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Legoland Windsor

rob666 said:
I hate to break it to you, as a fellow dog lover, but there is unsanitary, and there is dangerous...the risks from dog dirt are far greater than from the general risks of flooring.

Much increased risk of e coli, toxocariasis, and salmonella, amongst others.
Parasites can cause blindness.

The research studies are all out there.

Pavements are unhygenic, dog fouled ones are a far greater risk.

I would still prefer dogs to be allowed in parks, just a bit late for me.
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Point well made, and I don't disagree with that. What I will say though is having seen some of the other "hygiene spills" that happen on those paths, and that they happen fairly frequently, I think the issue is still being overstated.

Something else I think that needs baring in mind is that at parks where dogs are allowed it's still only a very small percentage of guests that actually bring their dogs. Because ultimately most people, even if given the choice, don't want to bring their dog to a theme park. It's far more convenient to organise a dog sitter than it is to bring the dog with you. And you go in knowing you'll still be limited in what you can do.
This is why it works at other parks. Because the type of people who are actually committed to bring their dogs with them are usually responsible owners.
I must stress the word 'usually', because you will always get the odd 1 that isn't, but I think we are widely overestimating how many people would commit to visiting with a dog, but then wouldn't act responsibly when they are at the park. There will be some, but nowhere near as many as you'll find letting their dogs defile the average street. Hence my initial comparison.

I do have some reservations with the way this is being trialed. For example is their a list of banned breeds? Because if not their really should be. Also limiting it to only a few day makes it like a special event, which does introduce the danger that lots of people all bring their dogs at the same time, rather than our experience at Europa where you might only see 1 or 2 groups a day. Admittedly I counted far more dogs at LEGOLAND Billund than at Europa, but then that park is smaller.
 
Expect we’ll get the next project reveal in 2026.

Wonder if they’ll clone the indoor Space coaster they’re building at the US parks? Haven’t looked too much into the ride type but an indoor coaster makes sense and they do like cloning rides.
 
Jb85 said:
I’d like an inverting coaster of some sort to go in. Would be a good step up
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I agree; LLW is kind of the odd one out, being almost exclusively geared towards younger kids, given the other sites feature a few more thrilling attractions. I could see LLW with something like a Vekoma STC... They're thrilling without being too much and have a low rider height restriction of 1.2 metres.
 
Skyscraper said:
I agree; LLW is kind of the odd one out, being almost exclusively geared towards younger kids, given the other sites feature a few more thrilling attractions. I could see LLW with something like a Vekoma STC... They're thrilling without being too much and have a low rider height restriction of 1.2 metres.
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I can’t see it personally. The park is so geared to that demographic and when Merlin have 2 other parks that already skew upwards in age appeal about 20 minutes away I can’t see the logic in spending that much money targeting them.

It’s not like Paultons where you can understand them wanting to retain visitors as they age. Merlin just send them down the road.
 
Tbh I think a Lego mine themed runaway train utilising the hillside and some fake mine buildings to give the illusion of entering the mines etc would be a great fit for the location, I’ve long wished for a Vekoma 1m02cm height decent flagship coaster in a UK family park…. But doubt it would make the planning requirements fo Windsor ….
 
Bowser said:
I can’t see it personally. The park is so geared to that demographic and when Merlin have 2 other parks that already skew upwards in age appeal about 20 minutes away I can’t see the logic in spending that much money targeting them.

It’s not like Paultons where you can understand them wanting to retain visitors as they age. Merlin just send them down the road.
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I would counter this, when families visit a park they often want to go as a group, bringing all of their children so whilst they may not stay together the whole day, they may meet up multiple times, that isn't possible if they are 20 mins down the road. Disney do this well, whilst the rides aren't thrill, they are often family / family thrill and are enjoyable for the whole family.

Imo:
Alton towers is alright, however they dont have many rides where older and younger people can ride.

Chessington do this alright (paw patrol may help this a bit) but it is similar to alton towers

Thorpe park are fine imo as teenagers/adults are a separate group who can go independently.
 
All Merlin parks need more rides for adults that don't particularly want thrills. This is a category that's continually overlooked. Quality dark rides, flying theatres, good family coasters, water rides... In recent years we've been getting only thrill rides and kids' rides. The Bluey coaster is going to be of no interest to my elderly father, neither is Paw Patrol. Toxicator? Forget it. Hyperia? As if. There's just nothing in between anymore. Why did non-thrilling rides have to become so exclusively juvenile?
 
NuttySquirrel said:
All Merlin parks need more rides for adults that don't particularly want thrills. This is a category that's continually overlooked. Quality dark rides, flying theatres, good family coasters, water rides... In recent years we've been getting only thrill rides and kids' rides. The Bluey coaster is going to be of no interest to my elderly father, neither is Paw Patrol. Toxicator? Forget it. Hyperia? As if. There's just nothing in between anymore. Why did non-thrilling rides have to become so exclusively juvenile?
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Yes, this is what I was trying to say, you need a nice mixing allowing no one to miss out on the fun.

They need family level rides which aren't baby's first coaster type of rides
 
NuttySquirrel said:
All Merlin parks need more rides for adults that don't particularly want thrills. This is a category that's continually overlooked. Quality dark rides, flying theatres, good family coasters, water rides... In recent years we've been getting only thrill rides and kids' rides. The Bluey coaster is going to be of no interest to my elderly father, neither is Paw Patrol. Toxicator? Forget it. Hyperia? As if. There's just nothing in between anymore. Why did non-thrilling rides have to become so exclusively juvenile?
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It would be interesting if Windsor went in the direction of Billund and Deutschland, in the sense of they try to stand a a theme park for everyone and capture the Lego adult audience too!

I don’t really have much of a reason to go back to Windsor but if became more like those parks, I’d definitely consider visiting.
 
Bert2theSpark said:
It would be interesting if Windsor went in the direction of Billund and Deutschland, in the sense of they try to stand a a theme park for everyone and capture the Lego adult audience too!

I don’t really have much of a reason to go back to Windsor but if became more like those parks, I’d definitely consider visiting.
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I do feel the park is missing out on a huge amount of customers by not targeting adult fans
 
NuttySquirrel said:
All Merlin parks need more rides for adults that don't particularly want thrills. This is a category that's continually overlooked. Quality dark rides, flying theatres, good family coasters, water rides... In recent years we've been getting only thrill rides and kids' rides. The Bluey coaster is going to be of no interest to my elderly father, neither is Paw Patrol. Toxicator? Forget it. Hyperia? As if. There's just nothing in between anymore. Why did non-thrilling rides have to become so exclusively juvenile?
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In fairness Legoland overwhelmingly deliver on this front compared to any other Merlin park (or any UK park).

- Flying Theatre
- 4 Dark Rides (quality variable admittedly)
- 2 good Family Coasters (including 1 with a dark ride section)
- Log Flume, Hydra Challenge and 2 boat rides.

Jb85 said:
I do feel the park is missing out on a huge amount of customers by not targeting adult fans
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Depending on who you listen to, it's either the UK's most popular or 2nd most popular theme park and for the most part attendance has been an upwards trajectory. They certainly don't have the capacity currently for a huge amount of new customers and one new ride targeting a different demographic isn't going to cut it.

I think it's ok for some parks to be aimed predominantly at young families, especially in this case when they're surrounded by parks from the same operator.
 
Jb85 said:
I do feel the park is missing out on a huge amount of customers by not targeting adult fans
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I would agree, and I think they need to start considering expanding to a more rounded experience like disney.

however I feel that the adult lego Craze has happened only very recently, and previously there were adults playing with it but not that many, I think the park was built with the idea of that but to capitalise on the adult audience they will probably have to shift a lot of the parks focus which will probably be quite difficult
 
Legoland Windsor is the best Legoland Park I have been to great setting and some original Legoland Rides like Haunted House Monster Party, Deep Sea Adventure, Hill Train, Legoland Express, and the best version of the Dragon I have done.

Legoland Windsor has a lot more to do compared to Legoland Florida and Legoland Dubai the other two I have done
 
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