Legoland California

Normally Legoland California is not worth visiting for us, mostly because there are no wheelchair accessible rides, but also since it really is mostly for the younger kids.  However, we still like seeing the Miniland and other stuff made out of LEGOs and Mik loves browsing the shops.  Plus, we got a good deal on tickets from Groupon back in November 2010 and also got a ticket to come back before end of March 2011.


This time we mainly went to use the free ticket before it expired and Mik wanted to finally get the castle he had saved his allowance for.  Mik also wanted to check out the new Ninjago stuff, although of course he could have done that elsewhere, he just likes the Big Shop being all LEGO stuff together.  Sadly, the LEGO Castle was part of the stuff no longer available along with most of the Harry Potter sets.  Worse was that he found the Ninja stuff he had been so excited about coming out this year to be rather boring and mostly not Ninja seeming.

Still had fun checking out other stuff at Legoland and playing with the drawing mode on his new camera.  He also enjoyed playing some of the LEGO video games in the Xbox Family Game Space.  The new Hero Factory was not that interesting, but only because we do not like Bionicle style LEGOs.  It was nice that the LEGO Factory Tour had more of the machines actually working, although not entirely as seems usual.

Photos by Mik and Kjersti
Text by Kjersti

Destination Info:
Legoland California
One Legoland Dr
Carlsbad, CA 92008

Legoland California: Hero Factory

The Hero Factory is a new area you can actually build with some LEGO stuff.  Mik thought it was cool the seats all swung out so you could move them out of the way for him to wheel up to the table.  However, the Hero Factory line is just the new Bionicles and he finds them frustrating and not as fun as actual LEGOs.  I for one was glad when he grew out of liking Bionicles because I share the dislike of how hard it can be to snap the pieces together, him having them fall apart easily when playing with them, and me having to put them back together again.

Photo by Kjersti
Text by Kjersti with Mik's wheelchair accessibility input



Destination Info:
Legoland California
One Legoland Dr
Carlsbad, CA 92008

Legoland California: LEGO Factory Tour

The LEGO Factory tour part of Legoland is kind of cool because you can see how the LEGOs are made, although most of the machines were not working, which seems pretty typical.  Mik liked pushing the button to try to get the face on the LEGO head stamped right.  It was a little awkward to roll up to it, but doable.  Of course, most of the machines were either off or not working properly, so just more frustrating than normal.

Photo and Text by Kjersti with Mik's wheelchair accessibility input

Destination Info:
Legoland California
One Legoland Dr
Carlsbad, CA 92008

Legoland California: Xbox Family Game Space

Mik loves playing the Xbox at home, although he is not that much into the LEGO games.  Last time we went to Legoland he did not want to check out the Xbox Family Game Space, but this time he let us check it out.  It is pretty nicely set up with two game stations that are wheelchair accessible.  Also, the Lego Rock Band area does not have seats, so while not meant just for wheelchairs it works for those in wheelchairs other than the drums having a foot pedal.


Overall very wheelchair accessible and fun considering no rides at Legoland are wheelchair accessible.  However, kind of a disappointment that it had one of the screens set up for Batman instead of LEGO Star Wars (best LEGO adventure video games in my opinion).  At least there were two options, though, with the other screen having LEGO Harry Potter.

Text by Kjersti with Mik's wheelchair accessibility input
Photos by Joe (i.e. Dad)

Destination Info:
Legoland California
One Legoland Dr
Carlsbad, CA 92008