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Ride-by-ride preview: Legoland Florida theme park to open in October 2011
![<a title="Legoland Florida" href="http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/legoland-florida-6269/"><strong>Legoland Florida</strong></a> will open in October 2011 with 50 rides, attractions and shows at the former Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, about 40 miles from <a title="Funland: Disneyland" href="http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/disney-world/"><strong>Disney World</strong></a>.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-11/57388914-05152352.jpg "<a title="Legoland Florida\" href=\"http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/legoland-florida-6269/\"><strong>Legoland Florida</strong></a> will open in October 2011 with 50 rides, attractions and shows at the former Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, about 40 miles from <a title=\"Funland: Disneyland\" href=\"http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/disney-world/\"><strong>Disney World</strong></a>.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLegoland Florida will open in October 2011 with 50 rides, attractions and shows at the former Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, about 40 miles from Disney World. In many ways, Legoland Florida will be similar to Legoland California in Carlsbad,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, United Kingdom, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Washington, DC, Kissimmee
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Legoland Florida builds toward colorful October debut
WINTER HAVEN — Lego building blocks are bright red, yellow and green, but so far Legoland Florida is mostly a sandy brown.
That's about to change, said Adrian Jones, the theme park's general manager, at the construction site Wednesday. The...Tags: Polk County, Education, Colleges and Universities, Orlando, Daytona International Speedway
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Five unique things about Busch Gardens
I'm not anti- Busch Gardens, honest. It's just not very convenient to my Orlando-based life. The bottom line is, I would have to pass Islands of Adventure, Universal Studios, SeaWorld Orlando, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Disney's Hollywood Studios and Disney'...Tags: Music, Busch Gardens Orlando, SeaWorld, Animals, Traffic
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Florida guide to attractions off the beaten path
Most of the old attractions from Florida's first tourism heyday (B.D. — Before Disney) are gone forever. Still, some have survived all around the state. We visited a few on our trip from Orlando west to Weeki Wachee but couldn't get to everything on...Tags: Water Skiing, Frank Lloyd Wright, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sports, World War II (1939-1945)
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Lego models begin arriving at Legoland Florida theme park
![<a title="Ride-by-ride preview: Legoland Florida theme park to open in October 2011" href="http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/09/news/la-trb-legoland-florida-preview-20101105"><strong>Legoland Florida</strong></a> recently received the first shipment of 32 Lego models for the kiddie theme park, which is scheduled to open in October at the former Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, about 40 miles from Disney World.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/322093360-15105243.jpg "<a title="Ride-by-ride preview: Legoland Florida theme park to open in October 2011\" href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/09/news/la-trb-legoland-florida-preview-20101105\"><strong>Legoland Florida</strong></a> recently received the first shipment of 32 Lego models for the kiddie theme park, which is scheduled to open in October at the former Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, about 40 miles from Disney World.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLegoland Florida recently received the first shipment of 32 Lego models for the kiddie theme park, which is scheduled to open in October at the former Cypress Gardens theme park in Winter Haven, about 40 miles from Disney World. Photos: Ride-by-ride...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, International Drive, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Theme Park Vacations, Castle Hill
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Report: Cypress Gardens' Starliner may roll back home to the Panhandle
Sentinel Staff WriterYou CAN go home again. Starliner, the wooden roller coaster transplanted to the now-defunct Cypress Gardens park in Winter Haven, will be reassembled in its birthplace, Panama City Beach, according to a report in the News Herald of Panama City. The...Tags: Panama City (Panama), Panama
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Attractions news: Starliner disassembled, SpongeBob coming, water park in South Florida?
Sentinel Staff WriterTime for a roundup of news involving attractions that are slightly far-flung from Orlando. + The wooden roller coaster known as The Starliner is disassembled at the site of the future Legoland Florida/former Cypress Gardens. We knew that was going to...Tags: Florida, Kissimmee, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Gardens
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Legoland Florida churning old sidewalks into new foundations
Sentinel Staff WriterLegoland Florida is putting its teeth into a recycling effort. The theme park, under construction in Winter Haven, is grinding up sidewalks and foundations from its Cypress Gardens predecessor. An outside company will use a 15-ton machine to chew up the...Tags: Florida, Real Estate, Transportation, Building Material, Travel
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Legoland Florida: Gardens staying, Starliner going, jobs coming
![News and notes from Thursday's "open house" for Legoland Florida, which was held in Winter Haven's Orange Dome, down the street a few miles from the site of the new theme park, which will be built where the Cypress Gardens attraction was. (Full news story by Sentinel staff writer Sara K. Clarke and yours truly <a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/os-legoland-florida-park-plans-20100708,0,6959493.story">here</a>.)](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-07/54855836-09110914-187104.jpg "News and notes from Thursday's "open house\" for Legoland Florida, which was held in Winter Haven's Orange Dome, down the street a few miles from the site of the new theme park, which will be built where the Cypress Gardens attraction was. (Full news story by Sentinel staff writer Sara K. Clarke and yours truly <a href=\"http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/os-legoland-florida-park-plans-20100708,0,6959493.story\">here</a>.)")
Sentinel Staff WriterNews and notes from Thursday's "open house" for Legoland Florida, which was held in Winter Haven's Orange Dome, down the street a few miles from the site of the new theme park, which will be built where the Cypress Gardens attraction was. (Full news story...Tags: Polk County, Florida, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks, Travel
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Legoland Florida: Expect shuttle, Flying Island, 1,000 workers
![[caption id="attachment_4340" align="alignnone" width="575" caption="Legoland Florida is on schedule to open in Winter Haven in October."]<img class="size-large wp-image-4340" title="LEGOLANDmap1000" src="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/files/2011/03/LEGOLANDmap1000-575x410.jpg" alt="" width="575" height="410" />[/caption]](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-03/60375678-24092923-187104.jpg "[caption id="attachment_4340\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"575\" caption=\"Legoland Florida is on schedule to open in Winter Haven in October.\"]<img class=\"size-large wp-image-4340\" title=\"LEGOLANDmap1000\" src=\"http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/files/2011/03/LEGOLANDmap1000-575x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"410\" />[/caption]")
Sentinel Staff Writer[caption id="attachment_4340" align="alignnone" width="575" caption="Legoland Florida is on schedule to open in Winter Haven in October."][/caption] Construction of Legoland Florida has left the preliminary stages, and we'll soon start seeing rides and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Public Employees, Theme Park Vacations, Key West
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More Legoland lowdown: Prices, rides, what's in and out
Sentinel Staff WriterWe have a couple of Legoland Florida renderings and more complete information about the Winter Haven theme park, which is scheduled to open in October 2011. These are renderings from the park's Castle Hill section, which will be new construction at...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Statue of Liberty, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Washington Monument, Times Square
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Regional roundup: Starliner down at Legoland, SpongeBob at Silver Springs, water park near Miami Dolphins
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelTime for a roundup of news involving attractions that are slightly far-flung from Orlando. + The wooden roller coaster known as The Starliner is disassembled at the site of the future Legoland Florida/former Cypress Gardens. We knew that was going to...
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