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Wozza2404
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QueueLand and WaspWorld - A Rip Roaring Success!
Review of LEGOLAND Windsor Resort
Reviewed 12 August 2015
Whilst most people are aware of the Legoland resort, it is only a select few who know that the resort actually also incorporates two other fantastic attractions; QueueLand and WaspWorld.
As a British person, I have a keen affinity with queueing. In fact, sometimes I'll stand alone in my kitchen, forming an orderly queue of 1 until it is my turn with the kettle. As such, when someone told me I could visit a place where I could queue continuously, all day long, for 60+ minutes at a time, interspersed with only 1-2 minutes of trundling along in a Lego Racecar before having the opportunity to get back into another queue - I just knew it was somewhere I had to go and experience, along with my young children.
We were certainly not disappointed. At one point we even joined a queue without knowing what was at the end of it (but we're certainly not going to let that stop us enjoying a good, solid queue), and when we did get to end we realised it had been a queue to join another queue. Oh, that was a highlight I'll revel in for many moons to come.
The other attraction at the resort is WaspWorld. This is a live action and interactive attraction, which I was very keen to experience. You see, due to the inclement weather this year, most wild wasps have been sticking to their hives and using the time to relax with a copy of Mein Kampf and a refreshing glass of incandescent rage. At WaspWorld, however, the wasps are clearly bred en-mass, and as such you can see thousands of them swarming around bins, picnic areas, and toddlers' ice cream smeared faces. It was certainly an amazing sight to see so many of the little critters chasing children around the grassy areas; their little faces screaming in delight as 300 wasps attempt to remove a jam sandwich from their little hands.
However what really impressed me is that it is not just in the picnic areas that the wasps come and interact with the guests. Even in the queues, they were there. Now I'm not the kind of person who needs any more entertaining when I'm already enjoying a good queue, but this was certainly an unexpected treat. Unfortunately our family wasn't chosen by the wasps to be one of their "Get stung and win an ice cube from a surly, bored looking teenager on a concession stand" contest, but judging by the line of people waiting for their winnings, there were clearly no shortage of winners. Maybe next time.
The biggest treat of all, however, was at the end. After 5pm in the Pizza and Pasta buffet, kids eat for free. We duly joined the queue (nothing builds an appetite quite like a good queue) and waited to be seated. Unfortunately the main restuarant was full, which is a shame as the temperature was so high inside that I would have quite liked to have demonstrated to my children what life inside a smelting plant would be like; again, maybe next time. Instead we were led to the open-sided 'overflow seating area'. It turns out this was a treat indeed, as the open sides, coupled with 7 hours of spilled fizzy drinks on the tables, chairs and floors which hadn't been cleaned, meant that every single wasp who wasn't on duty in the park was in the restaurant taking a break. Now some would say this was just a coincidence, and not a part of the WaspWorld experience, but as this situation could be totally avoided by providing lids with the drink cups, I can only conclude that this is a WaspWorld bonus attraction. There was a slight issue in the restaurant as they had ran out of cutlery, but hey, what better way to eat a Wasp Salad that with your hands? At leas tthat way you experience it in its full anaphalatic glory.
There were a few issues with the park, however, despite my gushing review. For one, a few of the queues were advertised as 70 minutes, but actually only took 55 minutes; which was a little disappointing. Then there is the issue of people using these little machines called Q-Bots, which cost up to £75 per person and allow users to skip the queues. Now, I'm not sure I entirely see the point of coming all the way to QueueLand and then not wanting to enjoy the queues; one can only assume they weren't British and simply didn't understand the subtle joy that a 75 minute queue in 28 degree sunshine with a 2yr old toddler can bring. Additionally I think the park could do more to invest in some waterproof wasps for the Splash Area.
Date of experience: August 2015