Hello, it went reasonably well I thought! Unfortunately there were a few hiccups in the afternoon, which took the shine off things, and reminded me of the downsides of any theme park like this.
We took the advice to get there early, and fast jogged down to the Flight of the Sky Lion, which hands down was the best ride I have ever been on, superb! We meandered around the rest of the morning going on a few smaller rides, did the driving school, and watched the pirate show which my youngest loved. We had lunch around mini land and went on the new minifigure speedway roller coaster, which again we all really enjoyed.
The kids were boiling by this point so we headed to Drench Towers only to be told it was closed as it was not a "peak" day! So they went in the splash safari which was fine. Then we headed back to ride the minifigure speedway again, but after 20mins in the queue we were told the ride had a problem so had to leave. Annoying.
We bimbled around and caught a 4D show which was great, the headed to Laser raiders, and unfortunately again after queuing for about 40 minute we were told there, was a power cut and the ride wouldn't be running! They gave us some single use priority tickets which we then used in Ninjago, which I actually thought was not that great after all the hype.
We finished the day just before 5pm with a trip on the log flume and got soaked, but it was perfect timing for a slow walk back to the entrance,and pester power leading to lego purchased in the shop!
Overall I think it was a decent day, we were very unlucky I think to get two broken rides almost back to back, and it meant we lost over an hour of queuing time for nothing. But we stayed positive, and some people we know said it was much less busy today than it usually is so the Inset day worked out.
The kids even got to build a few bits of lego here and there!
Many thanks for all your advice, the best bit was running to get on the Sky Lion at the beginning and walking straight onto the ride!