Aunt-of-two Keeley Rodgers is captivated by the little bricks as she explores the fun activities that Legoland has on offer

Many parents will have already blocked out the painful memories of keeping their little ones entertained over the summer holidays.

But with just a few weeks to go (sorry!) until the next break, they’ll soon be looking for suggestions.

Not a parent myself I get the best bits of being an auntie – I get the praise for organising the fun stuff and hand them back when it’s too much.

And a trip to Legoland definitely increased my brownie points with my five-year-old niece and eight-year-old nephew.

Nine very fun hours at Legoland Windsor Resort was enough to tire them, and me, out for a while.

The entrance itself is enough to wake up the imagination with Lego workers heaving up what at first appear to be random letters until you see them all come together in a welcome sign at the top of the hill.

We were through the gates shortly after the resort opened at 10am and then came the tricky part... where to begin? Well, in the beginning of course. The non-Lego little people are greeted with so many options just in the entrance area but after a long journey we opted for a bacon roll and a cup of tea to prepare us for the day of adventure.

Our journey round the park began with a refreshing soak on the Vikings’ River Splash ride. Where else but Pirate Shores to dry off at and the kids could have been entertained for hours just playing at the Castaway Camp but there was too much else to do. We queued for quite a while to have a go on the Dragon’s Apprentice but there was a Lego building station to occupy the little ones on the way round.

Just on the queues – I’d read a few reviews before our trip from people complaining about the time spent queuing. Yes you have to queue like pretty much any other popular theme park and attraction but it does go quick and the way it’s designed you are usually always moving.

We checked out the park’s newest attraction – Heartlake City – and you can see why the little girls are obsessed. Real-life Lego characters captivate the audience around the lake with their perfectly styled hair and cheesy ‘Best Friends Forever’ songs.

But the kids’ real favourite was the Lego City Driver’s School and you can understand why. They are let loose on a ready-made road network complete with traffic lights, pedestrian crossings (not that many of them understood you couldn’t drive on them), road signs and of course their very own Lego car with an accelerator pedal and a brake – not that many of them used it. And afterwards to top it off they were given their very own driving licence... with of course an extra charge for the picture taken at the start.

That was their favourite until we got to Duplo Valley where they saw all the slides and water games... and until we came across Brickville, one of many play areas scattered around the park. There is literally too much to take in. There was for us adults let alone the children! You really do need more than a day hence the hotel on site which looked very popular indeed and it’s not hard to see why.

What catches you as you go round the park are the very subtly placed additions. The Lego flowers, the Lego frog next to the pond, the Lego mop on the door in the toilet. It’s as if a team of never-ageing adults have lived out their childhood imagination to make into a reality to inspire the imagination of the next generation. And they certainly succeeded; in fact, it captures that of the adults too.

Probably my favourite part of the park was the Miniland – yes you’ve guessed it, miniature versions of all sorts of countries... made out of Lego. You don’t know where to look. The bridges and canals of Amsterdam, the actual bagpipers playing in Scotland to the dizzy heights of the Eiffel Tower.

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Then there’s London – Buckingham Palace complete with guards, Tower Bridge, the financial district, there’s even a tour bus with camera-clad visitors weaving its way past a kebab shop. It was quite bizarre watching the pigeons tiptoe around the snowy banks of Sweden. It was as if they wondered where they had landed!

And then... my favourite... Glastonbury. The detail is painstaking. Tents, miniature campfires and cans of beer and of course the iconic Pyramid Stage.

Just as if we thought we’d seen it all we were taken aback by what appeared to be a giant photograph of Taylor Swift. In fact on closer inspection it was made of hundreds of Lego blocks. The whole village must have taken hours, weeks, months and probably years to put together and it’s impossible to take in every single detail.

They said 25 million Lego blocks were used in the park and every single one has its purpose. From the brown speck of pigment in Taylor Swift’s face to the final block on the Gherkin building. I regretted not visiting the model village earlier but then again I may not have seen the rest of the park.

There is so much detail and wonder to be seen, I’d recommend a good hour put aside to take it all in. We just about made it to the 4D show in the Imagination Theatre before the boys headed to the Gaming Centre to continue the excitement while my niece and I took a leisurely trip around the Skyline (after another queue of course) taking in the stunning views of the park – you can just about see as far away as the actual Gherkin – I’m not sure which is more impressive.

Lastly (thankfully) was the shop at the end – we thought we had time to pick out some souvenirs before the park closed – and if there’s one piece of advice I could give... do the shop first.

All in all a magical day which stirred the imagination of children and adults. Now which hair shall I choose for my new figure?

GO ALONG
Park open until November 2, 2015 (closed on selected midweek days in September, October and November)
In advance online, from £36.90 for adults, from £33.75 for children (free for under three’s) and from £141.30 for families (2 adults + 2 children)
To book see legoland.co.uk or call 0845 373 2640