Visitors Guide to Legoland California
Legoland California opened in Carlsbad on March 20, 1999 as the first Legoland theme park in the United States and the third worldwide, following the original in Billund, Denmark and the Legoland Windsor park in the United Kingdom. Aimed at families with elementary-age children, Legoland offers a variety of hands-on and interactive attractions, as well as play areas and traditional rides.
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New for 2026
Lego Galaxy: This new land will include the park's first indoor roller coaster, GalactiCoaster, an ART Engineering coaster with an interactive element in the queue that allows to design a virtual decoration for your "spaceship."
What to Do
Miniland
- The heart of any Legoland theme park, this collection of Lego models includes famous landmarks from around Southern California, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Washington DC, and New York City.
- Coastersaurus: Gerstlauer junior coaster. Height requirement: 36 inches. 🎦 Video
- Explorer River Quest: Boat ride. 🎦 Video
- Duplo Little Dino Trail: Track ride. 🎦 Video
The Lego Movie World
- Emmet's Flying Adventure: Brogent flying theater ride located in The Lego Movie World. Height requirement: 40 inches. 🎦 Video
- Benny's Playship: Play structure
- Queen Watevra's Carousel
- Unikitty's Disco Drop: Kiddie drop tower. Height requirement: 40 inches
Fun Town
- Driving School: Kids can drive individual cars through the "streets" of Fun Town. Must be between 6 and 13 years old to ride.
- Kid Power Tower: Pull yourself up these observation towers located above Fun Town. Height requirement: 40 inches
- Duplo Playtown
- Legoland Express
- Sky Patrol: Height requirement: 34 inches
- Junior Driving School
- Lego Factory Tour
- Adventurer's Club: Walk through
- Skipper School: Boat ride
Pirate Shores
- Captain Cranky's Challenge: Swinging ship
- Pirate Reef: Water playground. (Seasonal) Height requirement: 36 inches
- Splash Battle (Seasonal) Height requirement: 36 inches
Castle Hill
- Lego City Deep Sea Adventure: A submarine ride with live sea creatures. Height requirement: 52 inches to ride alone
- The Dragon: A Vekoma Junior Coaster with a short dark ride introduction. Height requirement: 40 inches
- The Hideaways: Mmulti-level wooden playground
- The Royal Joust: Track ride. Height requirement: 36 inches. Ages 4-12 only
Land of Adventure
- Lost Kingdom Adventure: A Sally Dark Rides interactive dark ride. Height requirement: 30 inches
- Dune Raiders: Height requirement: 36 inches
- Beetle Bounce: Height requirement: 36 inches
- Pharaoh's Revenge: Play area
- Cargo Ace
Imagination Zone
- Bionicle Blasters: Spinner (Height requirement: 42 inches)
- Lego Ferrari Build and Race
- Lego Mindstorms
- Lego Technic Coaster: Mack Rides wild mouse coaster. Height requirement: 42 inches
Lego Ninjago World
- Ninjago The Ride: Triotech interactive dark ride. Height requirement: 48 inches to ride alone
- Ninjago Training Camp: Play area
