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Legoland Florida Added Two More Rides to Its Closure List This Afternoon, and They Go Down the Same Day Kid Power Towers Comes Back
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Legoland Florida Added Two More Rides to Its Closure List This Afternoon, and They Go Down the Same Day Kid Power Towers Comes Back

Michael Travels
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Legoland Florida's Temporary Closures page changed at 4:23 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, by the timestamp on the resort's own sitemap, and two rides that were not on it before now are.

Coast Guard Academy and Merlin's Challenge are both listed as closed from October 5 to October 24. The page just says so, in the same plain bulleted list. Neither ride was on that list in late August, when it carried five Legoland Park entries.

Two children ride a small motorized boat with a white hull and a bright red deck molded with oversized LEGO studs, steering along a green tinted waterway in warm low sunlight. A boy in a pale checked shirt sits at the left and a girl in turquoise sunglasses and a patterned top holds the black steering wheel. Behind them a wooden dock carries an orange LEGO minifigure model, a blue and yellow one, and a larger white and red boat model.

Coast Guard Academy, closed October 5 to 24. Image: Legoland Florida Resort

The handoff

What makes this worth a second look is the timing rather than the closures themselves.

The two dated Legoland Park closures already on the list are the ones coming back. The Great LEGO Race is down from September 8 to October 2. Kid Power Towers is down from September 8 to October 4. Coast Guard Academy and Merlin's Challenge then start on October 5, the same day Kid Power Towers reopens.

There is no gap. The Great LEGO Race is back October 3, Kid Power Towers October 5, and Coast Guard Academy and Merlin's Challenge go down that same day, so at least one of these four rides stays closed continuously from September 8 through October 24, straight through the middle of Brick or Treat.

How many event nights this costs

Brick or Treat runs 18 nights: September 5, 6, 12, 19 and 26, then October 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31. Line the four closure windows up against that list and the picture is lopsided.

A dark blue chart headed Which Brick or Treat nights lose which rides. Eighteen dated columns run left to right under SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER headings, and four rows are labeled The Great LEGO Race, Kid Power Towers, Coast Guard Academy and Merlin's Challenge. Red squares marked X show closed nights and dark squares show open ones. A right hand column totals 3, 5, 8 and 8 nights. A footnote reads that only 5 of the 18 nights have all four of these rides open, on September 5 and 6 and October 25, 30 and 31.

The four dated closures mapped against all 18 Brick or Treat nights. Chart: Parks Magic, built from Legoland Florida's published closure dates

The Great LEGO Race misses three event nights. Kid Power Towers misses five. Coast Guard Academy and Merlin's Challenge miss eight apiece. Three plus five is eight, so each of the new closures on its own costs as many event nights as both of the earlier ones added together.

Thirteen of the 18 nights have at least one of the four closed. Only five nights have all four running: September 5 and 6, which have already happened, and October 25, 30 and 31 at the very end of the season.

One caveat on that number. It counts only these four dated closures. Pirate River Quest also sits on the list with no dates attached at all, and with no reopening date published, it should not be counted as open on those nights either.

Who actually loses out

Both new closures are rides with low height requirements. Coast Guard Academy has a minimum rider height of 34 inches. Merlin's Challenge is 36 inches. On both, guests under 48 inches need a responsible rider aged 14 or older.

Legoland describes the Coast Guard Academy boat as a "family-friendly vessel" you steer "along the windy waterway, spotting LEGO Minifigure models along the way." Merlin's Challenge is "a mysterious wooden train ride powered by the wizard's magic," which the park says is "absolutely thrilling for small riders as the train goes up and down over the tracks."

So the two rides coming out in October are two of the ones aimed squarely at small children, during a Halloween event built for young families.

Two boys ride at the front of Merlin's Challenge with both arms thrown in the air and wide open mouths, one in a green and white striped shirt with a number on it and one in a blue and green striped shirt. Their car is built from oversized dark red LEGO bricks with visible studs and a black lap bar. More riders including adults sit in cars stretching back along the track behind them, beside a dark wooden fence and bright green foliage lit by sun.

Merlin's Challenge, closed in the same October 5 to 24 window. Image: Legoland Florida Resort

What else is on the list

The rest of the Temporary Closures page is short. Pirate River Quest is listed with no dates. Over at Peppa Pig Theme Park, Mr. Bull's High Striker is down from September 8 to September 25. The water park and the resort hotels both read "All attractions open."

The page carries its usual hedge: "Additional attractions may be closed without notice. This page highlights scheduled closures at LEGOLAND Florida Resort."

Worth knowing if you are booking

Brick or Treat is included with general park admission, so there is no separate event ticket riding on this. But if you are picking a date around the youngest member of your group, the last three event nights are the cleaner window. October 25, 30 and 31 are the only remaining nights with all four of these rides scheduled to run.

Sources

Legoland Florida Resort, "Temporary Closures"
Legoland Florida Resort, "Brick or Treat is Back!"
Legoland Florida Resort, "Coast Guard Academy"
Legoland Florida Resort, "Merlin's Challenge"
Legoland Florida Resort, sitemap

Image credits

Ride photographs Legoland Florida Resort. Chart by Parks Magic, built from Legoland Florida's published closure dates.

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Check out our guides for more on each place in this story:

Merlin's Challenge The Great LEGO Race Coast Guard Academy Kid Power Towers Pirate River Quest

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