Brilliant time here with the kids Had a yearly pass and would recommend coming here with all ages Enjoy walking around the mini village and enjoy watching 4D shows Lego have great sculptures of famous landmarks including London Eye London Bridge etc I live locally and would recommend getting annual pass through Tesco club card and visit after 3.00 with... Legoland is a fantastic place to visit during a weekday if you can, weekend can be very crowded. There's plenty of activities to do and lego building to see. All water activities are great fun, of course you get wet! Personally the best part for me was a miniature land which represents cities or countries in a super small size.... I enjoyed my visit to legoland with my kids. It was a good experience for all of us. Finding millions of Lego bricks used to build the resort was overwhelming. I kids enjoyed the rides and so did I. I brought childhood memories. Amazing place to visit with young children.
There is plenty of things to keep them amused all day. Plenty of places to get something to eat and drink but they can be quite buy and pricey. We have been twice now and would definitely visit againWe spend there 2 days and each of us were satisfied, especially kids. If we have one more opportunity to go back there we will use it. We have visited on several occasions and Legoland isn't my favourite of the Merlin theme parks. Our most recent visit was to meet up with friends and we had a great day. My children are getting taller so can go on almost all of the rides which means we can pick an chose those we feel are worth waiting for;... Great place to visit! We visited this place last year with my two boys. 9 and 5 yrs old. We spent 3 days there as one is not enough for sure. Kids were so happy to be there! We defo will be back to Legoland but to different hotel as last year we booked Basingstoke hotel and was a disaster!... Been here a few times now with the kids the whole resort is immaculate great rides and loads to see and do , be aware during half term and holidays gets really busy
the hotel was lovely the kids loved it but the thing that let the whole stay terrible was from the skyline restaurant when we ordered food we waited over a hour and watched are order given to two different families and after we spoke to a supervisor we waited another 15 mins so we had to drag the kids to... Having only visited lego land once we are not in a rush to return...although it is a great place. The mini cities was fantastic and lego land itself is great with all the different rides but we found we hardly went on any rides as it was far too busy that we missed a vast majority. We had 3 young...Welcome to UGLW - Unofficial Guide to Legoland Windsor. Legoland Windsor is a theme park in Berkshire, UK, which targets families with children of 3-12 years of age. The theme park contains over 50 interactive rides, shows and attractions and is located in attractive parkland bordering Windsor Great Park. The theme throughout Legoland is letting kids become heroes, whether being fire fighters at the Fire Academy, pirate boat captains at Pirate Falls or helicopter pilots at Duplo Valley Airport.
Legoland Windsor was opened in 1996 and contains about 55 million Lego bricks. It had around 2 million visitors in 2012. The entire grounds of Legoland Windsor occupy over 150 acres (61 hectares) and the area which is accessible to guests occupies 72 acres (29 hectares). Legoland continues to receive investment. In 2016 a new 4D cinema film was introduced, The LEGO Movie, showing at the LEGO 4D Movie Theatre. Also a new model of The Death Star (from Star Wars) was created in the LEGO Star Wars Miniland Experience. In 2015 the biggest change was the addition of a new ride, Mia's Riding Adventure. Legoland Windsor is currently closed for the 2016 season. It is open on selected days in December for a Christmas special opening with restricted rides operating - see our Special Events page for details. UGLW - Unofficial Guide to Legoland Windsor - has been designed to help you get the most out of a visit to the theme park. The website has lots of information including how to get there, ticket prices and descriptions of each ride and attraction.
There are lots of photos of the theme park and videos of the rides in action. We review every Legoland Windsor ride so you know what to ride - and what to avoid! We also have a page suggesting what rides and attractions are suitable for older kids, younger kids and families and our useful top tips for a visit to Legoland Windsor. UGLW contains everything you need to know - and more - about your visit to Legoland Windsor. Use the menu on the left which lists all the pages. You might want to start with Legoland Windsor opening times. UGLW is not associated or affiliated with LEGO or LEGOLAND and is not an official website of the LEGO Group. Map of Berkshire, UK, showing the location of Legoland Windsor at 51.46351°N, 0.65114°W (grid reference ) Legoland Windsor Resort, also known as Legoland Windsor, is a child-oriented theme park and resort in Windsor, Berkshire in England, themed around the Lego toy system. The park opened in 1996 on the former Windsor Safari Park site as the second Legoland after Legoland Billund in Denmark.
In common with the other Legolands across the world, the park's attractions consist of a mixture of Lego-themed rides, models, and building workshops. The park was acquired by Merlin Entertainments in 2005, which now operates the park, with the Lego Group retaining part ownership (30%).[2][3] The facilities are mainly targeted at children between three and twelve. In 2015, the park had 2,250,000 million visitors, making it the most visited theme park in the United Kingdom and the 9th most visited in Europe. From 1969 to 1992, the site of today´s Legoland Windsor belonged to Windsor Safari Park, which had been founded by the Billy Smart's Circus. The Lego Group began research for the development of a second Legoland park after Legoland Billund in 1987, with over 1000 sites considered.[2] In January 1992, Windsor Safari Park went into receivership and the 150-acre (0.61 km2) site was chosen.[2] Throughout 1992 and 1993, planning, design, site preparation and the design and construction of models began,[2] and new homes were secured for all the safari animals.
[5] 1994 saw the installation of services, foundations and infrastructures,[2] and in 1995, one year prior to opening, Big Ben was installed in Miniland. By this time, buildings and attractions were becoming established[2] and in September, advance bookings were opened for entrance tickets.[6] Final installations were completed by the beginning of 1996 and at this point, the Legoland Windsor staff-base was recruited.[5] Legoland Windsor opened in March 1996. During its first season, the park attracted over 1.4 million guests. In April 2005, Lego decided to sell the Legoland parks, due to rising losses across the company.[8] On 13 July 2005, Legoland was acquired by the Blackstone Group and control of the parks passed to Merlin Entertainments. The park is split into 12 themed lands, incorporating various attractions, restaurants and shops: The Beginning, Imagination Centre, Duplo Valley, Miniland, Adventure Land, LEGO City, Pirate Shores, Heartlake City (New for 2015) , Knight´s Kingdom, Land of the Vikings and Kingdom of the pharaohs.
The Beginning is the entrance to the park and is accessible before park opening. Also in the area is the Hill Train, a funicular, (1,067 mm) narrow gauge[9] railway down a curved slope, using previously abandoned vehicles from Brazil. It is the only attraction retained from Windsor Safari Park, being revamped when the park opened with stained glass windows made from translucent Lego bricks by local school children.[5] It travels 300 metres between The Beginning and Lego City and with a height difference between the top and bottom stations of approximately 27 metres.[10] The Creation Centre closed and was converted into three new areas. The first area is a Lego Star Wars model display. The second area is the Lego Star Wars shop and the third area is the Last Chance Marketplace, where you can buy discontinued Lego products Model of St Paul's Cathedral The Imagination Centre is just above Miniland. It features educational attractions Build & Test Workshops, Lego Mindstorms NXT-based Lego Mindstorms Workshop and Robolab Workshop.
Miniland is a miniature park in Lego form, depicting towns and cities from around the world, using nearly 40 million Lego bricks in models often at 1:20 scale. The area features a number of animated models, interacting with each other. Motor vehicles use cables under the paths emitting radio wave signals to steer and allow charging when required and overnight. The train system runs on tracks, slowing for stations using slow down bars and also charging, and the boats use rubber loops under the water driven by motors, with sensors to detect the boats for operating bridges and locks. The system, with lights and sounds, is run by 14 computers using 300 kilometres of underground cabling. Duplo Valley, previously Explore Land, Duplo Gardens and "Duplo Land", is aimed at younger children. Featuring the Rides & Attractions: Fairy Tale Brook, DUPLO Valley airport (Previously known as Chopper Sqaudtron), Duplo Train, DUPLO Valley Theatre, Raft Racers, Splash Safari, Brickville and Drench Towers.
Coastguard HQ as seen from the Heartlake Express Lego City, formerly known as Traffic, is themed around transport. Balloon School: Experience the ups and downs of a hot air balloon ride. Coastguard HQ: a boat school ride for children Fire Academy: help the firefighters here participants are challenged with powering a LEGO fire engine and putting out a ‘burning’ building. L-Drivers: drive school for 3-5 children LEGO® City Driving School: drive school here children can drive their on car Heartlake City (formerly Lego City until redecoration in 2015) based on the LEGO Friends produce range includes two rides that opened in May 2015, Heartlake Express, a railway ride round Land of the Pharaohs, and a Disk'O coaster called Mia's Riding Adventure. Also in the area, is the "Return to Skeleton Bay" pirate stunt show (NEW for 2017), and "LEGO Friends to the Rescue", a live music concert around the harbour performed by the LEGO Friends. Viking's River Splash on its opening day
Land of the Vikings is situated behind the Hill Train, it was opened in 2007 and is based on the plunderings of Nordic Vikings. The Kingdom of the Pharaohs contains "Laser Raiders", an interactive dark ride through an Egyptian tomb where visitors shoot targets to gain points. Pirate Shores features a log flume, Pirate Falls, a play area and a pirate ship ride named the Jolly Rocker. Knights' Kingdom features The Dragon roller coaster,[5] which starts inside the fake plastic castle, passing Lego tableaux, before travelling outside reaching a speed of around 30 mph (48 km/h). Adventure Land is situated around a lake at the bottom of the park. The main attraction is Atlantis Submarine Voyage by Sealife, which features "submarine" vehicles used to travel through the tank. Legoland Windsor typically opens from March to November, with closures on some days. For the 2008 season, the Q-Bot queueing system was introduced.[11] For a per-person fee, guests are provided with a small pager-like device to "reserve" places in queues virtually, allowing guests to use their queuing time elsewhere in the park.