Travel by photos – A day in LEGOLAND Malaysia

The first LEGOLAND in Asia, LEGOLAND® Malaysia, is set to open for public on 15th September 2012. Travel Feeder, being a reputable travel blog in the region 🙂 , has the honour to visit the park prior to its grand opening last Saturday to preview the 6th Legoland in the world in full operation. This is my preview report with images taken within the park.

Before stepping into the park, let me share some information regarding LEGOLAND. LEGOLAND® Malaysia is the sixth LEGOLAND to be built in the world and the very first in Asia. Targeted at families with children between the ages of two to twelve years old, LEGOLAND Parks are based on the universally popular LEGO® construction toy product. They offer families the opportunity to bond, learn and push the boundaries of their imaginations through LEGO experiences. At LEGOLAND, families can practice their imagination and creativity, have fun while learning, and understand the importance of caring and quality. Families will be immersed in a unique mix of kid-powered rides, building challenges, spectacular LEGO models, interactive attractions, family-friendly coasters and shows that pull the audience into the action. LEGOLAND Malaysia features more than 40 interactive rides, shows and attractions. Other LEGOLAND theme parks across the world are situated in Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany and USA with California and Florida locations. There are LEGOLAND Hotels in Denmark and the UK; with a hotel scheduled to open in California in 2013.

LEGOLAND Malaysia is located at Iskandar Malaysia and is made possible through IDR Resorts and Merlin Entertainments Groups, the world’s second largest visitor attraction operator. Visit www.LEGOLAND.com.my for more information.

As part of the media friends being invited by Legoland Malaysia to preview the park on last Saturday, Jean and I together with our children decided to have some fun while still no public is allowed in there. Less crowd meant we had more chances to experience most, if not all, of the rides and games featured in Legoand Malaysia.

As always, many photos were taken within the park and being shared here for those of you who wish to have a glimp on the inside of the park before planning for a family trip there.

Last Saturday, 1st September, 2 weeks before the park being open to public, was also the date for annual pass redemption. We reached there at about 2pm and there were already full of people queuing up in front of the ticket counter.

After picking up our day pass at the media counter, we passed through the security and started our LEGO journey!! 🙂

Before starting our exploration, we picked up a park map showing all the attractions and amenities within the park.

Right after the entry point, or before the exit point if you are leaving, there is a large BIG SHOP mechandise shop and a cafe, where you can take a rest while your wife is taking your children to buy Lego bricks in the shop.

The Legoland is divided into 6 zones, namely LEGO Technic, LEGO Kingdom, LEGO City, Land of Adventure, Imagination and Miniland, all with its own theme and characteristic with different types of games and rides.

We started off with the Lego Technic Zone. Technic Twister is the 1st ride we tried in the park.

While taking a rest at the cafe, we met the LEGO Buddy! Snap me!

No visit to LEGOLAND would complete without meeting up the BUDDY and the Ollie. We saw Ollie The Dragon having fun with children.

Children can play some of the Adventure Games in Adventure zone and win great prizes too!

Aquazone Wave Racer can make you really wet.

There is a child care centre next to the DUPLO Play town and Pizza Mania restaurant.

If your children love to learn how to take a boat, Boating School could be a perfect school for them!

Dino Island is where you can join a thrilling journey to the peak of a forgotten volcano.  Watch out for the LEGO^®dinosaurs along the way, and prepare to get wet on the way down.

DUPLO Play Town within the Imagination zone where children can play around the LEGO figures.

LEGO Academy, where young children can get help in build educational LEGO^® model.

My daughter loves this Driving school very much.

One of the key feature in LEGOLAND is MINILAND. See the world in an amazing new way in MINILAND, the centrepiece of every LEGOLAND^®Park.  It took three years and more than 30 million LEGO^® bricks to recreate some of Asia’s best known landmarks in detailed miniature.Stroll through famous scenes from 17 Asian countries, including the Petronas Twin Towers, the Merlion Statue and the Taj Mahal.

Little India.

Little Singapore.

KLCC built with LEGO bricks! Looks awesome!

KLIA international airport.

Little Myanmar.

and Little Putrajaya, the administrative hub for central government of Malaysia.

LEGO Express train will take you round a section of the park to overview all the nearby attractions and sights.

Visitors will get some amusement act from this clown wandering around the park.

Shipyard within the Lego City is an adventure paradise for climbers and crawlers.

The dragon castle in Lego Kingdom.

Project-X roller coaster.

Lost Kingdom, the laser-blasting hunt game for lost treasure.

The Observation deck.

We stayed up until dusk on that day. Before leaving the park, we did some shopping inside the BIG shop.

When the sun goes down and all the lights within the park go on, the night scene at Legoland Malaysia is equally attractive.

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At about 8 PM, we ended our day of fun in Legoland Malaysia. It was a day with full of fun and excitement for my family especially my children who loved it so much and even cried for more. A great experience visiting LEGOLAND Malaysia… if only we had more time around. We crawled back to our EG hotel in Kempas town with heavy feet and called it a wonderful family day out! 🙂

Updated: LEGOLAND Hotel is now open and it would be the best accommodation option if you want to enjoy your trip to Legoland to the fullest. Don’t miss their buffet breakfast and dinner which are simply marvellous!

What’s my verdict?

Environment: Good √ √ √ √
Features to explore: Good √ √ √ √
Photographic opportunities: Good √ √ √ √
Accessability: Good √ √ √ √
Worthiness of visit: Good √ √ √ √
Overall Travel Score : 80% (Very Good)

Verdict: Combining lots of attractions and features to explore and photographic opportunities within the park, Legoland is surely a paradise for both children and parents. Elderly may find staying in the park for hours under the hot sun is too hot to their liking, but looking at how your grand children enjoying all those rides and games, every penny is surely well spent! The only drawback I could think of is you need a lot of energy and time to explore it to the fullest! 🙂 – Travel Feeder, your ultimate travel photo blog