{"id":6270,"date":"2019-06-26T22:05:23","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T03:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2019-07-17T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T16:53:50","slug":"legoland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/26\/legoland\/","title":{"rendered":"Legoland"},"content":{"rendered":"

We usually avoid places like Legoland. They’re expensive, crowded, and cater to a materialist brand-oriented ethos that we dislike. Did I mention expensive? But this year, knowing that we were going to San Diego, and we might not be back until Griffin’s too old, we considered checking it out. Grummy and Grandpa Stape jumped in, offering to give Griffin and Maggie gift certificates for their birthdays. That clinched it, and the kids were bouncing with excitement during the intervening weeks.<\/p>\n

To our great surprise, all five of us had a great time and we stayed all day… we closed out the park! We went on a cloudy Wednesday and the park wasn’t as mobbed as usual. Lines were short, people (guests and staff) were kind and cheerful, and food options were better than expected. Oliver even took an afternoon nap in the stroller while Griffin and Maggie played at the waterpark. Lounging in a cabana while the older kids played and Oliver slept was not-at-all what I expected from a trip to Legoland. Moreover, the lego models were wicked cool.<\/p>\n

\"Legoland <\/a>
Legoland entrance <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Oliver <\/a>
Oliver is ready <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Oliver <\/a>
Oliver eaten by a lion <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Carousel\" <\/a>
Carousel <\/div> <\/div>
\"Daddy <\/a>
Daddy let’s Oliver drive (not) <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_0576_edited-1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_0578_edited-1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Seatbelt\" <\/a>
Seatbelt <\/div> <\/div>
\"Solo <\/a>
Solo sailor <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Star <\/a>
Star destroyer <\/div> <\/div>
\"Daddy <\/a>
Daddy is mesmerized <\/div> <\/div>
\"Is <\/a>
Is this on Coruscant somewhere? <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Glimpse <\/a>
Glimpse of NYC <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_8132_edited-1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_8135_edited-1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"This <\/a>
This idol stands above the wave pool. We’re in the cabana, chilling out. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_8155_edited-1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"IMG_8157_edited-1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Farewell <\/a>
Farewell Lego people… we had a great time! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We usually avoid places like Legoland. They’re expensive, crowded, and cater to a materialist brand-oriented ethos that we dislike. Did I mention expensive? But this year, knowing that we were going to San Diego, and we might not be back until Griffin’s too old, we considered checking it out. Grummy and Grandpa Stape jumped in, … Continue reading Legoland<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,3,45,87,54,83,74],"tags":[79,81,88,51,13],"class_list":["post-6270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-andrew","category-griffin","category-maggie","category-oliver","category-photo","category-sarah","category-travel","tag-griffin","tag-maggie","tag-oliver","tag-pictures","tag-vacation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_0569_edited-1.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6296,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6270\/revisions\/6296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}