 | | LEGO Seeks the support of Nagoya city for a theme park in Japan
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LEGO Seeks the support of Nagoya city for a theme park in Japan June 16, 2012 TOKYO- British amusement park operator Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd opened to the public its first LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Tokyo. The smaller scale version of the (...) (12 years ago, 31-Jul-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Malaysia gets pieced together
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LEGOLAND Malaysia gets pieced together (photos) By Jacqueline Seng July 27, 2012 LEGOLAND Malaysia: The Beginning (URL) LEGOLAND Malaysia> is the sixth to be built in the world, and the first for Asia. Occupying a space of 76 acres (over 300,000 (...) (12 years ago, 30-Jul-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOALND Florida Announces One-Hour Pass for Shoppers at Park Stores
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LEGOLAND Florida Announces One-Hour Pass for Shoppers at Park Stores By Gary White THE LEDGER July 28, 2012 WINTER HAVEN - Until now, if you wanted to do some shopping at LEGOLAND Florida you had to pay for park admission. No longer. LEGOLAND has (...) (12 years ago, 30-Jul-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Malaysia, First in Asia
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LEGOLAND® Malaysia, First in Asia July 20, 2012 JOHOR BAHRU - Malaysia will soon be home to the world's newest and Asia's first LEGOLAND theme park. LEGOLAND Malaysia, which will open its gates to the public on September 15, is located in Johor, the (...) (12 years ago, 21-Jul-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Florida Gets OK to Sell Alcohol
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LEGOLAND® Florida Gets OK to Sell Alcohol By Gary White THE LEDGER Thursday, May 24, 2012 BARTOW - LEGOLAND Florida received permission Thursday afternoon to sell alcoholic beverages under a waiver granted by the Polk County Board of Adjustment. The (...) (12 years ago, 25-May-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Florida Water Park Opening in Summer 2012
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LEGOLAND® Water Park to bring new rides, jobs By Matt Reinstetle Ledger Media Group Jan. 25, 2012 WINTER HAVEN - More jobs and water rides will be coming to LEGOLAND® Florida when LEGOLAND Water Park opens in early summer. LEGOLAND Water Park will (...) (12 years ago, 5-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Florida Corrects Nursing Policy
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From WTSP.COM 10 News Tampa Bay, FL Feb. 3, 2012 By Isabel Mascarenas LEGOLAND corrects nursing policy after breastfeeding complaints from mothers Winter Haven, Florida -- The LEGOLAND Florida theme park in Winter Haven is considered a (...) (12 years ago, 5-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGO Planning to build LEGOLAND in Nagoya, Japan 2015
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LEGO Planning to build LEGOLAND in Nagoya NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd., the British operator of the LEGOLAND theme parks, said Friday it will enter into negotiations with the Nagoya municipal government to build Japan's first (...) (13 years ago, 2-Nov-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.jp, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Korea, In-Development
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Merlin Announces In-Development LEGOLAND® Korea Asia Pacific was targeted for further development September 10, 2011 - Epinephrine Chuncheon City, Korea - Merlin Entertainment Group has recently announced that it has reached an agreement for the (...) (13 years ago, 19-Sep-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Florida Construction Right on Track
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LEGOLAND Construction Right on Track By GARY WHITE THE LEDGER Officials say the Winter Haven attraction is set to open in 99 days WINTER HAVEN - The countdown toward the opening of LEGOLNAD® Florida has passed the 100-day mark. As of today, just 99 (...) (13 years ago, 8-Jul-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.fl, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND owner Merlin Entertainments has emerged from the rubble of failed IPO
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LEGOLAND owner Merlin Entertainments has emerged from the rubble of failed IPO From: The Telegraph. Last year, Merlin Entertainments, owner of LEGOLAND theme parks, seemed to be buiding towards something big - a stock market flotation. In the (...) (13 years ago, 24-Jun-11, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Florida Announces Opening Date
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LEGOLAND® Florida Announces Opening Date World’s Largest LEGOLAND Park Will Debut Saturday, October 15, 2011 May 23, 2011 (Business Wire) — To the delight of youngsters everywhere, LEGOLAND® Florida today revealed its official opening date: (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.fl, FTX)
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| | Injection molding: LEGO Group wins Arburg’s Energy Efficiency Award
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Injection molding: LEGO Group wins Arburg’s Energy Efficiency Award By Matt Defosse Published: March 23rd, 2011 Everyone knows the toys they make, but few realize the lengths LEGO has gone to reduce its energy use. The company has increased its (...) (13 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Sprawling LEGOLAND Malaysia to Open Next Year 2012
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Sprawling LEGOLAND Malaysia to Open Next Year 2012 By Nicholas Yong : Straits Times Indonesia, February 27, 2011 Johor Baru. The Taj Mahal is almost done, while Holy Light Church in Johor Baru and the Malaysian High Court have been completed. But (...) (13 years ago, 27-Feb-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Florida to Begin Hiring 1,000 Workers Soon
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LEGOLAND Florida to Begin Hiring 1,000 Workers Soon By Kyle Kennedy The Ledger February 11, 2011 WINTER HAVEN: LEGOLAND Florida plans to get busy hiring about 1,000 "model citizens" before the theme park opens in October. LEGOLAND officials (...) (13 years ago, 15-Feb-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Florida Coming Together, Piece by Piece
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LEGOLAND Florida Coming Together, Piece by Piece LEGOLAND FLORIDA AT FORMER CYPRESS GARDENS By Gary White THE LEDGER Jan. 9, 2011 WINTER HAVEN - LEGOLAND Florida will aim to stimulate children's imaginations, yet at the moment it takes some (...) (13 years ago, 10-Jan-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | 'Star Wars' Universe set to invade LEGOLAND California
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'Star Wars' universe set to invade LEGOLAND California By Brady MacDonald Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Jan. 6, 2011 A new "Star Wars" themed area at LEGOLAND California with 2,000 LEGO models will take visitors chronologically through scenes from (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jan-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Merlin confirms £18.5m LEGOLAND® Windsor Hotel deal
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Aug. 23, 2010 Merlin confirms £18.5m (apx.USD $28.4m) LEGOLAND® Hotel deal LEGOLAND® owner Merlin Entertainments has confirmed it has agreed a deal for an £18.5m hotel to be developed at the Windsor theme park, as revealed by Property Week. Merlin (...) (14 years ago, 24-Aug-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND Florida hires three executives
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Main subject title post should be LEGOLAND ... not LEGLAND. (14 years ago, 2-Jul-10, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGLAND Florida hires three executives
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LEGOLAND® Florida hires three executives By Mark Albright, Times Staff Writer In Print: Friday, July 2, 2010 "The bricks are falling into place" reports the builders of LEGOLAND Florida as its transforms Cypress Gardens into a theme park and (...) (14 years ago, 2-Jul-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Local Officials Impressed With Merlin Entertainment, Owner Of LEGOLAND, On Trip to Britain
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Local Officials Impressed With Merlin Entertainment, Owner Of LEGOLAND, On Trip to Britain By Kyle Kennedy THE LEDGER Published: Monday, May 17, 2010 LAKELAND - Local officials are buzzing about LEGOLAND Florida after visiting the attraction's (...) (14 years ago, 25-May-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® Florida : A new theme park
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Yes that's right LEGOLAND® is coming to Florida. As mention and reported from different websites. News was leaked Wednesday afternoon in e-mails that the former home of Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Florida has been purchased and (...) (14 years ago, 21-Jan-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | LEGOLAND® Malaysia plan to open in 2012
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LEGOLAND® Malaysia plan to open in 2012. Blocks In Place For LEGOLAND at Iskandar. SINGAPORE, Dec. 3, 2009 — Construction of Asia’s first LEGOLAND theme park — a US$200 million (RM675 million) project featuring 40 different rides and attractions — (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) I figured as much, but you're talking about vacation packages. I've been to California at least six times now, twice visiting Disneyland. Never has a vacation package been involved. When we went to Disney, we just bought tickets from the front (...) (15 years ago, 30-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) A point that would be equally valid for Orlando before Disney, Cleveland before Cedar Point, etc. In some cases a park opened because land was dirt cheap and could be bought for a song (Disneyworld, especially after problems with Disneyland). (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) LOL Of course that was supposed to read "LEGOLAND". (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) There are fewer tourists visiting LLCA in winter as well, and it's halfway between LA and San Diego. I'm pretty sure all the Disney parks experience the same thing. You know, kids and school and all. I'm not really in a position to judge, (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) Except that there are fewer tourists in winter. Not a problem if the local area is densely populated enough but still seems a risky proposition. (...) Really? So that is why all Disney vacation packages I have ever seen offer a day-trip bus (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) And that in no way disproves my thesis. LEGOLAND Billund is a unique property with a long-established history. If TLG headquarters and it's orginal production facilities had not been located there there would be no LEGOLAND Billund. Heck, if (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) A location like Billund, Denmark? I hear the park there is fairly popular... JohnG, GMLTC (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) See, and the ironic thing is that the California LEGOLAND park is about the most poorly located major LEGOLAND park in the world. ABS doesn't like sunlight. It's not going to break down in a matter of days, but unless it's black, it'll fade (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) Well, not really. I suspect he was pointing out that you seemed to be completely writing off developing a major attraction anyplace cold in the winter, where closures would be necessary. I've been to amusement parks in Cleveland & Cincinnati, (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) I live in Canada so your assumptions and comments are off the mark. We don't even get LEGO Brand stores in Canada and we pay a 25-30% premium on LEGO products (BEFORE taxes) just for the privilege of living north of the border. I understand (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) You're right. It's completely ridiculous. Why would any one want to build any thing in a location that isn't sunny and 75 degrees for 360 days out of the year. The Northern US is a frozen waste land for half the year. We northerners should (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) But that would be ridiculous. Who would build an amusement park in a location that can only be open for 6 month of the year? Florida, maybe Texas but Illinois?!?! (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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(...) Nope. They are talking about a full-blown "park". People both from Merlin Entertainment and LEGO have been looking for a new LEGOLAND park in the United States. Two separate projects and cost. LEGOLAND park $200 million and LEGOLAND Discovery (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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It sounds like they are talking about a "Discovery Centre" in a large mall rather than a full-blown "park". (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | A 'possible' LEGOLAND Park in Illinois
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LEGOLAND interested in development seeking tax breaks at Glen Carbon, Ill. POST-DISPATCH SPRINGFIELD BUREAU By Kevin McDermott 10/23/2009 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A European company is quietly talking with Illinois officials about tax incentives to build (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | CARLSBAD: LEGOLAND California Hotel project wins council approval
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CARLSBAD: LEGOLAND® California Hotel project wins council approval By BARBARA HENRY - Tuesday, October 27, 2009 (BLOCK LOOK EXTENDS TO ROOMS, EVEN CARPET) A proposal to build a 254-room, LEGO-themed hotel at the LEGOLAND California amusement park (...) (15 years ago, 28-Oct-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Scouts city for another ‘Discovery Center’
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LEGOLAND Scouts city for ‘Discovery Center’ Friday, October 23, 2009 Atlanta Business Chronicle - by Lisa R. Schoolcraft Staff Writer LEGOLAND plans to enter the Atlanta market, brick by tiny plastic brick. The company that builds and operates (...) (15 years ago, 24-Oct-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: James May's LEGO house faces demolition
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(...) Look for it on BrickLink(r) or eBay in the next couple of weeks. (15 years ago, 23-Sep-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: James May's LEGO house faces demolition
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(...) It's over: (URL) Anyone know who's got Fusker? ROSCO (15 years ago, 23-Sep-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: James May's LEGO house faces demolition
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Typical TV production: build first ask where they are going to put it later. Hmmm, maybe they should have built it either a) where someone who wanted to keep it was located, or b) on a move-able foundation. (15 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | James May's LEGO house faces demolition
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May's LEGO house faces demolition A two-storey LEGO house created by Top Gear and Toy Stories presenter James May faces demolition after plans for LEGOLAND to buy it fell through. The house will be demolished on Tuesday if a new owner cannot be (...) (15 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Asia's first LEGO® Model Shop in Malaysia
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Asia's first LEGO model shop for LEGOLAND® Malaysia May 22, 2009. SINGAPORE: Iskandar Malaysia will house Asia's first LEGO Model Shop to design and make models for the LEGOLAND in Nusajaya. The model shop will produce 15,000 models that would make (...) (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Vote For Legoland!
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Theme Park Insider is taking a poll on the “best little theme park” in America and LEGOLAND California is one of the choices. Please take a moment to vote: (URL) Even if you haven't been to Legoland (yet), please vote. After all, this is a (...) (15 years ago, 16-May-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Sale Tent at LLCA?
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(...) No tent sale currently. I haven't seen any announcements about when the next one will occur. (15 years ago, 14-May-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Sale Tent at LLCA?
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Does any one know if the big sale tent at legoland California is still open. I had heard rumors that it might be closing for good 2 years ago. Thanks in advance for any information. Cheers. (15 years ago, 14-May-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Discount tickets to Legoland CA?
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What discounts are available out there at the moment for admission to the park? I know that they used to put coupons in the Lego magazine for a free child with purchase of an adult ticket. Are there any current such coupons? Do they apply to 2-day (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-09, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | LEGOLAND California 10th annivesary building contest!
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LEGOLAND® California Launches Birthday Building Contest Winners to Walk Red Carpet at VIP screening of Bob the Builder 4D Movie CARLSBAD, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2009) – Master Model Builders at LEGOLAND California® are hard at work creating a giant LEGO® (...) (15 years ago, 1-Mar-09, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Inauguration model 'still' attracting crowds.
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CARLSBAD: LEGOLAND(R) Inauguration model still attracting crowds. By Renee Ramsey - For the North County Times. Jan. 31, 2009 CARLSBAD - Ten days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, crowds still were lining up to see a facsimile (...) (15 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland (Pictures) 2009 Presidential makeover
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Pictures of LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 presidential makeover. (URL) The link shows a total of 16 pictures. (15 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 Presidential makeover
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Two different videos links listed below. CNN (URL) BBC (URL) Enjoy. (15 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | Re: LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 Presidential makeover
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(...) Snipage... (...) More Snipage... (...) This was on the 6:00 pm news on the "local" Hamilton, Ontario (CHCH) television station. My wife thought that these were a new "set" coming out... I had to explain to her that these were at Legoland (...) (15 years ago, 16-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland 2009 Presidential makeover
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LEGOLAND(R) California Miniland gets a 2009 presidential makeover. As the presidential inauguration nears, organizers are thinking big in Washington, D.C. On the West Coast, inauguration planners are thinking small - very small. This week, miniature (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | LEGOLAND California Names New GM
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Peter Ronchetti New General Manager Of Sea Life Aquarium And LEGOLAND. Carlsbad, CA - The new year brings big change to LEGOLAN(R) California Resort in the shape of a new General Manager. The Resort today announced that long-time President and (...) (15 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california)
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| | LEGOLAND Park in Malaysia
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LEGOLAND theme park coming to Iskandar Malaysia. 12/12/2008 JOHOR BARU: Work on the first LEGOLAND theme park in Asia is expected to start here next year. Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) will sign a deal tomorrow with the LEGO Group, the Danish (...) (16 years ago, 12-Dec-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Review of family trip to LDC Schaumburg
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(...) It was actually fun for all of us, including my wife, whom one of the staff helped build a little lego baseball. She also got into watching the kids race their cars down the tracks, which attracted some of the girls (there wasn't any boys at (...) (16 years ago, 7-Aug-08, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Review of family trip to LDC Schaumburg
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(...) Thank you for the very informative review Jason. I may be taking my family next week; about how long did it take to go through the whole Center? (16 years ago, 7-Aug-08, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Review of family trip to LDC Schaumburg
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I posted a fairly detailed review of my family's trip (before the grand opening) to the new Legoland Discovery Center in Schaumburg. (URL) (16 years ago, 6-Aug-08, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Discovery Center at Schaumburg's is open
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Indulge your LEGO fantasies at Schaumburg's Discovery Center (URL) Once you pull into the Streets of Woodfield, it's nearly impossible to miss the new LEGOLAND Discovery Center. The first Discovery Center to open outside Germany, the Schaumburg site (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Discovery Center at Schaumburg's is open
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Indulge your LEGO fantasies at Schaumburg's Discovery Center Once you pull into the Streets of Woodfield, it's nearly impossible to miss the new LEGOLAND Discovery Center. The first Discovery Center to open outside Germany, the Schaumburg site is (...) (16 years ago, 2-Aug-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: A New LEGOLAND(R) Park opening in Dubai
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(...) Here are some bigger pics of the LEGO Burj Dubai tower... (URL) Enjoy! (16 years ago, 17-May-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | A New LEGOLAND(R) Park opening in Dubai
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LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Merlin Entertainments Group, the world's second largest visitor attraction operator, announced today the formation of a strategic alliance with Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holdings, to create LEGOLAND Dubailand(R) -- the (...) (16 years ago, 12-May-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Discovery Center to Open in Illinois
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Attention midwestern-ers. :-) Stacy was surfing the "Plastics News" site this morning and came across this little gem of information. ===...=== Legoland Discovery Centre to open first U.S. site By Moneé Fields-White CRAIN´S CHICAGO BUSINESS (...) (16 years ago, 5-Feb-08, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.general) !!
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| | With all the flooding, how's the park?
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LEGOLAND'ers, Does anyone know how LEGOLAND Windsor is fairing with all the poor weather and flooding in England? Todd (17 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.legoland)
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| | LEGOLAND Billund employee killed in roller coaster accident
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LEGOLAND Billund employee killed in roller coaster accident The Associated Press Published: April 30, 2007 COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A 21-year-old employee at the Legoland amusement park was killed in a roller coaster accident, police and park officials (...) (17 years ago, 30-Apr-07, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Current and Ex-Model Builders speak out
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(...) When I received the email with the link to the article I was surprised to read, the facts are now out in the public, while for a long time this was either dismissed or always "never heard off before' A snippet from the article “They make it (...) (17 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Current and Ex-Model Builders speak out
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San Diego City Beat newspaper has published an article shedding some interesting light on the behind-the-scenes activities of the LEGOLAND California Model Shop. Having worked for LEGOLAND CA model shop myself, this article rings true. Sadly, that (...) (17 years ago, 29-Mar-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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(...) I corrected the links. Apparently they required a cookie. It worked when I tested them last night, but today didn't. Thanks for pointing this out. The graphic only shows the LEGOLAND area. They did have a map of the area displayed, but I have (...) (17 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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Apparently the links required a cookie to work. Here are a different set of links to the same articles: Other recent articles/editorials from the Kansas City Star: (URL) Lee's Summit must be skeptical in reviewing LEGOLAND proposal City should seek (...) (17 years ago, 9-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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(...) Disclaimer: I lived in the Kansas City, Missouri, area for a few years. It's a great town, lots of golf courses, the best BBQ in the known universe (in my opinion!), and some crazy fanatical baseball and football fans. I really enjoyed living (...) (17 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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(...) So, what is your take on the project? Is this a cross between a LEGO Imagination center and a LEGOLAND Park? From the looks of the one working link you have, the image of the flyer, the graphic is of the park only. Where would the shopping be (...) (17 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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snip The area they are looking at is an ideal spot for the section on town they snip Looks like I lost some of the post. The area they are proposing is already a popular shopping location for this section of the city and has the infrastructure in (...) (17 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Get a glimpse of Legoland Missouri plan
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RED Development, city and state officials held an open house today to present the LEGOLAND project and answer questions. I had the chance to drop by the presentation on the way home from work today. I did not have time to stay for the presentation, (...) (17 years ago, 8-Feb-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND Kansas City Revised
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LEGOLAND Kansas City is not dead yet, they are currently talking with Lee's Summit on the Missouri side of the line. Lee's Summit is a growing section of Kansas City with excellent access from all areas of the Kansas City Area, besides it's 20 (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jan-07, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LEGOLAND® California adds Las Vegas to Miniland in 2007
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LEGOLAND® California Adds Iconic City to Miniland U.S.A. CARLSBAD, CA,/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ Nov. 9, 2006 -- LEGOLAND® California is about to embark on the largest ever Miniland expansion at any LEGOLAND Park. The Carlsbad theme park will expand (...) (18 years ago, 10-Nov-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, FTX)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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Yet another article discussing Legoland KC today. "One day after Olathe officials rejected a proposed deal to build Legoland and other attractions in the north part of the city, both the city and developers said they were willing to continue (...) (18 years ago, 18-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) Everything the City Council is asking for seems quite reasonable. If Legoland can't make it work, then maybe it just wasn't meant to be there. (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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What about the other amusement parks in the kansas city area? both past and present? Like Jeepers, Fairyland, and Worlds Of Fun.? Why does anyone think having Legoland on the door would make it work? What about Worlds of fun? (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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City council results: NO, but fix the plan and come back. From the article: Among the problems: The proposal does not include a guaranteed revenue stream to pay for $64.3 million in bonds developers want the city to issue; public participation would (...) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I agree with you, but as long as Legoland is not owned by Lego, it is an amusement park like any other, and developers are going to use it as the draw for retail, hotels, other tourism, etc. and since it will increace the tax base enormously, (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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My whole take on this is that it is NOT Lego driven, but developer driven. If it goes thru, then the taxpayers of Kansas will be paying for this. But if it fails in the end, it could affect the reputation of Lego... the product. I am leary about (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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Legoland KC is supposed to be presented to the Olathe City council tonight. It looks good except the current plan has tax payers paying 2/3 the cost. I don't think people will be real excited about putting up this amount. This has been discussed on (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | What REALLY happens in the Sarlaac pit!!!
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Hey all! I guess this answers the age old question of what happend to Boba Fett when he got eaten by the Sarlaac! Saw this posted earlier, but thought I would re-post it to make it a bit more easy to find! This was well after my time at Legoland, so (...) (18 years ago, 28-Jul-06, to lugnet.legoland, lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) The glory of fast-passes fix that for the more popular rides such as SM ;) But the rides at LLCA move slowww...www. They have very low per-hour capacity that brings everything to a very slow crawl. And it is only worse when LLCA cuts down on (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) Standing in line is not my idea of a fun vacation - especially with short attention span 4-12 year olds. If Legoland purposely cuts off attendance each day to insure small lines, charge a high gate fee, and can still make a profit, I think (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(...) I think there is a good chance for it to succeed in the Kansas City area. If your target attendance is 1.4M a year (which the other 4 Legoland parks average), that is well within the realm of reason if you include everything within a day's (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: Newswatch: Fifth Legoland Park in Kansas City area in 2009
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(crossposting to .legoland) (...) To re-state what I posted on BL: I think these "tourism experts" need to find new jobs lol. LLCA has trouble getting people from as close as LA and SD to go to the park. The only reason out of towners go there is (...) (18 years ago, 28-Apr-06, to lugnet.loc.us.ks, lugnet.loc.us.mo, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland)
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| | LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006!
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I am privileged to officially announce the LEGOLAND California Model Builder Search 2006! (3 URLs) For Immediate Release Contact: Julie Estrada (760)918-5377 news@legoland.com LEGOLAND® CALIFORNIA EXPANSION CREATES OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME National (...) (18 years ago, 2-Feb-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.contests, lugnet.events, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.loc.us.ca.la, FTX) !!
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| | Which European Legoland parks?
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Hello, My family and I will be visiting Europe next spring. We have the option of going to any of the 3 European Legoland parks or perhaps even to 2 or all 3 of them. Of the 3, which is, in your opinion, the best; and are they different enough to (...) (19 years ago, 4-Dec-05, to lugnet.legoland)
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| | Re: LEGO Inside Tour
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(...) Todd, The LEGO Fan tour descriptions are great! Thanks for all the effort writing those so the rest of us could glimpse the LIT. I've also been looking through the terrific BrickShelf folders. Unless I missed it, I didn't see photos of the LIT (...) (19 years ago, 17-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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| | LEGO Inside Tour
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I was looking for postings to LUGNET about the LEGO Inside Tour and have found nothing. So, I decided to post a few details and send you off to previous posts at LEGO Fan.org. First, I attended the first LEGO Inside Tour on May 26, 27, and 28 of (...) (19 years ago, 14-Jun-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.legoland.billund)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote: Snip (...) I think it could be extremely shrewd. The parks will always have to rely on the company for bricks and sets to sell. For example in Saint Louis, Anheuser-Busch used to own the baseball stadium (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Faced with a loss, tactical managers keep doing what they were doing but sell off valuable/strategic assets (or lay off key people) in order to raise cash to keep afloat a while longer and avoid the day of reckoning. Faced with a loss, (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Last year 2004, LEGO had a net loss of about $335 million That might have something to do with it. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Ok, replying to my own post...here are some more reasons TLG might want to raise cash (all purely speculative, of course): They are going to attempt to *buy* MegaBloks KKK and family is seeking an early retirement Realizing Galidor failed (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) As long as we are in a speculative mood...why does TLG want to raise money. Are they contemplating opening a factory in China? Is $450M+ enough to do this? Oh, I know...they need the cash to (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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In lugnet.general, Abner Finley wrote: (snip) (...) Jake said the key word is "speculated"... to me, the key word is "head scratcher" (well that's two words)! I still don't see why LEGO want to do this, the amount of money they get back seems a (...) (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO® is near an agreement to sell its LEGOLAND theme parks
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(...) Just a short note... I am just reading the information based on wired services and other news outlets online. And yes the information is "speculated" not true information. (19 years ago, 1-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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