Summer Vacation: Legoland Part 2!

When we left off we were eating lunch. While we were eating it started pouring down rain! We were so thankful to be inside! The timing was perfect...once we were finished eating the rain had stopped! We headed outside the restaurant and the boys just had to have pictures in the Lego cars!

We then headed back to the Imagination Zone and went to Build and Test. This is where the kids could build a race car and then test it on the track. Or they could build a tower and test its strength. Both my boys chose the tower! They had fun just playing!

Here are the proud boys with their completed towers!

Once again we entered the heat and saw our next ride...Kid Power Towers! This was a ride where they pulled themselves to the top and free fall back down again multiple times! Me and Grandma stayed on the sidelines and took pics!

We headed to Flying School next! This was my favorite rollercoaster...and I think it was the boys' favorite too! We rode it 3 times!!! :-) I love Sawyer's face in this picture!!!

After the ride we passed by a full sized Ford car made of Legos! Amazing!!!

We heard a show going on so we started heading towards Pirates Cove. On the way we encountered a few more photos!

We made it and were able to see about half of the Pirates' Cove Live Water Ski Show. It was amazing and so fun!!!

Afterwards we even got to meet the stars of the show! :-)

Next we headed to Lego Technic to ride a rollercoaster we had been wanting to ride all day...Project X! This one would go fast, then slow, and take sharp curves that made you feel like you were going to fall out! We loved it lol!

Here the boys are in one of the Technic cars that you rode in on the ride!

Waiting in line...you can see some of the track behind us!

The next ride was the AQUAZONE Wave Racers! This one was fun and the boys got to "drive!"

On the ride the boys saw a huge octopus made of Legos and begged to take a picture of it! So that's where we headed next!

Next we stopped in a store and did a little shopping. Grandma bought the boys a Lego keychain that they love! Then we started walking towards Miniland. On the way we went over a bridge and saw a pretty waterfall! If you look closely you can also see the alligator behind us...made of Legos of course! ;-)

Miniland USA was next! This was absolutely incredible! They built mini versions of different landmarks from around the USA...all with Legos! The details were amazing!!! We read a sign that said it took them two years (I think) to build the miniland! WOW! Hayden had me take pictures of everything...but I will just show you the highlights! ;-)

Las Vegas!

Kennedy Space Center!

Daytona International Speedway!

Miami Beach!

San Francisco!

New York City!

Washington D.C.! You can see the Obama family on the porch of The White House!

Then we headed towards the Lego Star Wars Miniland! My boys LOVED this part!!!

They even had some huge sized Lego figures from Star Wars!

I love Sawyer's expression in this one...so dramatic lol!

After Miniland we had pretty much seen it all. We had been there all day! We stopped at a few stores on the way out. And we ran into Max!

Overall we had an awesome time at Legoland! The boys are already talking about going back the next time we are in town!

Legoland also has a water park section too. We didn't do that part this time but plan to next time. It does cost extra to add the water park.

QOTD: What is your favorite part about a theme park? The rides? The food? The shopping?

Summer Vacation: Legoland Part 1!

It's taking me forever to write all my posts from our summer vacation so thanks for bearing with me! I have so many photos to sort through! Because of all the photos I'm going to split this day into two parts! :-)

Last time we left off we had gone to Epcot at Disney World! Day 3 was our trip to Legoland! Both of my boys like Legos but Hayden is a Lego fanatic! He LOVES them! So he was super excited about this day! And so was I...because it was new to all of us! None of us had ever been here. I was super surprised at this theme park! They had major rollercoasters...which I LOVE! I assumed it was geared more towards little kids but I was wrong! and luckily...both of my boys were tall enough to ride all the rollercoasters and rides at this park!

Legoland was about 45 minutes away from our condo. The traffic wasn't bad and before we knew it we saw the sign!

We paid yet another $15 parking fee and then we were on our way. The parking lot was fairly empty. We were so used to those full Disney parking lots lol! We had a little walk to the entrance but it wasn't too far. One reason why I have so many pictures....Hayden asked for a picture at almost every thing he saw lol! He wanted one at the entrance so of course we took one! But due to being in an air conditioned car and then entering the heat...my camera lens kept fogging up! This is the best one I could get.

Since I bought our tickets online before we left on vacation, we were able to walk right up to the turnstiles and go in!

Immediately we saw HUGE things made out of Legos! Hayden begged for pictures! Of course I had no problem with that! ;-)

Finally we were able to move the boys through the entrance and start walking! We didn't get far and Hayden spotted the Big Shop. We convinced him we would look in the store at the end of the day. We didn't escape without another picture!

Our first stop was at the Lego Factory! Here they told us all about how they made the Legos. Hayden was so interested in this!

We found a Lego Guy in here!

The Lego making process was shown to us in such a cute way! Everything was decorated in Legos!

Our first ride was The Grand Carousel! And the boys talked me into riding it with them! Ok they didn't have to twist my arm or anything lol!

Then we headed to Lego Kingdoms. I will say that all the decorations were awesome!!!

We lined up to ride The Dragon rollercoaster. The wait was about 15 minutes but so worth it. It was so much fun!!!!

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Then we rode Merlin's Challenge...where we boarded a train (made out of Legos of course) and it went around and around and over a few hills really really fast!

Next we headed to The Forestmen's Hideout. This was a playground made to look like the forest. We let the boys play about 10 minutes before heading to the Land of Adventure.

We rode several rides here. The first one was The Lost Kingdom Adventure. This was a dark ride where we fired laser blasters at targets. It reminded me a little of the Toy Story rides in Disney. So of course we loved it! And it was set in Egypt and had an awesome Egyptian pharaoh made out of Legos at the entrance to the ride!

Then we set out to ride the Coastersaurus! This was a wooden rollercoaster and the theme was dinosaurs of course! They even had dinosaur sounds roaring at you as you waited to ride! Again our wait time was about 10-15 minutes. Not bad. And the ride was great!

We then headed to Lego City...which is Hayden's favorite set of Legos! We immediately got in line for Boating School! It was tricky maneuvering those boats but we did it!

The boys insisted on taking a picture after we passed boating school! :-)

We headed towards the Imagination Zone to check it out. The boys LOVED all the Lego decorations here and insisted on lots of pictures!

Everyone was getting hungry for lunch. They had a restaurant in the Imagination Zone but the boys didn't see anything they wanted on the menu. So we headed back towards Lego City for other options. We passed the Rescue Academy (which unfortunately wasn't open).

Hayden said he wanted to eat at the Fried Chicken Co. so that's where we headed. The boys got chicken fingers, Grandma and Papa got chicken sandwiches, and Andy and I got chicken wraps...which was very yummy! Hayden made sure I took lots of pictures outside and inside the restaurant! He loved how it was decorated!

And I'm gonna stop there since I know this post is getting way too long! Thanks for looking at all our pictures! Stay tuned for part 2 of our day in Legoland! :-)

QOTD: Have you ever been to Legoland? Are you a fan of rollercoasters?

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