Legoland returns
Probably not the best way to start this post off - but the thought that jumps to mind is "Can our experience in Australia really compare?"
Merrilyn has been wanting to visit London on a shopping trip for a while so today I thought I'd surprise James. Legoland! So with Merrilyn bound for a day touring Oxford Street (have to say I'm a little envious!) James and I hit Legoland. He had no idea where we were going but spotted the colourful bricks at the entrance. "Dad - this is the way to Legoland" he said. I asked what he thought the surprise was. "Legoland! I'm so excited", said James :)
Even at 10am the carpark was full. It is also the last day of the midterm school holidays. But as it happened most of the rides had relatively short queues. In the morning session we had a few of his favourites: the spinning chain swing, the squirty train, and the JCB diggers (one of my favourites), and a few new rides: a boat adventure, dinosaur adventure, and a fabulous wave ride that's a combination of a water based round-about and hydrofoil ride. Complete with pneumatic water cannon. It was 25 degrees so getting wet was a bonus.
After lunch we had more rides including learner driver (James is getting very good now at steering his car), and duploland. This is a water adventure park. Getting into his togs, James spent an hour running about the water fountains. He had a ball. Towards the end he said that his legs were tired. I offered to head back to the car and he quickly retorted that he was fine, but when he did eventually get back to the car, only then his little legs would be tired!
We finished up about 4pm and it's no surprise that James was sound asleep within 15 seconds of starting the car. He slept for an hour when he got home. Tonight, as Merrilyn now reads to him, he is still bubbling with excitement. What a great day.
Oh - and Merrilyn had lots of fun in London too. Especially having been given the "day off".
Merrilyn has been wanting to visit London on a shopping trip for a while so today I thought I'd surprise James. Legoland! So with Merrilyn bound for a day touring Oxford Street (have to say I'm a little envious!) James and I hit Legoland. He had no idea where we were going but spotted the colourful bricks at the entrance. "Dad - this is the way to Legoland" he said. I asked what he thought the surprise was. "Legoland! I'm so excited", said James :)
Even at 10am the carpark was full. It is also the last day of the midterm school holidays. But as it happened most of the rides had relatively short queues. In the morning session we had a few of his favourites: the spinning chain swing, the squirty train, and the JCB diggers (one of my favourites), and a few new rides: a boat adventure, dinosaur adventure, and a fabulous wave ride that's a combination of a water based round-about and hydrofoil ride. Complete with pneumatic water cannon. It was 25 degrees so getting wet was a bonus.
After lunch we had more rides including learner driver (James is getting very good now at steering his car), and duploland. This is a water adventure park. Getting into his togs, James spent an hour running about the water fountains. He had a ball. Towards the end he said that his legs were tired. I offered to head back to the car and he quickly retorted that he was fine, but when he did eventually get back to the car, only then his little legs would be tired!
We finished up about 4pm and it's no surprise that James was sound asleep within 15 seconds of starting the car. He slept for an hour when he got home. Tonight, as Merrilyn now reads to him, he is still bubbling with excitement. What a great day.
Oh - and Merrilyn had lots of fun in London too. Especially having been given the "day off".
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Sunday, June 03, 2007
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