Alistair Mackay
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LEGOLAND Discovery Centre
Pros:
- Very engaging for the kids
- Hardly any queuing to enter! They allocate a time so book in advance!
- Lots to do and interact with (the main build room and racing room will be the highlight)
- Free rides including the short 4d cinema experience. Some rides and play areas designed for under 5s, then others for slightly older. Caters well for wide age range.
- Shop at the end is priced quite well (doubles up as a normal shop)
- Worth it for adults too, miniature cities are great and you can go on most or all the rides.
- Staff are great, very energetic and right positivity for the 'Lego Experience'.
- Parking and transport is a doddle. Lots of free parking, it's right near a tram stop or you walk over to the Palazzo from the main Trafford Centre. Easy peasy.
Cons:
- On 23rd July 2023 visit they had refrigeration issues so no sandwiches for adults, but plenty for kids (kids sandwich would be fine for adults) so if you're trying to be healthy you're struggling. chicken burger under 400cals was an option I think
- On that, aside from a very pink cafe in the Trafford Palazzo there isn't anywhere else nearby to eat. (As it's a seperate building from the main Trafford Centre)
- The seating and eating area needs to be twice the size. It's clearly a popular place, and 23rd July was raining so no doubt busy, but it needs to address this soon if continue to be successful.
- Drinks Freestyle Coke machine - again, only a third of flavours were an issue. You only find this out after buying the cup.
- Very engaging for the kids
- Hardly any queuing to enter! They allocate a time so book in advance!
- Lots to do and interact with (the main build room and racing room will be the highlight)
- Free rides including the short 4d cinema experience. Some rides and play areas designed for under 5s, then others for slightly older. Caters well for wide age range.
- Shop at the end is priced quite well (doubles up as a normal shop)
- Worth it for adults too, miniature cities are great and you can go on most or all the rides.
- Staff are great, very energetic and right positivity for the 'Lego Experience'.
- Parking and transport is a doddle. Lots of free parking, it's right near a tram stop or you walk over to the Palazzo from the main Trafford Centre. Easy peasy.
Cons:
- On 23rd July 2023 visit they had refrigeration issues so no sandwiches for adults, but plenty for kids (kids sandwich would be fine for adults) so if you're trying to be healthy you're struggling. chicken burger under 400cals was an option I think
- On that, aside from a very pink cafe in the Trafford Palazzo there isn't anywhere else nearby to eat. (As it's a seperate building from the main Trafford Centre)
- The seating and eating area needs to be twice the size. It's clearly a popular place, and 23rd July was raining so no doubt busy, but it needs to address this soon if continue to be successful.
- Drinks Freestyle Coke machine - again, only a third of flavours were an issue. You only find this out after buying the cup.