jenseib Posted February 21, 2015 Author #701 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I read each post with great interest. 1 week from right now we will be in Orlando for the big departure on Magic on Sunday. We are so excited because of your thread Thank you so much for your time and the photos. Glad I could help! You will have such a fun time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 21, 2015 Author #702 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The drive to Legoland is not a short one. On top of that the scenery isn’t all that exciting either. Claire fell asleep in the backseat. I sure it was much needed sleep to get her through the day. She can be a bit cranky when she hasn’t had enough sleep. As we got closer we stopped at a carryout and got some drinks and used the restroom. The area we stopped was kind of run down a bit. Back on the road we headed towards our destination and finally saw signs for Legoland. For those that don’t know, Legoland used to be Cypress Gardens. I actually visited there when I was around 4. Of course I don’t remember much….but I do have some vague memories of it. I was excited to hear the Legoland has preserved an area of the gardens still and you can walk through them. We made the right turns and finally got to the parking lot. We had a little ways to walk to get to the entrance. They do have a shuttle from Orlando, but it’s not really convenient to get to if staying on Disney property. You are better off renting a car for the day to save you some hassle and transfers. Here we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 21, 2015 Author #703 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I had 2 free tickets to Legoland for Skip and I and we bought Claire’s ticket before our trip as well, so we headed right to the turnstyles. Claire LOVES legos so we really enjoyed looking at all the creations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 21, 2015 Author #704 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Claire was already eyeing the stores and we told her not till we leave! Skip thinks he is so funny. This could be Claire and I…..LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 21, 2015 Author #705 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The Mansion is that way! Now I have done a bit of reading in Cypress Gardens and it was Dick Pope and his wife who decided to open this park of Gardens and charge a 25 cent entrance fee back in 1936. In the 1970s, Cypress Gardens purchased Magnolia Mansion, the New Orleans style mansion, built on Lake Eloise by citrus magnate, John A. Snively. I seem to remember it from my youth….but I could be totally imagining it. There were also waterski shows later added to the park…I do remember this from our visit. Legoland still has a waterski show here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 23, 2015 Author #706 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Time for a potty stop. Claire getting a little cheeky…pun intended. The plumber also talked…kind of sounded like a Mario Brother to me. Back out to explore. The factory was closed but I peeked through the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 23, 2015 Author #707 Share Posted February 23, 2015 We headed towards the greenhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 23, 2015 Author #708 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I believe these gardens were around the Mansion. How cute are these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 23, 2015 Author #709 Share Posted February 23, 2015 You don’t want rabbits to get to your vegetables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #710 Share Posted February 28, 2015 We put Claire to work. Here is the Mansion. I think this is the only picture I took. I can’t believe I didn’t take more of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #711 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Since we are farmers, Skip loves to look at anything associated with farming. This cracked me up….the wife if pregnant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #712 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Reminds us of home. They had a little do it yourself play area, but there wasn’t much selection of legos to actually build with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #713 Share Posted February 28, 2015 It’s amazing the things they can make with legos. After the greenhouse we were ready to do something and we saw that a show was going to start soon. This was a 4-D type movie. They actually played 3 throughout the day at different times and I no longer even remember which we saw. We had a seat in a practically empty theatre. Claire and I started to feel a drip of wet. We later realized that they had some sort of sprinklers for the 4-D effect and it was leaking exactly where we sat. The movie itself was good but the effects were poor and the screen shape was just awful….think Soarin’…and that screen is perfect compared to this one. While in there we noticed that the families that were in there really had no manners and let their kids run wild; climbing over seats and talking loudly. When it was over we tried to brush that experience off and hope it was just one bad time. I took this picture because Claire loves Lego Friends. We debated on eating but decided to wait for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #714 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Love the mossy trees. I remember my first adult trip to FL with my best friend….we drove down and I remember seeing all the mossy trees and it was just an amazing thing. Not something I had expected at all. Now when I see them they bring back the good memories of that trip. We headed over to Miniland next. This was one of the highlights of the whole day. You could spend hours here looking at all the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #715 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Another beautiful tree in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #716 Share Posted February 28, 2015 New York City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #717 Share Posted February 28, 2015 As you can see I was going back and forth between the different displays. There was so much to see and it was amazing the amount of work put into these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jenseib Posted February 28, 2015 Author #719 Share Posted February 28, 2015 As you can tell this is the Lego Movie area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jenseib Posted March 1, 2015 Author #721 Share Posted March 1, 2015 The Obama’s were hanging out in front of the White House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jenseib Posted March 1, 2015 Author #723 Share Posted March 1, 2015 There were some cute rides there, but many were kind of babyish. We decided to head over to the Lost Kingdom Adventure ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 1, 2015 Author #724 Share Posted March 1, 2015 It had a bit of a line but it seemed to be moving fairly fast. One thing we learned very quickly is that Legoland is very slow at loading and unloading rides. They need to go take a Disney class on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenseib Posted March 2, 2015 Author #725 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Soon it was our turn. If I remember right this game was similar to Buzz Lightyear. I know we had to shoot at things in here, but I don’t remember much else about it. Surprisingly, Claire actually road with me. Whenever Skip is with us she always chooses to ride with him. Maybe I bribed her with something? Or maybe she was tired of hearing him say Hunh? We moved on looking for something else to do. We really had a hard time navigating around the park. It was so unfamiliar to us….and I think we missed at least 2 sections all together. We ended up needing a drink and a snack. I was starving and Skip was pushing lunch back. If you know me…I need to eat in the day or I become a bit grumpy. We ended up buying a ridiculously expensive small bucket of popcorn that was supposed to have cheap refills. In the end we never found other places to refill it and never did. Also the drinks seemed very high priced as well. Next we decided to ride Coastersaurus, which showed about a 20 minute wait, but the line didn’t seem too long at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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