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    • A TRIP TO LEGOLAND CALIFORNIA

    Guess what the newest fun at Legoland California is. You know, it’s not an attraction, but it’s better. Yes, I am talking about the brand new Legoland Hotel!! The new addition to the fun opened on April 4th, 2013. When I visited on the 10th of November, the hotel was almost full, and the available rooms cost over $450 just for a night. So, we decided to enter the park using the twilight rates, which allows you to enter the park by paying 50% of the original ticket price. When you enter, be sure to purchase the ticket two hours before the park closes. For example, on November 10th, the closing hour was at 5 P.M. which is fairly early for an amusement park, considering that Disneyland closes at 12 A.M. on Sundays. Also, Disneyland features a nightly fireworks show, which makes Legoland look less superior, though, there are more than enough things to see in Legoland. So much more that you can’t see all the wonders that the Lego master builders have created in a day. If I had time, I would probably stay there for a week, and still not be able to see all of the fun and amazing Lego models and rides hidden in the park. Some of the rides include, but not limited to, Splash Battle, Skipper School, Driving School, and MiniLand California.

    My most favourite place at the park is MiniLand because all of the small details of all of the major cities in the U.S. are covered. The cities that are covered include, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Francisco, New York, New England harbour, and Las Vegas.

    Where before have you seen the world’s largest Lego model? Of course, it’s at Legoland!! (Unless you saw it in Manhattan where it was displayed for about four days before it was transported to Legoland, California). At the end of this year, the X-wing will be moving away again, so don’t miss your chance to take a look at the Lego X-wing! The amazing “model” weighs 45,980 pounds and has a wingspan of 44 feet. If you don’t think that’s enough, compare this, an average school bus is about 36 or 37 feet depending on how many rows of seats that they have. After all of the rides were closing, we walked around the park just to see what was going on for the holiday season. When we checked, staff members were putting snow (?) into the ride, Fun Town Police and Fire Academy. We believe this was for the Holiday Snow Days and Winter Nights.

    After the park closes, you can still visit The Big Shop and the Minifigure market. In the Big Shop, there are tens if not hundreds of rare models on the store shelves. That summed up our trip to Legoland, California, and I hope I can visit again soon.