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Maarten,
It looks like you had a decent day despite the traffic. We went to the Lego Club
day on the 16th Sept. With the weather being good it was far busier than our
previous visits this year. Lego Club members got to chat with some of the
builders in the Creation Centre. But seeing as you could sign up at the desk
everyone could have got in. I think most thought it really was just for members
so that area was quiet. Mindstorms had some exclusive bookings for members and
we were told to get booked in early as on the 15th it was all booked by 10:30.
The Brickish Assoc were there with some great models. We enjoyed trying to find
the characters in the castle model. The camera in the train carriage was also
fun.
The new ride for us was the Viking Splash. Wet & Wild!!! It's still in its
shakedown period. That is why they were limiting the numbers to 6 a float rather
than the full 9 capacity. And boy do you get wet. You can also come out with
missing teeth as you spend so much time dodging sprays of water that you crash
into you fellow passengers heads! I also managed to bang my leg as I was taking
a photo just as the float crashed against the side of the ride and I hadn't
braced myself enough. The queue was quite long but went slightly quicker than
the notices. There was one notice that said 2.5 Hours from this point! We went
back at 5:30 to 10 minute queues so we went round twice. I'm not sure the entry
and exit routes are very sensible but it'll settle down once the rest of Viking
Land are sorted. It also set a new height restriction which is now at 1.3m. So
beware of this when promising smaller Lego kids the ride. It seems quite unfair
to me to make small kids queue for ages just so their parents can parent swap a
ride.
Everthing else was quite busy but the only long wait was for the Dragon Ride
where we got to the front just as it broke down for 15 minutes. All part of the
experience I suppose.
Lunch was the usual frantic queue to try and pay for the stuff before it goes
cold! But with 20% discounts it wasn't bad value. Especially when compared to
prices in London itself. Mum & Dad kept topped up with coffee during the day as
the kids went into Mindstorms giving us a break as well.
With each trip we seem top see less and less which was the case this time as
well. Over the years, as the kids have grown up, we have found there is still
loads to do with the complete age range being catered for.
The shop actually had some bargains this time. The old Mindstorms kits were down
to £99 and the new NXT was at £149, so was pretty good with an extra 10% annual
pass discount. There were quite a few Batman sets at half price but as yet the
£250 Star Wars Destroyer is yet to be discounted. On daye , one day.
As ever we came away looking forward to our next visit. We have promised to go
to Billund with our annual pass one day so we can reply to your comments on
Windsor.
Robin
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Hi all,
During April 2007 I stayed with my family in Denmark for one week. We visited
the park with our season passes. As you all know it is possible to visit one of
the other parks with this season pass (during the same season).
Now we finally decided to go to the United Kingdom for the very first time: a
really big adventure for us all.
With the car on a train (Euro tunnel), for the first time in my life driving on
the wrong side of the road (!), to pay a first visit to LegoLand Windsor.
According to the route planner it is less than 400km, according to fellow
BeLUG-members less than four hours to get there.
Thursday, August 23: the big day!
5.00CET: Out of bed for the big trip.
6.10CET: Leaving home.
7.40CET: Arrival in Calais. We were half an hour too early for our
train-reservation. We were lucky: we could embark on the previous shuttle,
immediately at our arrival. At this point we gained half an hour…
7.30GT-11.00GT: Trying to survive the traffic-jams south of London. What should
have been less than two hours turned out to become a nightmare: will we ever
reach LegoLand before closing time…
Driving on the wrong side of the road wasn’t so difficult after all. English
roundabouts on the contrary really were a big obstacle: we didn’t know that
English roundabouts had completely different rules than elsewhere in Europe. If
you need the third exit on the roundabout, you should’ve been on the third
stroke before the roundabout (in Belgium you can drive circles on a roundabout
for as long as you like, until you find the right exit). I was on the wrong
stroke of the very first roundabout, and I got pushed off by a large truck. I
was forced to take a different road to Lego Land (at times like this the
GPS-system I don’t have comes in handy!).
11.30GT: Fortunately I have good sense of direction, so we finally made it to
the park (after more than six hours!).
When we were driving on Winkfield Road, my wife was wondering if there’s a theme
park in the middle of a village. But the environment suddenly changed when we
drove uphill towards the parking lot.
At the entrance of the park you don’t see anything at all. But 50 metres further
you get this amazing view over a valley: a huge park stretching over the entire
valley. This park definitely is a lot bigger than the ones in Billund and
Günzburg.
Because we arrived this late, there were already long queues on all the
attractions. We queued more than one hour on the Jungle Coaster and the Vikings’
River Splash! The queue on the River Splash was mainly the staff’s fault: every
boat had nine seats, but the average number of people on each boat was less than
four!! (by the way, it wasn’t as good as the Vikings’ River Splash in Billund).
There are so many attractions we didn’t even get a chance to see them all.
I took lots of pictures in Miniland (of course), even if some of the buildings
were exactly the same as the ones in Billund. Brussels (town hall) and London
(Big Ben and Tower Bridge) were new to me.
What I really liked about the park is their non-smoking policy (well, not
everybody seemed to be aware of this…).
The Pick-a-Brick section is comparable to the one in Billund (£4.50/100gram),
but here they still had lots of 1x1 plates in old-gray from the Mosaic Maker
Set!
The children were very disappointed because they couldn’t find Lego-shaped
French fries, but before we left they settled for a takeaway kids menu ;-).
19.40GT: We really have to get back or we will miss the train…
21.45GT: We arrived one minute too late at Folkestone to catch the shuttle we
made a reservation for. We had to wait one (!) hour for the next train. I was
very tired but I tried not to fall asleep, otherwise we would miss the next
train, too.
2.30CET: Back home! That was a really long day (without rain!!!). I wonder if we
would ever do something like this again. My wife insists of taking an entire
vacation in the UK next year….
Maarten
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LEGOLAND'ers,
Does anyone know how LEGOLAND Windsor is fairing with all the poor weather and
flooding in England?
Todd
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In lugnet.legoland.windsor, Robin Sayce-Jones wrote:
> Visit Report
> 9th April 2006 previous visit Oct 2005.
> Our first visit to Legoland this year. With news of a few new attractions
> expectations were high. After a very pleasant trip down the M40 we found
> ourselves at the park just before 10:00.
> We joined the building queue ready for the park to open proper. It could have
> done with some sort of countdown to raise the excitement even further. We had a
> plan and it worked. Get Nath booked into Mindstorms, more of which later. Then
> down to the bottom to join a very short queue for the Jungle ride. Then slowly
> work our way around the park in no particular order.
> The new Digger ride was a mixed event. Other than you get to control a real
> digger, or in lots of cases young kids sat in the cabs while dad's leaned over
> and did the controlling! the ride itself lacked something. There was very little
> noise. it needed some construction noises in the background or some element of
> competition. The cabin where you found out about the ride was quite good. it
> reminded me of trips with my own father to work sites years ago. Only this was
> cleaner and didn't smell of smoke.
> By the Digger ride was the Discount Tent that has moved from outside the park to
> the bottom. It was closed at 11:00ish but open at 2:00ish. Not as many bargains
> as usual but key rings at £1.20 for members is a steal.
> From there we went to Mindstorms. As at 11:55 only Nath was registered so I
> added my name. Typically two other kids joined in at the last minute leaving me
> feeling like the oldest kid on the block! Much fun was had by all and I couldn't
> resist reprogramming the RCX to do what I wanted it to do. No sign on NXT and it
> didn't seem worth asking about it either.
> The new London area in miniland was very impressive with the Gherkin being
> beautifully modelled. It's a pity the view of the new tower blocks isn't so
> great from the top of the park as the best building is obscured. Either way we
> were all impressed.
> We joined a very long queue for the new 4D Spellbreaker 4D attraction. We were
> the last people let in which was lucky and even managed to sit on the front row.
> The Video itself was more like 3.5D as we only really had wind and snow. There
> seemed to be quite a few places where a little water was expected but nothing
> happened. So beautifully rendered in 3D but it didn't have the excitement of the
> Racers 4D video.
> The rain started as were inside queuing for the Dragon ride which stopped on its
> entry back inside leaving us slightly damp, not that it worried us. Talking of
> damp, MrsS-J wouldn't let us on the Extreme Challenge ride, my favourite but not
> one for a chill wind. Having said that the queue never stopped, nor did the
> togged up kids in the Duplo splash area. By which the Fairy Tale Brook was
> closed. A shame as it's the last small ride our kids will go on.
> We were a little surprised that they hadn't done anything with the start of the
> Maze area but at least it was all clean and well tendered.
> The kids had a tattoo each which although a little expensive looked a lot better
> than the stick on types. Nath had the Leo brick, cool. Mrs S-J didn't let me
> have one but then I’d have to explain it back at work. The log flume didn't soak
> us for a change, but others came off suitably soaked!
> The park itself was reasonably busy. There seemed to be loads of 3-5 year olds
> with Nath at 10 looking quite old, but that meant the queues for the bigger
> rides were smaller than the number of people would suggest. A good selection of
> wheels and axles in the build and test area, even if it was all on the floor! We
> did a few more rides which I won't bother listing but what we went on was fine.
> The restaurants were packed!!! The food was okay but it seemed odd that you
> ordered drinks at the start of the queue which was at least 10 minutes long,
> which meant the drinks were cold when you sat down. We were totally confused of
> what was available at the pasta restaurant. We couldn't work out what were kids
> portions or adult portions and what drinks came with what. However with 25% off
> for members we all ate and drank for £12 which was pretty good.
> The pick-a-brick shop used to sell stuff in little pots. It now sells it in bags
> at £40/kilo. I managed to get Jon to just get £3 worth so got away lightly
> there. In fact there weren't any good buys but then there never are. A chap
> tried to use the Lego Shop Loyalty Card but it wasn't accepted as Lego Windsor
> isn't owned by the same people!
> We left before the 10 year anniversary show which went on until 9:00 as we had
> to drive home.
> So was it a good trip? Of course. Not as good as the first time you go to
> Legoland but we'll be back again before our annual membership runs out. We
> didn’t feel the need to go on every ride but rather we enjoyed the day.
> I hope you enjoyed my little report and it encourages you to make a visit soon.
> Robin
You're not the only one who cares. Almost everyone else who does have joined the
Brickish Association and we've talked about it in the discussion forum over
there.
This year I first went on the preview day. New miniland London was great and
there were no queues on the rides, I also met some fellow AFOLs. I also went on
the 10th with friends and family and will be going on the 30th with some more
fellow AFOLs.
David
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Visit Report
9th April 2006 previous visit Oct 2005.
Our first visit to Legoland this year. With news of a few new attractions
expectations were high. After a very pleasant trip down the M40 we found
ourselves at the park just before 10:00.
We joined the building queue ready for the park to open proper. It could have
done with some sort of countdown to raise the excitement even further. We had a
plan and it worked. Get Nath booked into Mindstorms, more of which later. Then
down to the bottom to join a very short queue for the Jungle ride. Then slowly
work our way around the park in no particular order.
The new Digger ride was a mixed event. Other than you get to control a real
digger, or in lots of cases young kids sat in the cabs while dad's leaned over
and did the controlling! the ride itself lacked something. There was very little
noise. it needed some construction noises in the background or some element of
competition. The cabin where you found out about the ride was quite good. it
reminded me of trips with my own father to work sites years ago. Only this was
cleaner and didn't smell of smoke.
By the Digger ride was the Discount Tent that has moved from outside the park to
the bottom. It was closed at 11:00ish but open at 2:00ish. Not as many bargains
as usual but key rings at £1.20 for members is a steal.
From there we went to Mindstorms. As at 11:55 only Nath was registered so I
added my name. Typically two other kids joined in at the last minute leaving me
feeling like the oldest kid on the block! Much fun was had by all and I couldn't
resist reprogramming the RCX to do what I wanted it to do. No sign on NXT and it
didn't seem worth asking about it either.
The new London area in miniland was very impressive with the Gherkin being
beautifully modelled. It's a pity the view of the new tower blocks isn't so
great from the top of the park as the best building is obscured. Either way we
were all impressed.
We joined a very long queue for the new 4D Spellbreaker 4D attraction. We were
the last people let in which was lucky and even managed to sit on the front row.
The Video itself was more like 3.5D as we only really had wind and snow. There
seemed to be quite a few places where a little water was expected but nothing
happened. So beautifully rendered in 3D but it didn't have the excitement of the
Racers 4D video.
The rain started as were inside queuing for the Dragon ride which stopped on its
entry back inside leaving us slightly damp, not that it worried us. Talking of
damp, MrsS-J wouldn't let us on the Extreme Challenge ride, my favourite but not
one for a chill wind. Having said that the queue never stopped, nor did the
togged up kids in the Duplo splash area. By which the Fairy Tale Brook was
closed. A shame as it's the last small ride our kids will go on.
We were a little surprised that they hadn't done anything with the start of the
Maze area but at least it was all clean and well tendered.
The kids had a tattoo each which although a little expensive looked a lot better
than the stick on types. Nath had the Leo brick, cool. Mrs S-J didn't let me
have one but then I’d have to explain it back at work. The log flume didn't soak
us for a change, but others came off suitably soaked!
The park itself was reasonably busy. There seemed to be loads of 3-5 year olds
with Nath at 10 looking quite old, but that meant the queues for the bigger
rides were smaller than the number of people would suggest. A good selection of
wheels and axles in the build and test area, even if it was all on the floor! We
did a few more rides which I won't bother listing but what we went on was fine.
The restaurants were packed!!! The food was okay but it seemed odd that you
ordered drinks at the start of the queue which was at least 10 minutes long,
which meant the drinks were cold when you sat down. We were totally confused of
what was available at the pasta restaurant. We couldn't work out what were kids
portions or adult portions and what drinks came with what. However with 25% off
for members we all ate and drank for £12 which was pretty good.
The pick-a-brick shop used to sell stuff in little pots. It now sells it in bags
at £40/kilo. I managed to get Jon to just get £3 worth so got away lightly
there. In fact there weren't any good buys but then there never are. A chap
tried to use the Lego Shop Loyalty Card but it wasn't accepted as Lego Windsor
isn't owned by the same people!
We left before the 10 year anniversary show which went on until 9:00 as we had
to drive home.
So was it a good trip? Of course. Not as good as the first time you go to
Legoland but we'll be back again before our annual membership runs out. We
didn’t feel the need to go on every ride but rather we enjoyed the day.
I hope you enjoyed my little report and it encourages you to make a visit soon.
Robin
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What a great day. Our fourth trip this year!
The rain held off so apart from it being rather dull and a few bits of light
drizzle we didn't have to wear coats or even bother carrying any.
Boy was it quiet. Some pre-school kids and one set of really well behaved school
group. We didn't have to wait for anything. In fact we stayed on, on most of the
rides. After going around the Castle Dragon ride for the third time without
getting off we decided we were feeling either hungry or sick. There were about 4
people in the Castle restaurant and we were given "extra" Lego mini-sets while
sitting eating our lunch. As the weather wasn't that warm we managed to keep off
most of the wet rides. We did go on the log flume and we did get wet. We could
have stayed on that and gone around and around but just the one ride was enough.
We watched the 12:00 and 16:00 show. On both occasions Nath & Jon were first to
positions 3 & 4 ready to soak the baddies. Nath worked out that by twisting the
water jet in just a particular way he could get the thing pointing into the
crowd. As the crowd at that point consisted of his brother and Mum & Dad he was
persuaded not to try it during the show!
There seemed to be loads of Playstation consoles running Lego Star Wars at most
of the covered activities. Nath enjoyed himself entering some of the funnier
cheat codes. There were big changes afoot in mini-land with the whole of London
being dug up. Nothing new there then ;-)
Nath went off for a Mindstorm session. I think they only ran one session as it
was so quiet. We couldn't persuade them that Jon at 6 was really 8 so he spent
the 45min building the mini-kits and seeing the 4D show. Of which there always
seems to be something not working. It was the water spray as the racer comes out
of the snow bank. It was quite funny though as there were obviously loads of
kids who hadn't seen the show before as there were loads of screams when things
came close up in 3D.
No real bargains in any of the shops. Mrs. S-J picked up some LLW Tee-Shirts at
half price at the bottom shop. These were full price at the top shop, very odd.
We generally work on the basis that just as something is at the bottom shop
doesn't mean it'll be at the top shop or at the same price. We had a close look
at the new big Bionicle set which looks good and has gone in at Number 1 on
Jon's Xmas list.
The outside warehouse had its usual mix of stuff. Loads of pink things that the
boys avoided at all cost. We picked up an Apollo Moon Lander for £15. The best
buy, however, were the key rings. 50p yes 50p each for pass holders. Compared
with £3 each or £5.40 for 3 for pass holders inside the park 50p was a complete
bargain. They had a good range to. One lady handed us one having spent 10
minutes herself rummaging through one of the crates having found a rare one.
Talking of crates they were even selling the crates themselves. The lids had the
Lego logo on but they weren't anything special.
On the way back “up north” we pulled off the A404 towards Henley and stopped at
the Red Lion Pub. Actually it’s the first pub on the Henley road off the A404.
The food was really good. They were the sort of place that would do anything for
you. i.e. a Kids portion of an Adult meal off the lunchtime menu in the evening.
A fine selection of beer (or diet coke as yours truly being the nominated
driver).
So is that another year over? No way. There's another teacher training day at
the end of October and of course my birthday in December and Christmas yet.
Having just got back I can't wait to go again.
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The kids have teacher training tomorrow so we're off to Legoland.
The wife did suggest that as I didn't have much holiday left she could take them
on without me. What! Anyway I'm going. The kids are happy too as the wife
doesn't like going on any of the wet rides. Bring it on say me and the kids.
There’s nothing like walking around on a cold day with wet pants! The last time
we went we got the restricted pass which meant we couldn't get in during the
summer holidays. As we weren't due to go during the summer this worked out quite
well.
The kids are looking forward to some of the bigger rides. The Dino Safari was
really disappointing last time. It either needs a bit of time to grow or they
need to hide some of the dinosaurs so you can't see them while waiting in the
queue. The dino dipper is a good ride. Last time we were then only people on it
as we headed straight for the bottom rides. As it's been shut the last two days
we're hoping it's not too busy tomorrow. I'll report back.
Meanwhile if anyone knows of any good bargains to be had either inside the park
or in the clearance warehouse I'd like to know in advance. Also can anyone
recommend a child friendly pub somewhere between Legoland and the M40.
Robins
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This is probably old but it was on BBCAmerica tonight.
on BBC's I'm Alan Partridge: "Never Say Alan Again":
Alan (radio announcer): Who're you with and what're you doing?
Caller: I'd like to go round Legoland with Sean Connery and then afterwards we'd
go for a lamb lunch in the center of Windsor.
Alan: Gotta say Roy, I don't think that's Connery's cup of tea. *I* think Sean
would rather do something like wander the wildfowl park in Haverstock with a
*butterscotch.*
Caller: I don't agree, I think he'd go to Legoland. Bye.
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In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote:
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It has just been announced on the Danish news, that LEGO sold 70% of the
shares in the four Legoland Parks to American investment company Blackstone.
They will now be placed in Merlin Entertainment Group, together with the parks
Sea Life, Earth Explorer and Dungeons.
Arne, Copenhagen
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(crossposting to the various Legoland groups)
This looks like it will be good news - by reading this article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4678213.stm
it looks like there may be new parks in the future and they want to make the
park destination resorts - so this is good news.
The offical Lego PR can be found here:
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=15584&countrycode=2057
but hey - as long as they keep the Commemorative Brick program at LLCA and FIX
the fabrik machine at LLD I will be a happy man ;)
Mark P
http://www.promobricks.com
(FUT .legoland)
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All I can say is ummmmmmm... what?
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10126875
Dubai bids for Legolands as it seeks home for oil wealth
23.05.05
JORDAN - Dubai's Government buyout fund is bidding for Lego's Legoland amusement
parks two months after acquiring London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum as the
emirate uses its oil wealth to invest in Europe's entertainment industry.
"We will look to consolidate in the theme park sector in Europe through
Tussauds," Dubai International Capital chief executive officer Sameer al-Ansari
said in an interview in Jordan.
"We can't comment on how much we bid for Lego's parks," he said
Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates, which is using a windfall profit from
record oil prices last year to double revenue from tourism in the next decade.
Billund Lego, based in Denmark, put its amusement parks up for sale in October
as it tried to revive its business making toys such as Duplo building blocks.
The company had its third annual loss in five years last year.
The Dubai fund in March paid 800 million ($2 billion) for Tussauds Group, whose
London waxworks includes models of celebrities including David Beckham, Brad
Pitt and Kylie Minogue.
The Chessington (England) company also runs theme parks such as Alton Towers and
Chessington World of Adventures.
Legoland runs four parks in Denmark, Germany, England and California. The parks'
attractions include lifesize Lego models of giraffes and hippopotami.
Buyout firms including Blackstone Group, Palamon Capital Partners, Spectrum
Equity Investors and Apollo Management may make offers for Legoland worth more
than 400 million, the Financial Times reported last month, without saying where
it got the information.
"We expect the sale to be completed in the summer," Lego spokeswoman Charlotte
Simonsen said. She declined to give details about specific bids the company had
received.
Dubai may spend US$3 billion ($4.2 billion) to US$5 billion a year over the next
five years to buy assets around the world, al-Ansari said. In January the
emirate bought a US$1 billion stake in the German carmaker DaimlerChrysler AG.
- BLOOMBERG
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The other week the Daily Express ran an article about women with unusual jobs.
LLW's Paula Laughton was featured describing what she gets out of being a
modelmaker and saying that adult fans are scary! (I don't think she was
serious!)
Here's the article:
<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Psi/lugnetllw/paulamailarticle150405.jpg>
A bit big, but it had to be so it was legible.
Psi
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In lugnet.legoland.windsor, Simon Bennett wrote:
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Legoland Windsor are holding a Legoland After Dark event on 8 and 9 April
2005. The park have invited the Brickish Association to field a 10-person
team to attempt to beat the Imperial Star Destroyer build record.
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So, last weekend 10 Brickish members in the team and a lot of others who were
just along to lend support (and take the pictures) went along to Brickadilly’s
Circus tent and the result was...
1 hour, 13 minutes and 56 seconds
So, not enough to take the crown but never mind, as it was really good fun.
Dean Earley’s photos
Ian Grieg’s photos
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Legoland Windsor are holding a Legoland After Dark event on 8 and 9 April 2005
The park have invited the Brickish Association to field a 10-person team to
attempt to beat the Imperial Star Destroyer build record.
Please come and watch if you can and feel free to reply to this thread casting
aspersions on our chances with which I will wholeheartedly agree ;-)
Psi.
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Well, I finally got to go to legoland windsor last friday. A good day
but I can't help feeling a little disappointed in places :-(
Site itself is great - and bigger than I expected. We had our 3 yr old
and a 3 month old baby so progress around the park was slower than I
would have liked :)
It was a very hot day in July - peak season so I wasn't surprised that
there were hour long queues for rides. What I was surprised at was the
lack of any attempt to entertain the queues on most of the rides.
Standing in a queue for 40 mins with nothing to look at is not easy with
a 3 yr old. Sky rider was the worst example of this. I had expected at
least some models or something to look at - nothing. You could have been
queuing at any theme park.
On rides where there was something to do (boat school comes to mind)
there were several duplo building areas in the queue. Unfortunatly, over
the period of the day all of the bricks had migrated to the last one so
there was nothing to entertain kids for the first 30 mins of the queue
and then when you finally got to the point where the bricks had ended up
there were so many that you couldn't do anything as they were piled so
high. It wouldn't have taken much for them to have someone with a bucket
shifting stuff back a few times a day.
Food. Burger and fries for nearly 7 quid is a bit steap. Theme park
prices I suppose so I wasn't really surprised. Certainly no worse than
many other places. Resturant prices appeared to be similar and quite
reasonable - didn't try this so can't really comment.
On more positive points, miniland is fabulous. We didn't have much time
to look at it in detail as it was 7:30pm already and the park had
allegedy shut 30 mins earlier. Plenty of rides for little kids. My 3 yr
old had a great time (bar the queues!).
Duplo land water playground was a huge win for my son. He would have
spent the whole day there given the chance :)
By the time we got to the shop on the exit it was getting on for 1hr
after closing time. The staff didn't seem to care and there was no rush
at all. Also got to have a look at the new technic lego truck box. Big
box and pretty heavy as well. I *need* one of these I feel ;-)
Car parking seemed incredibly organised and worked very well. We arrived
at around 11am so I'm not sure how it was coping later in the day - it
was fairly full when we got there.
All in all, pretty good as a theme park for younger kids. Whether we
would feel that we had our moneys worth if we had had to pay the 60 quid
entry fee for the 3 of us I'm not so sure (we used tesco clubcard
vouchers for free entry - a very good deal).
Will we return? YES! We are planning to return late in the season
hopefully when the schools are back. Hopefully this will be a bit more
relaxed and give us chance to see a bit more lego this time!
Darren
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I’ve finally got some images for the .windsor sidebar...
These are from an insider and show the new Jungle Coaster under construction.
The first is now on the sidebar.
Much more information on events for this year coming soon
Psi
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"Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:Hu3tu7.17A8@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.mediawatch, Scott Arthur wrote:
> > .... sorry if this is old news
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> > <<http://www.littleblue.ndo.co.uk/temp/nce_ll_feb_2004.jpg>>
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> > Scott A
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> How did I miss that? I hang my head in shame!
>
> Cheers Scott
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> Psi
I didn't miss it but forgot about scanning it.
.. hangs head in shame!
Thanks Scott
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
Lugnet Member #925
I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Scott Arthur wrote:
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.... sorry if this is old news
Scott A
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How did I miss that? I hang my head in shame!
Cheers Scott
Psi
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In lugnet.general, James Brown wrote:
> Hmm. I'm pretty sure they don't actually make you live at the park. You could
> probably commute from Windsor. :)
>
> James
> (though I don't recommend walking to work; it's a long haul)
When I said 'in one of the most expensive places to live in the UK' I was
referring to the entire South East! I had a friend who used to be a model maker
and I think one of the reasons he had to give it up was that he couldn't afford
to buy any sort of place to live in the area, not even in Slough!
I've just had to move up to practically Northamptonshire to be able to afford to
buy a house with a garage, and if that's the case, how am I going to get
somewhere with enough Lego storage room in Surrey or Berkshire?!
Having said that I wouldn't mind living at LLW - the mansion is rather nice!
Psi
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In lugnet.admin.curators, Simon Bennett wrote:
> If appropriate - I'm not sure if curatorships have been thrown open outside .loc
> and themes - I'd like to offer to curate it.
Hey! That sounds great. I am the curator of the legoland.california group and am
having a blast with it. I really do wish there was more traffic in the other
Legoland sections - I would love to know whats going on over in the other parks
to see how it measures up to LLCA. Like are they having the Duplo Promo Brick
program like LLCA is?
I know the UK has other sites they do most of their talking on, but if some of
that info can filter down to here that would be great!
So go drop a line to Todd saying you would like the job. :)
Mark P
http://www.landofbricks.com
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