Fall is here, and while you might only feel a slight change in weather in South Florida, the holiday season kicks off with a celebration known for ghouls, ghosts, treats and of course, just a few tricks.
As Halloween decorations take over pretty much everywhere, this includes LegoLand too. When the spider webs come out, the lego pumpkins are being built, even the characters trade their usual outfits for costumes, you know Brick-or-Treat is back.
This year brings a new area to explore: Brick-or-Treat Street, a life-size LEGO neighborhood filled with Halloween characters like the Wacky Witch, Spider Lady or Plant Monster.What kid doesn’t dream of walking through a life size lego town, especially when there is candy and lego bricks awaiting them?
There’s also a giant Halloween mural at the end for visitors to help build, because apparently trick or treating can double as a family bonding moment.
The Halloween theme carries over to the rides too. The new Galacticoaster gets its own seasonal treatment, with riders able to customize their Lego spacecraft with Halloween themed upgrades before taking off into the Lego Galaxy.
Elsewhere in the park, families can search Duplo Valley for hidden Lego candy corn, participate in the building of Lego pumpkins and take a spin on the Mischief Town Carousel. The Dragon gets in on the fun as well, with its usual castle ride filled with Lego ghosts, spiders and radioactive bats for the season.
And if the kids have been planning their costumes since July, this is their moment. Costumes are welcome and kids can show up as just about anything they can dream up. Comfortable shoes, however, might be the more important accessory for a day spent walking, riding and collecting candy.
Yes, the food is just as committed to the theme as everyone else. Monster Loaded Fries and Frankeslice pizza join the menu line up along themed slushies and drinks. Because candy collected by hand throughout the park isn’t enough sugar for one afternoon.
If your kids can survive the inevitable sugar crash, then stick around until evening, when the Monster Skytacular drone show lights up the sky with drones, music and fireworks. It’s a pretty fitting way to end a day that started with “Can we get some candy?” and somehow turned into an entire LEGO adventure.
So, while South Florida may not exactly feel like fall, there’s no shortage of ways to get into the Halloween spirit. At Brick-or-Treat, the decorations are bigger, the candy is plentiful and even the Lego characters are getting in on the fun.
Consider it a little proof that you don’t need changing leaves or chilly weather to know Halloween has arrived.
