Legoland, Windsor

It was a little cold and overcast when we set off for Legoland though we hoped it would brighten up and warm up. We arrived at about 11am and queued a little to get in.  We had some "2 for 1" deal vouchers that allowed us all to get in for about 116 pounds (about $185) - not bad for 3 adults, 1 senior citizen, and 1 child (Owen goes free because he is under 3 still).

One of the first things we saw was a small wooden play set with a slide, and then these Easter Island statues:

Then there was a cool dragon being captured by Lego men - we could look at this while Alison, myself and the boys queued for a parachute drop ride.

This was the first ride and it was good fun, we could pull ourselves up with a rope and then when you let go the carriage dropped (not too fast).

Unfortunately the next ride was not so much fun for Alison and Ethan (we split up so that I had Owen). It was a rubber dinghy water flume ride - Alison and Ethan went first and Owen and I followed.  When we got to the bottom we were dry but we found out that Alison had been absolutely drenched, and Ethan slightly less so.  It was still really overcast and not sunny at all, and being soaked through like that was not going to be any fun at all!  Luckily we could leave the park to go to the car, where we had a change of clothes for Ethan (just his jeans and underpants needed changing).  Since we know the area we knew that there would be some shops not too far away, so it was decided that I would take the boys back in to Legoland while Alison, her mum and Gareth would go out shopping for clothes and lunch.  I took the boys to lunch with me in the park, and about an hour later the rest rejoined us.

We walked amongst some cool models where Ethan and Owen were giants!

They've got that Leuven feeling!

St Paul's Cathedral

There were lots more, but I didn't want to go crazy taking pictures of everything, besides, some of the models were a little 'tired' looking, too much sun exposure?

 

Big Ben & London Eye

Buckingham Palace!

Later on it started to warm up a little and we headed over to the Lego driving school where both Ethan and Owen could separately drive cars for their age group.  This looked like fun!

One last ride on a "hot air balloon" with me, grandma and the boys and then we were almost done.

The shop was the last visit where we tried not to buy too much (it's all so expensive!), but at least come away with a couple of mementos of the trip.

Not surprisingly both boys fell asleep in the car on the way home!  It was a fun and action packed day, and overall a big success!