Legoland - one or two days?

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We’re thinking of going the first week in July during the week. It’ll be school holidays for us but not sure about other areas? We would have two full days free - would it better to do a day of Legoland and a day of sightseeing/museums in London or two days at Legoland?

1 day should be enough at Legoland, but you'll want to spend most of the day there.

Hard to answer - we needed two days in Legoland, but obviously so much to do in London!

I would say, you need the fast pass things. I wouldn't go without them. So on a cost basis, possibly better to go for one day, with the fast passes, than two days without.

Thank you. I’ve heard people say you need two to get round it all but I was hoping to get away with one.

Thanks @Pootles I’ll look into them

You might want to consider the massive queue times, it's not a massive park but I went last year and some of the queues were 5-6 hours long, we managed 1 ride, 1 queue for a drink and a trip round the shops before we gave up and left late afternoon 🤷🏻‍♀️

What ages are the children? We went for 1 day with two 5 year olds which was plenty as there were some rides that were too big for them. I think technically they could go on them but were a bit scared. We had the fast passes which were really good. We went on laser raiders 4 times at least.

1. I think I’ll get the queue passes then. Thanks

7 is perfect for Legoland! Take a picnic. The shops/cafes are awful, huge queues, expensive. Overall it's fab though, have fun!

Two days! It’ll take the pressure off. I’ve been twice in the week you mention and there were still queues - nothing like the ones you’d get when the English schools are off though and some rides we just walked straight on. I wouldn’t get fast passes for first week of July unless it’s the weekend.

2 days, it’s a decent sized park and they’ll want to go on their favourite rides more than once! My dd loves it.

Yes, take food, snacks and drinks, and cagoules. 7 is probably an ideal age.

Summer holidays in the area should start at the 20th July, public schools may have broken up earlier.

We went three times, weekends were so busy we had these QBots. Other times were inset days so fairly quite esp. in the mornings, afternoons are busier.

I must admit I can't see a reason to go for 2 days, go there first thing when the gates open (the tills open around 1/2 earlier, be there).

I think a second day in London is more interesting than 2 days Legoland.

Or Windsor castle

I'd also go for one day but get the q bots, makes it much easier

I've been with DS and tbh I wasn't impressed.

There are very few "big" rides (and they are pretty tame but that's ok given the child demographic they are aiming for).

The issue fundamentally is that the whole park is over subscribed, so the wait times can be enormous for all the rides, whilst they can be unfeasible for the the big ones. Even with a Q Bot we queued 1.5 hours for the Ninjago ride only to find it was closed for a technical issue at we got to the front of the queue (we never got the chance to go back given wait times for everything else - again with QBots).

A day should be ample to do the park properly but without the fast track Q Bots you don't have a hope in hell in getting through even half the good rides and with them you're still not guaranteed to cover everything.

We stayed in the on-site hotel (simply not possible due to location to do in a day) and whilst the rooms were nice the restaurants were poor. I'd say that's true overall for the park.

I know you're a captive audience so am not "green" about prices but compared to Alton Towers for example the food prices were as high but the quality terrible (whereas I've had some really nice food at AT - pricy but nice).

So definitely bring a packed lunch if you can.

The most relaxing bit is the model village. If you can find a spot it's a good place to picnic.

The Star Wars exhibition is good if you're a fan, but if not I'd give it a miss.

If the weather is good the splash park is great fun for the kids (remember to pack a change of clothes, suncream, bag for wet clothes/swim gear and lightweight towel) but be prepared to need ear defenders as an adult and be somewhat stressed out as keeping track of your children when it's busy is an exercise in cosmic patience/futility/angst. It's definitely worth having an agreed meeting spot if you lose each other.

Sorry to sound so negative. Tbh I'd never go there again, BUT DS loved it and I guess that was the point .

One day is fine unless you want to do EVERYTHING. It's very much a park for younger children. No really wild rides. However, my children enjoyed going there till they were 10 or 11. Arrive before it opens, head to most popular rides first. Miniland is lovely to wander around but save that for when you are flagging in the afternoon. We used to do rides up to lunchtime, and Miniland, shows etc in the afternoon when queues for rides are too long.

Picnic while watching the pirate show is another good option. Dc could have spent a whole afternoon in just the splash park. Two days is not usually the price of 1 day x2 (though need to be consecutive). We’ve driven there twice and I think dh and I liked it even more than the dc! I think the roller coaster and the pony thing are the only properly scary ones, rest just lots of fun.

Thanks everyone. It’ll be the only time we visit so I’m not sure whether to just make the most of it and go twice or not.

Can not make the whole holiday longer? If it's a once in a lifetime visit I'd say 2 days as driving school queue is always huge...

Legoland is brilliant, we really enjoyed the couple of trips we have had there. I would say one day would be plenty with q bot. It is very expensive for food and big queues. We took a picnic and ate it in Mini land. Buy refillable cups good value on a hot day and a nice souvenir. Swimwear and towel for the little ones for the splash area. Legoland is very hilly just to warn you! Wasps can also be a problem at Legoland, it made the news a few years back.

If the weather is nice there is the splash park.

There is plenty to do, I hated it as it was busy but DC loved it. Much preferred Chessington but we live locally so going super early was easy.

Used to have packed tea in car whilst queuing to leave...

Use the roads from Ascot side to get there rather than M4 and edge of Windsor.

I honest to wouldn’t bother - didn’t live up to the hype when we went.

@Widowodiw 🤣

We've just booked for July. 2adults and 2 children with hotel stay was £140 which I think is a good price

They do a deal where you get two days at the park and a night in a hotel. We did this last year and the whole thing only cost a fraction more than just buying tickets for one day in the park. It was a great deal. It also meant we didn't feel too rushed.

I would also like to do some of the main London attractions with the dc, but we felt it would be better to do that another time.