We had a great day at a new park. New for us. Legoland Florida at the site of the old Cypress Gardens.
We focused on the rides today as it was just the four of us today. Later in the week we will be picking up my parents from the airport and they will be joining us for most of the rest of the trip. They'll be flying back while we drive.
We started in the Duplo area which the girls loved. They did a few rides and we ducked in to an air conditioned inside play area for a while to cool off. They park in general was relatively empty, at least at this point in the day.
Next up was their favorite ride in the park. In the World of Chima section there was a boat ride where you got soaked, but also got to shoot other people with water canons. You even got to go after people who just happened to be too close to the ride. There were targets everywhere you could shoot that would trigger effects and scenes in the ride. It was relatively short, but very fun. We ended up back here for several more rides before the day was through.
In the medieval area, they rode one ride that had you riding on the back of a Lego horse. It rocked back and forth like it was trotting and it ran along a track and past different Lego scenes. It was a big hit. So were the rides in the next area, which was adventure themed.
We all got to ride the safari ride. It was slow and relaxing and the full sized Lego animals were amazing. I made sure to get plenty of pictures of them. I got plenty of pictures from all around the park as it was amazing just looking around to see what you could find. I saw a Lego squirrel sitting on a fence. In the parking lot there is a little building off by itself with a Lego seagull sitting on top. I found Lego animals in the landscaping and the bushes. I just went nuts with the camera the whole day. And then there is the Lego mini land which I could have spent they whole day wandering if it wasn't so hot.
We let Ari and Lily drive the Ford Lego cars. For Ari's age the cars were actually carts that she could drive through a mock town with no tracks. The cars were all free to go where they wanted. Before hand they spent some time going over the rules of the road. Teaching the kids about street lights and stop signs and right of way and signaling. It was really neat. Ari loved all the lessons and she had a great time driving. Both Ari and Lily got their Lego driver's licenses (for a fee of course) which were really well made, if a little expensive.
Back in the city area we also rode the boats (again, free roaming. No tracks, which lead to some really bad drivers getting stuck now and then. We made it through although I had to take over driving for Ari quite a few times.) The only ride we really didn't like in the park was back here as well. It had families competing to get their fire engines to a fire and then putting the fire our and get back to the start again. Driving the fire engine involved pumping this contraption that looked like one of those old hand driven rail cars. It was exhausting. We finished in the middle of the pack. They told us most people give up before finishing as they just get too tired. Not fun for the middle of a long day of walking.
Afterwards we wend inside for a while. There is a building in the imagination section where the kids were able to play in pits of Legos and there was a game room with all sorts of Lego video games.
Mini-land was amazing as I said before. All sorts of scenes from St. Augustine to Vegas to a Pirate's Cove and all sorts of cityscapes. There was even a scene from each of the first six Star Wars films. They all moved and made sounds at the push of a button, so the girls loved doing that over and over. Many of the scenes had buttons to push. A few even squirted water, which was nice in the head. This area was all concrete paths and no shade, which was our main reason for not spending more time there.
Our last ride was the 4D movie, starring Lord Risky Business, who build BrickWorld right next to Legoland. It was really funny and a great way to poke fun at themselves.
We also tried an order of the Granny Smith Apple Fries. If you like thins sort of thing, get them. They were delicious.
After the part, it was off to the Gulf Coast.
Legoland Pictures
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