple fries (best theme park snack EVER) around 4 or 4:30 and then keep touring until closing (then go to In-n-Out or Rubio's for dinner instead of wasting that good touring time eating dinner at the park). We've been able to ride the Dragon several times in a row in that last hour the park is open.
With that said, I believe LL is absolutely worth spending an extra half-day or more at (check mousesavers.com for links to 2-day tickets at basically the same price as 1-day ones). The theming, attention to detail, cleverness and friendliness are way above most other parks' with the exception of the Disney parks, and even there I would say LL is in that ballpark. There is plenty to "do" at LL, but even more to "see" and it's great fun to go at a relaxed pace, linger amongst the sculptures in Miniland (and everywhere else), let your kids loose in the splash/play/climbing areas for a half hour or so without worrying about the time, etc. It also gives you the freedom to go back and redo rides like Fairy Tale Brook and the Dragon, where you'll see and appreciate Lego details that you'll probably have missed the first time.
One tip that folks might find useful even if you are already planning on going for an extra day is to plan to stay until closing if your kids can take it. The latest they stay open in the summer is only 8 pm anyway, and since so many people clear out at 5 or 6, wait times start dropping dramatically after that. We like to eat lunch at 11/11:30 to beat the rush, get those apple fries (best theme park snack EVER) around 4 or 4:30 and then keep touring until closing (then go to In-n-Out or Rubio's for dinner instead of wasting that good touring time eating dinner at the park). We've been able to ride the Dragon several times in a row in that last hour the park is open.
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Here's what we're going to do: (Help from Fodor's guide)
(Just posted in another LL planning thread too.)
LEGOLAND Touring Plan:
Arrive before opening.
Go RIGHT toward Imagination Zone. Make reservations if needed for Mindstorms. Check to see when other activities open.
Continue up Castle Hill to Knight's Tournament.
Next head to Fun Town for Skipper School, the Driving Schools. Finish this block with Sky Cruiser and Kid Power Towers.
Snack around 11am.
Try to get on most of these rides before noon.
By now, Pirate Shores should be open. Go there to cool down.
Visit Explore Village.
Lunch around 2pm.
Visit Fun Town, Miniland USA, and Dino Island. See shows when applicable.
As things slow down in the late afternoon, head back to the popular rides and do them again.
Dining Info:
Ristorante Brickolini (Explore Village)
has pastas, salads, and wood-fired pizzas
Fun Town Market
has salads, sandwiches, pastas
Garden Restaurant (overlooks Miniland USA)
soups, sandwiches, specialty, breads, salads
Knight's Table Barbecue
Danish spareribs, roasted chicken
Snacks:
Must try Granny's Apple Fries
Other info:
LEGO Clubhouse (ice cream and soda fountain) features a LEGO robot band
You can purchase a LEGO Mosaic there, where the Brick-o-lizer transforms a digital photo into detailed instructions on how to create your own portrait from LEGO bricks (about $30)
(Just posted in another LL planning thread too.)
LEGOLAND Touring Plan:
Arrive before opening.
Go RIGHT toward Imagination Zone. Make reservations if needed for Mindstorms. Check to see when other activities open.
Continue up Castle Hill to Knight's Tournament.
Next head to Fun Town for Skipper School, the Driving Schools. Finish this block with Sky Cruiser and Kid Power Towers.
Snack around 11am.
Try to get on most of these rides before noon.
By now, Pirate Shores should be open. Go there to cool down.
Visit Explore Village.
Lunch around 2pm.
Visit Fun Town, Miniland USA, and Dino Island. See shows when applicable.
As things slow down in the late afternoon, head back to the popular rides and do them again.
Dining Info:
Ristorante Brickolini (Explore Village)
has pastas, salads, and wood-fired pizzas
Fun Town Market
has salads, sandwiches, pastas
Garden Restaurant (overlooks Miniland USA)
soups, sandwiches, specialty, breads, salads
Knight's Table Barbecue
Danish spareribs, roasted chicken
Snacks:
Must try Granny's Apple Fries
Other info:
LEGO Clubhouse (ice cream and soda fountain) features a LEGO robot band
You can purchase a LEGO Mosaic there, where the Brick-o-lizer transforms a digital photo into detailed instructions on how to create your own portrait from LEGO bricks (about $30)
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