Legoland in Florida still has its new theme park smell, but it’s already time to upgrade. The Lego bricks aren’t looking forward to the hot and humid summers, so they’re adding a brand new water park. Officials had mentioned this during the park’s October debut, but now we know that’s it’s all on scheduled and ready to arrive in time for the 2012 summer season.

Obviously there will plenty of spots to splish and splash for the kiddos, and as with the rest of the park it’s going to be tailored to the likes of loves of little ones. Some of the attractions planned for the new waterpark include a Lego Wave Pool, along with something they’re calling Twin Chasers—where you and a buddy twist and turn through intertwined tube tracks. ]]> kjb 2011-12-06T08:44:26-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/10/155950/94

Theme park openings are awesome, and today we plan to bring you all the latest and greatest as the fine folks of Legoland take the cellophane off their latest park in Winter Haven Florida and let us take a look around today.

It is media day, and Legoland Florida was kind enough to invite us and let us have a look around a day before the park opens to the public.

Miniland, Aqua Wave Racers, and maybe even some Lego Battles await -- so sit back relax and get ready to be awash in the inimitable Lego color palette -- live blog style.]]> markj 2011-10-14T10:40:01-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/6/29/23130/2869

Get your little plastic pieces ready, as it's finally almost time to hit new world's newest Legoland just outside of Orlando. It's not just any old land dedicated to Legos either, as this place is going to be the biggest—as in 150 acres—Legoland in the world. As you might remember the place was kind of Cypress Gardens for many many years, but on October 15 it will be officially transformed into a shrine of all things Lego.

It's park number five around the world for the Lego empire, as there's already a park in California along with options in Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In total there's going to be around 50 new rides, shows, and attractions, so there will be more to see than just crazy-nuts Lego creations. Although, we're pretty sure there's going to plenty of those too. ]]> kjb 2011-06-30T08:42:28-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/2/28/22363/1190

We’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of all things Lego to Florida, but now it seems like we might want to turn our attention elsewhere around the globe. The plastic pieces are on the move, and it looks like Malaysia might be welcoming the first Legoland in Asia sometime in 2012.

Apparently bulldozers have already been hard at work clearing around 75 acres or so for the new park, and its 40 plus rides and attractions that will make up the new Legoland Malaysia. This will be the sixth land devoted to Legos worldwide, so if you’ve already been to the other five, you better start planning your trip to hit up the latest and the greatest. There’s over 30 million plastic pieces to assemble, so you’ve still got a little bit of time to find a decent flight. ]]> kjb 2011-03-01T10:16:06-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/1/17/12186/9316

Star Wars fans, you'll want to pack your lightsabers and head to Legoland in Carlsbad, California. The theme park will open a new Star Wars Miniland area on its grounds on March 31.

You will be able to see seven famous scenes from the Star Wars saga and one from the animated TV show Star Wars: The Clone Wars made entirely of the colorful plastic building blocks. Plus, you can come dressed in your Luke Skywalker or Princess Leia costume and pose for pics with life-size Lego replicas of Chewbacca, Darth Vader and R2-D2.]]> Jennifer Kester 2011-01-17T12:18:06-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/11/2/22029/7102

Opening day is still like at least a year away, but the newest Legoland is already trying to build a little bit of buzz in Florida.

Last week, park officials busted out the artist renderings and other pretty pictures for some of the new attractions. One of the main attractions that caught our eye might just make Cinderella jealous, as the park will have its very own castle within the Castle Hill section of the park. No princesses inside the castle though, as there’s going to be a dragon-themed coaster working its way in and out of the toy fortress. ]]> kjb 2010-11-03T08:43:50-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/7/16/84843/0989

At the beginning of the year, we discovered the fate of one of the country’s longest running theme parks. Cypress Gardens in central Florida would be transformed into Legoland, and many were concerned about what would happen to the Southern belles, water ski shows, and all the pretty flowers. Well this week the suits at Legoland fired up a PowerPoint presentation and revealed a bunch of the featured attractions planned for the new park.

It’s no surprise that there will be tons of Lego displays throughout the park, from dinosaurs to castles, but there will be plenty of rides as well. The Land of Adventure has a wooden roller coaster planned, and we can only hope that the dinosaur-themed ride will be for big kids as well. In total there will be over 50 rides, shows, and attractions as well as at least a thousand of the oversized Lego displays. ]]> kjb 2010-07-16T09:02:47-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/