Four Little Monkeys

Day 2: Monday, September 10^th - Legoland

We decided to hit Legoland on Monday since we discovered on Sunday night that their schedule was hit and miss (being a little off-season).  After getting up and eating breakfast at the hotel, we headed out... right into California traffic!  We soon discovered the benefits of the carpool lane (since in Utah it usually doesn't make much difference) speeding past much of the traffic.

Our day in Legoland was spectacular, mostly due to the fact that the park was at about 5% capacity and we didn't have to wait at all, or very long, for any of the rides in the park.  The rides were merely OK, but no waiting made the ‘OK’ rides much more fun.  Even better was that the park staff would frequently ask if we wanted to ride again if nobody was waiting in line, so we would stay on the ride and go again without having to exit and enter again.

Favorite rides for the kids were the Technic Coaster, the Dragon Coaster, and the Knight's Tournament. Abby was big enough to ride Knight’s Tournament at level 1 with a huge funky life vest thing, Emily and Elise got to do Level 2, while Ben, Malinda and I went all the way up to level 5 (Emily and Elise wanted to, but they weren’t tall enough).  The best part was watching Malinda ride with Ben because she started laughing uncontrollably (as she always does when riding wild rides for the first time).

The mistake of the day (even though it was fun) was riding on the Pirates Reef because we all got soaking wet.  Ben, Emily, and Elise apparently figured that since they were already wet, it wouldn't hurt to go again a couple more times.  They ended up drenched from head to toe.  Walking around the park for the next couple of hours in wet clothes ended up being literally painful for some of us.

We went on the Lego factory tour and spent some time looking at all of the exhibits.  We were amazed at all of the detail in the displays.

We also got a kick out of the funny signs pointing the way to the bathrooms.

A full day in Legoland made us hungry for some El Pollo Loco, so we headed to the nearest one we could find in nearby Vista, stuffing ourselves with yummy chicken, quesadillas, churros, and ice cream cones to top it off.

Quote of the day: "This is so luxurious!" – Nate in the carpool lane