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I’m staring out the window at a full on blizzard and reminiscing about our trip to Orlando a mere two weeks ago! If you checked out my Chef Mickey review, you know that baby girl and I were in Orlando to visit family. A full-on Disney day wasn’t in the cards for us (plus I would have felt bad going to Disney without little man). But we did do a day to trip to Legoland Florida– and it was awesome! I highly recommend adding a day at Legoland to your Central Florida itinerary! Here is my Legoland Florida Review:
Legoland Florida Review
Getting to Legoland Florida
Legoland Florida is located in Winter Haven, about a half hour south of Disney. Legoland opened in 2011 and we visited in 2012. On this recent visit, the rides and facilities still looked shiny and new!
We drove to Legoland Florida on a Monday morning. We arrived right after it opened at 10am. My cousin and her kids have annual passes, which included free parking in the lot. As we expected, a random Monday in January was a great time to visit Legoland – it was not crowded and we hardly waited on line for rides.
On this trip, baby girl and I visited one theme park and we chose Legoland partly because cousin is a member, but also because there are some great deals on tickets for the general public. I highly recommend checking out UNDERCOVER TOURIST. to buy your Legoland (and other Orlando) tickets. CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SAVE OVER 30%!
Legoland is an amusement park with a Lego theme. The biggest draw is the rides, most of which are suited for ages 3 and up. Baby girl, age 5 (and 42” tall) was able to go on almost all of the rides. There are plenty of dry rides, but there is also a water park at Legoland Florida. The water rides are only open from the beginning of March until the beginning of October and although the water park was a highlight of our August 2012 trip, we didn’t even feel like we were missing out this go around! Plus the temperature was only in the high 60s/low 70s so clearly not a great day to get wet!
Legoland Florida Characters, Lego Miniland and Lego Movies
Baby girl is a huge Lego fan! We have seen The Lego Movie and The Lego Batman Movie as well as the recent Lego Ninjago flick. At Legoland Florida, you can meet and greet with those characters, along with Ninjago in the new Ninjago World! The girls loved this new ride!
Throughout the park there are so many statues and characters made entirely out of legos. There is also Miniland where entire cities are replicated in Lego’s. We loved looking at all of these, and I am still blown away how these are made entirely of legos!
In addition to rides, you can play carnival type games at Legoland. There is a live stage show and a 4D theatre showing mini-movies throughout the day. We saw Lego Nexo Knights, a 10-minute 4D experience that was really fun! Don’t worry, the fourth dimension is just confetti and stuff that comes down on you during the movie.
PRO-TIP: You can meet and greet with the characters right after the movie, as you exit the theatre.
Legoland Florida Rides
My daughter really loves rides, and those were the highlight of our day at Legoland. Again, the park was not crowded I don’t even think we waited more than 10 minutes for any ride. We started the day on one of the bigger coasters, The Dragon. I actually went on this and felt a little vile after… baby girl loved it! Then we made our way to the back of the park, hitting up Coastersaurus, the Safari Trek, and Ninjago.
Before lunch, we hit up all the “schools” located in Lego City. This was my personal favorite! First we did boating school, where you get to actually drive a boat in a little river. Then the kids went to driving school – they received their driver’s license and a mini-driving lesson. They were off on the road to drive their little cars (sadly grown-ups are too big). The last school, flying school, baby girl was too small for (one of the few rides where you have to be 48 inches tall) but we loved watching my cousin’s son fly through the air!
After lunch we went on Project X, one the bigger roller coaster rides, and then walked through Miniland and along the lake. We finished with a carousel ride and the 4D movie.
Legoland Florida Dining
After the schools we had a late lunch at Burger Kitchen. The grown-ups had burgers (meat and veggie) and fries and the kids had kid’s meals. The food at Legoland was good, and pretty reasonably priced (annual pass holders do get a 10% discount here). You are allowed to bring in a small backpack, so we had some waters and snacks, but we did shell out for a meal in the quick service restaurant. As a vegetarian, I did appreciate the notes on the park map indicated which restaurants were good options for different dietary restrictions.
Legoland Hotel
On the way back to the car, we took a peep inside the new Legoland Hotel, adjacent to the entrance of the park. The lobby of this hotel was so fun, with a large bin of Legos just to play in, a full play structure, and lots of decorations made completely out of legos. The pool looked awesome, and I bet the rooms are fun and whimsical. I would definitely recommend staying here if you have more time, or don’t want to drive back up to Orlando after a long day at the park. Read Leah’s review of the Legoland Hotel.
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I highly recommend you consider Legoland Orlando on your next trip. Especially in the summer when the water area is open. This will give you a great theme park experience without the crowds and intense-ness of Disney. And if you are a Florida resident, or visit more than once a year, an annual pass seems like a great deal! My cousin bought hers when Legoland was having a 2-for-1 special on these as well!
I am heading back to Orlando this month and baby girl is already asking to go back! Have you been to Legoland, Florida? Any tips for our return visit?
Here is an awesome video of our trip to Legoland Orlando. Check out our ride on The Dragon & cousin’s ride at Flying School (Video taken with these awesome snapchat spectacles!)
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I have 3 grandkids and 2 son-in-laws who would love to spend the day at any lego land. Wish we all lived closer to Florida.
I live in NY, but all my older relatives to go FL for the winter! cant complain about that!
We just LOVE Legoland Florida! I think it’s so perfect for kids, and I love that Lego encourages kids to use their imagination to play. We are especially obsessed with Granny’s apple fries!
I was wondering what those were! We didnt have any… maybe if we go back in a few weeks!
My brother in law has always wanted to visit Legoland! Your photos are so cute!!
Thanks! Yes, this day the photos came out quite fun & colorful!
I would LOOOVEEEE to take my kiddos to Legoland!!!! We aren’t huge on Legos either but that looks fun. Thanks for sharing, and happy Valentines Day to you!
OMG this looks amazing! My son just turned 3 and I’ve been thinking about a Legoland trip. I didn’t realize there was one in Florida! How fun!
three would be a great age!
This is so cool! I’m totally going to have to take my kiddos!
Great review! I have never been there (daughter just turned 2) so we will wait til she is a little older. The review sounds like it is a great park for the kids.
My kids would love to visit Legoland. They have a small obsession in our house and this looks like it would be a blast.
With Love Rochelle
I have always wanted to take my littles there! Thanks for all the inside info! Sounds like you guys had a blast, and now I’ll have to put Legoland in my planning for our Florida visits! Thanks mama!
we are planning to take the kids there next year and I cannot wait! everything looks so fun!
Looks like a great place to take the kids to. I’ve always want to go there even before we had kids. Lol!
Belle | One Awesome Momma
We’ve been a few times with our three boys and we just LOVE it! I think all of our trips have always been mid- week in Sept. and the parks are so easy to walk through with hardly any lines. My boys love all things LEGO so this was a must see for us on our last few trips. Thanks for linking up with us at Together on Tuesdays!
Awesome post! My grands would love that! Thank you so much for linking up at NanaHood.com Do come back and visit again soon.
We love LEGOLAND. We are planning a visit in a few weeks and can’t wait to ride the new NINJAGO ride. I have some serious Ninja’s in my house!! I wrote a blog posts about our visit last year if you are looking for more info for your upcoming trip. http://www.fivefortheroad.com/legoland-florida-visit/
Maybe we will be there at the same time!!
thanks for sharing this! I think I pinned this post a while back! we are planning to go Saturday
This looks super fun! My son loves his legos. He would be so into this place.
We love Lego Land! There is a small one about two hours from us but my kids watch YouTube videos all the time about the one you went to!
Looks like just a fun time! My family has gone to the one in California, but the Florida one looks just as fun!! Thanks for sharing!
What a fun place to visit! My oldest was a HUGE Lego fan, and would love to go there (even though he’s grown). Thanks for linking up at Together on Tuesdays!
Surprisingly we have not tried Legoland yet, even though we are from Orlando. With no little ones, Disney just becomes are go to, as we have heard Legoland is better suited with littles. We keep planning to take my niece, but haven’t made it happen yet. Love all these tips! Maybe we could even play hooky one random Monday to avoid the crowds like you guys did!!
we are going this weekend, so I will let you know how the weekend crowds are!
we are huge Lego fans, so read this with interest. We are hoping Legoland malaysia will be our first Legoland experience!
We love the Legoland California. Not only the rides, but the playgrounds and the building opportunities, too. My daughter spent an hour last time we went just building and re-building cars…I’d love to take her here, too!
I haven’t take my son to Legoland until today. He’s a lego maniac but he’s already 11. I’m not sure whether he will still be excited at this age to be there.
yeah 11 might be a bit old…