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Re: LegoLand Windsor: first visit
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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:10:08 GMT
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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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