Legoland

Legoland was the first amusement park we went to on our 2011 California vacation. Aidan was so happy that Tito Alex was coming with us, and informed Mike and me on the car ride there that he was going to do some rides with his Tito Alex too. The Lego sculptures at Legoland are a lot of fun to take pictures with. Alex and I had enjoyed taking pictures with these sculptures while Caleb napped in his stroller later in the day, and Aidan waited in line with his dad and rode the rides.
What we quickly learned while standing in line for most of these rides (and we were there on a weekday) was that even though the lines might seem short, most of the rides move like they are really made of legos (slow), so for a couple of rides we found ourselves waiting in line for almost 35 min. On the plus side, these slow-moving rides made it much easier to take pictures of the kids riding them.

One of the unique snacks that we ended up trying at Legoland was the “Granny’s Apple Fries” with vanilla cream dipping sauce. “Interesting” and “different” would be the words that I would use to describe this snack, but I wouldn’t buy it again if we went back to Legoland. I’m sure this snack would be a winner for a lot of other people, but for us, even though it was a taste experience, it didn’t leave us amazed.

It is pretty difficult to make it through the entire Legoland park in one day with kids aged 5 and under, but that day we managed to go through about 75% of the park. If I had to give my overall opinion of Legoland I would say that it is worth going to, but not for more than a day. I’ve definitely seen better rides in other amusement parks (but young kids like ours honestly can’t tell the difference), but seeing the Lego sculptures is sure worth the park visit. We were only able to endure waiting through some of the slow lines in Legoland thanks to the fact that we live in such a multimedia age where our phones and iPads have games and videos that the kids can watch and play while waiting. Out of all the parks we visited throughout our vacation though, Legoland had the healthiest food choices (things like fresh made pasta to order, yogurt, fruit chips, frozen fruit bars, etc….) which made me very happy.