Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Land of Tiny Bricks

On Sunday and Monday (over a week ago) we went to Legoland. Wesley did great driving the cars.
He lapped Lydia twice. She had a little trouble avoiding the curbs.
Wesley was tall enough for the Knights' Tournament and at first we thought this would be his first upside down ride (see the people behind Chris and Wesley) but because of his size, the robotic arm was programed for an intensity of one (five is the highest) so it only turned slightly.
We all enjoyed seeing Miniland USA.
On Sunday the Sky Cruiser ride was a 45 minute wait which is one of the longest lines we saw. We waited until Monday and rode it when it first opened (30 minutes after the park opened).
Chris and Wesley did the Kid Power Towers. Chris said Wesley wasn't much help pulling them up to the top.
My favorite ride was Skipper School. Wesley only needed help a couple of times to get the boat unstuck. When I rode with Lydia she let me do all of the driving.
Lydia's favorite ride was Fairy Tale Brook. It is a little ways off the main path so there was no wait either time we rode the little boats (no driving involved here) through scenes from different fairy tales.
During the Coast Cruise, the kids really liked seeing the gaint Q-tip being used to clean Mr. Washington's ear.
I had my little camera in my purse and used it some. Chris took most of the pictures using the DSLR, as seen here on the Sky Patrol.
Here is another round at Skipper School.
While Wesley was riding some bigger kid rides like the Lego Technic Test Track (wild-mouse style roller coaster) and Aguazone Wave Racers (he could ride everything there), I took Lydia to see the Bob the Builder 4-D movie. She did get to ride the Coastersaurus and she loved it. She could ride most of the rides there.
We enjoyed Legoland. No, it doesn't really compare to Disney but it was fun and well themed. We were there Sunday from 9 to 4 (the park closed at 5:00) and 9 to 5 on Monday and we were busy all day both days.
We stayed in four different hotels (we booked two through priceline and got great deals and two we booked with the entertainment card for huge discounts). The kids started out in seperate beds but once they were asleep we moved them together.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay, Legoland looks pretty fun, but I have to comment on that most adorable last photo! How precious are those kids??? I love them!

Becca said...

Oh, FUN! Gee, I always wonder what grand adventure the Sturgill family will go on next, and you keep coming up with more cool ones! I love the last pic... :-)