Legoland Florida
Legoland Florida Resort is a family-friendly, multi-day vacation destination in Central Florida featuring a 150-acre Lego theme park with more than 50 rides, shows, and attractions, the Legoland Water Park, and a botanical garden. Located 45 minutes from Orlando and Tampa, the resort also includes two on-site themed hotels—Legoland Hotel Florida and Legoland Pirate Island Hotel—with immersive Lego-themed rooms and kid-focused entertainment. Seasonal stays are available at the Legoland Beach Retreat, offering lakefront Lego bungalows for a family getaway.
Built on the site of the former Cypress Gardens theme park, Legoland preserved the botanical gardens and re-themed the water park and select attractions and venues to reflect various Lego brands.
History
On January 15, 2010, Merlin Entertainments declared its intention to build a Legoland theme park on the site of the former Cypress Gardens theme park, which permanently ceased operations in 2009. Six days later, a news conference was held with Florida Governor Charlie Crist and park officials. The story broke a day before the press conference after an email between public officials was obtained by a local newspaper; the sale price was $22.3 million.After a relatively short construction period, Legoland Florida Resort opened on Saturday, October 15, 2011.
The park expanded by adding more lands such as The World of Chima, Heartlake City, and Lego Ninjago World as well as expanding itself as a resort. On November 21, 2013, Legoland Florida announced they would be adding their first onsite hotel, the Legoland Hotel. It opened to the public on May 15, 2015. A second resort, Legoland Beach Retreat, was announced March 15, 2016 as part of a major expansion effort and it opened on April 7, 2017, approximately east of the theme park, on the western shore of Lake Dexter. The most recent development was the announcement of the world's first theme park area themed with The Lego Movie, which opened on March 27, 2019.
From mid-March to May 2020, as with all Legoland parks, the park was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attractions
Theme parks
Legoland Florida Resort
The Legoland Florida Resort opened on October 15, 2011, The park encompasses, making it the second-largest Legoland park after Legoland Windsor in the UK.Designed for families with children ages 2 to 12, the park has more than fifty rides, shows, attractions, restaurants, and shops, plus the original Cypress Gardens that pays homage to the park's former usage. Unlike other select Legoland attractions, children are .
PEPPA PIG Theme Park
On February 25, 2021, as part of the company's exclusive multi-territory licensing agreement with Hasbro and Entertainment One, Merlin Entertainments announced to build a Peppa Pig theme park in the resort simply titled "PEPPA PIG Theme Park" for 2022. It will be the first standalone theme park based on the children's property, as well as the second dry park and the first non-Lego related theme park to open in a Legoland Resort. PEPPA PIG Theme Park Florida is separately ticketed from the Legoland Florida Resort in the resort, but bundled two-day, two-park tickets to visit both parks are available.On August 13, 2021, the six main attractions for the park were announced.
On October 13, 2021, it was confirmed that the park would open on February 24, 2022, a year after its initial announcement.
Legoland Water Park
The Legoland Water Park was initially constructed as "Splash Island", which debuted in 2005 with five rides within Cypress Gardens. Splash Island was the only water park in Polk County when it opened. After Merlin Entertainments purchased the Cypress Gardens site, Splash Island was reworked with Lego themes replacing the original Polynesian-themed attractions. The Legoland Water Park also added a sixth attraction, a toddler water play area named Duplo Splash Safari, which featured slides and fountains in a shallow pool. The park reopened under its new name on May 26, 2012.Admission to the Water Park requires purchase of an admission ticket to the theme park. The initial extra cost for admission to the water park was $12 for ages 4 and up, aimed at visitors spending a second day at Legoland.
SEA LIFE Florida Aquarium
It is the newest resort attraction officially opened to the public on June 26th 2025. The Aquarium features a number of exhibits focused on marine education and interactive experiences. It has about 3000 marine animals and 150 species. An experience of a 180 degree tunnel is also available for visitors to walk through and watch aquatic creatures underwater.
The admission fee to Sea Life costs a ticket price starting from $25 per person for one day. The combo ticket which allows you to enter the Legoland attractions and Sea Life can start from $89 per person.
Galacticoaster
Recently Legoland Florida Resort announced the Galacticoaster, which is a new indoor galaxy themed experience planned to open on February 27, 2026. It is the first indoor roller coaster built in the main theme park since 2011. The indoor coaster will have technologically advanced features and an immersive experience simulating a Lego spacecraft flying into space.
Accommodation
Legoland Hotel Florida
The 152-room Legoland Hotel Florida opened May 15, 2015.Legoland Beach Retreat
The Legoland Beach Retreat opened on April 7, 2017, which has 166 rooms in 83 freestanding bungalows designed to resemble giant Lego sets.Pirate Island Hotel
Pirate Island Hotel opened on June 25, 2020, after a previous delay from April 17 due to COVID-19. This hotel is themed to pirates.Resort layout and attractions
Legoland Florida Resort
More than fifty rides, shows, and attractions are featured in the park based on those at other Legoland parks. The Jungle Coaster ride from Legoland Windsor was moved to the park and renamed Lego Technic Test Track.Cypress Gardens' botanical park was preserved as part of the park. Also surviving is a vast Banyan tree that was planted as a seedling in a five-gallon bucket in 1939. In addition, four attractions originally from Cypress Gardens were renovated and renamed: the Triple Hurricane wooden rollercoaster was renamed to Coastersaurus, the Okeechobee Rampage family coaster was renamed to The Dragon, and Swamp Thing, a Vekoma family inverted coaster, was renamed Flying School. The Starliner coaster, formerly built for the Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City in 1963 before being moved to Cypress Gardens in 2004, was dismantled for sale. The Island in the Sky observation tower was also retained and operated from 2011 until it was closed in 2017.
The Legoland Florida theme park has fourteen sections:
The Beginning
The Beginning features no attractions, but it contains the park's main gift shops, restaurants, and administrative facilities. The Legoland Hotel is located just outside the park's entrance.Fun Town
| Started | Title | Current |
| Lego Racers 4D | ||
| Spellbreaker 4D | ||
| Lego City: A Cluch Powers 4D Adventure | ||
| Lego Chima 4D Movie Experience | ||
| The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure | ||
| Lego Nexo Knights: The Book of Creativity | ||
| Lego Ninjago: Masters of the 4th Dimension | ||
| Lego City 4D: Officer in Pursuit | ||
| Lego Mythica 4D: Journey to Mythica | ||
| Lego DREAMZzz 4D: Z-Blob Rescue Rush |
Heartlake City
Miniland USA
Duplo Valley
Lego Kingdoms
| Attraction | Added | Image | Description |
| The Dragon | October 15, 2011 | A steel family coaster manufactured by Vekoma which featured an indoor dark ride portion. Originally called Okeechobee Rampage and located at a different place within the park. During construction of Legoland Florida, the track was extended to include the dark ride segment and was put alongside the perimeter of the park. | |
| The Royal Joust | October 15, 2011 | A simulated 'joust' attraction where children ride Lego-themed horses through medieval scenes. | |
| Merlin's Challenge | October 15, 2011 | A mini Himalaya flat ride with a Lego model of Merlin as the centerpiece. | |
| The Forestmen's Hideout | October 15, 2011 | Large multi-level wooden playground designed for younger children, a structure with slides, rope ladders, and bridges. |
Land of Adventure
Lego Ninjago World
The Lego Movie World
The area occupied by The Lego Movie World was previously themed as The World of Chima.| Attraction | added | Image | Description |
| The Lego Movie: Masters of Flight | March 27, 2019 | Flying theatre attraction where guests join Master Builders on a Triple Decker Flying Couch transporting riders all over The Lego Movie universe. | |
| Unikitty's Disco Drop | March 27, 2019 | Tower ride manufactured by Zierer. Drops, spins and bounces to the heights of Cloud Cuckoo land. | |
| Battle of Bricksburg | March 27, 2019 | Help defend Bricksburg by spraying down the DUPLO alien invaders. Beware, you will get wet! Retained from The World of Chima and renamed from The Quest for Chi Splash Battle, which opened in 2013. |