Day Nine (Thursday, May 15th)

Legoland.

Having skipped Sea World the day before I think we would have chosen to go there instead of Legoland, if we hadn’t already purchased our tickets.

We learned (through online research) that you can purchase a “BrickMaster” subscription through Lego.com that includes 6 sets of Legos, a subscription to Lego Magazine, a bunch of coupons, AND a complimentary ticket into the Legoland theme park for $39.99. That, compared with a typical $59 entrance charge to the park, was a no brainer. So we ordered our Brick Master subscriptions before we left, and arrived at the park armed with our “complimentary” tickets.

There were lots of cool statues, buildings, animals and various other displays made of Lego’s that were quite impressive. But generally speaking, Dave and I liked them a lot better than Bridget did.

They had a section called devoted to scale models of various locations around the globe. In may cases they had entire cities done in Lego. This is the part where Bridget got the most bored. She couldn’t touch anything… we just walked around (and took pictures).

There were also various rides and things. Most of which were either pretty dumb looking or had height restrictions that wouldn’t allow Bridget to ride. We went on a few. But the highlight of Legoland was this water park. We probably spent 3 hours there. They had all kinds of knobs, buttons and levers that you could move – and that caused water to start or stop at various other locations (usually drenching some unsuspecting kid). It was a pretty neat water park – and Bridget had a blast!

All in all, Legoland was no Disneyland… but we decided it would be great for kids about 5 or 6 years and up. The ones that already have an established relationship with Legos and who could enjoy the structures built of Lego. And that were tall enough to ride on all the rides.

And if you go… bring swim wear… you won’t want to miss the water park portion!