Legoland Florida

Legoland Florida is here, in Florida. It is the second, full scale Legoland theme park in the United States and the fifth Legoland park in the world. The toy-based theme park is located on the old Cypress Gardens site, in Winter Haven, Florida. It includes 50 rides, shows, and the attractions similar to Legoland California, the only other U.S. Legoland theme park.

What does Florida Legoland have in its park?

Everything Lego-themed, including water rides, replicas of cities and buildings, and fun activities, like their other Legoland parks. Legoland parks have LEGO-built statues lining walkways, gardens, shops, and rides. The statues are built with regular Lego bricks to inspire kids to use their imaginations and build their own creations.

Brief History: Legoland theme parks are in Germany, Denmark, California, and England. Legoland California does not rank in the top 20 American theme parks, but it's showing growth since it opened in 1999. Legoland California, named the U.S. Best Theme Park for Kids for six consecutive years by Amusement Today, sites an six percent increase in 2009 guests. In 2008, visitors to all four Legoland parks worldwide reached 35.1 million guests.

Merlin Entertainments, from Britain, purchased the Cypress Gardens land with plans to turn it into Legoland Florida. Phase one of Legoland Florida included hotels and convention centers. Phase two included the park itself, a Lego-themed amusement park, with water rides, huge Lego statues, and of course, places to buy and build Lego toys.

The Legoland Florida park is unique, as it maintains Cypress Gardens' 32 acres of beautiful, landscaped gardens.

One nearby, popular LEGO-inspired attraction is the LEGO Imagination Center, a retail store located inside Disney Marketplace in Orlando, Florida. Visitors are greeted by a LEGO Loch Ness in the lake. Statues of kids, dog, visitors, and T-Rex are made entirely of LEGOs and stand outside the LEGO store.

Kids can shop for LEGO pieces, sets, and even order an engraved LEGO brick. Disney Marketplace Lego Shop also offers birthday parties. There are only two LEGO Imagination Centers is the U.S.; the first LEGO Imagination Center (built in 1992) is located in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota.

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Photo taken at Lego Store, in Disney Marketplace, Orlando Florida.