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Before you even start, be aware that there is SO MUCH to do in Legoland, you’ll never be able to do it all in 1 day. That’s actually a good thing – as I say I must have been there over 30 times and I still love it and get a thrill as I walk through the entrance gates! It’s a VERY long walk from the main park to the car park, so I would try to avoid having to do this during the day. Also, to set your expectations, be warned that you have to pay for their car-park. This is sneaky (in my view) but if you know in advance it cushions the blow. OK then, let’s start the day: If you get there too early, don’t worry. There’s enough open beforehand to kill 20 minutes, for example: shop, ice-cream, and (most usefully) a Miniland Star Wars exhibition. As you walk through the ticket barriers, if you head straight ahead you’ll be blocked by a cliff (with a great view of the park, and also of London if it’s a nice day). There will be two queues into the park – one to the left, one to the right.
If you’re really keen then you can get to the front of the queue (when they ‘release the rope’ and allow people into the park). However, it’s only really worth it if you are a quick family (e.g. no buggies etc.) so I’m going to assume that you are NOT that. I’ll therefore assume that there will be some people in front of you when the time comes. Try to go as quickly as possible (of course) but don’t rush/run or you’ll no doubt have a few accidents on the way. Don’t panic, all will be fine. Nevertheless, it’s a good idea to get into the park a.s.a.p. Here’s where you will have to start negotiating with your kids. They’ll want to stop and look at things (or slide down the slides, which are by the steps during the descent of the hill). Tell them no – they can go on the slides on the way home! It’s up to you to decide what is your first ride, but here are a few rides that tend to have long queues: The boating school is quite sweet, but nothing amazing.
The weird thing is that it gets HORRENDOUSLY long queues during the day, and it simply is not worth waiting 50 minutes in a queue for it. I tend to always go for this first, and if the queue is 15 minutes or less then go for it (you’ll not have the chance later). If you get there and it’s a long queue, then quickly dash to either the Driving or L-Drivers schools (depending on age) and get in those queues. After you’ve done your first 1 or 2 rides, my advice (as I said earlier) is that you should be just going on the very nearest ride to you that doesn’t have a bad queue … don’t waste time walking across the large park between each ride. All of the rides (from now on) will have reasonably large queues, but here are a few that I’d recommend in particular: Here are a few that I personally think are disappointing (avoid unless you particularly think they will appeal): The Lighthouse show (26) is excellent for the adults – but seems to be less exciting for the kids, so I suggest you avoid it (at least for your first visit).
In theory it’s a good place to sit and have lunch whilst watching the show, but in practice you have to get there VERY early (e.g. at least 15 or 20 minutes) before the show to bag your spot, and even then you might not get a great view. The show is spectacular, but the kids seem to prefer the rides. Is the park busy? Well here are a few rides which are pretty good but (for one reason or another) have shorter queues than they deserve (therefore recommended if it’s busy): Try to put off going to the following until later in the day (when the queues have really got bad) because obviously they have NO QUEUES (so leave them as emergency): Of course you can also just play in the FABULOUS parks: Don’t do these parks too early (whilst ride queues are small) but also don’t leave this too late (they can get very busy on a busy day). By far the best two places to get ice-cream and doughnuts are: They have lots of good flavours of ice-cream in those two places – from my memory the caramel is best.
However, the queues can get HORRENDOUS at peak times, so think ahead and choose ‘unpopular’ time to snack! My personal favourite activity is to RUSH to the discovery zone (55) where (effectively) there is a room with two ramps in it. You build cars and the kids race them down the hill. Sounds simple but (trust me) the kids ADORE this. The problem is that there are only limited numbers of wheels available, so get there quickly (as soon as you think it’ll rain) and bagsy your wheels before the other kids/parents do! The only problem is how to get your kids OUT of there. I’ve been in there almost an hour several times in the past. I do hope that these hints help someone out there – have fun!Most often used by people in the United Kingdom We thoroughly enjoyed wandering around looking at the exhibits, excellent level of detail and there is something for all ages. We went with our toddler, only went on a few rides as queues were horrendous, various options for queue busters but very expensive.
We used Tesco clubcard vouchers, had lunch at the hot dog stand but very slow service. We have been twice to legoland as we didnt get to do half the rides the first time. If we didnt get pretty much free tickets through tesco points we wouldnt of gone again. Ques are ridiculosly long seems to be no max capacity for the park. Bins overflow and huts run out of food. We took our own packed... 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;...