Exhorbitant prices and very little to see - sums up that phrase 'rip off Britain'If Lego wanted to win more fans they just lost some

Copy of email sent to Manchester LDC following our visity of 1 November. I think it sums up our visti quite well! Dear Sir As my subject line implies, I visited the Manchester LDC on 1 November with my wife and six year old daughter. Having paid an exorbitant £38.85 entrance fee (two adults and one child) I had very high expectations. I was to be very disappointed. We waited five minutes to be given access to the 'factory tour' which even my daughter found embarrassing. We had hoped for a brief insight into how Lego was actually made - not a story about Legopoo. Having got passed this we queued for 15 minutes to go on the Kingdom Quest ...  Read the complete review

Asked my g/son what he would like to do for his 9th birthday legoland in trafford centre he said.. me been the fairy grandmother ok i said booked it on the web site cost £33 for 2 g/son's 1x15yrs 1x9yrs and me .. took the tram and a shuttle bus got there for the time i asked for 2-30pm could wait to get in..we would have been better off going to a wacky ware house. 1 big room full of lego pit's 1 ride and a climbing frame with slide,3D cinema showed a 5min flim of bob the builder..why i was charged £11 85p just get in i dont know...so if your thing of going DONT GO .. lot's of place to take the kid's get more for your money.{NO TO LEGOLAND in trafford } DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

This was a little disapointing as a family day out, although we did enjoy it overall. The entrance fee is way too much, there is only 1 ride and then basically lots of lego building. Not much for the younger kids, my 4 year old and daddy loved building cars and racing them. However trying to occupy my 2 year old was not quite so easy. Having said all that can honestly say the staff were great, very attentive and happy to spend time with four year old and build lots of stuff with him. It was a very quiet day so we were able to just mouch about doing what we wanted, but can see it being a nightmare as soon as it gets any busier. ONLY go if its in the week/ term time and use tesco vouchers to keep it cheap.

Living in the Midlands, Legoland Windsor is a little too far for a day trip and adds up to a pricey family outing when hotel costs are also factored in. For that reason, I was excited to learn that Legoland were opening a new 'Discovery Centre' at the Trafford Centre in Manchester which is within an hour's drive for us. The Discovery Centre isn't a full blown copy of the Legoland theme park though and actually only features one 'ride', as such, as well as a 4D cinema. The majority of the centre is based around interactive Lego-themed activities which children are free to come and go and play on as they wish. This was fine for us as we have Alton Towers on our ...  Read the complete review