LEGOLAND NY Tips and 1-Day Itinerary

Planning your visit to LEGOLAND New York? Check out our tried and perfected 1 day LEGOLAND NY itinerary plus LEGOLAND NY tips to have the best day!

LEGOLAND New York is a great addition to the LEGOLAND theme parks. Although it is not a very large park it is helpful to do a bit of planning before you arrive at the park.

Today I am sharing my best LEGOLAND NY tips and the itinerary we used to have an awesome day at the park. If you want to learn more about what is at the park check out my detailed guide to LEGOLAND NY.

11 LEGOLAND Tips to Have an Awesome Day

• Arrive early to the park. 30 minutes before official park opening.
• Purchase tickets ahead of time. Check here for the best LEGOLAND NY ticket deals.
• Stay on-site at the LEGOLAND hotel if it works for your budget. Breakfast is included and it is a short walk to the parks.
• Bring hand sanitizer. There are lots of LEGO to touch and build with, and you want to stay clean! There were stations throughout the park but I find keeping our own close hand is best.
• Watch LEGO City or LEGO Ninjago before your visit to build excitement and become familiar with the characters you may meet.
• Check out the rides at LEGOLAND NY and decide what you want to experience.
• If you want to spend time in the water/splash area make reservations ahead of time. Check here for times.
• Include a snack of Granny Apple Fries in your day. These are a popular LEGOLAND treat.
• Take time to see and do the interactive activities. There is more than rides at the park and you want to have time to check it all out. MiniLand is a great spot to take it slow.
• Take the Minifigure Skyflyer for a birds eye view of the park and to rest your legs.
• Download the official LEGOLAND NY app. Check park hours, explore the map, and decide what is on your “must-do” list.

1-Day LEGOLAND NY Itinerary

I prefer to have a plan when we visit any theme park because, they cost a lot of money to visit and I want to see and do everything we can.

We had a very flexible plan when visiting LEGOLAND NY and I wanted to share it to help you plan your visit.

We planned one day at LEGOLAND and the park was open 10:00am-5:00pm. We were visiting after an overnight in New York City and planning to drive home to Rochester after the day.

We arrived about 30 minutes before park opening and planned to do the most popular attractions first and then do a second loop of the park with the attractions we missed.

Our day looked like this:

1. Ride LEGO Brick Factory Adventure
2. Ride NINJAGO the Ride (2x)
3. Ride The Dragon (2x)
4. Driving School
5. Coast Guard Academy
6. Fire Academy
7. Lunch at Pizza & Pasta, Now Brickbeard’s Food Market
8. LEGO City Theater (2x) They have 4 different shows that run every 15 minutes.
9. Anchors Away
10. Rogue Riders
11. Granny Apple Fries Snack (This is located in LEGO City. My husband went to order as the kids rode Anchors Away)
12. Explored Mini-Land and made our way back to the start of the park.
13. Brick Party
14. DJ’s Dizzy Disco Spin

This is a good time to go into any activity buildings you may have skipped and to take your time exploring each land. Play at the playgrounds, take pictures with the LEGO statues.

At the end of the day we did one last loop and rode any attractions that had short lines. Before we left the park we had an early dinner at Smokey’s Brick-B-Que.

LEGOLAND NY is manageable in one day with these tips and itinerary. Plan to do the most popular attractions first and then spend the afternoon at a more leisurely pace.

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