Legoland Florida: A Miniland Sneak Preview
Lego builders are hard at work on the world’s largest Legoland in Winter Haven, Florida, which opens October 15. As you’ll see in this video, many of the iconic buildings in Miniland — from the casinos...
View ArticleLegoland Florida: A Geeky Preview
Legoland Florida officially opens Saturday, October 15, 2011, but I was lucky enough to get a recent behind-the-scenes tour. Prediction: Lego fans: Prepare to go crazy at Legoland Florida. First, the...
View ArticleLegoland Sneak Peek: Inside the Model Builder’s Workshop
Opening day for the world’s largest Legoland is drawing near (October 15), and while you wait for GeekMom’s opening-day coverage, here’s something to tide you over. It’s a video from inside the...
View ArticleGeeking Out With Theme Park Designers at SATE’11
When I told my nine year-old that I met the person who created the Clutch Powers Lego hero, he screamed with excitement. The true heroes of the theme park world (the people who dream up, design, and...
View ArticleA Legoland Love Story
Pat DeMaria was awestruck by Kristi Klein, but it wasn’t her blond locks, her charm or her thousand-watt smile that rendered him speechless. (That came later.) What held DeMaria in thrall that day was...
View ArticleLegoland Florida First Look: It’s in the Details
At Friday’s media preview day, we had a chance to explore Legoland Florida in advance of the opening-day madness. What we noticed: In addition to the big thrills of the rides, the jaw-dropping scope of...
View ArticleLegoland Florida: The Young Lego Geek’s Paradise
Like Steve Jobs was to Apple fans, Legoland Florida is to all of the young Lego fanatics. On Saturday, October 15, 2011, thousands of loyal fans from around the world converged on the grounds of the...
View ArticleMinifig Madness: A Legoland Insider Tip
Legoland Florida had just opened for the day, and we were hot on the trail of the park’s retail manager. We had reason to believe he had the much-desired mobster minifig, and if we could find him, that...
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Star Wars Miniland at Legoland Florida
On our trip to Legoland last week (a Christmas gift for our sons), my family and I were greeted with a wonderful surprise: All six episodes of Star Wars as told in Lego bricks. I still can't believe I...
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