Monday, 27 November 2023

Final Legoland trip?

Our annual passes expire in December/January. Next year is Kai's PSLE year, so we thought we would go for a nice trip at the end of the year instead of heading to Legoland every term break. It's not just the kids who 舍不得 but I guess we should go for new experiences?

Day 1, 22 November, Wednesday

Departing for Legoland from Holland again, just like our first trip back in 2017! Traffic was smooth so we got there just after the opening show.

Finally a nice family shot! Ex but I think worth it


It was pleasantly not crowded at all! We took our time to put our suitcase in the locker and went to the toilet before going for the rides. No need to queue most of the time. Kai and Yang took the VR ride some six or seven times in a row! Even Burger Junction had plenty of seats. Just post a few photos this time.

I need to find earlier shots of this boy with the ninjas!


Watching a new 4D show, Dreamzz


Finally just Sito and me on Ninjago! Yu is big enough to be with his brothers, no adults!


And Yu takes four out of five!!


Before this, he was first with Sito in second place, Then he went on to beat Papa again and again until some guy beat him. He got high scores consistently. Sito said his arms were at the right height for the sensor :p

Back to Mindstorms - think we went only once before in a previous trip


They joined in before/after VR


We left Legoland later than usual. Bought water and buns at the supermarket and unpacked our stuff a bit to get things ready for bedtime before grabbing a ride to Aeon.

Dinner must be at Vivo Pizza coz of their Vivo Day every Wednesday! We kept eating the same stuff from their menu but those were really good!

Somehow, this one must also nua on Papa here, this time reading the bill


Massage followed :) The kids got to play phone games while we refreshed our poor legs, nice :) Then we had dessert at Blackball before going back to the apartment.

Three monkeys slept together - so cute!


Day 2, 23 November, Thursday

So happy that it was sunny! Time for water park!

We went round the lazy river maybe six times?!


Yang and Yu were happily building rafts and floated or swam with them instead of using the big floats. I had to keep up sometimes and wait sometimes... 

Also queued for the family raft, and spent some time in the wave pool and joker slides. But only Yu was game enough to go for the mat racer this time, while his brothers played in the wave pool. The guard encouraged me to go but no way!

So brave, my boy!


Then I chased after him to help him carry the mat up the stairs. I did that twice, and I think that was the cause for my super painful calves the next day! Weak :p

Lunch was at Tian Lai again but another branch between Legoland and Aeon. Same price, same good food, less (not no) flies despite the aircon.

Next was Paradigm Mall. Bought clothes and underwear for the kids. Kai did rock climbing while his brothers went to the arcade. All had fun!

So high up!


Dinner was Sushi King. Sito and I were not hungry at all but the kids were ready to eat. And as it turned out, the youngest ate the most! I had one plate and Sito had two, with Yang taking half of one of his two!

Happy!


At first, they were not so happy coz there was no tamago and no kappa maki. But when the mini bowls of curry rice and gyudon and udon arrived, all were happy :)

Later, Sito and I packed some noodles and Guilinggao to eat back at the apartment. Super satisfied :)

Day 3, 24 November, Friday

It was a busier day, queues almost everywhere. So we didn't do much, just ran about and did whatever was easy. 

Despite the crowds, the cafe at the supermarket was not as crowded as the last trip. Kai had steak, his brothers spaghetti bolognese, Sito schnitzel and I schnitzel wrap. Yu had to poop in the apartment after finishing his lunch, so I sent him back. Spent some time in the aquarium after that before returning to Legoland.

Sweet smile on this boy :)


Monkey smiles on these two


Parents vs. kids as firemen!


Lost but still happy to compete with us!


Yang enjoyed the robotics at Mindstorms :)


Actually the photo was a re-enactment as Sito didn't take photos during the session *.* We signed Kai up as well but he gave up shortly coz he found it difficult *.*

Must pose with Einstein like I used to pose with Confucious


Familiar shot? We did one pre-COVID!


Now, Miniland is all sheltered. My tripod came in useful too! Totally worth lugging it all over the place!

Since it was crowded, we left early. Sito brought water and buns back to the apartment while we waited at Medini Mall for him. Else the kids would be stuck playing games and we had to nag them to move again...

Dinner was Korean BBQ!


Free ice cream but only the parents had them


Kids had Baskin Robbins ice cream - so did Papa!


Plus a bandung drink!


Then we had another massage :) It was raining a bit so it was quite nice to huddle up and enjoy a massage to the sound of the rain... Just nice used up our credits since we don't know when we would return...

Day 4, 25 November, Saturday

Nothing much - just bought some candy at the supermarket as usual before going into Legoland. Didn't have much time but Yang managed to convince Yu to take the Lost Kingdom Adventure ride!

And he liked it!


Didn't even need me to sit with him after the first round *.* But none of us did very well with the shooting haha!

We said bye bye to Legoland just before exiting. Will we be back??

Another thing we miss, or the parents would, was the bakery at the supermarket. Bought RM75 worth of buns and cake before leaving - their bakes were so nice! We had them for our breakfast and tea these few days. Now we only have a pound cake left, sighs...

I showed Yang and Yu my post for the last trip this morning before asking them to write their own journal. Super cute. Now I know what Kai and Yang were doing on the VR ride on Wednesday - trying it opening and closing their eyes! Yu seemed to enjoy the BBQ more than Yang. As it was busy this morning with the aircon installer checking a leak in Kai's room which turned out to be from our room, I'll read their journal again with them tomorrow :)

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