We live very close to Legoland and for that reason alone we had annual passes for few years. In our last year (2 years ago), it got so bad that we stopped going there at all due to terrible queues for stupid 2 minute rides. So, we didn't use the pass we had, even though we are 15 minutes away literally. Average wait is well over 30 minutes for small rides and 45-60 minutes for more attractive rides now. And, after a few times, everything else around stop being interesting. Even the music they use is the same for the last 5 years. My favourite now is Adventure Island in Southend. It worths driving 1.5 hours there. No queues, no hassle, just nice rides and very fair prices. And, if you need a break from the rides, you are in a nice place by the sea to shop or eat.

A good price, and we have done it several times. But Basingstoke is a fair drive from Legoland and you could be contending with rush hour traffic. The Slough hotels are all very close.

Overpriced, overcrowded, overhyped.
Glad my kids have grown too big for it now.

A good price, and we have done it several times. But Basingstoke is a fair drive from Legoland and you could be contending with rush hour traffic. The Slough hotels are all very close.

Topcashback offering 5.75% cashback on Legoland holiday bookings for outside resort hotels

Surprised it's this much considering what was on crimewatch :confused:

Done this offer a couple of times, the holiday Inn Express T5 which was fine if a little functional.
I liked the Hilton St Annes Manor more, was kids eat free when i last went, but even without that the kids meals were ridiculously cheap

Is a very good deal
Thanks.

Nice work <3

Why? What happened?

£34pp to queue for 3 rides for 2 days.... i'm out

Basingstoke?

Which is the nearest hotel(s) to Legoland?

I've been twice to Legoland and was there 2 days before the attack on those poor girls. Legoland is the one where you can see the most money spent out of Chessington and Thorpe, but its is heaving and there was not one member of staff anywhere near that playground. It's very easy to lose sight of children there because of the crowds and layout and i'm a very vigilant mum.

My point still stands, even after 9:30 your whole day is queuing for rides, never again.
LEGOLAND never engage the crowds or use anything to help queuing people pass the time, it's just a cash grab for them.

Copthorne Hotel Slough is another hotel nearby but I've never stayed there.

Never said your point wasn't valid. Merely trying to provide helpful tips:D

I hate long queues myself and the one ride we queued 45mins for which should have been 30 mins was the boat at the boating school and I asked myself time and time again what possessed me to. I just merely walk past any ride with a queuing time of over 20mins now.

we booked for Easter (12th and 13th April) for £159.

We have got there before the park even opens and we've never managed to do 10 rides early on, but then we have always gone in the summer holidays. Legoland will let rides go that can take 6 people with only 2 on, rather than just filling the rides with different families like they do in Chessington. It's also has a problem with wasps in the summer, which when you are trapped in a queue is not fun. Having said this if we rebook I'll go earlier or later in the year, as I don't want to experience it in summer again for the above reasons.

Is it just a nightmare during the English school holidays or Scottish and English?

Are any of the hotels accessible by public transport (and legoland from the hotel) ?

Drea I've only been in English school holidays, it has a lot there for children but personally you have to drag me there as they just let far too many people in. Plus when you have to constantly explain to your child why some people are being allowed to 'push in'. I don't think they should allow the QBOTS.

Travelodge T5 is about 10-15 minutes drive away in the evening and no traffic, fine inside, car park dark and smelly. We stayed in the new Premier Inn at Uxbridge last time, really nice rooms, bit further out but worth it.

Thanks OP, booked and heated.

What do you do if you have 3 kids and the 3rd will be 1 years old when you go?

Can you all stay in a family room? Or do you have to book two rooms?

Thanks for this. Just booked for may half term! Amazing price, heat from me

Fab prices. Add 1 extra child and price rockets

Overpriced, overcrowded, overhyped.
Glad my kids have grown too big for it now.

Rickardo I completely agree, as what is it teaching children, basically those with money can push past you?!

We live very close to Legoland and for that reason alone we had annual passes for few years. In our last year (2 years ago), it got so bad that we stopped going there at all due to terrible queues for stupid 2 minute rides. So, we didn't use the pass we had, even though we are 15 minutes away literally. Average wait is well over 30 minutes for small rides and 45-60 minutes for more attractive rides now. And, after a few times, everything else around stop being interesting. Even the music they use is the same for the last 5 years. My favourite now is Adventure Island in Southend. It worths driving 1.5 hours there. No queues, no hassle, just nice rides and very fair prices. And, if you need a break from the rides, you are in a nice place by the sea to shop or eat.

Sounds much nicer, we love Lego, but Legoland is my idea of hell

Have been once,in the last week of summer 2 years ago, it has potential to be a great day out. Unfortunately queues over an hour for most of ride, qbot system i completely disagree with and on one ride caused more problems for everyone. When it rains not enough to do and becomes more crowded at anything with shelter.

We booked for 2 days and second day it rained and we gave up. Thankfully the children enjoyed themselves but really didn't feel it was worth the money due to the limited amount of rides we could access due to queues.

I honestly can't see how it can be improved as this is the nature of theme parks.

You've all missed the big one at all the Merlin theme parks now. Build them far enough from a town that public transport really isn't happening, then charge you £5 to park your car there for the day. Merlin have pretty much taken squeezing every penny they can out of customers to extreme levels. They're a horrid company.

similar prices. stayed 2 years ago on msy half term was 140 for family if 4 at Marlow plaza.

Just booked. thank you.

I'll need an extra ticket for Legoland for the guy holding a gun to my head. Horrid overpriced traffic jammed hole of a place

I have 2 kids under 3...does anyone know how easy it is to wreck the displays...

​quick phone wonga

Basingstoke is a long way away from Legoland Windsor!

Life on the road

Stopped going when entry prices rocketed, even with the 2 for 1 deals, its really expensive for a family to go & visit when you factor in the car parking charges, fuel (many of us are travelling 2+ hours to get to these places in the frst place!) and food / refreshments etc.

I live ten minutes away from legoland, you can stay on my sofa for £10/night (per person, of course)

They now have 2 attendants inside the playground area (1 at the entrance and 1 on the main bit of playground)
which I think is brilliant because not many companies would spare staff and just brush it off

A little girl was sexually assaulted in the playground but they have now put 2 members of staff in there 1 on the main entrance and 1 where the actual playground is

Thanks. Just read it up - some people are just psychos. What the f is wrong with them.

​sick in the head mate but don't let it put you off it can happen anywhere and at least the park have put measures in place most places wouldn't

I notice the deal posted is for a Thursday/Friday. Is this during the school holidays????

I refer to the one in green for £136

29 miles.

ridiculous

Disney World charges $20 (£16) per day

With the Queue times it should be renamed LegoStand

Stuck in rush hour for an hour or more with small children isn't much fun - especially if that makes you late into Legoland itself which can mean additional waiting. That's the point, not the number of miles, apologies for not spelling this out clearly enough for you.

Never heard of Adverture Island. I'll look at going there when it gets warmer :smiley:

you what? I was saying 30 miles is too far. I was agreeing with you. Not sure why you are being cantankerous.

We went in September and it was great. I got buy one day get another day free plus kids go free so for one adult and two children I paid just over £100 for two days at legoland and the hotel. We stayed at the Holiday Inn express at T5 which was fine and about 20 minutes drive which was fine. We went Sunday/Monday as my children had an inset day. Sunday was busy but Monday was so quiet, we went on 28 rides in the day, often not even getting off the boat/car etc and just going round and round. We all had a great day so if you can go out of school holidays and weekends then I'd definitely recommend it.

Agreed - we went in September last year and walked on everything, we had a great time.

I can imagine the queues on busier days for a lot of the rides being utterly horrendous though.

We used to go about 10 years ago and school holidays were horrible, but if you went on a nice weekend in May (outside of half-term) it was great.

People need to employ some common sense.

People that work weekends and don't live that close to Legoland do employ common sense, but only have the school holidays to go in.

with the amount of kiddy fiddler stories I've seen on the news come out of that place, won't ever be taking my kids there, its very much an avoid place.

Just like you I live nearby and no longer visit after owning annual passes in previous years, but this is still a good deal for the ad-hoc occasional visitor.

Rizza

Think queues in legoland are rough try Disneyland during peak, 2 hours to be told it's broken down.. 3 times in a row on different rides.

I've had annual pass for Legoland in past when lived in Kent. I've thought about getting Merlin passes as we in North East now but last year we had Lightwater Valley passes and it was great in there and we went about 6 times at least on a weekend.

Many are not aware that the queueing is a very deliberate and unfortunate business practice which many places are designed to include. If each visitor spends, for example, 3 hours queueing and 3 hours being entertained then the "entertainment" required to be provided by the company is effectively halved.

nice post heat added

I have never been, how much non-ride associated Lego type of Lego stuff is actually there?

£392 for 2 adults and a kid at the end of march to stay in the Legoland hotel + 2days park entry, no thanks and not really a deal!!

This is well worth doing,we normally pay around £130 for the Heathrow premier inn,lovely hotel.
Heat !

Stay in one of the close by hotels for a fraction the price,stupid comment !

If you go when it's hot,the kids will love the mini water park,remember to take them a costume and towel and stuff.

Did this last year and again a few years ago when my daughter was a baby..

Stayed at Holiday Inn Reading for 2 nights and then went into London for a few days afterwards. Was a really good week, but very tiring! dunno if we'd do it all again this year?

loads of Lego stuff ... there's a big Star Wars experience to walk around that's pretty good :smiley:
loads of places to see big statues and play with lego etc :smiley: over 2 days you just about cover it all :smiley:

Price goes up considerably if you have more than 2 children. Can't you just take your own travel cot?

Whether or not you want to go to Legoland is irrelevant, this a great deal the tickets themselves cost a similar price, and you get 1 night hotel stay with breakfast basically free! Heat added:D

Very good price for what you get in my opinion.

Thanks for posting.

It's a good price compared to their usual costs, however after a visit there last year I wouldn't go back...

Crazy amounts of queues for everything ride related and without going on any rides, you can see everything in about 3 hours

I was staggered when Crimewatch said there were over 17,000 there the day those two girls kids were abused on the slide. I thought how on earth can anyone ever get on anything with that many other people around. Didn't think the place was that big.

Haha. How lucky I am :smiley: I live in Southend :smiley:

hey guys, can anyone tell me what is best to do here then? Stay in Basingstoke Hotel at 29 miles away or spend another £20 and get on 8 miles away? i don't know the area at all so would love to hear thoughts on traffic etc.. Thanks in advance

​I'd definitely spend £20 more, but which hotel is it 8 miles away?

We went for a 12 mile hotel and it took us more than 30 minutes to get to the park the next day. Traffic wasn't bad but think there was some cycling event on so was a horrible drive!

Thanks for the reply, it was Holiday Inn Express T5, gets pretty good reviews on TripAdvisor and we aren't expecting 5* quality or anything! I will probably go with that one! Thanks again

I booked a few weeks ago before the 10% off, the hotel is still available and it's £30 cheaper. I took out the cancellation coverage but I'm not sure if the coverage includes the cost of being refunded the coverage, which I'd need to take out again, if that makes sense?

Y not use the fast track . How much does it cost?
I've seen people using that .

is this a genuine site and had anyone booked through the link provided. ive tried and its let me pay for the booking and then it came up that its not available and to ring customer services. surley they shoudnt have taken my money if there is no booking done?

You're welcome. :smiley:

I'm in two minds about booking again this year, as the only time I can generally go is during school holidays (Easter?) and it's stupidly busy at them times. :disappointed:

You might have to ring them up - when we booked last year the same happened to us. They had a record of the booking on their end but the payment hadn't gone through, so I just did it over the phone. (One booking went through fine on the website though...!)

Good price but what's with the pricing per person? You mean it's from £122. Or can I book it for 2 people from £61?

I went on a similar package last year. It was super busy. I hated the whole idea of the queue bot queue jumping tickets available for a considerable extra cost.

Basically if you pay up you can pretty much avoid all queues while the poor look on.

Out of all the theme parks I've taken my kids to this is my least favourite.