Of course we had to visit the original Legoland in Billund Denmark. On a trip back home to Holland, we stopped in Iceland and then continued to Copenhagen. After landing we took the autonomous, driver-less metro from the airport to our hotel.
We stayed in the Manon Les Suites that featured a really cool atrium pool area.
We spent a day touring around town checking out the sites and then saw that Tivoli Gardens was here and is the second oldest amusement park in the world. So of course we went and it did not disappoint.
The next day we picked up a rental car and drove several hours to Billund Denmark where we stayed at a basic, but well run and very clean family motel / farm. We picked it as it was minutes to Legoland, our ultimate destination on this trip.
It was time to drive home… all the way back to Haarlem Netherlands where we’d return our rental car. So we turned south and worked our way through Germany. About half way through our drive we spotted another amusement park / zoo on the map. Little did we know just how cool it would be. Because there are no ride attendants.
Yes there was a lot of deferred maintenance. No, there weren’t any safety protocols. But it was cheap and you got to push the button, pull the cord or whatever it took to start the ride yourself. And speaking of rides – kudos to the person that came up with the boat launcher!
The Global Explorers Club 