LEGOLAND

Well we did it! We finally went to Legoland! We are Disneyland fans so always spent the money on tickets there rather than locally at Legoland. Thanks to a raffle drawing we won free passes and off we went.
The kids were so excited as the older two visited the park last year with their grandparents. Tirzah was excited by all the colors and fun looking things as soon as we walked in.
The very first ride was one with a possibility of getting wet, but they didn't care so Daddy took them as Tirzah and I watched. She wanted so badly to be on the ride in the "wa wa." She proceeded to crack up laughing each time they came around the circle by us and were getting splashed!
The day started out wonderful and continued with more fun. Daddy and Andy dared to ride this crazy ride that twisted and turned them all over. Meanwhile Tirzah cried as she wasn't big enough to ride the very tame horsey ride around the castle area. RR begged to find the fairy brook ride and we all tried Granny's apple fries( Mommy and Daddy loved them, kids not so much...though T and RR did love the cream).
The best part of the whole trip we all agreed was the mini land USA- that was AMAZING! The kids all wanted to keep walking around and looking for more details. RR found 3 wedding scenes, Tirzah loved the "copter" on top of a skyscraper in NYC and Andy searched for Elvis in Vegas for RR.(incase you didn't know the Elvis gene skips a generation as my mom LOVED him and I can do with out but somehow my kids LOVE him!
Tirzah was able to ride an airplane ride early in the day and then towards the end we finally found some more adventures for her. She loved driving the safari jeep- ok so she was 1/4 inch to short to ride but they let her on anyhow.
Overall we had fun, but noticed a few things. There is no spark there- no life no noise! As we walked around we couldn't help but compare it with Disneyland as we have spent so many days there in our lifetime. We commented how there was very rarely any music or performers around- things that make Disneyland so alive. Even the employs(with the exception of 2 ride attendants and our waiter) were very depressing people, they were neither nice nor happy to be at their job. The whole land is very much marketed for 6-11yr olds which is a very small age group. I just can't see any kids older really liking it and the younger ones only have a couple rides they are allowed on. So thank you Broadway Theater Arts Academy for the trip but as far as Legoland I don't think we will be spending our own money to visit again anytime soon. Off to the happiest place in the world we will go...DISNEYLAND!