LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Toronto photo by Wiki Commons
Legos® have been a popular toy around the world for the past 65 years. Aside from being a simple toy of building blocks for kids they have expanded over the years with various projects, themes, and pieces being made where basically anything imaginable can be created. They have also inspired the production of various movies, YouTube videos, building competitions, amusement parks, Discovery Centres and more.
LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres are a smaller sized version of the equally popular LEGOLAND® Theme Parks. The Discovery Centres are billed as indoor family attractions featuring Lego® displays, and models, 4D movie experiences, play areas, Lego® Master Building Academies and more.
The LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Toronto was opened in March 2013 and is now one of 11 LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres around the world and the only one in Canada. If you are visiting Toronto with your family and little or big kids the LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre is a great place to visit to expand their imaginations.
Features of the Toronto LEGOLAND® include a Lego® Factory that you can take a guided tour of and see how plastic is transformed into colorful lego® pieces. If you are lucky you might even get to assist in making your very own piece of lego®. The Toronto LEGOLAND® also has a 4D cinema that takes you on an adventure that is out of this world, a Kingdom Quest Laser Ride where you can rescue a princess and zap away dangers with your very own laser, there is a firefighters jungle gym, a Lego® Construction site and even a Lego® Master Building Academy. At the Lego® Master Building Academy you can learn lego® building tips and tricks hands-on from the best Lego® builders in the city.
LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Toronto Entrance photo by Wiki Commons
Ticket prices and hours of operations
Open 7 days a week, you can purchase tickets to the LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre Toronto in person or online however prices vary with the best deal pre-purchasing them in advance online. As a family attraction Adults will not be admitted without a child attending with them unless it is a predetermined Adults Only night. The last entry into the centre is two hours before it closes for the day and it is suggested that you spend at least 2 to 3 hours touring the venue.
Getting there
Located in the Vaughan Mills Mall, north of downtown Toronto in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) in a city called Vaughan. It is a 35minute drive from the city or 1 hour 40minutes taking public transportation. However if visiting in the summer months your best option is to take the Vaughan Mills Mall free shuttle which you can pre-book that departs Union Station in downtown Toronto between May 1st & September 30th.
-Contributed by Cailin O’Neil
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