Previously, on '24'...
Er... actually, last time we were in San Diego. Now we come to the real reason why we went to San Diego, and that is
Legoland! Yes, an entire theme park devoted to those little bricks, and it was a blast! It is a bit pricey at about 65 dollars for adults, and 55 dollars for kids, but here is where
homechooling truly pays off. You can go for 21 dollars a person if you
home school (17 when we went), and for 25 a person if you want to go to their new Aquarium. The Aquarium was not open yet when we went, but so what? It was really fun. There was almost as many
Legos here at
Legoland than in some people's house that I have been in.
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The entrance to
Legoland.
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We were there before the park even opened. Lovely San Diego weather. It even sprinkled a bit while we were there.
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Here we get the tickets. No, there was not a Golden one in the lot.
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The signs for the restrooms were pretty funny.
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Hey, a life-sized R2-D2!
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This picture came out a bit distorted, Nicholas really liked the Darth Vader. Yup, all made out of
Legos.
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They had a little Jungle cruise with quite a few animals made out of, you guessed it,
Legos.
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Nicholas was eaten by a Lion.
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Nicholas tried the Volvo Driving Track, and he got a License as well.
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Ah, now we come to one of the more memorable moments at
Legoland. This was a Song and Dance troupe that taught kids about Fire Safety.
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They were pretty athletic, because the entire Fire Truck spun around, and they would climb on the ladder and dangle off of it.
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Why were they memorable? The Chorus to one of the songs they sang was, "Keep the Wet Stuff on the Hot Stuff." Good advice any time.
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THE highlight of
Legoland. Millions of bricks are used to recreate famous American and world landmarks. Here is the New Orleans section of
Miniland.
Mardi Gras in brick! Actually, New Orleans is not very accurate as no corrupt politicians could be found. We will have to look more extensively through our pictures for the Lego St. Louis Cathedral. When it was being built, we
happened to see some pictures of the Lego Cathedral, and apparently they were using old pictures of it. Quite a few of the
Lego recreations have the interiors recreated as well, and the Lego people happened to recreate the Interior of St. Louis Cathedral as well as it would have looked like before 1970, meaning that they made a High Altar and everything was Ad
Orientem. It cannot be seen as the Cathedral is roofed, but I truly appreciate the effort put into it.
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A Lego Mission. Mini Figures of Fathers
Milich and Fitz-Henry would be really cool!
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The Hollywood Bowl. There are more than 15.000 Mini Figures in
Miniland.
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Lego San Francisco. Here is the entrance to Chinatown.
Chinatown has the smallest figure in the park, a duck hanging in a window made of four
bricks. We couldn't find it.
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The famous row of houses on Alamo Square.
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The Golden Gate Bridge.
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One would think that this would be a boring part, just looking at Lego Bricks, but it really was pretty neat.
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The
Embarcadero in San Francisco. No U2 in sight.
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The Capitol of the United States. Again, very inaccurate as no corrupt politicians were in sight.
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Georgetown is recreated here along with the B&O Canal.
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The
United States Marine Corps Memorial.
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Another view of the memorial.
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The Washington Monument.
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The Lincoln Memorial.
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The Smithsonian.
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This was on the Water cruise that they have, Mount
Rushmore. No Jimmy Stewart in sight, or Marin Landau at the bottom.
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Lego New York City. Also inaccurate, as you could not smell any urine-soaked air.
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The
Taj Mahal.
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The Sydney Opera House.
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Lego Florida, which was basically
Daytona Beach and the famous Speedway there.
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Ah, yes, look at all those Mini Figures! Almost as many as what comes with the Death Star.
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We were there the entire day, from opening to closing. Here they are posing with the souvenirs that came from one of the approximately 600 gift shops. They had Lego sets there that are not sold in stores, so that was pretty cool. The food was nice too, and not too outrageous for being a theme park. We had Pizza at the
Ristorante Brickolini!
All in all, a very nice time.
What?
There is one section of Miniland missing?
Tune in tomorrow for a shocking expose!
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