Legoland New York, NINJAGO Room (Travel Edition)

Our latest trip, with the kiddos this time, was to Legoland New York and we stayed at the Legoland Resort. Here are our must-knows before you decide to book a trip to Legoland. I would say Legoland Park is geared more so towards ages 5-10 but there are plenty of rides that the entire family can experience together. The park isn’t very large so you can get everything done in one day and a half, or two if it is a very crowded day or you have really young kids that need a break. Legoland Park is cashless so you need to bring your card, and if the weather isn’t great, don’t fret, they give a rainy-day pass if the rides are closed for 2 consecutive hours so you can use your ticket for another day.
What age is Legoland geared for?
While the park has rides for all ages and parents can ride on almost every ride, the park is really geared toward 5-10-year-olds. Our boys being 7 and 10 were able to really enjoy all the rides and participate in all the creative building workshops but the 10 year old did find some of the rides a little too “babyish”, as he calls them. There are plenty of themed playground areas throughout the park so that if the kids get tired of waiting in line or mom and dad just want to take a sitting break, they can play. The Ninjago cube playground was the kids’ favorite. You will see a clip of it in our video above.
How many days do you need to visit Legoland Park?
We took our trip in the middle of the summer in July and our first day at the park was a Sunday. I have to say we got almost the entire park done on the first day and we were extremely lucky. There was a risk of thunderstorms that day and because there was a risk that the park would close early, I asked about their rainy-day policy. They said that if the rides are closed for more than 2 hours straight, we would get a rainy-day pass and could come back to the park another day. We took a chance, and because the park was almost empty we were able to get on all the rides, some of them multiple times, on that first day. There was no rain that day even though the weather report showed there would be. We didn’t do the waterpark that day because we wanted to wait for a sunny day to do it, but when we returned the next day, after the first 3 hours the kids had already repeated the rides they wanted to go on, watched the 4D movies twice and watched the Ninja show (which was neat and probably the best show they had at the park.)
We were at the park for 3 days and on the 2 sunny days we still saw no long lines, nothing was longer than 10 minutes.
Can you use your Legoland ticket for another day?
Even though our Legoland tickets had our arrival date on them, I confirmed that we did not have to use them on that exact date. If you have a two-day or three-day ticket, they scan it each day and each day counts as one use. The date isn’t what matters.
Does Legoland use Cash?
This is a big NO! Legoland is cashless. They even have machines in a few places inside the park to convert cash to a prepaid card. For some kids that want to save up their pocket money and use it at the park, they will either need to convert their money to a prepaid card or have the parents buy the item for them. There are some carnival style games inside the park that also do not accept cash, it is card only.
Legoland Checklist, 6 Must Have Items
Snacks
All the food items at the park are incredibly expensive, so if you can, I recommend you pack MANY MANY snacks in your book bag. If you can pack lunch, even better!
Backpack (no metal)
You do have to go through a meal detector before entering the park so make your entry faster by limiting any metallic objects that could set off the metal detector.
Sunscreen
This park is mostly outdoors and most of the rides are outdoors so you need sun protection if you are going in summer months.
Water Bottle
There are refill stations throughout the park so bring your own water bottle
Minifigures for Trading
One of the big things at Legoland is minifigure trading. Bring any Lego minifigures you want to trade with you so that as you walk around the park, if you see an employee with a minifigure on their badge, or a minifigure trading cart, you can trade your minifigure for another. They also have minifigures for you to purchase throughout the park. Check those carts multiple times a day, you never know what new figure you are going to find!
Swimwear
If you plan on doing the Water playground, you do need to bring full swim gear. You will get soaked! A Waterproof case for parents who don’t want to get their phone ruined is also a smart idea.