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Legoland Windsor with a Toddler and Baby

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Disclosure: We were invited on this day out for the purpose of this post however all opinions are my own.

Legoland Windsor Resort is somewhere Dave and I had always wanted to take the children to. It’s one of those places we didn’t bother to go to before having kids but both of us have always lived fairly close to Legoland and when we were offered tickets to go to the theme parks we knew that LP would love it – and that we would too! We had always heard so many good things about Legoland Windsor and couldn’t wait to experience it for ourselves. So here’s our experience with a little ones – a three year old and a baby.

What is parking like at Legoland Windsor?

Unfortunately, the first thing we realised when we got to Legoland is that you have to pay £4 to park for the day. I personally think that on top of the huge ticket prices, to then charge parking is disgusting and this is something that will always grate on me with tourist attractions – I don’t mind paying a reasonable parking cost if ticket prices aren’t inflated or if we’re visiting a free attraction but I am sure Legoland ticket prices more than cover the maintenance of the car park.

Review: Legoland Windsor

After parking we walked the short distance to the entrance and got in line. We were then advised by a member of staff that we had to go through one designated pushchair entrance at the end of the line of entrance turnstiles. I was amazed that somewhere like Legoland, aimed at young families, only had one turnstile that was accessible for pushchairs and wheelchairs. This is definitely something that needs updating as the queue for this turnstile was three times as long as the one we had been in and on top of the parking charge it didn’t really start our day on the right foot!

Review: Legoland Windsor

What were our first impressions of Legoland Windsor?

Fortunately though we were soon in the park and because it was school holidays Legoland seemed packed. We soon realised though that the ‘Beginning’ part of Legoland is just very busy with people coming into the park, using the toilets and baby care areas and visiting the gift shops. Legoland is so big that the number of people soon seems less as you wander through the park.

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What different areas are there within Legoland Windsor?

Legoland is split into clear areas with different themes – A Duplo area and fairy tale rides, Heartlake City full of Lego Friends, Lego City and the driving school, Pirates, Vikings etc and most areas have rides suitable for different age children. We picked up a Legoland Windsor map to make navigating a little bit easier and there is a Legoland app too. We went on a few rides throughout the course of the day and they were mainly ones where the child had to be over 1m tall and accompanied by an adult or any height children but accompanied by an adult also. There were plenty of Legoland rides in the park to happily entertain shorter/younger children and I felt that Legoland have done a great job of merging rides for slightly older children in with ones for younger children to make sure that they are catering for the whole family.

Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor

Will you spend the whole day at Legoland Windsor queueing?

Throughout the park there were plenty of play areas and things to look at that didn’t require you to queue or have an extra charge – LP loved the Duplo Valley play park and we could have spent the whole day in MiniLand – There was just so much to look at and LP was fascinated with it all being her size. This is great for toddlers and preschoolers. LP also didn’t mind that a lot of the Lego buildings and figures in MiniLand and the rest of the park were starting to look old, dirty and in need of a bit of TLC. New areas are being added all the time but the older parts could do with a refresh every so often too.

Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor

What are dining options like at Legoland Windsor?

Everywhere in Legoland there are food outlets – restaurants for a proper sit down meal or kiosks to grab something to eat on the go. Overall the prices are as you would expect from a tourist attraction – quite high! But, if you don’t want to pay the prices, bring a packed lunch. Although having said that, places to sit and picnic are few and far between. We chose to have lunch at the Duplo Family Buffet which was £11.95 each for Dave and I whilst under 3’s eat free. This includes an eat as much as you like style buffet and drinks – fizzy drinks or juice but the juice machine was sadly out of service when we went. The restaurant was clean and the food was varied – A soup and bread section, salad, chips, fish fingers, sausages, beans or proper meals like chilli, curry, lasagne, pasta. It was typical hot plate food and we didn’t have any complaints except that the highchairs didn’t sit at the tables very well and we had to rearrange the benches to make everything fit.

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There were plenty of water areas within Legoland too – water rides, the Splash Safari splash park and Drench Towers and just places for kids to get well and truly wet. We avoided this although when Little Man is slightly older and more confident on his feet I think that both he and LP would love these areas.

Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor

Are there additional expenses at Legoland Windsor?

Like with any theme park there are added expenses but these are optional. When the children are older they’re able to learn to drive and afterwards you can buy them a driving licence – for £10 each. However there is a free card version you are given that you can then add a photo to at home. Many rides also have a photo taken on them and these have a cost of £10 per photo or £25 for four. Then there are the Legoland gift shops… So much lego, lego merchandise and lego themed souvenirs! We bought the children Lego swords and a fridge magnet but we could have easily spent a fortune! But, at Legoland once you’re inside you really don’t need to spend anything else and it needn’t be an expensive day out – Take a packed lunch, give a £5 budget in the gift shop and don’t get sucked into photos and things unless you really want to spend the money.

Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor

One thing we did spend £3.50 on was panning for gold as Dave had said before we even arrived at Legoland that he would love to pan for gold with LP. So he did and LP walked away with a shiny gold metal medal that she loved – Well worth the £3.50!

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What were our overall thoughts of Legoland Windsor?

Legoland is a fantastic day out. Make sure you get tickets when they’re on offer through Tesco vouchers, cereal boxes or any other way as they’re expensive otherwise and plan which things you would like to see and do. Duplo Valley is quieter in the mornings and most Legoland Windsor rides had a 20 minute minimum wait and one – the submarine – we queued for over 40 minutes – some had waits of over an hour and we didn’t even bother getting into the queue. Go on your most important rides first as we found that the day flies by and before you know it you’re heading home and only made a small dent in all that Legoland has to offer.

Review: Legoland Windsor
Review: Legoland Windsor

We’ll be going back to Legoland soon to go on some more rides, play on some more adventure playgrounds and maybe even go in the splash pools and see the fireworks! If you’re looking to go maybe even make a weekend of it, there is far too much to see in one day.

Legoland® Windsor Resort have the Legoland Hotel and also the newer Castle Hotel for short breaks at the park – or there are a lot of hotels locally as well with plenty of travel options.

Review: Legoland Windsor
Legoland Windsor with a baby and toddler

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  • Donna Wishart is married to Dave and they have two children, Athena (13) and Troy (11). They live in Surrey with their two cats, Fred and George. Once a Bank Manager, Donna has been writing about everything from family finance to days out, travel and her favourite recipes since 2012. Donna is happiest either exploring somewhere new, with her camera in her hand and family by her side or snuggled up with a cat on her lap, reading a book and enjoying a nice cup of tea. She firmly believes that tea and cake can fix most things.

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10 Comments

  1. A frustrating start to the trip then, but glad you all enjoyed it in the end. I agree about the car parking prices, as you really have no choice but to pay them, do you? We went last year and the kids did love it. I suspect we’d get even more out of it now with Little Man coming up to 2. It’s just quite expensive!

  2. Essh! I thought the cost of the tickets would cover parking too….It does look like such a great day out though….Great fun for all ages…..I just wish it was closer to me! x

  3. We LOVED Legoland, and it was well worth the trip, but you definitely need more than one day – there was so much we didn’t see. Gemma and Jacob loved the Duplo water park though! Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested

  4. I agree totally about the parking charge! My daughter is also 4 but under 1m so a few rides she couldn’t go on which I could see younger but taller kids on knowing they got in free annoyed me a bit!!
    I loved Miniland it had a stork and new baby at Buckingham Palace which shows how they keep it current but you are right a few areas could do with a clean, update.
    We missed the submarine ride as they queue was an hour! However I think with these kind of places the kids love it despite any grievances we might have. Gorgeous pictures looks like you had a lovely sunny day!

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