Day 2 of our San Diego trip we woke up and headed north about 30 minutes to Carlsbad, CA to go to Legoland. The kids had already heard of it through the grapevine at school and they were beyond excited. Overall we had a really great time there, and seeing all of the amazing things built entirely of Legos was VERY cool, but we were glad we visited Legoland this year, before the kids aged much more because the rides were almost too small to entertain them. They ended up having a great time, but I know Taylor would have liked to have a little more excitement in her day.
Before we even got inside the park we came across an entire Lego family. The girls were squealing with excitement and they wanted to touch everything. The baby in the stroller was their favorite part of the family.
They wanted their picture taken with everything!
Volvo must have some sort of partnership with the park because they were hawking Volvo's all over the place. They even had a Volvo driving school, where the kids earned their "driver's licenses". That was one of my favorite parts of the day. Austyn was too small for the real driving school, and had to go to Jr. Driving School, which was basically driving a Power Wheel Lego around an oval track. Taylor, however, had a little town to drive freely around, complete with stoplights, stop signs, Lego people crossing at the crosswalks, a hot dog vendor, and even an underground subway. They were expected to stop at the red lights and drive on the correct side of the road and everything. It was so cute to watch all these tiny kids trying so hard to obey traffic laws!
The girls got their picture taken with a strange man:
We rode the world's tiniest log flume, and for some reason that was the longest line we stood in the entire day. Even that was only about a 30 minute wait, the lines were nonexistent on most rides. The shortest line was for the Fairy Tale boat ride, "where fairy tales come to life". Taylor said, "THIS is where fairy tales come to life? No wonder there's no one in line." Haha! But in the end, we even enjoyed that ride.
There is an entire area of the park devoted to recreating famous landmarks: Las Vegas, New York City, San Francisco, Hollywood, Paris, and more.
They also have a Star Wars exhibit, which the girls didn't yet understand, but they still liked (and now we are watching the movies to fix that problem!).
There was a rocking horse ride that also had a ridiculously long wait, considering it didn't look all that exciting. Austyn insisted she wanted to ride it though, so they did and of course had a blast.
At the end of the day we found a giant-ish slide that the girls went down over and over again.
There was a giant spider made out of Legos. Even made of Legos, it was still creepy.
The girls found a photo opportunity at the Castle Lock-Up:
All in all, we had a really great day and I'm glad we got to experience Legoland before the girls outgrew the park completely. We definitely recommend it to anyone with young kids.
Stay tuned for one more San Diego themed post!
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