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    Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Richard Dee
   On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:05:10 GMT, Dave Ryder uttered the following profundities... (...) George Sakura was supposed to be there this weekend or this week, having come all the way from the US to see it! (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Dave Ryder
   In article <MPG.115766cb6f9bdb6...gnet.com>, richard.dee@nospam.virgin.net says... (...) That's typical isn't it? I live on top of it and don't bother for two years, but George comes all the way from the USA, I, conversley, went all the way to the (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Huw Millington
     Have they replaced much of Miniland? Last year a lot of it was very faded. Compare, if you will, what it looks like now, with pictures I took on the opening weekend in 1996 (URL) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Kev Holmes
      I'll jump in there... Small pieces of Miniland have been altered and updated. The Swiss Centre in London was an obvious replacement (the old one had a serious condensation problem), as was the fountain in Edinburgh - new yellow bricks really grab (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Dave Ryder
     In article <F8oG1H.ILM@lugnet.com>, hmillington@cix.co.uk had their 2d worth... (...) It's all looking _very_ tired now. I don't think much of it has been replaced at all. Many of the darker colours like brown and red are showing up particularly (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Jasper Janssen
      (...) I have never been to LL Windsor, but when I was in Billund about 11-13 years ago, Miniland there was _large_. When I say Large, I mean that the 4*2-3 meters of Mount Rushmore were only a minor attraction. From what I can see from Richard Dee's (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Richard Dee
      On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 18:31:11 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following profundities... (...) I didn't realise I had any LLW photos on my site! The only one I remember putting up there was of Stonehenge! I must go back and see what's up there! (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Jasper Janssen
      (...) *scratches head* Well.. I suppose I meant someone else's site, then. D'oh! Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
     
          Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Kev Holmes
      Jasper, I think you're referring to Huw's site ((URL) and yes, the unlabelled picture is of Mont St. Michel. (Which was infested with a wasp's nest a few summers ago... The model that is, not the picture :-) Cheers, Kev (...) (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Jon D Hayward
       Dave Ryder wrote in message ... (...) appeared (...) if (...) The gubbins under the bodies looks pretty complicated to me, but as far as I can make out (having seen some being worked on at the building department in Windsor town centre [see - LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
    
         Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Huw Millington
     (...) That's a shame. You'd expect them to replace it all over, say, a 5 year period, but clearly that's not the case. (...) conentrating (...) But from your report, and my own observations it does seem to be the least busy area of the park. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
   
        Re: First visit to Legoland UK (longish) —Richard Dee
   On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:20:06 GMT, Dave Ryder uttered the following profundities... (...) Look forward to them. I am toying with the idea myself this Sunday, or at least a quick visit at closing time to hit the shop..... (26 years ago, 16-Mar-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
 

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