Legoland

We went to Legoland in Bilund with Dominik and Natasha today. Some highlights:

All the submarines in Legoland are Yellow. There are at least two.

There are a bunch of watery rides that involve a nice calm ride around canals.. and then a long ride down ending in a splash. Designers clearly know the psychology though - the longer the ride, the more satisfied people are - even when most of the ride is just a filler.

Prices (for food) are quite reasonable - quite comparable to those in Aarhus, maybe + 10 or 15 %. Buying bread to cook over the fire cost just 10 DKK and provided for a fairly filling meal. Coffe was 18 DKK.

4D cinema can mean a 3D cinema with special effects such as smoke, raindrops and a light show. No movement though.

There is quite a bit of blatant advertising around for companies tied in with the attractions (like trucks in Miniland having Coca-cola logos or the gas station at Lego Driving school being a Statoil).

Miniland has working water locks and dykes that ships pass through on their preprogrammed circles. Also, bridges that get raised when ships try to pass.. Impressive.

There are two roller coaster type things. However, they have something far more ingenious - industrial robot arms that have chairs stuck on their ends, that you can program yourself (to an extent) and then sit in those chairs and let it throw you around.. D. chose the highest difficulty setting, which basically meant we were spun 360 degrees in every which direction and spent half the time on the ride feet up. Anyone going there should bring groin protection with them, though.

There is now an aquarium there.. that has an intro video, that emulates a submarine driving into Atlantis. There is also a small petting zoo where you get to touch crabs and starfish.. and a life-size replica of a great white on the wall.. which is HUGE - the height from the belly to the tip of the tail fin being about my height.

Also I now use a keyring with a Chewbacca lego piece on it.