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Legoland Ahoy!
Interactive Fun for Little Ones
By Kendeyl Johansen
Max and I loved the Spellbreaker, which carried us in an air chariot (dual-tracked junior roller coaster) and let us race against other park goers. To my surprise Max also raved about the Lego Technic roller coaster, which is geared towards preteens. "Let's go again!" he begged when the ride ended.
When we eventually returned to Play Town the twins still refused to leave. My mom and I had to resort to an ice-cream bribe but I vowed to serve them extra veggies at lunch. Lunch, however, was the days' biggest disappointment. Since we didn't break for lunch until 1:30 p.m. it was partly our fault that the BBQ spare ribs and chicken were dried out and the baked potato shriveled. At least the boys happily gobbled down their corn-on-the-cob.
Our favorite afternoon ride was the Aquazone Wave Racers. This Jet-Ski type ride bobs and weaves on water. The twins shrieked with laughter as my mom helped them push "water blasts" to try and get us wet and Max loved trying to dodge the blasts. Another big hit was "panning for gold" in a water-fed wooden trough. And to round out our water adventures we headed to Water Works where to my boys‚ extreme delight they all got soaking wet in the interactive water play fountains.
The boys were also fascinated by Miniland, which replicates five areas of the U.S. constructed out of 20 million Lego bricks. The boys pushed buttons to start figure skaters whirling in "New York," zoo animals moving in the "Central Park" and underwater divers searching for treasure.
I found Legoland to be shady, immaculately clean, beautifully landscaped and a complete delight, with the exception of our lunch. Since our kids were below age 5 we skipped activities targeted to older children, like the Imagination Zone where kids build and race Lego cars (my sister and her husband spent hours there with their 8-year-old son), and Lego Mindstorms where kids can build and program robots.
