We got up early this morning and had breakfast at the hotel ($$). The park doesn't open until 10am, so the Things and I went to the pool while Sweetie packed up the room (her choice). At the appointed hour, we once again walked over to LL.
This time we broke right, over to Pirate Cove. Things weren't really open there yet, so we did a boat ride, where you steer it yourself. I was with Thing2, and he did alright negotiating the curves. Thing 1 was getting frustrated, and, since he decided to take a boat by himself, had no parental unit to bail him out. Still, he made it around the course. Then it was back up to Pirate Cove where the key word was 'water'. We went on a log flume (Treasure Falls), and a ride with water guns that you shoot at other riders and other patrons in the Cove (while they shoot back) (Splash Battle), and then there's a mini water park complete with a huge bucket that dumps a LOT of water on anyone in the way about every 10 minutes (Soak-N-Sail). We had put the Things in bathing suits this day because we knew they'd get wet. They got soaked. Thing 1 at one point said "I couldn't get any wetter!" Everyone had a great time, but it was time to move on to Funtown.
Our trip to Funtown started with an airplane ride similar to the Dumbo ride at Disney. The Things went on their own on that one. Then the whole family participated in the Fire Academy, competing against 3 other groups to get their truck down the course, hit the target with the hoses, and get the truck back. We won! It was very exciting. Continuing the theme of do-it-yourself driving, we next hit the Driving Schools, one for Thing 1's age group, another for Thing 2's. Again, the lines were not long at all. Even though it was now the weekend, we weren't waiting more than 15 minutes for rides. Crazy. Thing 2 performed very well on his racetrack, avoiding some smaller kids who really had no idea what they were doing. Thing 1 also did quite well, although at one point he was going the wrong way down the street and crashed (well, bumped) head-on into another car. This would have been easier to sort out if the cars had a reverse, but they don't, so an employee had to drag them apart. A good time was had by all.
We had a quick lunch, and then made our one mistake of the visit to Legoland - we decided to go on the Sky Cruiser, which looked like it gave a nice view of the park. Alas, it was the one line of any length we decided to stand in. When we queued up, we were next to a sign that said "60 minutes from this sign" and darned if it wasn't accurate to about 2 minutes. It was so long I had to take Thing 2 to the bathroom in the middle of it. We told the Things that on some days all the rides would have lines this long, but that didn't make them feel better, especially once we got on the ride and they found out that a) it wasn't that good a ride, and b) it wasn't that long a ride. Thing 1 was INCENSED when we rounded that last curve, and Thing 2 said that it wasn't worth more than a 15 minute wait. I'm not sure why that one ride had so long a line, maybe the post-lunchtime timing, who knows. Fortunately we had no other experiences like it.
From there we ran over to Lego Racers 4D, which was similar in form to the Bob the Builder in 4D we saw yesterday, but was much more exciting and engaging for the Things. We liked that a lot. Then it was back down to Dino Island, where we found another roller coaster - Coastersaurus. Thing 2 loved this one because it was similar in form to the Dragon, without the dark, loud set pieces. He decided that was his favorite ride. At this point, everyone was exhausted. We hit the Big Store, bought some - you guessed it - Legos, and then started heading back to hotel. We told the Things they could each ride on one more ride. Thing 1 chose Project X. Thing 2 chose the Driving School. So we split up, accomplished our last Legoland fun, and drove on to Escondido and the Wild Animal Park.
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