Hotel Profile
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A Pirate-themed room BELOW RIGHT The Bricks Restaurant
Legoland Resorts
Although the original Legoland in Billund, Denmark, boasts its own on-site hotel with direct access to the park, the new property in Windsor is the first purpose-built and fully-themed Legoland Hotel. Next year, families will also be able to stay the night at Legoland California when the park in Carlsbad opens the USA’s first Lego themed hotel, with a second planned at a later date at Legoland Florida in Winter Haven. A hotel is also part of the plan for the new Legoland Malaysia near Singapore, opening towards the end of this year.
In each of these cases, the arrival of the hotel signals the rebranding of the parks as “resorts,” a process which began at Legoland California in 2008 with the addition of Sea Life Carlsbad Aquarium. Given many Lego fans’ devotion to the little plastic bricks, an overnight stay represents a dream come true.
Legoland Hotel
As reported in the March issue of Park World, guests visiting Legoland Windsor near London can enjoy “the ultimate sleepover” with the opening last month of the Legoland Hotel. Here’s a glimpse of what lies inside
t the entrance to the hotel, close to the park’s main gate, is a clock tower featuring a 6- metre smoke-breathing dragon. Featured in the lobby is a floor to ceiling toy box mobile and a reception wall made from 6,000 Lego figures. The property features 150 themed rooms appointed to standard, premium and corporate standard, typically equipped with one double bed and bunk beds for the kids. Guests can select from one of three themes based around popular Lego toy ranges, namely Kingdom, Adventure and Pirate. Each rooms comes equipped with its own box of
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Lego for children to play with during their stay and spread throughout the hotel are 1,600 individual Lego models. A small Pirate’s Splash Pool complements the various water play attractions in the main park.
Bed and brick-fast in Windsor Meals –
including brick- shaped potatoes – can be enjoyed inside the Bricks Restaurant, where costumed Lego characters put in regular
appearances. Parents can then retire, with or without the kids, to the Skyline Bar, where family-friendly entertainment is provided. A Lego shop is also on hand. Two days’ direct access and early bird entry to the park is available for hotel residents, with a one night stay for two adults and two children starting from £247 ($392/€299).
legoland.co.uk/hotel
6,000 Lego figures are featured in the reception 38
The exterior of the hotel APRIL 2012
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