Last weekend we made a trek out to Riverside to check out the amazing Castle Park which is definitely one of our favorite small parks. Well run, clean, an amazing collection of flat rides and family coasters ... what more could you want? 

Be sure to check out our report along with a construction update for what is coming soon!! 

Welcome to Castle Park!! 

First stop is Merlin's Revenge. Be sure to check out our POV below. 

Some of the amazing flat rides at the park. 

In addition, they used to have a falling star which has been removed. 

There is a "Rock n' Tug" in the parking lot that we assume is coming to this spot. 

The parks resident peacock 

Don't go on the train tracks

Like many small parks Castle Park has an amazing Arcade and Mini Golf area

In addition the arcade features an awesome custom Ghostblasters from Sally Corp. 

Let's head back to the ride park 

Sadly the awesome log flume was closed, but looks to be getting some extensive work done. Hopefully this will be back soon, it's a fun one. 

Lastly, our fun POV of the Little Dipper which is a great small ride as you can tell below. 

If you are heading out to Castle Park be sure to check out our discount page below, in addition we have some great discounts to other parks in the Palace Chain like Kennywood, Idlewild and Raging Waters. 
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• Castle Park Riverside: Discounted Admission with advance purchase
• Kennywood: Discounted Weekday and Weekend admission
• Idlewild: Discounted Admission with advance purchase
• Raging Waters Los Angeles: Discounted Weekday and Weekend admission

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Ninjago World at Legoland is officially open today. Last week we were invited out to the media day preview. Below you'll find lots of pictures of the event, a full POV of the ride and a review of the ride. 
Be sure you check out the new ride and be sure to let us know what you thought of it. 

Written by Gregg Condon

The entrance to Ninjago World

There are lots of great Lego diagrams in the area

The Ninja Kitchen has some great food and we tried it all. And it was all amazing especially the pork belly. 

More of the awesome Lego people

Even a kid-sized rock climbing wall

The entry to the ride, it looks really great. You can't see the ride building at all from the land. 

And of course the store at the exit

The opening ceremony featured some ninja's, drums and lots and lots and LOTS of confetti. 

Let's take a look at the ride with video and pictures. 

Ride Review: 

So I think it's safe to say we were kind of hesitant about Ninjago. Not only are we wholly unfamiliar with the theme but after Iron Reef last year we weren't quite sure what to expect. While Iron Reef is fun, the capacity, ride vehicles and some of the effects on the ride didn't really excite a lot of people. 

Fortunately with Ninjago they've addressed all of these issues. 

First off, instead of one vehicle (holding 8 people max) at a time going through the ride Ninjago actually sends two vehicles (holding 16 people max) at a time. Each scene has two screens which effectively doubles the capacity from Iron Reef. 

The vehicles go through the station much faster than Iron Reef (as you can see in the video above) and the entire front of the vehicle doesn't need to be moved, just the "doors" on the side. 

Technologically the video is much more crisp and clear and there are many lighting and fog effects in the ride. 

The motion activated technology seems to work pretty well but takes some getting used to. We rode 4 times and by the last time we seemed to be getting it down. But even without being able to aim right where we wanted to without practice we still had a great time. It's a bit of a workout as well. 

Overall we think the ride is a solid addition to this park and considering Ninjago is Lego's biggest original franchise we have no doubt this ride is going to be a hit. 

The 3D glasses are placed in racks which probably makes them easier to clean

The ride station which loads 4 groups of 4 for 16 riders at a time. 

Thanks again to Legoland for having us out, we had a great time and enjoyed the event and ride immensely. 

One of our favorite parks has always been Legoland California. While sure we aren't the age range for this park it's just awesome to have a park dedicated to our favorite toy and we love any chance we get to head to this park. 



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Last week we were at the premiere for the all new Lego Movie 4D (be sure to check out our review if you haven't yet) but we also had some fun in the park prior to the premiere and were able to get some pics of the all-new Ninjago land that's opening later this spring. 

We'll start off with a look at Ninjago which kind of to our surprise is going to be located very close to the front of the park. 

We really love this new trend that parks have of doing entire lands around new attractions. 

Some of the Ninjago characters

No date on the new ride/land has been announced, but it will be this Spring. 

Below on the map you can see the area where the new land is going just to the right of the main entrance of the park. 

A few weeks ago the park sent us some sneak peek pics of the ride building and the new vehicles. Be sure to check it out here (and some of the pics below). 

New since our last visit is the all new Lego Heartlake City addition. 

It's definitely an area for the girls. 

The Carousel was very large and oddly didn't play any music, just clopping of the horses. 

Nice characters of the Lego Friends. 

We are definitely not the intended audience for this area of the park, but we thought it was very nicely done. 

Before we move on into the rest of the park be sure to check out our HD POV of the Fairy Tale Brook at the park. It's a great little ride. We'd also taken some video of Mini-Land but we didn't really care for the way it turned out. Next time we're at the park we're going to spend some time getting some great video of Mini Land. We've got some cool ideas on how to pull that off. 

One of our favorite parts of Legoland are all of the quirky little Lego figures. 

The Dragon coaster which if you haven't ridden it is basically a Lego version of Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios. Those who have ridden will know what I mean. 

One of these days we'll try and arrange it with the park to get some POV of this great fun family coaster. 

Legoland also has one of the best Splash Battles we've seen. 

Don't forget to head down to the park and check out The Lego Movie 4D ... NOW OPEN!!! 

Thanks again for checking out the update and for all of the incredible support.