My two sons and I visited Legoland last Sunday the 26th. We got there at 4:30, and from the minute we waked into your facility, we felt rushed and treated like an annoyance. Your establishment closed at 7 that night, so we had more than enough time to see and enjoy all you had to offer,without feeling like herded sheep.... We hadn't been in a few years and were glad to see the addition of some new things like the pirate ship and water boat area! Miniland will need to be updated with the new SunTrust stadium and the Falcon's stadium too. Miniland looks like it needs to be freshened up a bit too. Bathrooms were a mess when I... Legoland is always fun for the kids. We've been to the one in Yonkers,NY as well and this one was just like it. It had more fun sections like a karaoke station. The workers were very nice. So happy to hear you had a great time at the center! And that you got to visit our friends in New York! Thanks for telling us about your visit and we hope to see you for another fun time soon!
I wouldn't normally go on here to write a negative review, but after e-mailing with no response, I thought I would share why you shouldn't go. First off, I think it was overpriced for what you get. Second, it was a huge mess when we went. Spilt drinks on the floor and legos all over the floor making it impossible... Took a 5,7,9 year old. The Pirate area is new but kind of boring. They had it closed for repair. The management was not on the same page. A couple employees told customers to climb over the rope. One employee came over and tried to get people out. The other came over and said it was ok to go. Thanks for taking the time to review us. Sorry about the confusion with Pirate Adventure Island and that you didn't get the full experience of the area. Hope you were able to experience our other 10 areas in the center, including all 4 of our 4D movies in the Cinema. We also have a new exhibit opening in less than... We visited Legoland on 18Feb17 for our sons 10th birthday.
He and our 5 year old daughter really enjoyed themselves. It was very crowded but the staff was nice and gave good customer service. The kids enjoyed the 3D movie and the water play area the most. The rides looked fun and our kids wanted to ride them, but the... Hi Jerry, thanks for taking the time to tell us about your experience. Thanks for choosing us for your birthday celebration! So happy to hear everyone enjoyed themselves! We do hope you'll come back soon! We have a new exhibit called Space Mission opening on March 18th! I can understand weekends being busy, but there are 2 lines and 4+ registers. 1 line is for those who prepaid online, the other for those who wish to purchase on site. At peak times this location needs all 4 registers open. There was one employee per line (so only 2 of the 4+ registers operational) and there was easily... Hi Scott, thanks for your feedback. We do have a job fair this week to get more staff to help get wait times down. I have also passed along your comments to our tech manager as what you mentioned should be working.
Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your visit. We were a bit skeptical after reading a lot of negative reviews but we thought why not lets give it a try. We live about 2 hours away and made a fun day trip out of it, now our kids are 15 and 13 and while a lot of teenagers might have been bored ours thoroughly enjoyed the day. You really made our day! So happy to hear your family enjoyed their time and also got to celebrate The LEGO Batman Movie Days with us! We love LEGO Batman too! We also appreciate your tips for future guests and we hope you'll join us again real soon! This was my sons birthday surprise and we really enjoyed ourselves. We went on a Friday --late morning. It was not packed. There are enough hands on activities to keep the kids busy for at least 2 hours. He really enjoyed the rides. The Lego City is amazing. There is a small cafe for food and of course a store... Thanks for taking the time to review us and thanks for choosing us for your birthday celebration!
Glad to hear you enjoyed yourselves, we feel quite honored to apart of such an awesome celebration. Safe travels and we hope you come back soon! The staff is happy and helpful. There are enough diverse activities with Lego builds, quake tables, a shooting gallery ride, a pedaling carousel ride, 4D theater, and new pirate playground splash are to keep kids under 12yo joyfully occupied for several hours. The new pirate splash area + playground are odd additions to LegoLand Atlanta. The water table is too... Hi Ashley, thanks for your detailed review! Reviews like yours pinpoint certain areas and that really helps us improve. We are very happy to hear your group had a great time and truly got to experience the whole center. Thanks again for letting us know about your visit, Ashley!For years, my eldest son has happily played with his Duplo bricks. We have whiled away many hours building towers, farms, boats, all manner of things. But a few months ago, he became disgruntled with them.
There were several contributing factors. Having a little brother playing with them too, having a little brother destroying them, and quite frankly, they just didn’t do what his imagination wanted them to do. So we moved on with some small packs aimed at 5-7 year olds. These packs came free with a newspaper that his grandparents buy in the UK. There were little pieces, so the first rule set was that they were only to be played with at the kitchen table, where his brother couldn’t reach them. The rule was agreeable to everyone but the little brother in question. Turns out that for a young four year old who turns five this coming September, the 5-7 age range worked very well. The first half dozen kits were done with some very hands-on help from his dad, but after that he just went with it. He finds the instructions easy to follow, only has trouble with some of the more peculiar pieces, and thoroughly enjoys the construction process. The second rule we set was that he has to put the pieces together according to the instructions the first time around, and after that he can do what he wants with the pieces.
This rule is also one he follows willingly, so we build everything per the instructions, and then he disassembles the kit to come up with his own ideas. He heavily favors cars and rocket ships in his own designs. Some of the packets we have are for ages 6-12, but there seems to be no difference in difficulty level between the five and six year starting line. So when he finally got to visit the Lego aisle at Toys R Us, we focused mainly on the small six-year-old packs such as Lego Creator 31014 Power Digger and Lego Creator 31015 Emerald Express. Ultimately he chose Lego Creator 31013 Red Thunder which is a pack of three. And again he had no difficulty. But, oh, he longed for that display Coast Guard helicopter. When we took him to the Legoland Discovery Center which recently opened in Boston, we agreed that we were going to let him purchase a bigger pack this time. He had proved his mettle and earned it. But once in the store, I felt intimidated by the size of the packs, and the quantity of pieces.
I felt certain that my boy would have the skill set for such a piece, but at four years old would lack the patience required for something bigger. So I steered him towards Lego’s new line of mid range Lego kits. Intended to bridge the gap between Duplo and the more traditional Lego, the Lego Juniors line had intrigued me for a while, and I wondered if this might be what we were looking for. He zeroed in on a kit larger than his usual size, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles kit*, and back home we went. The clerk in the store explained that the difference between regular kits and the Juniors was in the instructions. The idea is that Lego Juniors instructions are easier to follow than the instructions provided with kits aimed at an older audience. I found this hard to believe, as my son had been following the instructions for a six year old exceptionally well. Putting together the kit was no problem; in fact it was easier than any of the smaller models he had previously constructed.
It was in the deconstruction and imagination aspect that we found the downside of this well meaning product from Lord Business. What makes Lego Juniors so simple to construct, what makes the instructions so easy to follow, all boils down to the same thing: pre-connected pieces. The base for a car in the Juniors kit is not a collection of pieces; it is one solid piece. There are no angle plates, no bearing elements, there are no rims or tires. For my son, this was and still is extremely frustrating. Now, when he disassembles the kit to construct from pure imagination, he has less freedom to play. He has fewer pieces, and fewer ways to manipulate his car design. The first time he encountered this problem he tried to bite the wheels off the base, because “they have to come off mommy, they always do.” After a couple of go rounds with this, he gave up trying to take it apart and now simply sighs when encountering that piece. Much like the bulk of his kits, he adapts, but he breathes a heavy sigh as he does so.
Because the pieces are pre-connected, the instructions become intrinsically easier. There are fewer steps, because there are fewer pieces. There are fewer small pieces as they are welded together, so the more minute aspects of the traditional instructions simply don’t exist. There is no difference in style of instruction, as I had thought there would be, but simply the instructions are easier because the pieces are simplified. In the example pictured here, the instructions on the left are for a basic car, in a kit for ages 5-12. On the right are the Juniors instructions, ages 4-7. You will notice that step one in the Juniors kit is a complete base, while the base is not complete in the 5-12 kit until the wheels are added in step seven (not pictured). While I still maintain that my son has the skill set but not the patience for a physically larger kit, I do not think the larger kits designed for the Juniors range are challenging enough for him. They do not keep his interest, and they do not stimulate his own creations either.
But that is not to say that the Juniors line does not have a place in the world of Lego. If you are a parent who has no experience or interest in Lego, but you have a young child who does, this would be a great place to start. Perhaps your child has shown no interest in doing anything but making the pre-determined kit; these kits would not hinder that goal. From a safety perspective I am aware that my son is working with kits beyond the manufacturer’s recommended age group, and so if your child is prone to swallowing small pieces, or has a propensity to get frustrated with bits and pieces, this might be preferable to a five and up kit. However, if you have already begun your Lego journey with regular kits and had success, the Juniors range is not for you. Likewise, if your child likes to see how things are put together, see how they work, then the limitations of the pre-connected pieces might prove too frustrating and a hindrance to the enjoyment of Lego as a whole. If you have an older Lego addict in your family–in ours it is my husband–that has the time and patience to sit and work through the kit, then the regular kits would be a better group activity.
One of the other pieces of information we garnered on our adventure in the Lego store was that since the advent of licensed products, such as the Star Wars kits and The Lord of the Rings kits, the age ranges on the packages have changed. The criteria for aging is not the same as it was when we were kids. If a kit is based on a movie that is rated 12 and up, then the kit is not designated under age 12. For example, Lego LOTR79006 The Council of Elrond is a relatively simple kit compared to some of the kits we have been doing for five year olds, and yet it is rated 9 and up. The architecture kits contain many similar pieces and are therefore often quite simple to put together. Yet the finished product is not intended to be a toy, and so the age rating is higher. Certainly the number of pieces, complexity, and size still play a part, but they are not the only determining factors you should consider when picking a kit. For my young four year old, we shall continue with the kits rated for ages five through twelve, with a few six and ups thrown in.