5.8.10 – LegoLand

I had to get up early, early in the morning to head into the city this morning. This is mainly because I was meeting up with a group of DIS students at 7:30am in the city to head to LEGOLAND! The worst part was that my bus doesn’t run that early in the mornings so I had to walk to the station to get into town.

Once in town, I grabbed some breakfast at the 7-Eleven, where I met up with several other students also seeking the same morning fix. On the bus, I then got a chance to eat and then proceeded to fall asleep to catch some sleep that I had missed out on the night before. Just so you know, LegoLand is in Western Denmark and about three hours from Copenhagen, so we did have quite the journey just to get out there.

Like the night before, when we got there, we received out ticket to the park and were on our own for the rest of the day. The first stop, MiniLand! This is the area of the park where they have a variety of reconstructions of different monuments or towns all made out of Legos. They had Denmark attractions like Nyhavn and Amalienborg as well as other areas from around Europe like Amsterdam. They also mixed in some American things (like a NASA center and a Hollywood set) and an Asian section (which was rather random). It was really cool regardless just to know that the whole thing was made out of Lego bricks. They also only used the basic colors.

After seeing MiniLand, my friends Xue and Nanette, and I began making our way back to the area with more rides. We ended up going on practically everything we could – a miniature railroad, several small roller coasters (where we got some awesome on ride pictures), and a few other random ones. None of the rides were too overwhelming. The park, I found, is mainly geared to families and younger children, however this didn’t stop us from having fun. We also went to a 4-D show, which was sort of interesting. I don’t understand what make it so different from 3-D though; it looked rather similar.

After the show we headed to one last ride, which was really interesting. The best way to describe it was that it was like a simulator, and you got to individually program your ride before you got on. It was really interesting. By the time we were done with the ride, we didn’t have much time left, so we made our way back to the entrance and stopped at the LegoShop along the way. I was a little disappointed because I was hoping they would have some the buildings for sale, however most of the sets were simply regular Lego series.

We then made our way back out to the bus to start our journey back to Copenhagen. En route, we stopped for a normal DIS dinner – decent food and a lot of it – and then back on the bus. I was rather proud of myself because with the remaining two hours on the bus, I managed to look over my history notes, which I had dragged along with me. It wasn’t serious studying but it was good to at least get a look and overview at all my notes again.

WE arrived back in the city around 9:00pm. Since it wasn’t too late, I decided to give Dad a call to see if I could meet up with them. Coincidentally, they were no farther than about a block from where I got off the bus. I then headed over to meet them and say “hello”. They had yet to eat, so I decided to sit with them during their dinner and simply talk for a little bit. After dinner, we walked along Stroget for a little ways before I headed down to the metro to make my way home. It was a goofy time to spend with them, but it was really nice at the same time, especially since I had missed them the day before.