Take a Pirate Adventure

My family played like pirates at the new Pirate Adventure Island at Legoland Discovery Center Atlanta.

My 4-year-old daughter had a blast with the cannon and my 7-year-old son loved building and sailing pirate ships on the water table.

If you’ve been to Legoland before and liked the Lego Racers: Build and Test attraction, you’ll love the water table. Kids can select from a large number of building blocks to create their own seafaring vessel. Once it’s built, they can race the boats through various obstacles. At the end of the water table is a treasure trove of Lego blocks so kids can build boats, sandcastles or anything their imaginations can create.

Be prepared to make a splash and get wet! Toddlers might need a change of clothes, but I plan to pack a rain jacket for my big kids next time just for the water table.

After the water table, my kids moved to the pirate ship play area. They climbed the rigging, walked the plank and took turns steering the ship. My daughter loved sending the giant Lego blocks up and down the conveyor belt to her mateys aboard the ship.

A Legoland visit must include two of my kid’s favorites: For my son, that’s the Build and Race Track; for my daughter, it’s the Merlin’s Apprentice Ride – her legs are finally long enough to reach the pedals that make the ride soar above the Discovery Center. The faster you pedal, the higher you go!

The thing I love most about visiting Legoland is the chance to see my kids build and create. Lego is one of our all-time favorite toys at home so it’s great to extend the creativity into a different environment.

– Nicole Mabry