About a month ago I posted a giveaway for 4 tickets to the Lego Land Discovery Center in Chicago. Shortly after that giveaway ended, my family and I took a weekend trip to Chicago to visit the Lego Land Discovery Center. The weekend we went just so happened to be their Star Wars weekend. My son was beside himself! He is the biggest Star Wars fan ever!
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Upon arriving at Lego Land, we were greeted by a GIGANTIC giraffe and a man sitting on a bench, made completely out of Lego’s! The kids humored me so I could take a picture…but boy were they itching to get inside!
Once inside we had to decide…go upstairs or stay downstairs and explore the main floor. The kids were dying to run around the main floor, but one tip I was given from someone that had been to Lego Land before was to make sure you get upstairs right away and sign up for the different events going on upstairs. So that is exactly what we did…we signed up for two Lego building workshops, a new Lego game tournament, and the Lego factory tour.
Since we had time before our first workshop, we decided to watch the 4D movie. None of us had ever seen a 4D movie before. We grabbed our glasses and took our seats. Let me tell you, 4D movies are AH-MAZING! I am not one that likes regular 3D movies, but not only did I think 4D was cool, but I didn’t get the typical headache I usually get wearing 3D glasses. So what exactly is 4D? Basically, not only does part of the movie look like it is popping off the screen (but way more than it does in 3D), but if the wind is blowing, you feel it. If it rains, you feel it. If something bad is about to happen, a red light turns on. It really is a cool way to watch movies…I’m thinking something like Aladin or The Lion King would be really cool in 4D!
So what made this a “Star Wars” weekend? Well there were a lot of the popular Star Wars characters present to take pictures with (or not take pictures with since some of them were more interested in getting on the elevator), the mini-lego area where they had a replica of downtown Chicago made out of Lego’s had various Star War Lego people invading the city, and they had a green screen set up so you can take a picture holding light sabers and have it set to a Star Wars scene.
Other fun things Lego Land had to offer was two really fun rides. One seemed very similar to the It’s a Small World ride at Disney, but everything in this ride was made out of Lego’s and had a dragon theme. Both rides were very fun for the kids. But the area that I think they could have spent all day in was the free build area where they could build whatever they wanted. The most popular being cars so they can race them down the various ramps!
All in all, we had a really great time at the Lego Land Discovery Center in Chicago. My only complaints would be the fact that a few of the Star Wars characters really couldn’t be bothered to take pictures. One guy we asked nodded his head yes but as soon as the elevator opened, he bolted inside and never let the kids take a picture with him. I thought that was highly rude and hurtful to the kids who were excited to see him.
The other complaint was how much they charge to buy your LITTLE object you built during the Lego workshops. When we signed up for the workshop, they never told us that what we built had to be purchased. All we built was a mini replica of the Sears tower and a jedi plane thing. They wanted $5 for the Sears tower and $3.00 for the jedi plane. I thought that was rather expensive for what it was.
The kids are already asking about when we can go to Lego Land again. They truly had a blast. Check out the Lego Land website to see if there is a Discovery Center near you!! Be sure to check the events page for special themed weekends!! I wish we could go back in September when they have their Mini-Figure swap…Zachary would be in heaven!
Oooo — I can see my son (who is already obsessed with Legos) LOVING this! Wish there was one in Houston.
Wow, that looks like so much fun!
There's once in Dallas/Fort Worth.