LEGOLAND in Winter Haven has fun for most all ages of the family, while keeping to its theme: it's about the Legos.
While a bit out of the way, it does get folks away from the Orlando and Kissimmee hustle and bustle that surrounds the bigger traditional area theme parks. But it maintains a smaller feel while providing the little and big kids the building block based fun.
Legoland opened in 2011 on the site of the old Cypress Gardens (a piece of that botanical garden, with a safari boat ride, has been maintained). The complex includes the Legoland Water Park, the new SEA LIFE Aquarium and Peppa Pig Park. Those are separately-ticketed from LEGOLAND, but multi-day combo tickets are available.
The whole experience is geared to children ages 2-12, and provides sensory ratings for most of the attractions, giving off a less-overwhelming or chaotic experience than, say, the Disney parks.
While the parks are all clustered together, it's not a see-it-all-in-one-day kind of place. If you want to make a multi-day or weekend stay out of it, there are three on-site hotels, the LEGOLAND Pirate Island Hotel and LEGOLAND Hotel, which are mere steps from the front of the main theme park (and have their own security entrance), and LEGOLAND Beach Retreat is nearby with family bungalows designed to resemble giant Lego sets that sleep up to five. The first two share a lobby area, and all are themed, with family surprises (solve a riddle and open the treasure chest in Pirate Island!) and a number of restaurant options.
The Main LEGOLAND Park features 13 sections with inspired attractions like a two-level carousel near the entrance, a large covered Mini-land (to get out of the direct sun) with life-sized Lego creations of Americana (and a Space Shuttle that lifts off every 12 minutes) and over 50 other rides like the Coastersaurus mild wooden roller coaster (the renovated Triple Hurricane from Cypress Gardens). Kids can learn to drive Lego-built cars, check out the Imagination Zone (again, indoors) and try Lego video games and collaborate on Mindstorm robots, on the way to the Water Park in the back.
(A life hack if you want to start a summer day at the water park, which opens at 11 a.m.: enter Legoland at 10 when it opens and see some of the attractions, including the Battle of Bricksburg, a "splash battle" ride in the Lego Movie World where you'll likely get a little wet; it will cool you off for the walk to the water park.)
A newer exhibit is the Ferrari Build and Race, which opened in 2024 (It's indoors meaning, ah, air conditioning!) where guests can build a Lego race car build a LEGO race car, test its speed on one of three small tracks, then race it virtually to try to get the fastest times of the day. Check out the life-size LEGO Ferrari 296 GTS model made with over 400,000 Legos (and take your picture inside!). From there check out the Great Lego Race roller coaster.
Most ride queues and the hotel common spaces have Lego and Duplo build areas to occupy the kids during down or waiting time. A number of stores and retail areas offer the themed Lego sets to take home and build.
The park announced the development of a space-themed experience, including its first indoor roller coaster, to open in early 2026, to add to the attraction inventory.
