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'''Legoland''' (trademark in uppercase as '''LEGOLAND''') is a chain of [[Lego]]-themed children's/family [[theme park]]s. They are not fully owned by [[Lego Group]] itself; rather they are owned and operated by the [[United Kingdom|British]] theme park company [[Merlin Entertainments]].

The chain currently consists of:
* [[Legoland Billund Resort]] ([[Billund, Denmark]]; opened in 1968)
* [[Legoland Windsor Resort]] ([[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], [[United Kingdom]]; opened in 1996)
* [[Legoland California Resort]] ([[Carlsbad, California|Carlsbad]], [[San Diego County]], [[California]], USA; opened in 1999)
* [[Legoland Deutschland Resort]] ([[Günzburg, Germany]]; opened in 2002)
* [[Legoland Florida]] ([[Winter Haven, Florida]], USA; opened in 2011)
* [[Legoland Malaysia Resort]] ([[Nusajaya]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]]; opened in 2012)
* [[Legoland Dubai Resort]] (Opening in 2016)

==Attractions==

The parks are marketed to families with younger children (11 and under), and although they have a number of [[roller coasters]], they are not as numerous or as extreme as those in other parks, and there is a greater emphasis on rides suitable for younger children.

The parks are split into various areas, which are common between the parks. For example, all six of the parks include a Lego miniland, a model village which includes models of landmarks and scenes from around the world made from millions of genuine Lego bricks.

===Educational elements===
[[File:IMG 9760 aquatune crop.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Educational elements of Legoland include the "hydraulophone", a water-operated pipe organ]]
An important aspect of Legoland is education, [[epistemology]], and learning.

Examples include:
*water flow channels in which participants can construct dams from Lego blocks to understand laminar and turbulent fluid flows;
*interactive musical instruments, such as musical fountains, and the Aquatune [[hydraulophone]] which is an underwater pipe organ in the shape of a giant lego block;
*a [[Lego Mindstorms]] centre (fun-based learning);
*[[Lego Duplo|Duplo]] Gardens (for smaller children), Driving area (including attractions such as Driving school, Boating school, Ballooning school, Flying school, and Fire Academy), My Town, Wild Woods, and Knight's Kingdom.

The parks' rides are all Lego themed; many are made to appear as if they are built out of Lego bricks. They tend to be based on one particular line of Lego: for example, a popular ride at all six parks is the Dragon Coaster, which is loosely based on the [[Knights' Kingdom]] Lego sets. Another popular ride is the Driving school, in which children can drive small electric cars made to look like Lego cars around a small road network, after which they gain a mock driving license. The exact set of rides varies between parks, although as with the [[Walt Disney Parks and Resorts|Disney]] parks there is some overlap.

==Parks==

===Asia===

==== Legoland Malaysia Resort ====
{{Main|Legoland Malaysia Resort}}
[[Legoland Malaysia]] was opened in [[Nusajaya]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]] on 15 September 2012, and it is the first Legoland in Asia. Initially, there are seven themed areas of attractions for all ages which are; Miniland, The Beginning, Land of Adventure, Imagination, LEGO Kingdom, LEGO Technic, and LEGO City. The centerpiece of the park is Miniland, where almost all Asian landmarks were built using LEGO bricks.

===Europe===

====Legoland Billund Resort====
{{Main|Legoland Billund Resort}}
Legoland in [[Billund, Denmark]], is the oldest Legoland build near the original Lego factory. It is divided into ten different worlds: [[Lego Duplo|Duplo]] Land, Imagination Zone, LEGOREDO Town, Adventure Land, Miniland, Pirate Land, Lego City, Knights Kingdom, Viking Land, and Polar Land. The park opened in 1968<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.world66.com/europe/denmark/billund | title=Billund travel guide |publisher = World 66 |accessdate=2012-05-03}}</ref> and has 1.6 million visitors annually, making it the largest tourist attraction in Denmark outside [[Copenhagen]].

====Legoland Deutschland Resort====
{{Main |Legoland Deutschland Resort}}
Legoland Deutschland is located in Günzburg, Germany, and opened in 2002. As of 2009, there are seven areas in the park, including: Imagination Center, Miniland, LEGO X-treme, LEGO City, Knights Kingdom, Adventure Land, and Land of the Pirates.

==== Legoland Windsor Resort ====
{{Main |Legoland Windsor Resort}}
Legoland Windsor was built on the site of the previous [[Windsor Safari Park]] in [[Windsor, Berkshire]], and opened in 1996. As of 2010, there are twelve areas in the park, including: The Beginning, Imagination Centre, Miniland, Duplo Land, Traffic, LEGO City, Land of the Vikings, Kingdom of the Pharaohs, Pirates Shores, Knights Kingdom, and Adventure Land. It is the largest Legoland park in the world in terms of area – its area is approximately 5 times greater than that of [[Legoland Billund]].

====Legoland Sierksdorf====
There was an earlier Legoland Park in Germany, from 1973 to 1976.<ref>{{Citation | title = Der Spiegel | place = [[Germany|DE]] | url = http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-40831443.html}}.</ref> It was located in the city of Sierksdorf in northern Germany. In 1976 the park was sold; the former Legoland Sierksdorf is now [[Hansa-Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcdb.com/4873.htm |work = Roller Coaster DataBase | title = Hansa Park}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | work = Hansa-Park | language = de | place = DE | url= http://www.hansapark.de/de/unternehmen/geschichte/ | title =Meilensteine in der Geschichte des Hansa-Parks |accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref>

===North America===

====Legoland California Resort====
{{Main|Legoland California Resort}}
Legoland California is in [[Carlsbad, California]], in [[San Diego County, California|northern San Diego County]]. The park opened on March 20, 1999, and is split into nine sections, which are: The Beginning, Dino Island, Explore Village, Fun Town, Castle Hill, Miniland USA, Imagination Zone, Pirate Shores, and Land of Adventures. A Sea Life aquarium is adjacent to Legoland California. In 2010, a water park opened on its grounds, as one of the only two Legoland parks (the other one is Legoland Florida) to feature a water park.

====Legoland Florida====
{{Main|Legoland Florida}}
Legoland Florida opened on October 15, 2011 as the second Legoland park in the United States, and the world's second largest Legoland park after [[Legoland Windsor]] which is 5 times bigger than the one in Billund.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Net news | url=http://www.netnewspublisher.com/world%E2%80%99s-largest-legoland-park-legoland-florida-will-open-saturday-october-15-2011/ |title=World’s Largest Legoland Park ‘Legoland Florida’ Will Open Saturday, October 15, 2011 |date= 23 May 2011 | accessdate=4 August 2011}}</ref> The park was built on the former site of [[Cypress Gardens]], a historically famous Florida theme park. This park is divided into 10 areas: The Beginning, Fun Town, Duplo Land, Miniland USA, Kingdoms, Pirates Cove, Imagination Zone, Technic, Land of Adventure, Lego City, and a restored replica of Cypress Gardens. Legoland Florida opened a [[water park]] replacing the former Cypress Gardens "Splash Island" water park on May 26, 2012.

== Future Legoland parks ==

Currently three further Legoland parks are being developed.

===Middle East===

====Legoland Dubai====
[[Legoland Dubai]] is open in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. It was originally scheduled to open in 2011 in [[Dubailand]] as "Legoland Dubailand",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parents.lego.com/en-gb/news/legoland%20dubai.aspx |title=New Legoland Park to open in Dubai in 2011|date=2008-05-07 |publisher=Lego.com|accessdate=2012-05-03 }}</ref> but has since been delayed until mid 2016 and is now located at Dubai Parks and Resorts as "Legoland Dubai".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/legoland-dubai-will-go-ahead-despite-delays-developer-158736.html |first=Shane |last=McGinley |title=Legoland Dubai ‘will go ahead’ despite delays - developer |date=26 April 2010 |accessdate=2012-05-03 }}</ref>

===Asia===

====Legoland Korea====
[[Legoland Korea]] will be the world's largest Legoland at nearly 1.3 million square meters including a Lego hotel, condos, water park, spa and outlets.<ref name = Donga>{{Citation | publisher = Donga | title = News | date = Nov 27, 2014 | url = http://news.donga.com/3/all/20141127/68198461/1}}.</ref> It will be the world's first Legoland located on an island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Merlin to open first Legoland theme park in South Korea | date = Nov 28, 2014 | url = http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/28/us-merlin-enter-southkorea-idUSKCN0JC0MA20141128 | website = Reuters | first = Keith | last = Weir |accessdate = November 18, 2014}}</ref> Construction officially began in 28 November 2014 and it is scheduled to open in 2017.<ref name = Donga /> Located next to [[Chuncheon Station]], the site is a 1-hour trip from [[Seoul]] via the 180&nbsp;km/h, double-deck [[Gyeongchun Line|ITX]] train.

====Legoland Japan====
On the 30th of June in 2014, Merlin and [[Nagoya]] city officially announced that they signed the contact that [[Legoland Japan]] would be to open in a Nagoya harbour, [[Japan]] in February 2017.<ref>{{Citation | title = Merlin Entertainments to open Legoland Japan | newspaper = Blooloop | url = http://www.blooloop.com/news/merlin-entertainments-to-open-legoland-japan-in-20/28568#.U7Ox8RZjv18}}.</ref> Construction officially began on April 15, 2015. <ref>http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/lego-blocks-are-unloaded-during-the-legoland-japan-news-photo/469895678</ref>The park is expected to cost around $US315 million to construct for the first stage.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.screamscape.com/html/legoland_japan.htm |title = New Park to Be Built | work = Legoland Japan | publisher = Scream scape | date = 2014-07-08 | accessdate = 2014-07-31}}</ref> According to the contract, the second stage of the Legoland will be completed in 2021.

==Financial and visitor information==
The Californian,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/28/business/news/12_02_461_27_05.txt |title = Legoland California says visitors, revenues up sharply in 2004 |last = Jacoby | first = Edmond | newspaper = The North County Times | date = January 28, 2005}}{{dead link|date = May 2012}}</ref> Danish, and German<ref>{{Citation | title = Legoland | contribution = Deutschland | publisher = Lego | year = 2005 | type = press release | contribution-url = http://www.lego.com/legoland/deutschland/press/pressrelease.asp?locale=2057&id=14406&yearcode=2005&archive=True}}{{dead link|date= May 2012}}</ref> parks all receive approximately 1.4 million visitors per year.

In June 2005, a 70 percent stake in the Legoland theme parks was sold to [[Blackstone Group]] of [[New York]], an investment and advisory firm, under its [[Merlin Entertainments]] brand. Lego Group retains a 30 percent stake.<ref>{{cite news |last = Kinsman |first=Michael | publisher = Sign on San Diego | url= http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050714/news_1b14lego.htm |title=Control of Legoland parks sold |newspaper=[[U-T San Diego|San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=July 14, 2005 | accessdate = 2012-05-03}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Legoland Discovery Centre]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Legoland}}
* [http://www.legoland.com/ Legoland]
* [http://www.legolandtravel.com/ LEGOLAND Travel] The Official LEGOLAND Billund Accommodation Provider
* [http://www.hotellegoland.dk/ Hotel Legoland]
* [http://gocalifornia.about.com/od/casdmenu/fr/legoland.htm Legoland California] Visitor Guide

{{Merlin attractions}}
{{Lego}}
{{Legoland}}

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Revision as of 19:13, 20 May 2015

This article is about the theme park. For the PC game, see Legoland (video game). For the Lego theme previously called Legoland, see Lego City.
The entrance of Legoland Deutschland

Legoland (trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of Lego-themed children's/family theme parks. They are not fully owned by Lego Group itself; rather they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments.

The chain currently consists of:

Attractions

The parks are marketed to families with younger children (11 and under), and although they have a number of roller coasters, they are not as numerous or as extreme as those in other parks, and there is a greater emphasis on rides suitable for younger children.

The parks are split into various areas, which are common between the parks. For example, all six of the parks include a Lego miniland, a model village which includes models of landmarks and scenes from around the world made from millions of genuine Lego bricks.

Educational elements

Educational elements of Legoland include the "hydraulophone", a water-operated pipe organ

An important aspect of Legoland is education, epistemology, and learning.

Examples include:

  • water flow channels in which participants can construct dams from Lego blocks to understand laminar and turbulent fluid flows;
  • interactive musical instruments, such as musical fountains, and the Aquatune hydraulophone which is an underwater pipe organ in the shape of a giant lego block;
  • a Lego Mindstorms centre (fun-based learning);
  • Duplo Gardens (for smaller children), Driving area (including attractions such as Driving school, Boating school, Ballooning school, Flying school, and Fire Academy), My Town, Wild Woods, and Knight's Kingdom.

The parks' rides are all Lego themed; many are made to appear as if they are built out of Lego bricks. They tend to be based on one particular line of Lego: for example, a popular ride at all six parks is the Dragon Coaster, which is loosely based on the Knights' Kingdom Lego sets. Another popular ride is the Driving school, in which children can drive small electric cars made to look like Lego cars around a small road network, after which they gain a mock driving license. The exact set of rides varies between parks, although as with the Disney parks there is some overlap.

Parks

Asia

Legoland Malaysia Resort

Main article: Legoland Malaysia Resort

Legoland Malaysia was opened in Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia on 15 September 2012, and it is the first Legoland in Asia. Initially, there are seven themed areas of attractions for all ages which are; Miniland, The Beginning, Land of Adventure, Imagination, LEGO Kingdom, LEGO Technic, and LEGO City. The centerpiece of the park is Miniland, where almost all Asian landmarks were built using LEGO bricks.

Europe

Legoland Billund Resort

Main article: Legoland Billund Resort

Legoland in Billund, Denmark, is the oldest Legoland build near the original Lego factory. It is divided into ten different worlds: Duplo Land, Imagination Zone, LEGOREDO Town, Adventure Land, Miniland, Pirate Land, Lego City, Knights Kingdom, Viking Land, and Polar Land. The park opened in 1968[1] and has 1.6 million visitors annually, making it the largest tourist attraction in Denmark outside Copenhagen.

Legoland Deutschland Resort

Main article: Legoland Deutschland Resort

Legoland Deutschland is located in Günzburg, Germany, and opened in 2002. As of 2009, there are seven areas in the park, including: Imagination Center, Miniland, LEGO X-treme, LEGO City, Knights Kingdom, Adventure Land, and Land of the Pirates.

Legoland Windsor Resort

Main article: Legoland Windsor Resort

Legoland Windsor was built on the site of the previous Windsor Safari Park in Windsor, Berkshire, and opened in 1996. As of 2010, there are twelve areas in the park, including: The Beginning, Imagination Centre, Miniland, Duplo Land, Traffic, LEGO City, Land of the Vikings, Kingdom of the Pharaohs, Pirates Shores, Knights Kingdom, and Adventure Land. It is the largest Legoland park in the world in terms of area – its area is approximately 5 times greater than that of Legoland Billund.

Legoland Sierksdorf

There was an earlier Legoland Park in Germany, from 1973 to 1976.[2] It was located in the city of Sierksdorf in northern Germany. In 1976 the park was sold; the former Legoland Sierksdorf is now Hansa-Park.[3][4]

North America

Legoland California Resort

Main article: Legoland California Resort

Legoland California is in Carlsbad, California, in northern San Diego County. The park opened on March 20, 1999, and is split into nine sections, which are: The Beginning, Dino Island, Explore Village, Fun Town, Castle Hill, Miniland USA, Imagination Zone, Pirate Shores, and Land of Adventures. A Sea Life aquarium is adjacent to Legoland California. In 2010, a water park opened on its grounds, as one of the only two Legoland parks (the other one is Legoland Florida) to feature a water park.

Legoland Florida

Main article: Legoland Florida

Legoland Florida opened on October 15, 2011 as the second Legoland park in the United States, and the world's second largest Legoland park after Legoland Windsor which is 5 times bigger than the one in Billund.[5] The park was built on the former site of Cypress Gardens, a historically famous Florida theme park. This park is divided into 10 areas: The Beginning, Fun Town, Duplo Land, Miniland USA, Kingdoms, Pirates Cove, Imagination Zone, Technic, Land of Adventure, Lego City, and a restored replica of Cypress Gardens. Legoland Florida opened a water park replacing the former Cypress Gardens "Splash Island" water park on May 26, 2012.

Future Legoland parks

Currently three further Legoland parks are being developed.

Middle East

Legoland Dubai

Legoland Dubai is open in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was originally scheduled to open in 2011 in Dubailand as "Legoland Dubailand",[6] but has since been delayed until mid 2016 and is now located at Dubai Parks and Resorts as "Legoland Dubai".[7]

Asia

Legoland Korea

Legoland Korea will be the world's largest Legoland at nearly 1.3 million square meters including a Lego hotel, condos, water park, spa and outlets.[8] It will be the world's first Legoland located on an island.[9] Construction officially began in 28 November 2014 and it is scheduled to open in 2017.[8] Located next to Chuncheon Station, the site is a 1-hour trip from Seoul via the 180 km/h, double-deck ITX train.

Legoland Japan

On the 30th of June in 2014, Merlin and Nagoya city officially announced that they signed the contact that Legoland Japan would be to open in a Nagoya harbour, Japan in February 2017.[10] Construction officially began on April 15, 2015. [11]The park is expected to cost around $US315 million to construct for the first stage.[12] According to the contract, the second stage of the Legoland will be completed in 2021.

Financial and visitor information

The Californian,[13] Danish, and German[14] parks all receive approximately 1.4 million visitors per year.

In June 2005, a 70 percent stake in the Legoland theme parks was sold to Blackstone Group of New York, an investment and advisory firm, under its Merlin Entertainments brand. Lego Group retains a 30 percent stake.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Billund travel guide". World 66. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  2. ^ Der Spiegel, DE.
  3. ^ "Hansa Park". Roller Coaster DataBase.
  4. ^ "Meilensteine in der Geschichte des Hansa-Parks". Hansa-Park (in German). DE. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  5. ^ "World's Largest Legoland Park 'Legoland Florida' Will Open Saturday, October 15, 2011". Net news. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  6. ^ "New Legoland Park to open in Dubai in 2011". Lego.com. 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  7. ^ McGinley, Shane (26 April 2010). "Legoland Dubai 'will go ahead' despite delays - developer". Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  8. ^ a b News, Donga, Nov 27, 2014.
  9. ^ Weir, Keith (Nov 28, 2014). "Merlin to open first Legoland theme park in South Korea". Reuters. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  10. ^ "Merlin Entertainments to open Legoland Japan", Blooloop.
  11. ^ http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/lego-blocks-are-unloaded-during-the-legoland-japan-news-photo/469895678
  12. ^ "New Park to Be Built". Legoland Japan. Scream scape. 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  13. ^ Jacoby, Edmond (January 28, 2005). "Legoland California says visitors, revenues up sharply in 2004". The North County Times.[dead link]
  14. ^ "Deutschland", Legoland (press release), Lego, 2005[dead link]
  15. ^ Kinsman, Michael (July 14, 2005). "Control of Legoland parks sold". San Diego Union-Tribune. Sign on San Diego. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
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