Day 2 - Legoland Windsor outside of London

We have for many years thought of going Legoland in Denmark, but have been discouraged by the long journey to get there from Stockholm . As we now planned to go to London and started of reserach, we discovered that there was a Legoland also just outside London in the town of Windsor.Great to not have to make a separate trip to Legoland, but just spend one day at Legoland we thought - and planned a day at Legoland Windsor in our London Scheme .So, today was the day . We googled to find the optimal way to get us here , but found no direct connection, only a bus - train - train - taxi trip that took about an hour from our house in central London.Once at the park, we bought tickets and went inside. Legoland run many offers and two-for-one promotions in England. We found one from the train company we traveled with, where adult tickets were free but we had to stand in a queue for about 15 minutes in the entrence in place to be able to use the offer. Well worth waiting for however as we saved over 94 pounds on the offer.Once inside we realized that we we had choosen one of the most popular weekends to go to the park and the queues were between 45-80 minutes to the most popular attractions . We direcly decided to rent one Qbot express each. With the Qbot you can "stand in line " without actually staying in line with a little gadget and then when the queue time has passed you can see it in the device and you can then access via a separate Qbot queue . The express version we rented cut queuing time in half. Expensive, £ 30 per person, but worth every pound when the day would otherwise become an eternal queuing . We could now take it easy between attractions, get refreshments while we " stood in line " and so on. Luxury !

How was the Legoland then? "The Miniland" where they had built famous landmarks from different countries in Europe was fine and fascinating for the whole family, but the major focus of Legoland Windsor is on the fairgrounds, and they rides there are mostly small and does not really compare to an amusement park such as Liseberg in Göteborg. It was perfect for our 6-year old, who could ride everything, but our 8 year old found that many of the attractions was a bit childish.

Fun in all cases to have finally seen Legoland, now we can check that box and next time we go to London - we will go to a real amusment park with large roller coasters! 

On our way home (after already have purchasede round trip tickets by train) we saw that the bus 702 goes straight all the way to London  city for only 11 pounds (compared to 8 pounds for the short trip back to Windsor from Legoland). Strange that we did not find that information anywhere when we googled. 

Things to consider:
Direct bus 702 from London goes directly to Legoland
Bring rain gear to the water attractions
If the weather is nice - bring your swimsuit -there is a pool area
Very long lines - 30 to 90 minutes.
Qbot available in three variants, but also with Qbot you often have to stand in line, between 5-20 minutes. This is since more and more people buy Qbots and that "express que" fills up as Legoland sells more Qbots than the que can handle. Clearly worth it though to have a Qbot even if it is expensive. Variant for £ 30 pp is perfect, then you can put yourself the next queue as soon as you sit down in the first attraction.