LEGOLAND Discovery Center Kansas City — Attraction in Kansas City

Kc resident trying Legoland for the first time with my 5 year old son. Pros: diverse attractions, STEM learning, well staffed, could spend more than 2 hours there easily. Cons: expensive, could be less fun on a crowded day. Pro tips: buy tickets the day before through Groupon and Starbucks is conveniently located inside.

We loved it! I wanted to say no initially since it was more expensive than other nearby attractions, such as science city. However, it was something new and my son is into Legos so I said yes without even knowing what Legoland was. We entered easily and there were no lines so we walked in right away (during Christmas break on a cold day, i expected more people). I kept reading this place is “small” and while it’s not Worlds of Fun, i was impressed by the layout and so many different unique activities. My son loved the hands on car building and lego building stations, including the large duplo blocks. He immediately gravitated to the ninjago activities, specifically the laser maze. Lots of kids were doing this mission impossible style theme maze over and over. Next he spent some time in the indoor playground. Unique attractions such as this rotating wheel they can play in, and a play train! My son did the rotating rock climbing wall, the pedaling carnival ride (Merlin), and the quest train/shooting game. He enjoyed every zone except the art zone and movie theater (he is very active so I wasn’t surprised he didn’t want to see a movie 🤣). Then he wanted to eagerly find a place to make his own figurine so we went to the gift shop to make 3 custom figurines. We spent a solid 2 hours there and he could have stayed longer but we also got sea life tickets so we headed there to have enough time before close. Overall, I would take him back to Legoland but probably not sea-life. You can go there once every 5 years and it’s still the same 🤷‍♀️. Legoland was so much fun for his age and older kids, as well. They were all enjoying themselves and I did not experience the size or crowd concerns other people did. And this is from a person that avoids crowds. Staff was all friendly and interactive with the kids. My son said he liked the maze and his custom figures best. The custom figures you can buy without admission from the gift shop, so this could be a cute idea too for Lego fans. There were additional experiences such as VR, we did not pay for. Some kids said it was cool. For a larger family it could add up quickly, for just me and my son it was a great day and activity and we did everything (including sea life) for under $100 (parking, snacks and drinks, both admissions,...

Neither this nor SeaLife were worth the cost of admission and hassle. Went with my friend, we had 5 kids in tow (ages 12, 8, and 3 nearly 6). The impression was “this is it??”

This Discovery Center is extremely small and I shudder to think of what it’s like on a weekend with a heavier volume than we had on a Wednesday afternoon. Perhaps staffing is an issue to some degree, but overall setup is severely lacking.

The kids wanted to ride the indoor ride. Only one attendant working it meant it was an extremely slow turn getting riders loaded/unloaded. There are 6 cars that fit 2/car. It takes awhile.

There’s a VR thing that accommodates 2 at a time, a laser something or other room that several can go in at once (I think), a continuous climbing wall treadmill that is 1 climber at a time that can last 4-5 min per climber, a pinewood derby style Lego technic car building station that if you can find pieces to even build anything has slots for ~6 cars to ride down the ramp, an earthquake build plate simulator with two rumble plates, another higher car ramp thing, a Lego pizza building station, some sort of train car track where you’re supposed to be able to build but no real train parts existed, a girls themed Lego section, some movie theater thing that plays stuff on every half hour, and what turned out to be the highlight - a 2-level maze/indoor playground thing where the kids would disappear into it and weave around exploring. There was also a room dedicated to expert builds of the KC area which was impressive. I guess some would go to the Starbucks whatever thing is also in there, so that exists as well.

The gift shop was the best part. Could have saved on admission if we just did that.

They needed staff roving around picking up bricks that were strewn everywhere. The Technic car building station had practically empty bowls with crushed pieces - specifically the retainer pieces that you need to space the wheels so they’ll spin properly. We had to peel the kids away from it because there weren’t any wheels for them to try building. It was frustrating. The girls Lego station was actually the best stocked, most presentable and available for sitting down to play and build. It’s at the back of the area and sort of separated away from the main channel of activity so that’s probably why it wasn’t torn to hell.

I wasn’t expecting this to be torn up and in disarray like I experienced. I don’t see how anyone would get an annual pass for here or SeaLife. Save your money and use the admission fees toward an actual set or two you can build in the comfort of...

Legoland KC was a fun experience for my five yr old son and me. We love building Lego together and he loved the large indoor play place, the different building stations and the prebuilt city structures. As fun as it was I had to write a review because as a parent I had a couple of concerns that I wanted to make Legoland KC aware of.

It’s Legoland so I expected they would have building stations and interactive play for the kids, which they did, but many of the pieces being used looked like they had not been washed in months if not years. Visible dirt and grime. Technic rods used as axles were bent and just over all unclean. Lego prides itself for quality but the quality of the parts for play was deeply troubling . I know so many families come through and play, so many hands but it’s just bulk Lego - can’t it they be replaced, washed and sanitized?

Dust - I know sets left out get dusty, but many of the prebuilt structures and sculptures were dusty, dirty and some were broken - like people had come through and removed pieces or something. I paid near $60 for today’s experience (which for the most part was good) but the quality control was greatly lacking. Disappointed in that. I’m not trying to get my money back or anything - but to pay good money and notice things like sanitation failures - what else are they cutting corners on? - considering how much Lego costs these days, could they not spend a bit extra and show they care about the health of their attendees, especially their main targeted customers, kids. - I’ve always loved Lego / but more and more I’ve notice serious quality issues not only in their sets - but now experiencing it at one of their parks. 5 stars could be given because my son and me enjoyed our time - - but I had to knock off 2 stars because of these concerns and the overall state of the building stations, was frankly disgusting. “Play well? More like. “Play with a pair...