Legoland Discovery Center

Our family had a blast visiting the Legoland Discovery Center. The first thing we did was hop on their ride where you can wave magic wands at screens to go through challenges like popping bubbles, blasting spaceships, etc. At the end of the ride, whoever accrued the most points can have bragging rights. Unfortunately, one of the wands on our car was not working, so one of our party members couldn't participate, and we were definitely very much caught off guard by the photo, so our candid photo is everyone looking down, haha. They also have a 4D cinema with three different shows at different show times. It was fun to watch a 10-minute short movie with special effects like wind and rain. For the energetic kids who really need to get their energy out, there is a pirate ship built like a mini play gym. Only kids are allowed inside, no adults. For the older kids who are more focused and into building Legos, there are many activities for them to experience, including a table where they can build their own race car and "race" it against other players. The interior of the place contains a large replica of different notable places in the Bay Area, like Levi's stadium, Salesforce tower, etc. They even have some interactive activities like havng the Oakland Bart train pull into the station and being able to make a touchdown with mini Lego football players. Overall, I think this place is better for the non-toddler aged kids, but there was something fun for everyone in the family to enjoy. We even got a special photo opp with Lego Man as he made his rounds!

On the pricey side ($33 per person, no discounts for kids unless they're under 2) but totally worth it even if your kids are not Lego fanatics. Our children are 5 and 3 and had a blast! There is a ride that is a more mellow version of Disneyland's Astroblasters, a 4D show, Lego "stations" everywhere, an enclosed play area for bigger kids, a small staircase coupled with a slide for the littles, and a Miniland (my personal favorite) which featured Bay Area landmarks and cities recreated with millions of Legos.Our kids gravitated toward the Ninjago corner and had tons of fun smashing buttons on the reaction time light-up wall structure. At one point a huge gingerbread man came walking out and my daughter was in heaven! The staff are also attentive and kind--one member in particular, Nathan, noticed my daughter was upset and scared by the 4D show and tracked us down after to give my her a free Legoman to cheer her up. And it worked!Finally, there is a nice $tarbucks cafe and very clean bathrooms inside as well. The neighboring Legostore is pretty cool too (and you can check that out freely without a ticket to this Discovery Center). One downside is that it can get somewhat crowded and there are no in and out privileges. Nevertheless, I do anticipate coming back in the future and am recommending my parent friends to check this place out too.

Waited until my son was 4 to come here and I still think I should have waited longer since he's not quite old enough to enjoy everything for the price point.TICKETS - you can reserve/purchase tickets in advance online and pick your entry time. I got them the morning of and still didn't have any issues. It saves you time instead of purchasing when you get there.Anyone ages 2+ have to pay the same price which is around $35. Some days are cheaper than others but for a Saturday we paid probably the more expensive price. Infants under 2 are free but no discounts for younger kids or seniors. That is probably my main gripe is that parents and kids have to pay the same price and it's not cheap.PARKING - easy parking since it's at the great mall.ATTRACTIONS - it's sort of one big room with little segments throughout. It's not huge so if your kid is not that into building legos or can't do it on their own you could probably spend an hour maybe an hour and a half here. My son was sort of overwhelmed at first and we left at 11:15 after getting in at 10:00. Luckily for a Saturday during Christmas break it wasn't that crowded. I think by 11:00 am more people were coming through.TRAIN RIDE - the operator wasn't there at first so we had to wait until closer to 10:40 to get in line. The line was probably 6 families deep but we only waited less than 10 minutes. It's basically similar to those interactive astro blasters or toy story mania rides where you go through on a lego "train" and then at little stops along the way you use this magic wand/laser to "shoot" at a TV screen and get points. I thought my son would enjoy it more but he only wanted to go on it once. It's a nice/fun ride though for little kids.NINJAGO LASER - unfortunately this was closed, which is disappointing since you don't get a discount when certain rides are closed :(PIRATE SHIP PLAYGROUND - this is like one of those indoor playcenter playgrounds where you go in and there's slides, squishy/foam pieces, punching bags and kids climb up and around. For my 4 year old he wasn't quite tall or strong enough to do everything by himself so it wasn't as enjoyable as I'm sure some other kids would be.LEGO CITY BUILDS - in the middle are these amazing lego builds of popular city attractions like the golden gate bridge, apple infinite loop, warriors chase stadium etc. and some are interactive where you wave or press a button. This was pretty impressive although for a 4 year old not that exciting but he still enjoyed looking at them.DUPLO PLAY AREA - this is supposed to be for 2-5 year olds and my 18 month old did enjoy the small slide (although a little steep) and bubbles but overall not much. They probably could have added more things to make it more fun for the kids. There's a big lego ball pit/block area too.CINEMA - the 4D cinema is free, which is nice. They had a lego city 4D show and my 4 year old was a little apprehensive at first but then enjoyed it a lot! It was his first cinema/movie experience. They have lots of showings.OTHER BUILD STATIONS - everything else are these little build stations with some prebuild buildings or roads that are glued and then little buckets where you can build things like your own train, car, boat, etc. This is where it was tough for my son to get into it because he can't really interact with the buildings and he isn't good enough to build his own builds so my husband or I would have to help. He was excited about the train track but we had to spend time building a train and digging through all the pieces to find what we needed.Overall, for the price you pay and what you get it just wasn't fully worth it for my 4 year old and 18 month old. Also, they do have a cafe but the options are a little limited and you can't bring outside food AND there are no in and out privileges so we had to leave for lunch and couldn't come back. I was able to bring some lunch for my 18 month old since she doesn't eat restaurant food yet and that was one good thing. Lots of tables spread out in the cafe and outside the cafe.

My family and I stopped by this Legoland location during the summer. It was a pleasant surprise, since I wasn't aware that there was a mini-Legoland in the area. We went during the weekend, so it was very busy. Not all of the facilities inside the Discovery Center wasn't open either, such as the restaurants. However, it was still a nice place for our daughter to walk around, explore, and play. You are able to build your own lego that you can take home with you, but I can't remember if it is based on which ticket you purchased at the entrance or not. There is also a short ride that the kids can go on and a movie that the whole family can watch.Overall, it was a fun experience for my family, especially my daughter. There are many things to do to keep the kids occupied so they can burn off a lot of energy. We'll be visiting again soon.

Not worth the price. Not much activity.. what we did enjoy was the 4d movie. But other than that it was overpriced

Smaller than what I would expect from a LEGOLAND, but the kid had fun nonetheless. My nephew had a great experience here the whole day. Even after he returned home, he kept asking to come back.There are many activities for kids and adults to participate, block building, train rides, 4D cinema, and workshops.They also have a huge central exhibition to showcase their recreation of San Francisco, San Jose and many tourist attractions with legos. Their skills and creativity are very amazing.

I found this place on instagram and decided to take my son. It's inside a very busy mall. The earlier you can go the better. It cost $34 per person. Adults can't do anything do i personally think they should charge half the price for adults. This was the only reason I gave it a 4 stars. The place has a lot of interactive activities to build legos. It had one little ride that parents can go on. They have a little cafe. There was a 4D attraction but you have to pay extra for it. Then they had a sail boat playground that I think the kids like the most. You can literally do everything an in hour and stretch it to one and a half. I did see two party rooms. As you walk out you have to walk through the store. The prices on things were a little over priced so I opted not to get anything. Overall my son did have a lot of fun.

This spot was amazing! So interactive for my little guys, so many activities. I think you definitely pay a bang for your buck and the sweet treat is if you're a Lego nerd like the men in my household (myself included) you can choose an exclusive in stores only Lego set to build. My husband and i enjoyed seeing the wonder through our little guys eyes. We definitely will be returning to this fun place again.There's also a cafe with accessible snacks if you want something quick, and also hot snacks if you're in the mood for something warm. Same also with coffee, they serve Starbucks and it hit the spot to have energy to keep up with my littles.

On this super hot day I thought I would bring my nephew here to stay cool. Lots of things to create, hut wish they had more classes. My nephew is all about building, he just likes getting ideas. We took the creative class, it was by far our favorite thing to do here. Since it was almost lunch time we checked out the cafe, well not only did they take super long time to get us two pizzas, but the pizza was so small and for over $10 not worth it. The people working here should be a little friendlier specially since kids come here super excited. We asked a young lady how long some of the stuff took to build after she rolled her eyes she said she didn't build it so she didn't know. We might give them a se in chance down the road but we will make sure we get lunch first

It's a great place where kids can spend hours! If there is anything that I want to improve, it would be the car ride time is too short.