We got there at about 9:45am for a 10:00am start. We have been extraordinarily lucky, as this is the first week following school holidays in the US, so the park was practically empty - no lines anywhere. First stop was Grace getting her drivers licence at the Volvo Driving Centre, just like her dad, safety first.... The great news is she is a great little driver, and unlike her mum is not afraid to drive on the other side of the road. She was so good that she got two licences!!! Here she is in action:
From here we flew helicopters, airplanes, and even manned a pirate ship. The pirate ship came equipped with water cannons - which I am fitting to my car when I get back - driving would be so much more entertaining with these things and for the passengers, shotgun would become a whole lot more meaningful and fun!The park itself is pretty impressive, with many millions of lego bricks worth buildings, cars animals, well anything really!
We even went and had a look at how they made lego, on the way out we met a "model citizen" (the name for theme park staff), and this lady spotted our accent, asked where we were from. Once we told her Perth, she went on to tell us that she had travelled to Perth in the 70s and was rescued by a bus driver who ignored waiting passengers to race her to a departing cruise ship she was late for. As a result of the connection to Perth she then gave us about 50 Legoland Factory tour bricks (instead of the two that you would normally get for the kids). Being from Perth has it's advantages it seems!
In the end we walked the whole park (about three times I think) and everyone walked away happy. Here is the final photo of the day, for their cousin Sam, who is 2 years old and a major Bob the Builder fan (btw the monkeys were won in the amusement park).
thats it for today - time to sleep and prepare for Seaworld tomorrow.
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