The upcoming LEGOLAND New York Resort has lots of amazing things coming for us, and they made a few announcements in lower Manhattan last week. Read More
LEGOLAND Beach Retreat at LEGOLAND Florida is a fun getaway built for kids. Read More
LegoLand Discovery Center opens a new location in Boston today. Take a sneak peek with GeekMom Sarah and her family. Read More
Words can barely grasp the magnificence that is the Legoland Discovery Center that will be opening in Boston next month. Read More
We review the new Legoland Hotel in Carlsbad, California. Read More
We review the new Legoland Hotel in Carlsbad, California! Read More
When you think of Orlando, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many, it’s a mouse named Mickey. What many people don’t realize, is that there is far more to Orlando than just a mouse. After Disney: The Other Orlando, by Kelly Monaghan, covers everything that many people miss on their visits to Orlando because they are caught up in the mouse trap. Read More
Watch a short animated film by the Lego Group all about the history of the plastic brick building company, released to celebrate their 80th birthday this past week. Read More
GeekDad helps to build the world’s tallest Lego tower on a rainy Friday at Legoland Windsor. Read More
Lego geeks in Canada have been abuzz with the news last week that a Legoland Discovery Center (or Centre, since this is Canada) is being built in Vaughan, just north of Toronto. According to the press release from Merlin Entertainments … Read More
This past weekend, a new Legoland Discovery Center opened in Kansas City. The indoor attraction, which features rides, activities, party rooms, and lots of Lego bricks is just the fourth in US and the seventh in the world. Read More
At last, the galaxy far, far away has come to Legoland Windsor. Just over a year after the Star Wars Miniland opened in Legoland California (read Dave Banks’ excellent write up of that one here) the Lego master builders have … Read More
I am starting a new prototyping lab in Huntsville, Alabama, based on the fab lab model. I’ve dreamt of becoming an entrepreneur and have done a fair amount of research on the topic. But this is my first attempt at … Read More
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 minifig would … Read More
IAAPA Attractions Expo, owned and produced by International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, is the world’s largest conference and trade show for the $24 billion global attractions industry. The future rides, attractions, games, and products of the world’s theme parks and attractions are well represented at this weeklong conference. Between November 14 and November… Read More
There’s a bit of an unwritten law among Lego geeks that gluing a kit together is taboo —unless you’re creating something for use in Legoland, where presumably, large scale models that could be pulled apart would pose a danger to … Read More
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 park is beautiful. Amazingly detailed giant Lego sculptures are … Read More
Well, hi. I’m the OTHER geek mom who went to SDCC this year and I guess you can call me “the quiet one.” I couldn’t write a post to save my life. That’s because Comic-Con, as a stand alone event, is already a whirlwind of awesome and adrenaline WITHOUT a 22 month old in tow.… Read More
Even before I had a kid, I wanted to go to Legoland. The California theme park has dozens of rides and attractions, a water park, and acres and acres of amazing Lego sculptures. And there’s a new one opening in Florida, too. But since it will likely be a few years before my family can… Read More
The time-lapse part of it kicks in at about the three-minute mark, but you should really watch the whole thing. Enjoy! Thanks to Beth Chee at the Legoland California official Twitter account for sending this our way. Read More
In the first part of our Countdown to Big School, my daughter and I covered Art and Science, and in part two we’ll be looking at Biology and History… London’s Natural History Museum is a truly amazing place. The building … Read More
Congratulations to Joey Ledet, who correctly answered this week’s puzzle and is now the proud new owner of a shiny $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek. Puzzle I took my three kids, plus two others to Legoland to celebrate the 42nd … Read More
Today marks the 42nd anniversary of Legoland, that lovely theme park based on bricks, so it makes sense to have it be our theme for this week’s puzzle. Solve the head-scratcher below and E-mail your solution by Friday night at … Read More
Happy Birthday, Legoland! The company famous for its interlocking bricks opened the first Legoland theme park in its hometown of Billund, Denmark, on this day in 1968. The attraction featured detailed city scenes modeled in bricks and drew 3,000 visitors … Read More
News was leaked Wednesday afternoon that the former home of Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Florida has been purchased and will soon undergo restructuring to become the second LEGOLAND in the United States and just the fifth in … Read More
