Legoland (/ˈlɛɡoʊ.lænd/, trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of family theme parks focusing on the Lego building toy brand. They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself; rather, they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments, which shares a common owner (Kirkbi A/S) with The Lego Group.
The parks are marketed to families with younger children (15 and under), and although the attractions include a number of roller coasters, the roller coasters are not as numerous or as extreme as those in other parks, and there is a greater emphasis on rides suitable for younger children. Legoland parks are split into various areas, which are consistent among the chain's parks. For example, all six of the parks include a Lego miniland, a model village which includes models of landmarks and scenes from around the world, made from millions of genuine Lego bricks.
Educational elements of Legoland include the "hydraulophone" (water-operated pipe organ)
An important aspect of Legoland is education and learning.
Examples include:
Water flow channels in which participants can construct dams from Lego blocks to understand laminar and turbulent fluid flows
Interactive musical instruments, such as musical fountains, and the Aquatune hydraulophone, which is an underwater pipe organ in the shape of a giant Lego brick
The parks' rides are all Lego themed; many are made to appear as if they are built out of Lego bricks. They tend to be based on one particular line of Lego: for example, a popular ride at all six parks is the Dragon Coaster, which is loosely based on the Knights' Kingdom Lego sets. Another popular ride is the Driving school, in which children can drive small electric cars made to look like Lego cars around a small road network, after which they gain a mock driver's license.
Despite the commonality of the above-mentioned attractions, the exact set of rides varies between parks, although as with the Disney parks there is some overlap.
The oldest Legoland and was built near the original Lego factory. It is divided into ten different worlds: Duplo Land, Imagination Zone, Legoredo Town, Adventure Land, Miniland, Pirate Land, Lego City, Knights Kingdom, Viking Land, Ninjago World, Lego Movie World, and Polar Land. The park has 1.6 million visitors annually, making it the largest tourist attraction in Denmark outside Copenhagen.
The smallest Legoland outside of Asia. There are eight areas in the park: Imagination Center, Miniland, Lego X-treme, Lego City, Knights Kingdom, Adventure Land, Ninjago World, and Land of the Pirates.
Built on the site of the previous Windsor Safari Park. There are twelve areas in the park: The Beginning, Bricktopia, Miniland, Duplo Valley, Heartlake City, Lego City, Land of the Vikings, Kingdom of the Pharaohs, Ninjago World, Pirates Shores, Knights Kingdom and Lego Mythica. It is the largest Legoland park in the world in terms of area – its area is approximately five times greater than that of Legoland Billund.
The park is split into nine sections, which are: The Beginning, Explorer Island, Lego Movie World, Fun Town, Castle Hill, Miniland USA, Imagination Zone, Pirate Shores, Ninjago World, and Land of Adventure. A Sea Life aquarium is adjacent to Legoland California. In 2010, a water park opened on its grounds, as one of the only three of Legoland parks (Followed by Legoland Florida [Formerly known as Splash Island], Malaysia, and Dubai being the newest) to feature a water park. On 24 May 2014, an add-on was built for the water park, themed after Legends of Chima. The park and hotels were shut down from March 2020 until April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
The second Legoland park in the United States, and the world's second largest Legoland park after Legoland Windsor which is 5 times bigger than the one in Billund.[6] The park was built on the former site of Cypress Gardens, a historically famous Florida theme park. This park is divided into 13 areas: The Beginning, Fun Town, Duplo Land, Miniland USA, Kingdoms, Pirates Cove, Imagination Zone, Technic, Land of Adventure, Lego City, Lego Movie World, Lego Friends, Ninjago, and a restored replica of Cypress Gardens.
Legoland Florida opened a water park replacing the former Cypress Gardens "Splash Island" water park on 26 May 2012, and became a resort following the opening of the Legoland Hotel in 2013. A theme park in-relation to the children's animated series Peppa Pig opened on the resort grounds on 24 February 2022, making it the first Legoland Resort to feature a park based on a non-Lego related property.[7]
In May 2016, Merlin Entertainments reported that it had purchased 520 acres (210 ha) in Goshen, New York, just south of the former Arden Hill Hospital, to develop a Legoland theme park.[9] The park was originally scheduled to open along with a hotel on 4 July 2020,[10] but the opening was pushed back until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eventually, the park opened on 29 May 2021.[8]
The first Legoland in Asia. Initially, there are 8 themed areas of attractions for all ages which are: Miniland, The Beginning, Lego Ninjago World, Land of Adventure, Imagination, Lego Kingdoms, Lego Technic, and Lego City. The centerpiece of the park is Miniland, where almost all Asian landmarks were built using Lego bricks. A companion Legoland Water Park was built by 11 March 2016.
It was originally scheduled to open in 2011 in Dubailand as "Legoland Dubailand",[12] but was then delayed until October 2016 and is now located at Dubai Parks and Resorts and Water Park as "Legoland Dubai".[13] It has 6 areas: Factory, Lego City, Imagination, Kingdoms, Adventure, and the first indoor Miniland. The Park contains over 15000 Lego models by using 15 Million Lego Bricks.
On 30 June 2014, Merlin and Nagoya city officially announced that they had signed a contract to construct Legoland Japan, to open in Nagoya harbour, Japan, in February 2017.[15] Construction officially began 15 April 2015.[16] The park was expected to cost around US$15 million to construct for the first stage.[17] The park officially opened on 1 April 2017. The second stage of the Legoland was completed in 2021.
It is the first Legoland built on an island and is Asia's largest Legoland at nearly 1.3 million square meters including a Lego hotel, condos, water park, spa and outlets.[19] Construction of the bridge connecting the Legoland island to Chuncheon Station officially began on November 28, 2014, and construction of the theme park finished by 26 March 2022.[20] Located next to Seoul Metropolitan Subway's Chuncheon Station, the site is a 1-hour trip from Seoul via the ITX train. The park officially opened on 5 May 2022.
In September 2020, the Brussels Times reported that Merlin Entertainment was planning on building a new Legoland park on the former site of Caterpillar's Gosselies factory. Although Walloon Minister for the Economy Willy Borsus confirmed it was possible, it is still in the early planning stages.[21] On 30 August 2022, it confirmed it will open in 2027.[22] The project was cancelled on 24 March 2023.[23]
Merlin Entertainments is continuing its expansion across China with plans for a new Legoland resort in the Fangshan district of Beijing. The resort will cover an area of 304,000 square meters and will house a theme park and hotel.[24]
On 6 November 2019, Merlin and China Media Capital announced a £500 million joint venture investment to build a Legoland amusement park in Shanghai, China. It is expected to open in the area in Jinshan District after 2023.[25]
A Legoland Shenzhen Resort is planned to open in the Dapeng Peninsula in 2024. It is said to become the world largest Legoland Resort and will cover 580,000 square metres Construction has officially begun with a groundbreaking ceremony that outlined the plans for the huge brick-based theme park.[26][27][28]
On 27 September 2019, Merlin and Global Zhongjun announced a Legoland Resort in Sichuan Province. The resort was scheduled to open in 2023,[29] however this date was pushed back to 2025.[30]
There was an earlier Legoland Park in Germany, from 1973 to 1976.[31] It was located in the city of Sierksdorf in northern Germany. In 1976, the park was sold; the former Legoland Sierksdorf is now Hansa-Park.[32][33]
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For other uses see Legoland disambiguation Legoland ˈ l ɛ ɡ oʊ l ae n d trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND is a chain of family theme parks focusing on the Lego building toy brand They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself rather they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments which shares a common owner Kirkbi A S with The Lego Group Legoland ParksTypeSubsidiaryIndustryTheme parks attractions family entertainment centersFounded7 June 1968 55 years ago 1968 06 07 Legoland Billund ServicesTheme parks Hotel lodgingParentMerlin EntertainmentsWebsitewww wbr legoland wbr comThe entrance of Legoland DeutschlandThe Legoland Billund Resort opened in Billund Denmark in 1968 followed by the Legoland Windsor Resort in Windsor England in 1996 Further parks opened in Germany Japan South Korea Malaysia the United Arab Emirates Dubai the United States California Florida and New York and a Legoland Water Park at Gardaland in Castelnuovo del Garda Italy in 2021 Parks in Beijing Shanghai Sichuan and Shenzhen are currently under construction Contents 1 Attractions 1 1 Educational elements 2 Parks 3 Future parks 4 Former parks 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksAttractions EditThe parks are marketed to families with younger children 15 and under and although the attractions include a number of roller coasters the roller coasters are not as numerous or as extreme as those in other parks and there is a greater emphasis on rides suitable for younger children Legoland parks are split into various areas which are consistent among the chain s parks For example all six of the parks include a Lego miniland a model village which includes models of landmarks and scenes from around the world made from millions of genuine Lego bricks Educational elements Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message nbsp Educational elements of Legoland include the hydraulophone water operated pipe organ An important aspect of Legoland is education and learning Examples include Water flow channels in which participants can construct dams from Lego blocks to understand laminar and turbulent fluid flows Interactive musical instruments such as musical fountains and the Aquatune hydraulophone which is an underwater pipe organ in the shape of a giant Lego brick A 45 minute Lego Mindstorms class for fun based learning Duplo Gardens for smaller children Driving area including attractions such as Driving school Boating school Ballooning school Flying school and Fire Academy My Town Wild Woods Knights KingdomThe parks rides are all Lego themed many are made to appear as if they are built out of Lego bricks They tend to be based on one particular line of Lego for example a popular ride at all six parks is the Dragon Coaster which is loosely based on the Knights Kingdom Lego sets Another popular ride is the Driving school in which children can drive small electric cars made to look like Lego cars around a small road network after which they gain a mock driver s license Despite the commonality of the above mentioned attractions the exact set of rides varies between parks although as with the Disney parks there is some overlap Parks Edit nbsp nbsp Windsor nbsp Billund nbsp Deutschland nbsp Gardaland Water Park nbsp California nbsp Florida nbsp Japan nbsp Malaysia nbsp Dubai nbsp New York nbsp Korea nbsp Shanghai nbsp Chengdu nbsp Shenzhenclass notpageimage Locations of Legoland parks across the world nbsp Parks are opened nbsp Parks are in progress of build nbsp Water parks Europe Site Location Opened DetailsLegoland Billund Resort Billund Denmark 7 June 1968 1 The oldest Legoland and was built near the original Lego factory It is divided into ten different worlds Duplo Land Imagination Zone Legoredo Town Adventure Land Miniland Pirate Land Lego City Knights Kingdom Viking Land Ninjago World Lego Movie World and Polar Land The park has 1 6 million visitors annually making it the largest tourist attraction in Denmark outside Copenhagen Legoland Deutschland Resort Gunzburg Germany 17 May 2002 The smallest Legoland outside of Asia There are eight areas in the park Imagination Center Miniland Lego X treme Lego City Knights Kingdom Adventure Land Ninjago World and Land of the Pirates Legoland Water Park Gardaland Castelnuovo del Garda Italy 15 June 2021 At Gardaland Resort 2 3 4 Legoland Windsor Resort Windsor Berkshire United Kingdom 17 March 1996 Built on the site of the previous Windsor Safari Park There are twelve areas in the park The Beginning Bricktopia Miniland Duplo Valley Heartlake City Lego City Land of the Vikings Kingdom of the Pharaohs Ninjago World Pirates Shores Knights Kingdom and Lego Mythica It is the largest Legoland park in the world in terms of area its area is approximately five times greater than that of Legoland Billund North America Site Location Opened DetailsLegoland California Resort Carlsbad California 20 March 1999 The park is split into nine sections which are The Beginning Explorer Island Lego Movie World Fun Town Castle Hill Miniland USA Imagination Zone Pirate Shores Ninjago World and Land of Adventure A Sea Life aquarium is adjacent to Legoland California In 2010 a water park opened on its grounds as one of the only three of Legoland parks Followed by Legoland Florida Formerly known as Splash Island Malaysia and Dubai being the newest to feature a water park On 24 May 2014 an add on was built for the water park themed after Legends of Chima The park and hotels were shut down from March 2020 until April 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic 5 Legoland Florida Resort Winter Haven Florida 15 October 2011 The second Legoland park in the United States and the world s second largest Legoland park after Legoland Windsor which is 5 times bigger than the one in Billund 6 The park was built on the former site of Cypress Gardens a historically famous Florida theme park This park is divided into 13 areas The Beginning Fun Town Duplo Land Miniland USA Kingdoms Pirates Cove Imagination Zone Technic Land of Adventure Lego City Lego Movie World Lego Friends Ninjago and a restored replica of Cypress Gardens Legoland Florida opened a water park replacing the former Cypress Gardens Splash Island water park on 26 May 2012 and became a resort following the opening of the Legoland Hotel in 2013 A theme park in relation to the children s animated series Peppa Pig opened on the resort grounds on 24 February 2022 making it the first Legoland Resort to feature a park based on a non Lego related property 7 Legoland New York Goshen New York 29 May 2021 8 In May 2016 Merlin Entertainments reported that it had purchased 520 acres 210 ha in Goshen New York just south of the former Arden Hill Hospital to develop a Legoland theme park 9 The park was originally scheduled to open along with a hotel on 4 July 2020 10 but the opening was pushed back until 2021 due to the COVID 19 pandemic Eventually the park opened on 29 May 2021 8 Asia Site Location Opened DetailsLegoland Malaysia Resort Iskandar Puteri Johor Malaysia 15 September 2012 The first Legoland in Asia Initially there are 8 themed areas of attractions for all ages which are Miniland The Beginning Lego Ninjago World Land of Adventure Imagination Lego Kingdoms Lego Technic and Lego City The centerpiece of the park is Miniland where almost all Asian landmarks were built using Lego bricks A companion Legoland Water Park was built by 11 March 2016 Legoland Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates 31 October 2016 11 It was originally scheduled to open in 2011 in Dubailand as Legoland Dubailand 12 but was then delayed until October 2016 and is now located at Dubai Parks and Resorts and Water Park as Legoland Dubai 13 It has 6 areas Factory Lego City Imagination Kingdoms Adventure and the first indoor Miniland The Park contains over 15000 Lego models by using 15 Million Lego Bricks Legoland Japan Resort Nagoya Japan 1 April 2017 14 On 30 June 2014 Merlin and Nagoya city officially announced that they had signed a contract to construct Legoland Japan to open in Nagoya harbour Japan in February 2017 15 Construction officially began 15 April 2015 16 The park was expected to cost around US 15 million to construct for the first stage 17 The park officially opened on 1 April 2017 The second stage of the Legoland was completed in 2021 Legoland Korea Resort Chuncheon Gangwon Province South Korea 5 May 2022 18 It is the first Legoland built on an island and is Asia s largest Legoland at nearly 1 3 million square meters including a Lego hotel condos water park spa and outlets 19 Construction of the bridge connecting the Legoland island to Chuncheon Station officially began on November 28 2014 and construction of the theme park finished by 26 March 2022 20 Located next to Seoul Metropolitan Subway s Chuncheon Station the site is a 1 hour trip from Seoul via the ITX train The park officially opened on 5 May 2022 Future parks EditEurope Site Proposed location Planned opening date DetailsLegoland Belgium Gosselies Belgium 2027Cancelled In September 2020 the Brussels Times reported that Merlin Entertainment was planning on building a new Legoland park on the former site of Caterpillar s Gosselies factory Although Walloon Minister for the Economy Willy Borsus confirmed it was possible it is still in the early planning stages 21 On 30 August 2022 it confirmed it will open in 2027 22 The project was cancelled on 24 March 2023 23 Asia Site Proposed location Planned opening date DetailsLegoland Beijing Resort Fangshan District Beijing China 2024 Merlin Entertainments is continuing its expansion across China with plans for a new Legoland resort in the Fangshan district of Beijing The resort will cover an area of 304 000 square meters and will house a theme park and hotel 24 Legoland Shanghai Resort Jinshan District Shanghai China 2024 On 6 November 2019 Merlin and China Media Capital announced a 500 million joint venture investment to build a Legoland amusement park in Shanghai China It is expected to open in the area in Jinshan District after 2023 25 Legoland Shenzhen Resort Dapeng New District Shenzhen China 2024 A Legoland Shenzhen Resort is planned to open in the Dapeng Peninsula in 2024 It is said to become the world largest Legoland Resort and will cover 580 000 square metres Construction has officially begun with a groundbreaking ceremony that outlined the plans for the huge brick based theme park 26 27 28 Legoland Sichuan Resort Chengdu Sichuan China 2025 On 27 September 2019 Merlin and Global Zhongjun announced a Legoland Resort in Sichuan Province The resort was scheduled to open in 2023 29 however this date was pushed back to 2025 30 Former parks EditEurope Site Location Opened Closed DetailsLegoland Sierksdorf Sierksdorf Germany 1973 1976 There was an earlier Legoland Park in Germany from 1973 to 1976 31 It was located in the city of Sierksdorf in northern Germany In 1976 the park was sold the former Legoland Sierksdorf is now Hansa Park 32 33 See also EditLegoland Discovery CentreReferences Edit Billund travel guide World 66 Archived from the original on 13 May 2016 Retrieved 3 May 2012 Legoland apre a Gardaland e cerca 50 appassionati bagnini Corriere della Sera in Italian Brescia 22 January 2020 Retrieved 24 January 2020 Attrazioni e aree tematizzate di LEGOLAND Water Park Gardaland che aprira a fine maggio 2020 in Italian 21 January 2020 Retrieved 24 January 2020 LEGOLAND Water Park to open at Gardalans resort Italy in 2020 11 July 2019 Retrieved 24 January 2020 1 Legoland California Resort web site Accessed March 7 2022 World s Largest Legoland Park Legoland Florida Will Open Saturday October 15 2011 Net news 23 May 2011 Archived from the original on 4 October 2011 Retrieved 4 August 2011 World s first Peppa Pig Theme Park to open at LEGOLAND Florida Resort in 2022 a b Legoland N Y opens Saturday Info on reservations and more silive 28 May 2021 Retrieved 4 June 2021 Legoland confirms plans to develop theme park in Orange County Mid Hudson News Statewide News Network Inc Archived from the original on 30 May 2016 Retrieved 27 May 2016 Herrmann Michele LEGOLAND New York Resort Announces July 4th Opening Forbes Retrieved 12 October 2019 LEGOLAND Dubai Unveils Exciting Plans PDF 15 October 2015 Archived from the original PDF on 14 June 2015 Retrieved 14 June 2015 New Legoland Park to open in Dubai in 2011 Lego com 7 May 2008 Archived from the original on 17 March 2012 Retrieved 3 May 2012 McGinley Shane 26 April 2010 Legoland Dubai will go ahead despite delays developer Retrieved 3 May 2012 Yoshimoto Minako Long line marks opening of Legoland Japan in Nagoya Asahi Shimbun Archived from the original on 4 April 2017 Retrieved 4 April 2017 Merlin Entertainments to open Legoland Japan Blooloop archived from the original on 1 July 2014 The Asahi Shimbun The Asahi Shimbun Weekly Getty Images New Park to Be Built Legoland Japan Scream scape 8 July 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 Lee Hae rin 28 March 2022 Legoland to open in Chuncheon May 5 The Korea Times Retrieved 13 April 2022 News Donga 27 November 2014 Legoland in Chuncheon is completed at the end of June and Open next year after test Legoland heading to Belgium Halloween is on at Legoland Windsor Blooloop 14 September 2020 Retrieved 11 October 2020 Un parc d attractions Legoland a l horizon 2027 sur le site Caterpillar a Charleroi RTBF in French Retrieved 30 August 2022 Merlin renonce a construire un parc Legoland a Charleroi in French L Echo 24 March 2023 Merlin continues China expansion with plans for new Legoland in Beijing Blooloop 21 February 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Merlin announces LEGOLAND Shanghai Resort Legoland Shanghai 6 November 2019 Construction of the world s largest LEGOLAND has begun Brick Fanatics 18 September 2021 Shenzhen Lagoland Hazens Archived from the original on 5 August 2021 Retrieved 12 February 2021 BAUM CM baumcm co kr Retrieved 12 February 2021 permanent dead link LEGOLAND Sichuan Resort www merlinentertainments biz Retrieved 12 February 2021 看房的小干 视高领地 乐高乐园两大楼盘是否停工 今日实地探访 哔哩哔哩 bilibili www bilibili com in Simplified Chinese Retrieved 20 August 2022 Der Spiegel DE 4 September 1977 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Hansa Park Roller Coaster DataBase Meilensteine in der Geschichte des Hansa Parks Hansa Park in German DE Retrieved 26 July 2014 External links EditLegoland at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Travel information from Wikivoyage nbsp Data from Wikidata Official website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Legoland amp oldid 1179554351, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
