Legoland Theme Park Sept 2003 - page 1
Legoland, near Windsor, is a theme park of thrilling
rides and attractions with many seemingly constructed from giant sized
Lego bricks. So join us for an excellent day out at Legoland in
the late summer sunshine.
This is page one of two.
Legoland 1
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Well, we finally arrived after battling with no signage from the M25;
even when we found signs to Legoland around Windsor they weren't
consistent, changing between brown and yellow. Not a good start
then.
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Here's Belinda with our friend Bob in the Pit Stop Café at Legoland
planning our day with the Park Guide. The parking wasn't guided
like at other theme parks, it was a matter of 'up and down the rows' to
find a space.
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We checked out the guide board before boarding (after queuing, of
course) the funicular Hill Train into Legoland proper. The
weather was a bit iffy to start.
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We found Legoland geared more towards younger children, and Mike was
disappointed to discover he didn't meet the height restriction - he was
too TALL!
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This is the Adventurers' Wave Surfer in the My Town area of the theme
park. This ride involved spinning round in a boat thing while
deafening depth charges went off at random all around us!
Fantastic!
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We couldn't resist posing for a photo with a Lego man at Legoland, even
if he did look ill! There were many amazing Lego figures all over
the Legoland theme park, all carefully constructed out of Lego bricks.
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Lunch time quickly loomed (thanks to our late arrival highlighted
earlier!) and we ate outside at the Burger Ranch in the warm late
September sunshine. The food was OK, but beware the steep prices!
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Here's the Lego Orient Express zooming through the jungle of Lego
tigers; yes, even the wildlife was made of Lego! We thought it
very well done. Hey, they've got something right at last at
Legoland theme park!
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Belinda tried to chat up another Lego man but he wasn't very
responsive. Psss... he's not real, he's made out of Lego
bricks! Check out the Legoland website on our UK tourist resources page.
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Queuing is an inevitable part of any theme park and providing Lego to
play with was an excellent idea to keep the kids happy. Some of
the kids were rather destructive with their creations though!
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After the queuing comes the 'pre-ride experience', and this one was at
the Pirate Falls ride in Wild Wood Land with many amusing and
imaginative Lego exhibits to enjoy as we bobbed along in the boat
before reaching the inevitable...
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..splashdown! Hmmm, the Pirate Falls ride seemed very similar to Dragon Falls at Chessington
and Loggers Leap at Thorpe Park
and another at Alton Towers
we've previously been on! On the next page, more from Legoland, including the stunt show >>>
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Legoland 1 | Legoland 2
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