My toddler Wade B. was too small to go on all the same rides as his strapping four-year-old brother, who stands a mighty 40" tall. Unfortunately, Wade didn't understand why he couldn't ride the Sky Patrol helicopters or the rescue vehicles at the Fun Town Police and Fire Academy, and went wild with frustration and envy. Thankfully, he got his kicks at Duplo Playtown, a region of Legoland designed for toddlers.
We visited the theme park with another family, and my friend and I spent part of the afternoon in Duplo Playtown with our little ones while our husbands took the older boys on height-restricted rides. This was a great strategy.
Wade loved the Legoland Express Train. We rode it four times, and he got mad every time it stopped. He finally moved on, though, because of all the other colorful distractions in Duplo Playtown. There were cars to sit in, playhouses to enter, structures to climb. Also, a cute jail. Wade spent like 15 minutes in a single house looking out the windows and happily declining to go down the slide.
Much of this entertainment was lined up in front of an arcing row of shaded benches, ideal seating for lazy moms who want to hang out and maybe catch Pokémon on their phones (look, it was a Beldum Community Day). Duplo Playtown was fun for the kids and easy for us, a pleasant, relaxing stop in the middle of a very active day. read more