Legoland’s our happy place, of that there is no doubt
We’ve made some brilliant memories there from many fun days out
We’ve certainly had our money’s worth; the preschool pass we’d recommend
We’re quite sad our term-time days out there have now come to end.
We get the Hill Train down to Miniland; I always love the view
The models are so detailed, each time I see something new
The girls love racing dragsters and watching all the trains
And this year there’s been the birthday show to keep us entertained
We used to love the pirate show but the girls became afraid
Of the big explosion at the end and the loud noise that it made
The girls both love the Lego Friends; we have to see their show
And have a photo with them afterwards with a chance to say hello
There’s also Duplo Theatre – the puppet shows are good
We love to watch Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood
Jessica loves to be the driver; all aboard the Duplo Train!
A ride we end up going on “again, again, again!”
Sophie loves the little boats on Fairytale Brook
And seeing all the characters from our favourite storybooks
Desert Chase – the carousel – is always on our list
And the Thunder Blazer chair-o-plane is a ride not to be missed
Balloon School’s a firm favourite too – flying high up in the air
And we love making ourselves dizzy in the Spinning Spider’s lair
We get lost in Loki’s Labyrinth, and in Brickville climb and slide
Then to Atlantis to see marine life on an underwater ride.
We’ve never once been bored there, there’s just so much to do
(And best of all our term-time trips meant we rarely had to queue!)
Two years of happy memories, I’m thankful for each one
An era may have ended, but didn’t we have fun!
Oh my Louise such a clever poem! It rhymes so beautifully and yet tells your story too. I must say I have only visited a couple of times and in the August school holidays. Probably for this reason alone I am really not a fan; the queues are hours long and the wasps a pain. My kids did all love the pirate show though including the bang at the end, I guess that is just an age thing. Well d one you for making so much use of your term time ticket. I’m sure If we lived close we would have tried the same thing.
Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids
Thank you so much Fiona – I’ve heard it nicknamed Queueland and Wasp World in the summer – thankfully I’ve not experienced it going earlier in the season! I’m glad we made the most of having the preschool pass – there’s still three days ahead when Jessica is on hols/inset day and we can use it – then after that I think our visits will become much more infrequent as we’d need passes for all four of us to go regularly – which is a big jump from the £60 we spent on the preschool pass!
Certainly some fun times. We went last year straight after the summer half term thinking it was fine. Tuned out most o fhe people werer there because of inset days which was a surprise.
It’s amazing how busy it can get on some days in term-time, especially when there’s inset days
You look like you all had fun. The models look amazing and I can imagine spotting all the details would take time. Hope you make it back again. (There are always Inset days to fill.) #CountryKids
Thanks Cheryl – we plan to use the last three days this year where school holidays and inset days combine nicely with days where the preschool pass is valid and then our days out will become much less frequent.
Love how you’ve told your story in a rhyme. We’re hoping to finally take our twins there this summer as we’ve been promising them for so many years.
Thanks Kriss – hope you finally get your day out there this summer!
And you made it rhyme! Great work. Only been the once and it was, I believe, term time. Good luck with your future school holiday visits! #CountryKids
Thanks John, we’ve still got three dates ahead where holidays and inset days combine nicely with preschool pass days so will be making sure we make the most of those!
Absolutely wonderful!!!!
Fantastic poetry Louise and what a lovely way to document the end of an era for you.
Sending love, it’s tough as they grow up and life has to change and adapt, but I’m sure Jess is going to love school.
Gem.xx
Thank you Gemma, I do feel quite sad coming to the end of preschool days but we’ve made the most of them and created so many happy memories to look back on x
Sounds like some wonderful memories have been made at Legoland. We’ve only been once, even though it’s local to us, as it’s a bit too expensive 🙁 Maybe next year Santa will bring us a annual pass xx #CountryKids Love your piccys xx
It is expensive although the preschool pass has been amazing value for money. We probably won’t get passes next year though as we’d have to get them to cover all four of us which is a big jump from being able to use one single pass
We’ve never been to Legoland as I have never been sure how good it would be with Emily now only 3, but I can see how brilliant it would be for both of mine! We’d have to go in the school holidays though!
You are so talented with your poems! #countrykids
Thank you Karen. I’m sure Emily would love it – there’s quite a lot for little ones there.
What a great way to say farewell to a favourite place! ☺️
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Thank you Cat 🙂
Thats so lovely. Glad you had so much fun there. I definitely think being able to go during the school days makes a difference. Its just awful in the school holidays x
Thanks Karen – I’ve only been once in the school holidays so far and yes it was quite a different experience!
This is so lovely! I love your poems, so clever. I’m such a huge Legoland fan (partly as it has so many lovely memories for me from working there) and it’s been amazing to introduce Max to it too – he’s such a big fan, he gets excited just driving up the drive!
Thank you Katy. I didn’t know you worked there – I have another friend who used to work there too and it seemed like a fun place to work. It must be lovely seeing Max’s excitement as you head up the drive – my girls’ reactions are pretty similar! 🙂
I have loved reading all your Legoland posts, come rain or shine you have always had fun.
We are going in the summer and can’t wait to explore all the fun and see the rides you have all enjoyed over the past 2 years.
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Thank you – it certainly had been lots of fun. Hope you all have a wonderful time there in the summer, I am sure your girls will love it! 🙂
What a clever post 🙂 Sounds like you had lots of fun there and how lovely that you had such a fantastic place to visit close-by. I hope the next stage with schools goes brilliantly. All very exciting xxx #countrykids
Thank you Emma, we’ve certainly made the most of those days out and yes we were very lucky to be close enough to visit so often 🙂
Love this Louise, So many happy lego memeories depicted in poem. Clever you. I wish I had lego land closer by. I am going to find somewhere to get a year pass too and start going with my little man soon. I think it’d be good! #countrykids
Thank you Karen, hope you find somewhere you can get a year pass to make some memories with your little man too! 🙂
Love this Louise, what a brilliant poem! I’m glad you’ve enjoyed using your pre-school pass so much, brilliant that they have that option. #countrykids
Thank you Sara – we’ve certainly made the most of it and made a lot of happy memories along the way 🙂
This has made me a bit sad as it’s the end of an era for us too. We love our Legoland season ticket so much!
It is sad to be coming to that end of an era isn’t it? Glad you’ve enjoyed making the most of your season ticket too!
Lovely post. Looks like your littles really enjoyed their visit.
Thank you – we had a lovely time 🙂
Such a shame to be leaving the pre-school days behind, the impromptu visits and no queues. It looks as though you have had such fun but there will hopefully still be a chance to visit and enjoy the fun on inset days
It has been lovely to make those memories/ We have one inset day later this year when we will get to use our preschool pass for the last time and I’m looking forward to being able to go again then.
We visited Legoland last year and the girls loved it.
It’s such a great place for a day out, glad that your girls enjoyed it 🙂
What a beautiful post Louise full of amazing memories! Well it’s sad to be coming to the end of such a special era, a new one is just around the corner. Xx #CountryKids
Thank you – we’ve made a lot of memories from our days out 🙂
I was actually going to tell that you are so lucky too to be living near Legoland and going there always (as a reply when you commented how lucky we are to live near the beach) & now this. I am going to miss your Legoland post and I can only imagine how your girls are going to miss going! We havent been to Legoland but feels like we know the place well because of how well you described it in your posts =) #countrykids
Thank you – I am sure we will still have a day out there every now and then but not like we have done in the past – we will definitely miss it!
We’ve only taken M to Legoland once and would love to take him again. We are hoping to go next year. It’s so much fun isn’t it. #countrykids
It’s such a great place for kids. Hope you manage to get to go next year with M 🙂
Oh this is so beautiful and so sad at the same time! I can completely imagine how it must feel to give up your favourite place; end of an era, though a good time to discover something new? Legoland is fabulous and is my husband’s favourite place! As he teaches at a private school we get a week in October before the schools break up and we try to go then to avoid queues. #CountryKids
Thank you – it must be lovely to have that week in October when you can go and enjoy it! I am sure we will discover some new places to visit although we certainly made the most of our Legoland days! 🙂
Oh! How beautiful. I am envious too. I saw your beautiful Legoland photos and it does looks fun and I can tell your girls are loving it. It’s twice now that I’ve booked Legoland and didn’t make it due to husband’s work. 🙁 I am crossing my fingers again for another go. lol
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Fingers crossed that you manage to make it there this year! 🙂