This place gets 4 stars because my 8-year old loved it. If you are on the fence, here are a few things to know. I have just combined our hotel and park experience for simplicity 1)Don't fool yourself, you are paying for the brand. The hotel is essentially a better-branded Super 8 (with a crappier breakfast , more on that after). I once stayed in a suite that Celine Dion stayed in for much cheaper BUT my son thought it was the coolest room in the world and that's all that matters.Tip: stay one night at the hotel and then stay at the Fairfield Marriot a few mins away (it even has one of those waffle makers with the included breakfast) 2)The park can get hotter than the surface of the sun. even if your people wandered the desert for 40 years you would still struggle to maintain forward movement with this lack of shade. Tip: go old school parasol, floppy hat, or race car style cooling suit and hit some of the many water stations. 3)Layout -Park is a giant hill, but it offers steps straight down the middle or the gondola ride to get back to the top. 4) The park can get busy and wait times can get long. Tip: the first hour seems dead and you can hit the rides you really want and rarely have to wait to go again. 5)Food costs are shocking, even for a jaded middle class male like myself. Tip: HEAD INTO TOWN! we ate amazing pizza at Sorrentos and got a huge meal at Brew for half the price. Town is 3 minutes away and hopefully people take time to check it out. 6)Go to the desk and check out the schedule for the day at the hotel. Despite being fairly militant regarding any interactions with the Lego characters, the Meet N Greets are a highlight. We happen to stumble onto Lego Dracula in the parking lot and we quickly told that they were off limits because they were doing a promo. I'm thinking if you are dressing characters up and they are running around a parking lot full of kids on their way to the park, you might have to rethink how interactive they should be. 7)The pool is awesome and there are cabanas but they are an insane amount. Tip:Do the first few hours in the park, and hit the pool by 1 and enjoy it for a few hours before it gets busy and then pop back over to the park to close out the day 8)The lobby floor has Lego everywhere which is kinda awesome.Tip: to avoid instant foot death shoes should be worn at all times, but then again I would hope you would anyway. 9)some benefits to season passes, but didn't seem like anything substantial. There was a 10% discount for season pass holders at the big store in the park but we noticed a few things were marked up over other places. 10)The staff- The Master Builders are generally great people and took a lot of time with us to explain things. My son also did the Lego workshop in the hotel and loved it. The rest of the staff were hit or miss and it is very clear that they work under very rigid guidelines as i kept coming across random clip boards stashed in areas and noticed some management types constantly observing employees. Tip:There is a guy (maybe Adam?) who looks like Jay Kay from Jamiroquai who works in the main area of the hotel- he was AWESOME. 11)Breakfast- the self serve cereal bar was a hit but anything that was cooked was so tasteless I had assumed something had gone wrong with me medically. After consensus with the table it was confirmed it was the food. My kid is basically a raccoon and he still found it pretty bad. Tip: There is free coffee at the bar during breakfast hours though and the rest of the day it’s $4 so get it then. For reference the Marriot had an all day coffee tea and hot chocolate station which was just a banger of an idea. 12) with our son being 8 we felt it was the perfect time to take him because it allowed him to go on all of the rides and the experience didn’t seem “too young” for him but wouldn’t push the age much later.

Overall it was a pretty decent way to spend a few days. You can do the park in 1 day but might feel a bit rushed and may not get to try everything if the lines get long. 2 days was more than enough.