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Re: Ever notice this at LLCA?
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Sun, 19 Aug 2001 21:08:19 GMT
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In lugnet.legoland.california, Tom Inosanto writes:
> In lugnet.legoland.california, Tim Courtney writes:
> > In lugnet.legoland.california, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> > > tom wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > When you are driving into the park, after that annoying roundabout thingie,
> > > > they spell out "EMOCLEW".. I know they mean "WELCOME" but they put the
> > > > letters backwards, the "W" is closest to the parking toll people, when it is
> > > > the last letter you see... I asked a few employees at the park, and none of
> > > > them had a clue. Next time you go there, look at the order the letters are in...
> > > > Tom
> > > 
> > > Is it like ECNALUBMA (ambulance), for reading it in your car's rear-view mirror?
> > 
> > Kinda...but spread out.

Ever since Legoland opened in Carlsbad, I too have wondered about the
letters along the driveway. But, it's NOT as simple as "welcome" spelled
backwards. As you drive in, the letters appear in the order: LECOMEW. I
don't know if this was just an installation screw-up, or if it was supposed
to be a Lego play on words. So the mystery remains, and maybe got a little
deeper?!
> > 
> > You drive down this road and you encounter a big E, then a few hundred feet
> > later a big M, a big O...etc etc.  It basically spells WELCOME backwards,
> > one letter at a time.  I really think it was some sort of mistake...
> > 
> > -Tim
> 
> Exactly - If I am not mistaken the letters on an ambulance are backwards and
> reversed (ya??. They just put the letters in the wrong order. I am surprised
> this slipped by them, with all the detail that the entire park has.
> Tom



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(...) Legoland Windsor has a similar installation, which reminded me of this discussion. But, if you look closely, you can see that each letter is either on a trolley, loaded on a ballista or catapult, or in some sort of transport mechanism. I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.windsor)

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(...) Exactly - If I am not mistaken the letters on an ambulance are backwards and reversed (ya??. They just put the letters in the wrong order. I am surprised this slipped by them, with all the detail that the entire park has. Tom (25 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.legoland.california)

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