Legoland visit

eyeinthesky

Hi all, I am taking my grandkids to Legoland on Tuesday, and I was wondering if we would be able to go back to the car for a packed lunch, then re-enter the park. If this is not allowed, then we will have to carry our lunch around with us, as none of the adults is keen on burgers etc. Hope someone can help, Thanks, Dave.

vfish

According to the FAQs you have to get your hand stamped but can be re-admitted if you do that. http://www.legoland.co.uk/Plan/FAQ/Re-admittance-/
They also have lockers that cost £1 so you can put a picnic in them. I haven't been to Windsor but lots of people brought a picnic in a coolbox at Billund and most of them had tied it to one of those wheelie trolleys for moving things in your garage. It made a great seat for their tired kids!

iammumtoone

Yes I believe you can go back to the car but bear in mind your car will be a long way from where you are and going back and forth will waste you valuable time in your day. Most of your day will be wasted queuing anyway do you really want to waste more having to trek back and forth to the car? How old are your grandkids? Do you know anyone you can borrow a small lightweight pushchair from? This is what we did ds is far too old to use it but it carried the packed lunches, towel needed for water area, raincoats etc At legoland there is a space at every ride where you can leave the pushchair just make sure you don't leave anything valuable on it. Failing that do you have a shopping trolley you could take this would do the same job.

Have a lovely time.

susancs

Yes you can go back to the car as they stamp your hand on the way out to allow you to do this. However it will be a bit of a trek back to the car for it as the park is quite big. We just take ours in a carrier bag that we can dispose of after eating lunch. I would recommend getting the unlimited drinks refillable bottle and using disposable cup to dish it out to save carrying lukewarm drinks around with you.

eyeinthesky

Thank you very much for your replies, most appreciated. My grandkids are 6, and almost 8, but my wife has limited mobility, so it would be a chance for her to rest and have lunch at the same time. I will try to find out more about the lockers, as this would maybe be a good alternative. Thanks again.

mcja

Some brilliant advice on here, when I asked for advice. There are lockers there that you can leave your lunch it. It can b a long walk back to the car. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4658859=

olgadapolga

With regards to the lockers, you should know that they are located at the Beginning (at the top of the hill near the car parks) and about halfway between the Beginning and the hotel, so still a bit of a trek if you are at the other end of the park. The lockers cost £1, non-refundable. Although going back to the car park is a fair way, you can catch the Hill Train back up the hill (and it will probably be fairly quiet at lunchtime).

The refillable drinks capsules are good value for money BUT only if you like fizzy/sugary drinks. Personally I'd just take some bottles of water (the restaurants will refill these FOC - the water fountains aren't brilliant and I have seen far too many people putting the spouts in their mouths to want to use them).

Do you have some discount vouchers to reduce the entry prices? If you have a Tesco Clubcard, they were doing a "perk" for Merlin parks, two for the price of one I think.

eyeinthesky

Thanks for the replies, I have had a look at the other thread too, some great tips there and here. I have already paid online and printed tickets at home, so no other way to save on costs, but thanks anyway. I feel a bit more prepared now, with the info here, so it should be a great day out. The kids will love it!, me and the wife, we'll be exhausted, lol.

eyeinthesky

Hi all, well we had our day out yesterday and the grandkids loved it. Me, not so much. It was a slow journey there, with low speed limits imposed on the M25, and average speed cameras, and to be honest, I couldn't see any good reason for such low limits. It went right down to 40mph, and the only benefit I can see is the fines raised from the cameras.

I took the advice from this thread, and the other thread, and bought 2 of the refillable drinks cups, but the price was more than mentioned here, they are now £7.50 each. The queues were 60 minutes plus for most rides, the only alternative was the bots, but at £15 per person for the cheapest one and £70 per person for the dearest one, they were just not a realistic option for us. The kids enjoyed it, but in 5 hours we had only managed 4 rides, and at a cost of around £200, it was a very expensive day out. The park was full of wasps, and this made it a little uncomfortable when trying to eat or drink.

My last moan, lol, is that there are not enough benches to sit and have a quick rest. I mentioned before that my wife has mobility problems, and this made it a very difficult day for her, with all the walking up and down hills.

Nicky101

nieces went to legoland recently and they loved it
im glad you had a good time

Janepig

eyeinthesky wrote: »

Hi all, well we had our day out yesterday and the grandkids loved it. Me, not so much. It was a slow journey there, with low speed limits imposed on the M25, and average speed cameras, and to be honest, I couldn't see any good reason for such low limits. It went right down to 40mph, and the only benefit I can see is the fines raised from the cameras.

I took the advice from this thread, and the other thread, and bought 2 of the refillable drinks cups, but the price was more than mentioned here, they are now £7.50 each. The queues were 60 minutes plus for most rides, the only alternative was the bots, but at £15 per person for the cheapest one and £70 per person for the dearest one, they were just not a realistic option for us. The kids enjoyed it, but in 5 hours we had only managed 4 rides, and at a cost of around £200, it was a very expensive day out. The park was full of wasps, and this made it a little uncomfortable when trying to eat or drink.

My last moan, lol, is that there are not enough benches to sit and have a quick rest. I mentioned before that my wife has mobility problems, and this made it a very difficult day for her, with all the walking up and down hills.

That sounds much like our trip to Legoland in the school holidays a while back - queues and wasps!! We hardly got to see anything due to queuing times. We "paid" with Tesco clubcard vouchers though so that softened the blow. The last time we went was when our two had an inset day at school, so it was effectively term time. What a huge difference. Rides we'd queued over an hour for previously were "walk on's". We saw everything there was to see and had a fab day.

Jx