Pretty simple day today. Just walked across the road and walked around for a bit.
;)
Photos not all in chronological order.
Breakfast in the buffet was pretty huge. Best thing though: a massive pile of thin crispy bacon!
Got myself a Legoland ticket downstairs.
Before the gates opened I walked down the road to the Lego headquarters to see the building.
Lego Headquarters
Then back to Legoland for the 10am opening.
Legoland Billund entrance
The park is a pretty good size, but much easier to navigate than Windsor because it's more long and thin. After the first walk through the park I didn't need the map anymore (at Windsor I needed it all day).
Legoland from Lego Top
Castle and roller coaster from Lego Top
Airport scene in Miniland from Lego Top
There's a new section at the end - Polar Land, which has some real penguins (!) - seventeen gentoo penguins, and an amazing roller coaster. I went on this roller coaster four times in the morning - it was the best ride in the park. In hindsight I should have had a few more goes on it when there was no queue as by late afternoon the queues were very long.
Lego polar bear and Polar X-Plorer (check name)
Gentoo penguin at Legoland
Some stuff is pretty much the same as Windsor - for example the Dragon ride and the Egypt ride. And some of the models around the park are the same too.
Lego Egyptian statue
They have a model of Abu Simbel too - but they've put the fallen head back on it! heh
Lego Abu Simbel
Lego Wat Phra Keo
Lego Capitol Building
Lego Statue of Liberty
The Miniland is quite extensive, but doesn't have too much in the way of landmark buildings, it's more cute little villages. They have the Star Wars scenes in Miniland as well, same as Windsor, but these ones are outside so much easier to photograph! They have their original miniland village which you can tell is a much simpler style, and much "blockier" because they had to use bricks for most things instead of plates and all the various fancy pieces of Lego you can get nowadays. Most disappointing discovery: arguably Denmark's most famous attraction, the Little Mermaid is there in Copenhagen harbour - but is not made of Lego!! Fail! heh.
Amalienborg - Royal Palace in Copenhagen in Miniland
Copenhagen scene in Miniland
Copenhagen scene in Miniland
Copenhagen scene in Miniland
Amalienborg - Royal Palace in Copenhagen in Miniland
The Little Mermaid - but not made of Lego!!
Rosenborg Castle
Copenhagen scene in Miniland
Amalienborg - Royal Palace in Copenhagen in Miniland
Amsterdam scene in Miniland
Amsterdam scene in Miniland
Oil production in the North Sea scene in Miniland
Windmill in Miniland
Village scene in Miniland
Hoth scene in Star Wars Miniland
Arena of Geonosis in Star Wars Miniland
Kashyyk scene in Star Wars Miniland
Millennium Falcon in Star Wars Miniland
Imperial shuttle on Endor in Star Wars Miniland
Neuschwanstein castle in Miniland
Dusseldorf scene in Miniland
Reichsburg Castle in Miniland
The Rhine scene in Miniland
Los Angeles buildings in Miniland
Mann's Chinese Theatre in Miniland
Building in Miniland
Lego Mount Rushmore in Legoland
Broen model in Miniland (I think)
Waterfront town scene in Miniland
Church in Miniland
Bergen scene in Miniland
Norway building in Miniland
Church in Miniland
Building in Miniland
A380 model in Miniland
Lego people in Legoland
Kid with Lego minifigs
So yeah lots of walking up and down the park, went on most of the rides that were worth going on without having to wait in queues. Took far too many photos, but at least I took under five hundred!
Lego Top from the Monorail
Found somewhere in the park to eat a very late lunch/early dinner - a chicken salad for 50 kr. Much cheaper than the 200-250 I'd need to eat here! But only just, as they were all closing up for the day.
Prices in this country continue to astound me. I thought I was pretty lucky getting that meal for 50 kr (about ten dollars). I quickly gave up looking at the merchandise. They had Lego keyrings for 100 kr - that's twenty dollars! Absolutely insane! A plain soft-service ice cream was 45 kr ($9). Actually I lie, they did also have smaller ones for 22 kr. But the same store had mega ice creams going up to 82 kr - $16!!
Got back to the hotel and started sorting stuff out for tomorrow, but will leave that story for tomorrow.
Distance covered on the GPS: 16.5 km
Steps walked: 18906
Photos on the Canon: 472
Photos on the Sony: 29
Videos: 4
DKK Spent: 50
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