Roadschooling America: Legoland Florida

Today was a beautiful day. We awoke to clear skies and probably about 50 degrees. This being Brock's last day of the weekend, we decided it was a good day to schedule our Legoland Adventure. Legoland's winter hours are a little shorter than the other theme parks we've visited (10 am to 5 pm), so we made it our goal to get there before they opened. We were pleasantly surprised when we arrived at the parking lot and got about as close to the entrance gates as we could have hoped.

Pretty much all day long, we were able to go on whatever ride we wanted with little to no waiting. The day warmed up to the lower 70's. We took in a 4D show called Lego Racers. They made you feel the wind of the race route and at one point they made it snow in the theater. That was cool! We also saw an acrobatic-type show with live actors called The Big Test. The characters were trying to pass the test so that they could join the Lego City Volunteer Fire Dept. It was cute. Lots of goofy pratfalls and over-exaggerations. There was a splash zone which Brighton and Spencer decided to sit in, but they didn't get too wet. Some people got soaked. We took in another show in pirate cove that had a female heroine named Miranda who waterski'd in to the set. She had some lego minifig soldiers on her side and they battled the evil pirate Brickbeard and his trick skiing minions. It was quite fun and Bryn was so surprised when during the show, Miranda was suddenly sitting next to her. She asked Bryn to help her out with defeating these pirates. She told her to come down and push the TNT plunger when she gives the signal. Cool! Brynna was able to push the plunger and create a big boom and smoke as part of the show and the pirates were captured. We ate some decent cheeseburgers and fries right next to a little body of water containing tons of turtles, a small gator, and a blue heron. We went on some more rides, walked through Cypress Garden, and in the end, shopped with each kid for their special Lego souvenirs.

We drove back to the campground, stopping for milk and Brock and I the new Spiderman movie. At the trailer the kids played with their new Legos. They scavenged around in the refrigerator for something to eat while I looked at and played around with the pictures from today. (True confessions ;O) and then we sent them to bed so we could watch the movie.