"Legoland Legoland (trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of family theme parks, which has its main focus on the toy Lego. They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself; rather they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments. The Legoland Billund Resort opened in Billund, Denmark in 1968, followed by the Legoland Windsor Resort in Windsor, England in 1996. Further parks opened in Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Dubai, the United States (California and Florida). Parks in South Korea, New York, and Shanghai are currently under construction. The parks are marketed to families"
"on which it is situated. Lalandia Billund opened on 24 April 2009. The Lalandia Aquadome in Billund is Scandinavia's largest waterpark measuring 10,000 m². The water slides include ""Tornado"" that uses 4-person dinghys, head-first racing ""Octopus Racers"" and 102-metre ""Twister"". Lalandia Lalandia is the name of two Danish holiday resorts owned by Parken Sport & Entertainment. The original Lalandia is located in Rødby, and based on successful experiences from Rødby, Lalandia opened a new tropical holiday and activity centre in Billund in April 2009. Lalandia Rødby mainly consists of a giant indoor water-fun-land, with four body slides and a wild"
"Fårup Summer Park Fårup Summer Park () is a theme park located in Fårup between Blokhus and Løkken in North Jutland, Denmark. The park, as the name suggests, is open during the summer months and attracts about 650,000 people each season. It is one of Denmark's biggest amusement parks and has the largest water park of any amusement park in the country. The park currently has six roller coasters and many other rides as well. Opened on June 21, 1975 by the Kragelund family which had been in the wholesale business in Aalborg for 90 years when Anders Kragelund decided"
"Lalandia Lalandia is the name of two Danish holiday resorts owned by Parken Sport & Entertainment. The original Lalandia is located in Rødby, and based on successful experiences from Rødby, Lalandia opened a new tropical holiday and activity centre in Billund in April 2009. Lalandia Rødby mainly consists of a giant indoor water-fun-land, with four body slides and a wild river. The Aquadome is the major focal point of Lalandia and is full of children and adults all enjoying the many water activities in 7,400 m² of heated pools with the many watery activities. There are three large indoor pools,"
"to sell and start a new business - an amusement park. He chose for the site of this venture North Jutland, a beautiful and popular holiday area in Denmark. The amusement park opened small with only a handful of children´s rides and attracted about 40.000 guests in its first operating season in 1975. Over the years the park has grown in popularity and been expanded in area as well, by 1983 many new rides had been added and about 350.000 people visited the park that year. In 1989 a water park was added (Djurs Sommerland had added a water park"
"not switch at the same time, and still used some degree of cellulose acetate in its Lego products. 1964 was the first year that instruction manuals were included in Lego sets. One of the Lego Group's most successful series, the Lego train system, was released in 1966. The original train sets included a 4.5-volt motor, battery box and rails; two years later, a 12-volt motor was introduced. On 7 June 1968, the first Legoland Park was opened in Billund. This theme park featured elaborate models of miniature towns built entirely from Lego bricks. The three acre (12,000 m²) park attracted"
"Polar X-plorer Polar X-plorer is a steel roller coaster at Legoland Billund in Billund, Denmark. It opened on 29 April 2012 as Zierer's first coaster with a freefall drop track section. On 11 October 2011, Legoland Billund announced that the park would open ""Polar Land"", a new area for the park. It features live penguins and a new restaurant. After cresting the chain lift hill, riders go through a few twists and turns before entering an indoor section, where a scene of LEGO minifigures chipping away at an ice wall with picks can be seen. Suddenly, the floor beneath the"
"minifigures gives way and the train vertically free-falls before exiting the indoor portion and going through more twists and turns before going back to the station. The ride vehicles are themed as snow mobiles. Polar X-plorer Polar X-plorer is a steel roller coaster at Legoland Billund in Billund, Denmark. It opened on 29 April 2012 as Zierer's first coaster with a freefall drop track section. On 11 October 2011, Legoland Billund announced that the park would open ""Polar Land"", a new area for the park. It features live penguins and a new restaurant. After cresting the chain lift hill, riders"
"offering plenty of space for swimming, water games and entertainment. One of the pools, the Wave Pool, boasts waves once an hour for the enjoyment of bathers. Other activities include: soccer, indoor skating, miniature golf, badminton, tennis and other sport activities. In July 2013, the Aquadome Lalandia Rødby was listed as Denmark's tenth most popular attraction with 512,000 visitors in 2012. Lalandia Billund came in sixth with 620,000 visitors. Lalandia Rødby was established in 1988 in Rødby. Since the establishment it has been expanded several times with more vacation houses. Lalandia is named after the island of Lolland in Denmark"
"in 2010 are 'Svend Svingarm' and a brand new 4D cinema. In 2012 it was ranked as one of the weirdest parks by ""Time"". The park has Arcade Games, various Test-Your-Skill Games and a Kiddie Show. BonBon-Land BonBon-Land is a Danish amusement park located in Holme Olstrup in the South of Zealand, about 100km from Copenhagen. This 34-acre park attracts about 450.000 each season. The history of theme park BonBon-land can be dated back to when the Danish sweets boiler Michael Spangsberg got an idea to produce wacky candy with such funny names as 'mågeklatter', 'hundeprutter' and 'tissebleer'. From early"
"the production of the candy had to fulfil some very strict regulations concerning hygiene, so the factory couldn´t continue to offer visiting tours. As a result, Michael Spangsberg came up with yet another good idea - to open a small Bonbon-land. In 1992, the theme park opened with a mini candy factory, a cinema, a shop and four small boats, shaped like a duck in a small pond. The park was an immediate success with children and over the years many rides and attractions have been added making, despite with adult-oriented contents and toilet humor throughout, Bonbon-Land one of Denmark´s"
"Tivoli Gardens Tivoli Gardens (or simply Tivoli) is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark. With 4.6 million visitors in 2017, Tivoli is the second-most popular seasonal amusement park in the world after Europa-Park. Tivoli is the most-visited theme park in Scandinavia, and the fifth most-visited theme park in Europe, only behind Disneyland Park, Europa-Park, Walt Disney Studios Park and Efteling. The amusement park was first called ""Tivoli & Vauxhall""; ""Tivoli"" alluding to"
"height above ground is at 31 meters. Immediately after opening, the coaster was chosen as the fifth best roller coaster in the world. The current CEO of the park is Henrik B. Nielsen. The park is divided into 8 areas; all are included in the admission price: The water park Vandland opened in 1985 and is included in the admission price. Djurs Sommerland Djurs Sommerland () is an amusement park located in Djursland, Denmark, just north of the village of Nimtofte, 23 kilometers west of Grenaa, and 36 kilometers east of Randers. The park opened in 1981, and it has"
"included in the admission price. In addition, the park hosts various special events throughout the summer season including motor cycle meet, vintage car show, open air music concerts and more. Fårup Summer Park Fårup Summer Park () is a theme park located in Fårup between Blokhus and Løkken in North Jutland, Denmark. The park, as the name suggests, is open during the summer months and attracts about 650,000 people each season. It is one of Denmark's biggest amusement parks and has the largest water park of any amusement park in the country. The park currently has six roller coasters and"
"Danish groups such as TV-2, Nephew, Hanne Boel, Raveonettes and Thomas Helmig. During Copenhagen Jazz Festival Tivoli Gardens is one of the many Copenhagen localities that serves as a venue for concerts. Tivoli Gardens Tivoli Gardens (or simply Tivoli) is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark. With 4.6 million visitors in 2017, Tivoli is the second-most popular seasonal amusement park in the world after Europa-Park. Tivoli is the most-visited theme park in"
"and was opened in 1965 with 210 animals in residence. The polar bear facility opened in 1968 with six polar bears—one of the largest polar facilities in the world. The dolphinarium opened in 1969, and in 1972 the zoo became home to brown bears. 1972 also saw the opening of the drive-through safari park, as well as the Tropicarium, which exhibited snakes and crocodiles, Located outside the entry of the zoo. In 1993, the zoo opened Dolphin Lagoon. In 1997, the zoo was turned over from municipal ownership to private ownership. ""Bamses värld"", devoted to the cartoon character Bamse, was"
"Djurs Sommerland Djurs Sommerland () is an amusement park located in Djursland, Denmark, just north of the village of Nimtofte, 23 kilometers west of Grenaa, and 36 kilometers east of Randers. The park opened in 1981, and it has progressively expanded every year since then. The park is, as suggested in the name, predominantly open in the summer, with the recent addition of special Halloween opening days in October. The season begins around May and lasts until mid-October. Djurs Sommerland has had around 800,000 annual visitors in recent years, making the park the fifth largest tourist attraction in Denmark. This"
"BonBon-Land BonBon-Land is a Danish amusement park located in Holme Olstrup in the South of Zealand, about 100km from Copenhagen. This 34-acre park attracts about 450.000 each season. The history of theme park BonBon-land can be dated back to when the Danish sweets boiler Michael Spangsberg got an idea to produce wacky candy with such funny names as 'mågeklatter', 'hundeprutter' and 'tissebleer'. From early on the candy became very popular, and children wanted to visit the factory in Holme Olstrup (a small Danish town in the countryside) to see how the cheeky and delicious pieces of candy were made. However,"
"the municipality Århus and the owner signed a partnership. On 2 May 1958 the enclosed amusement park was opened with a resounding success of over 400,000 visitors. In 1984 local authority fully took over the operation. Tivoli Friheden Tivoli Friheden is an amusement park located in Aarhus, Denmark. The park was visited by more than 365,000 visitors in 2009, and the figure is rising. The park is situated about 2 km to the south of the city centre. It has several themed sections with different types of attractions. There are more than 40 attractions. The water section (""Tivoli VanDvittig"") covers"
"Denmark's famous amusement park and pleasure garden Tivoli Gardens. The park, alluding by its name to the Jardin de Tivoli that existed in Paris, was opened on 15 August 1843, and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg. Each country had 10 jury members who distributed three points among their one, two, or three favourite songs. The points were totaled and the first, second, and third placed songs were awarded 5, 3, and 1 votes in order. If only one song got every point within the jury it would get all 9 points."
"store at the Lego House. Lego House (Billund) LEGO House is a new LEGO experience house in the town Billund, Denmark, where the Lego brick was invented. Inaugurated in 2017, the building serves multiple functions: as a tourist attraction and exhibition, a cafe, and a Lego store. The centre brands itself as ""Home of the Brick™"". In the astonishing balancing bricks-shaped building you can dive into the more than 80-year LEGO history, marvel at the most advanced LEGO masterpieces, and not least enjoy hours of play with no fewer than 25 million bricks at your disposal. The house was opened"
"to a normal motel. In Sweden the number of hotels should raise to 19 by half 1968, 27 by 1969 and 35 by 1970. In 1968 the British holidaymakers were connected with the ""Esso route"" from the hotel in South Mimms via the carferries to Belgium and the new hotel in Born in the Netherlands. In Denmark the hotel in Billund was opened together with Legoland. In Casteau (Belgium) a hotel was opened next to SHAPE situated in Casteau since 1 April 1967 and in Maidenhead a new hotel was combined with the Esso trainingcentre. The number of hotels had"
"park was established by the hotelier Børge Godsk Jensen and music agent Ole B. Nielsen. They chose the popular vacation spot of Jylland as location for the park (some of Denmark's best beaches are located nearby). The park has grown in popularity over the years and has added many rides since opening. The park is now operated by Ole's sons Henrik and Michael. A new attraction, Piraten, was opened in 2008. It is the fastest roller coaster in Denmark (tied with DrageKongen and Juvelen, from Djurs Sommerland too), and the tallest also. Its top speed is 90 km/h and maximum"
"million inhabitants. On 1 January 2007, as a result of ""Kommunalreformen"" (""The Municipal Reform"" of 2007), the old Billund municipality was combined with the former Grindsted Municipality and the part of Billund Airport that was located in Give Municipality. LEGO Group and Sun Air of Scandinavia have their head offices in Billund, Billund Municipality. Billund Municipality Billund Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ""kommune"") in Region of Southern Denmark in the center of the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark. Formerly the municipality belonged to Ribe County. The new, merged municipality covers an area of 540.18 km², and has a total population of"
"Kolmården Wildlife Park Kolmården Wildlife Park () is a zoo that opened in 1965 overlooking Bråviken bay in Sweden. It is the largest zoo in Scandinavia, includes the first dolphinarium in Scandinavia, which opened in 1969 and has daily shows, and the worlds first cable car safari. The wildlife park also has a birds of prey display and a seal show. In the Marine World area is a roller coaster called ""The Dolphin Express"". Another, larger, roller coaster in the park is Wildfire. The zoo was conceived in 1962 by Ulf Svensson as a means of reviving the Kolmården Municipality,"
"Billund is the most visited tourist attraction in Jutland. Five other Legolands have been built in other parts of the world — Legoland Windsor Resort in 1996, Legoland California in 1999, Legoland Deutschland Resort in 2002, Legoland Florida in 2011, and Legoland Malaysia Resort in 2012. The Blackstone Group, an investment firm, bought a 70% controlling stake in Legoland in 2005, with the remaining 30% still owned by Lego. The parks are operated under the Merlin Entertainments banner. Mini Land is the heart of any Legoland park. The 1:20 scale Lego brick models feature landscapes, sights and buildings from all"
"Before My Lego Network, there were Lego Club Pages, which essentially held the same purpose, although the design lacked complex interaction. Merlin Entertainments operates seven Legoland amusement parks, the original in Billund, Denmark, the second in Windsor, England, the third in Günzburg, Germany, the fourth in Carlsbad, California, the fifth in Winter Haven, Florida, the sixth in Nusajaya, Malaysia and the seventh in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. and the eighth in Shanghai, Peoples of Republic of China. On 13 July 2005, the control of 70% of the Legoland parks was sold for $460 million to the Blackstone Group of New"
"over Denmark, as well as famous landmarks from other parts of the world. These include, from Denmark, Amalienborg Castle, Nyhavn, Skagen, Klampenborg Station, Ribe, Billund Airport, Dybbøl Mill, Møgeltønder, and Lilleby, a fictional Danish village. In addition, there are famous landmarks from Sweden, Bergen in Norway, Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, Kennedy Space Center, Mount Rushmore, Abu Simbel in Egypt, Statue of Liberty, Acropolis of Athens, and ""Star Wars"". The Lego Top offers a nice view of the entire park. The structures were made using more than 25 million Lego bricks. Duplo Land contains rides and attractions for young children, with"
"most popular children´s parks (in 2008 it was the eight most popular tourist attraction in Denmark). In 2007, the Spanish-based entertainment company Parques Reunidos purchased the park. In total, Parques Reunidos owns 67 theme parks around the world. From the beginning BonBon-land has focused on experiences that the whole family could enjoy. Today, Bonbon-land has over 60 different attractions and numerous activities on offer. Among the most popular rides in the park are the 4 roller coasters and the 2 water rides. There are also a number of playgrounds and a pirate track that visitors can try out. Up until"
"Lego House (Billund) LEGO House is a new LEGO experience house in the town Billund, Denmark, where the Lego brick was invented. Inaugurated in 2017, the building serves multiple functions: as a tourist attraction and exhibition, a cafe, and a Lego store. The centre brands itself as ""Home of the Brick™"". In the astonishing balancing bricks-shaped building you can dive into the more than 80-year LEGO history, marvel at the most advanced LEGO masterpieces, and not least enjoy hours of play with no fewer than 25 million bricks at your disposal. The house was opened by Crown Princess Mary on"
"park was the inspiration for Storybook Land, an attraction opened at Disneyland in 1956 and at Disneyland Paris in 1994. Additionally, it was a visit to Madurodam that inspired Fernando de Ercilla Ayestarán to promote construction of the Catalunya en Miniatura project, one of the largest miniature parks in the world, opened in Catalonia, Spain, in 1983. Madurodam Madurodam () is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of The Hague in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments. The park was"
"rides varies between parks, although as with the Disney parks there is some overlap. There was an earlier Legoland Park in Germany, from 1973 to 1976. It was located in the city of Sierksdorf in northern Germany. In 1976 the park was sold; the former Legoland Sierksdorf is now Hansa-Park. Legoland Legoland (trademark in uppercase as LEGOLAND) is a chain of family theme parks, which has its main focus on the toy Lego. They are not fully owned by The Lego Group itself; rather they are owned and operated by the British theme park company Merlin Entertainments. The Legoland Billund"
"Disneyland. Efteling Efteling () is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Kaatsheuvel in the Netherlands. The attractions are based on elements from ancient myths and legends, fairy tales, fables, and folklore. The park was opened on May 31, 1952. It has since evolved from a nature park with a playground and a Fairytale Forest into a full-sized theme park. It now caters to both children and adults with its cultural, romantic, and nostalgic themes, in addition to its wide array of amusement rides. It is the largest theme park in the Netherlands and one of the oldest theme parks in the"