2024 Cypress Gardens Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in October)
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LEGOLAND® Florida Resort
Please go and play! California Legoland is really great!
🎡Lego operates 10 parks worldwide, 3 of which are in the United States, located in California, Florida, and New York (4 will open in China in 2024, located in Beijing, Shanghai, Meishan, Sichuan, and Shenzhen, and Shenzhen seems to be the largest in the world)
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🎢California Legoland consists of 3 independent parts:
Legoland: the main park
Water Park: open in summer, open on weekends in spring and autumn
Sea Life Auarium: small aquarium
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🕙Business hours: 10am - 6/8pm, depending on the specific date
How long to play: 1 day is suitable if you don't play in the water park (but you can only choose to play key projects when queuing on holidays)
💰Ticket price: The price depends on the number of days and the selected park, adults 110 US dollars +, children 100 US dollars +
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❗Main project
✨LEGO® Factory Tour
Show how Lego bricks are made
✨MINILAND USA
Traditional project, walk to watch American cities built with Lego
✨Coast Cruise
Take a small boat to watch the buildings/animals on the shore built with Lego
✨Roller coaster THE DRAGON
At least 40 inches (101cm) in height, 40-48 inches need to be accompanied by an adult
✨Roller coaster TECHNIC COASTER
Height needs to be 42 inches or more (106cm), 42-48 inches (121cm) need to be accompanied by an adult
✨Rapid advance PIRATE REEF
Height needs to be 36 inches or more (91cm), 36-42 inches need to be accompanied
✨Virtual flight Emmet's Flying Adventure Ride
New project opened in 2021, similar to Disney's Soaring Over the Horizon
Height needs to be 40 inches or more (101cm)
✨Jumping machine Unikitty's Disco Drop!
Height needs to be 40 inches or more (101cm)
✨Track ship AQUAZONE® WAVE RACER
Height needs to be 40 inches or more (101cm), 40-52 inches (132cm) need to be accompanied by an adult
✨View track ship FAIRY TALE BROOK
No height limit
Similar to Disney's Voyage to the Crystal Grotto, but it is very rough, Nordic dark pirate style...
✨Track car shooting NINJAGO® THE RIDE
Use gestures to attack, no age requirements
✨Track car shooting LOST KINGDOM ADVENTURE
Similar to Disney's Buzz Lightyear, but the atmosphere is weird
✨LEGO® CITY: Deep Sea Adventure
Ride a submarine and see the underwater Lego world
✨Driving DRIVING SCHOOL
There are two areas suitable for ages 3-5 and 6-13
✨Open boat SKIPPER SCHOOL
Height requirement 34 inches, 34-48 inches (121cm) need to be accompanied
✨LEGO® Ferrari Build & Race
The project added in May 2022, Ferrari racing theme, in addition to the model, you can also assemble the car with Lego, test and race in different 'racing areas'
KALEB GARNER
The Good:
Rides were fun. More like an Idlewild environment. My son is 8 and I wouldn’t bring him again as he would be too big for most of the rides. Also pretty much zero lines so you can hit the entire park in a day.
Water Park was a lot of fun also. Lots of slides, wave pool, and gigantic splash pad. Kids had alot of fun. If you go I’d dedicate an entire day to the water park. Also get a cabana. The sun in Florida is no joke.
Hotel was fun. Rooms are amazing. All are themed room. And they have nightly dance parties for the kid and Lego scavenger hunts.
There are on site restaurants. And free family style breakfast. Which was nice. Restaurants were reasonably priced for what you got.
The Bad:
Housecleaning service was bad. Came around the time we were going to dinner nightly.
Pool wasn’t as clean as it should have. Plus the on-site water slide at the hotel opened from 5-9 nightly due to lifeguard shortages.
The Ugly:
Fire alarm went off on Wednesday night at 11 pm. Could definitely smell something burning. Took them forever to figure out what the problem was. Which was nothing. Forrest fire was causing the smell. But stood outside for an hour with no answers.
All in all, as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for. Legoland was around $3500 for the week. Disney was $15,000 for the week. It was a nice vacation but probably wouldn’t come back due to kids ages and such.
snowman216
Lego land
I've only been to LegoLand Discovery Center twice. The first time was about 8 years ago and then I went about a month ago, and what a difference in experiences! On my first visit 8 years ago, I thought the place was too crowded and too noisy. I was there with a three-year old and an eight-year old. It was hard to see anything. We had yell at each other because of the noise. While the kids enjoyed it, the adults did not. Now, though, because of COVID, the number of admissions are limited each day, and this is wonderful. We went on a Saturday at 11:30 am and for awhile, there were only a handful of other people there. Even when it got more crowded, it was still enjoyable and easy to move around. Some of what's available has changed because of COVID but that's okay. My son still got to build with a bag of Legos, ride the rides, and play in the big pirate ship climbing area. He thought it was fantastic and I enjoyed the experience. Also, the facility seemed much cleaner than I remembered it being the first time I visited and hand sanitizer is everywhere.#falltrip #mytravelhacks #freehotelstay #historicallandmarks #historicallandmarks #localguides #familytrip
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Legoland in Florida | All new Summer Block Party
Legoland Florida (the second largest Legoland in the world) has announced an all-new Summer Block Party coming this year! 🎉🎉🎉
The event features new shows, costumed characters, and plenty of bricktastic fun. You can join in with the building of a giant Lego American flag or get involved with a themed scavenger hunt through Miniland USA. This is the perfect event for Lego fans of all ages! 🎊🎊🎊
#legoland #lego #florida #party