LEGOLAND Resorts is a chain of theme parks owned and operated by British theme park company Merlin Entertainments. The parks are Exactly What It Says on the Tin: theme parks focused entirely on the LEGO brand.
The first park opened in 1968 in Billund, Denmark, followed by Windsor, England in 1996. Further parks opened in Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Dubai, the United States (California, Florida and New York) and South Korea. A park in Sichuan is currently under construction.
LEGOLAND was built with the following tropes:
- Alliterative Title: All over the place.
- Legoland itself.
- Captain Cranky's Challenge.
- Coast Cruise.
- Beetle Bounce.
- Skipper School.
- Spinning Spider.
- Battle of Bricksburg.
- Unikitty's Disco Drop.
- Ancient Egypt: The theme of the "Adventure" lands across the parks.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: Johnny Thunder, LEGO's personal Indiana Jones, is a reoccurring character throughout the parks.
- The Artifact: LEGOLAND Florida notably maintains the famed botanical gardens of the park's predecessor, Cypress Gardens.
- Built with LEGO: The parks are filled with hundreds of unique LEGO models and displays, some of which have brick counts reaching up to half a million! The Minilands are the self-proclaimed "Heart of Legoland", and feature extensive recreations of famous cities (as well as iconic Star Wars scenes, before the property's purchase by Disney) built entirely out of LEGO.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Lord Sam Sinister in "Lost Kingdom Adventure".
- Christmas Special: LEGOLAND Windsor, California, and Florida have their own special Christmas events, complete with the lighting of a giant LEGO Christmas tree.
- Evil Laugh: Lord Sam Sinister in "Lost Kingdom Adventure" spends about half of his appearances doing this.
- Fairy Tale Free-for-All: Fairy Tale Brook, a boat ride that features scenes from many different fairy tales, recreated using Lego. The final scene shows Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf dancing to music played by the Three Little Pigs.
- Far East: The Ninjago World, naturally.
- Grave Humor: The California version of "Royal Joust" includes a small graveyard honoring names such as "Sir Prise" and "Sir Cumphrance".
- Halloween Special: Brick or Treat sees the park decorated in spooky ways, and there are special performances throughout the event.
- Insistent Terminology: In line with Disney's terminology, Legoland refers to their employees as "Model Citizens".
- Light Gun Game: "Lost Kingdom Adventure" (otherwise known as "Laser Raiders" or "The Temple" depending on the park) is such a dark ride, themed around the classic Lego Adventurers theme.
- Public Domain Character: The fairy tale characters in "Fairy Tale Brook".
- Punny Name: The California version of "Royal Joust" includes a small graveyard honoring names such as "Sir Prise" and "Sir Cumphrance".
- The Real Heroes: Various attractions around the parks focus on the work of firemen and police officers.
- "Heroes Week" is an event in the parks that is based entirely on this trope.
- Title: The Adaptation: LEGO Ninjago: The Ride
- Toy Time:
- Many structures throughout the parks are designed to look as if they're made with giant Lego bricks.
- Human-sized minifigures can be found around the parks as well, such as in "Lost Kingdom Adventure."
- Toyless Toyline Character: Characters like Calico Jade and Professor Brick are neither seen in physical minifigure forms nor in any Lego sets.
- Water Guns and Balloons: Boat rides such as "Pirate Reef" and "Battle of Bricksburg" are equipped with water guns, both for passengers and those watching.
- You Must Be This Tall to Ride: While of course this is in effect, this is also notably reversed in the case of a number of rides. Some, such as the Driving School, are based on age rather than height.
