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    Legoland Discovery Centre

    2.4 (20 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Caroline H.

    Today we visited Legoland in Manchester. Not knowing there was a Legoland here I did some res ears the day before and it was clearly advertised with the sea life centre so we figured it was two smaller centres you do in one day and that was exactly the case. We purchased online and saved ££ in doing so which always makes mummy happy! We also went for the second time slot as the first is alway busy. We parked in the Barton square car park as the website suggested and as we were nice and early we go a park directly outside the entrance. We did not have to wait in a queue at all we walked straight up to the counter which is a bonus! Once we collected our tickets we had out photos taken (which I don't know about you but I always buy because I am a sucker!) and went up the lifts to the first area. Upstairs there was a short presentation on how Legos are made. For Boo's age the man was a little scary and loud but she did well. I liked that all the kids were involved and having fun. Once through there was a ride called Kingdom Quest, but we weren't sure if boo (1yr old) could go on it, so we skipped it at first and went through to the Lego display area. Boo loved pushing the buttons. Once in the main area we saw the 4d movie - which we enjoyed but was MUCH too loud for boo, and myself. I wish they had it down just a little. She loved the pits of Lego, the small play area, the big play area and the big formula one car. Unfortunately she was too small for the other two rides so I found a lady with a similar aged child and asked if they did the first ride. They had done and said it wasn't too scary so we went back to get on the Kingdom Quest ride. Boo was fine on the ride and I am so glad we went on it because I would have felt disappointed if we didn't get to do one ride. I think it was what we expected, a small scale version of Legoland and I think it is marketed that was with the combination tickets to sea world. Would go again Money spent - £23 each, plus photo pack (we got the £20 ultimate combo pack being extravagant and on holiday - 2 big photos, 1 magnet, 1 Keyring, 2 wallet photos and photo download code) Cons - $$ is steep if you have lots of children, playground has no age restriction so lots of big kids mixed with little ones, 4d cinema too loud and no one to ask if the little one can go on certain rides.

    Imogen J.

    Even when I was a child I never quite "got" Lego. Maybe it was a girl thing, we had Barbie and Tiny Tears, boys had Scalextric and Lego. Why oh why then twenty something years later was I excited to be in the Legoland Discovery Centre? This is the latest addition in the "home bit" of the gargantuan Trafford Centre and I dropped into this make believe world of tiny coloured bricks to check out their party packages. Kids can be so competitive, parties at home with pass the parcel don't quite cut it any more. This new arrival opened in March 2010 and was inspired by its originator, the theme park , Legoland Windsor. Claire the assistant reliably informed me that there are over 2 million Lego bricks (who counted?) in the interactive centre. It is divided into different sections: Miniland which is a miniature recreation of famous landmarks in Northern cities, The Princess Palace of pink turrets, the Model Builder's Workshop in which children are given lessons in Lego techniques by a "master"- very Obi Wan Kenobi. There is also a 4D cinema, a soft play area and a Duplo village for the toddlers. Maybe times have changed as this artificial world was over-run with girls and everyone seemed to be having fun. Still not quite my scene but I guess they did not have me in mind when they made it. Nice cafe though so perhaps they did.

    Hugo C.

    Great for kids but it should be better, there is not much to do, and it is very small for the size of what Lego represents in the world. To begin with, some of the staff looked a bit disorganized and not very friendly and it seems that the people with a "year pass" can skip the queues and be treated firstly while the others were there waiting even before they opened the doors. So why not have a separate entry for that kind of people and not let see the others that they have been skipped and create a bad atmosphere before you even get into the place. The place is very small, it doesn't have many things to do for the price you get charged. Lego is a multinational business and this place makes them look very bad. For the kids is an insult to try to fool them with big buckets of scrambled pieces of Lego, a 10 minutes 4d cinema, a small train which takes rides every 3 minutes, few displays of Lego pieces and a small cage with few ladders and one slide. So up you go kids...enjoy yourselves!!! For us the parents, the only satisfaction is to see the kids happy not to try to struggle with what they get there because is just the name Lego who attracts them, it will be probably better if they just make it bigger and better, I'm not trying just to say bad things about the place, Lego will be Lego, I feel part of that team so I want that team to be better. How many times do you buy their products a year? Maybe you love Lego but does Lego love you?

    Ryan C.

    Wow, how to start a review for a place so bad. To start I love Lego, and have done since I was a kid. I've always wanted that to build that £999 Death Star (it's on my bucket list). My little 2 year old isn't into as Lego as much but she does build stuff with those Jumbo Bricks. I don't think neither of us were impressed. The website & paper map given to you makes this place out to be huge........it's not. You start the trip with a visit from the professor, who's machine is not working. The kids are then asked to help by pressing buttons turning knobs and jumping up and down & shouting. Afterwards when the machine is up and running all the kids get a "personalised" Lego Brick (basically a Lego brick with LegoLand Discovery Centre printed on it). Then your taken to ride where you move on rails and have to shoot stuff. Your then in the factory. On paper this may sound good.........but it's not. The factory is made up of Lego stations, each with a specific theme. X2 rides which last all of 1min and a play centre. There is also a café. The Café is expensive and has little choice. It's tried way to much to be healthy. I would eat out before coming here. I was going to give it 1star but our last journey was to the 4D cinema were we watched a 10 min film which was not only was 3D but also had effects like snow, wind, rain giving the 4D'ness of it which has inclined me to give it an extra star. I don't think I would go here again as my child will be 3 next month and will have to pay to get in. And the adults have to pay as well. £10 if booked online £12 if not !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    2 years ago

    A bit worst then Lego land but got a little Lego piece which is to remember and can only be accessed from there.

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    Overpriced, £40+ for family of four, had advance booked tickets, still had to queue for 20 mins

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    I don't understand the point of this place. Tiny, seriously TINY and over-priced to the point of insanity.

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