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boasting more than 50 rides shows and
attractions I'm picking up quite a bit
of momentum in recent years Legoland
Florida aims to provide Florida
vacationers with an alternative choice
but with limited time and money and
plenty of other big hitters to choose
from is it worth a trip hi I'm the
frugal brim for this video I'm gonna
provide a breakdown of the good and
they're not so good things about
Legoland Florida to help you decide
whether this theme park is worth a visit
on your vacation and at the end I've got
some great tips to help you get the best
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Orlando vacation content so Legoland
Florida is situated on the property of
what used to be the Cypress Gardens
theme park before it was taken over by
Merlin the rides at this park a few of
which have been repurposed with lego
theming or spread across 13 different
lands inspired by different lego
property lines and destinations so the
demographic they're aiming for is fairly
obvious
the rides are geared towards what young
children will be interested in as
opposed to teenagers a lot of people
don't realize that Legoland Florida is
not located within Orlando or near
Disneyworld
instead it's approximately a 50 minute
drive from these locations over in
Winter Haven if you don't have a rental
car you may want to check out these
shuttle for this park which runs from
International Drive the cost for one-day
admission is $84 99 but if you also want
to try their waterpark which by the way
unfortunately won't be covered in this
video
then in total that will cost you 109
dollars 99 and these prices are for when
you purchase days in advance which is
significantly cheaper
you can also pick up some good discounts
online from other websites on occasion
such as from Costco so definitely worth
shopping around for be sure to also
factor in the 23 dollar parking fee so
for my tour of Legoland Florida I'm
gonna take you through all the different
lands and attractions in sort of a
reverse order of popularity so starting
with the least popular and then
gradually moving on to the more popular
and more thrilling attractions now be
sure to highlight any that I think are
unmissable so with that said I will
begin the tour at fun town this area
close to the entrance features the
graham the carousel which occupies the
center of this section of the park
the best attraction in this line is
definitely the huge afford a theater
which has three different shows
including a very amusing lego movie show
in addition to this attraction there's
also some interactive Lego shots over
here as well over to the left is heart
Lake City which is sort of the girliest
section of Legoland Florida
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the main attraction over here is Mears
riding adventure this is a spinning disk
ride where you're held in your seat
facing outwards in a circle and then
spun around whilst the disk itself
slides backwards and forwards on a
curved track don't be put off by the
kiddush look of this ride this is very
fast and provides plenty of thrills or
so I'm told
just watching this ride gives me more
than enough nausea if I'm being
completely honest over to the east of
this park is to plov valley aimed at
Legoland Florida's youngest guests this
area is based on the 1985 building set
LEGO DUPLO form this could be the most
fun area for any toddlers a new group
which contains a few different minor
attractions including DUPLO hot spot and
cheap low splash and play
the more popular attractions over here
include the duplo tractor the duplo
train and the Florida prepaid
schoolhouse which is an indoor
interactive playground which comes in
handy when it's raining heavy outside
moving to the far north side you'll find
the imaginations own land this is an
indoor attraction filled of hands-on
Lego activities we get to build a
working product out of Lego before
testing them out my next to the
imagination zone you'll find Pirates
Cove land which offers a live pirate
themed water-ski show you can also find
Cypress Gardens here as well which
Merlyn decided to keep and maintain when
they took over the park many years ago
moving to the center of the park you
have Miniland at USA here you'll find
super impressive miniature versions of
cities and landmarks from across the
United States as well as some Star Wars
displays LEGO fans young and old will
want to spend time here for sure on the
east side of Legoland Florida is land of
adventure this is another area that's
aimed at this parks youngest guests the
minor attractions here includes Safari
Trek Pharaohs revenge and beetle bounce
the main attractions at Lamb of
Adventure include coaster soros which is
a wooden roller coaster previously known
as triple hurricane Jerome this Cypress
Gardens days but now has a dinosaur
theme the other main attraction here is
the Lost Kingdom adventure which is an
interactive shooter dark ride which
requires you to shoot zombies and
skeletons a short walk south from land
of adventure is Lego kingdoms the main
attractions here include Royal joust the
forest men's hideout and Merlin's
challenge the main attraction over here
is the dragon which is a combination of
a dark ride and a family rollercoaster
this is one of the signature Legoland
rides at this park and many of the other
Legoland parks around the world but
surprisingly I hear this roller coaster
was repurposed from the old Cypress
Gardens days moving back over to the
west side of the park is lego technic
the manor attractions here include
Technic hotspot which is a toddler's
play area the techne cycle where you and
your child pedal to go higher
then you've got aqua zone wave races
where you steer to dodge water cannons
and splash your friends and lastly the
main attraction in this land is the
great Lego race this attraction combines
rollercoaster thrills with virtual
reality technology where as the name
implies you're part of a race against
other Lego characters the cool thing
about this trial is that the visuals are
360 degrees so you can view things all
around you keep in mind though that you
must be 6 years old and 48 inches tall
to ride this one but if your child is
over 42 inches at you and your child can
still ride but without the VR headset
located in the far northeast corner you
have lego city this area specializes in
these school type attractions so this
includes the Ford driving school where
kids take control and earn their own
lego land driver's license and then
there's boating school which allows kids
to captain their own mini vessels you
have the Rescue Academy where you take
control of a firetruck or a police
vehicle and compete with other gases to
put out the fire and lastly you have
flying school where passengers riding
carriages suspended from the overhead
track with nothing beneath their feet
this is another attraction repurposed
from the Cypress Gardens days
just a short walk over to the right and
you'll arrive at lego ninjago world
which is the martial arts themed land
design as an interactive training ground
for kids to own their ninja skills
whilst there's plenty of really cool
displays in this land the key attraction
here and one of the best in the whole
park is the lego ninjago the ride this
is a state-of-the-art dark ride where
guests compete to score points using
ninja ham moves to fire animated
fireballs lightning and more this
attraction also has 3d computer
animation and 4d special effects such as
heat fog and strobe lighting
right to the bottom of the park is the
final land on my list which is Legoland
movie world which is also the newest
area following a recent expansion this
place of course has lego movie theming
and it's sense of humor it here is
consistent with the movies I start the
list of attractions with on kitties
disco drop after climbing aboard this
brightly colored a thrill ride that
you'll soar to the top before dropping
spinning and bouncing back and forth
don't be put off by the colors this is a
lot of fun and more thrilling than you'd
expect
the next attraction on my list is battle
of Vicksburg where Tupelo aliens have
invaded bricksburg and it's up to you to
stop them on this frantic water ride as
the boat progresses you'll fight the
invaders by spraying water at targets
but be careful as other park goers will
also be able to squirt you with water
cannons that are mounted around the
attractions perimeter so there is a very
high chance of getting absolutely
soaking wet on this one and so the last
ride on my list in lego movie world is
lego movie masters of flight this
marquee attraction takes you on a
suspended journey aboard Emmett's triple
decker couch as you saw along you'll see
what it's like to fly through a world
made it's highly of LEGO bricks thanks
to the rise full dome virtual screen for
those of you that have tried saw ran
over a nap cot you'll be familiar with
this type of attraction a cool thing
about this ride is that you'll get a
different view depending on which of the
three levels you are so definitely
arrived that's worth trying more than
once if you get a chance Lego is of
course one of the most powerful brands
worldwide and so the fact that this
theme park is completely dedicated to
what is probably the most popular kid's
toy deserves to be emphasized as an
adult it may be difficult for us to
appreciate just how awesome it must be
having a theme park dedicated to your
favorite story my favorite thing about
this park is that it's not as hectic and
stressful as some of the other bigger
and more famous theme parks in Florida
the obvious examples being those in
Disney World and Universal also not as
expensive so the queues for the popular
rides are much more manageable even at
the weekends this theme park doesn't
require crazy preparation or
reservations months in advance or
anything like that some of the main
rides such as the Ninjago riders very
good capacity and of course there won't
be any
Hue's for the likes of Miniland and the
plentiful playgrounds and play areas
spread throughout the park when talking
about the positives I have to talk about
the inclusion of Cypress Gardens this is
a really nice and unexpected conclusion
which makes for a really pleasant break
from the rides the food at Legoland
Florida is on par for a theme park what
does that mean well it means kinda all
right but not worse than most non Disney
theme parks if you're into Italian food
they do pretty good pizza and pasta
buffet and fun sound I should also
mention here that the very popular
Legoland
Apple fries which originated from
Legoland possibly my second favorite
thing about this park is that they'll
let you take in a cooler to take in your
snacks and lunch which comes in really
handy to save on costs so this theme
park has the potential to be
disappointing if you go in with the
wrong expectations so Lego markets this
park for children between 2 and 12 years
old I would say that any kids that love
Lego will love this park regardless of
age but in my opinion the optimal age is
between 4 and 9 years old
whilst there is plenty to do on the 4
years old you may become irritated by
some of the height requirements on some
rides for toddlers and also kids over 9
may be seeking the sort of thrill rides
offered by the other parks in Florida I
should say that that since the lego
movie world expansion this park has
become a bit more attractive to tweens
but overall the reality is that this
park cannot stand toe-to-toe with Disney
World and Universal in terms of rides or
the magical atmosphere one area where
this park has received some mildly
negative feedback is the condition of
some of the Lego displays around the
park I think it's fair to say that the
Florida weather has not been
particularly kind of these over the
years some guests have commented online
that this part can be quicker than its
competitors to close with a threat of
thunder and lining however staff will
provide free passes if this happens but
obviously if you're traveling from
overseas this doesn't really make up for
it
one complaint I've seen raised a few
times is with some of the smaller rides
generating disproportionately large
queues due to low rider capacity what
some have perceive as inefficient queue
management and a lack of urgency from
staff
so in summary Legoland Florida is not
for everyone as highlighted above but if
your children love Lego this theme park
which is cheaper and less stressful than
its competitors is absolutely worth a
trip if you're in the right age range
all right so I'll start with sips we've
got some may consider fairly obvious so
like with every theme park it's best to
arrive before the park opens again as
much soon as you can before 12:00 is
there are significantly less people in
the park in the morning before heading
out to Legoland Florida be sure to pack
caps and sunscreen for the whole family
as this park is lacking in shade if
you're feeling the Florida heat and the
Battle of bricksburg ride is a good
option to cool down as you will get
completely soaking on this if there is a
threat of rain at this park you may want
to consider visiting an another time as
mentioned earlier they are quick to
close rides if they hear thunder or see
lightning
if your child is borderline tall enough
to ride one of the attractions then I
would suggest heading over to guest
services first thing to get them
officially measured to save yourself the
hassle and dramas before each ride I've
got a couple of tips to help you save
morning at Legoland Florida the first is
bringing a cooler to bring some food
into the park depending on your family
size this could save you quite a bit
my next money saving tip is that you can
get free water at all the quick service
locations so you can save money on
buying drinks I personally like to pack
something to flavor the water as Florida
tap water can taste a bit funky on
occasion so in terms of planning which
rides to do first that rope drop the
strategy isn't is crucial as with some
other theme parks but my advice would be
to head over to the LEGO Technic land
and do the great Lego race ride first as
the queues can get quite big on this one
also this is over on the left-hand side
the park and for whatever reason it's
been proven that most people head over
to the right hand side when entering
theme parks so heading over to the great
leg of race should take you away from
the crowds one really cool thing about
this POC is that staff will trade any
LEGO Minifigures that you brought from
home which is a really nice touch
so be sure to pack any with you that
your kids would be willing to part with
well that's the end of my tour and
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