 | | 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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