Martyn L.
Yelp
I am a lego fan, and have been to Legolands in Windsor (UK), California, Florida and Dubai. But when I was a child, there was only one Legoland, the original in Billund Denmark where Lego was created. So it was exciting to get to visit the original Legoland recently.
We had our 2 year old son with us, but to be honest we were assuming that there would be no rides that he could use because he was too small. We were so wrong. Because he was over 90cm (~35.5 in) there were many rides he could ride with us, and even one that he could ride alone. He had a great time. Lines weren't long, but it took us almost all day to ride everything he could do once (with a 2 hour break for his nap).
So the story of our Legoland Billund visit comes in two parts. Our son loved all the rides he could go on, especially those that let him feel like he was driving/flying/sailing a vehicle. And in the case, of the boat, he really was sailing - very badly. He had a great day, and I am sure we could have turned around, had another day and ridden everything again. There were a bunch of rides that needed 100cm height, but easily enough for a great day for a 2 year old who is over 90cm.
The second part is my day. I had to squeeze Miniland (the part of the park with lego models) into his 2 hour nap. That was just enough time. Each Lego miniland has a different set of buildings. Denmark's are mostly northern European, with lots of things I had not seen at other Legolands.
The park was not that full, because it was mid-May before tourist season starts, and the weather was not yet too hot. Lines were short, most things were open, but the park closed earlier than it does in high season.
We had the lunch buffet, which was pretty bad frankly, but it did avoid wasting time waiting for food. Every other legoland I've done has a fried chicken place that was quite good, but this one did not.
We stayed in the legoland hotel. It lots of nice lego touches, and was conveniently located. However, it did not get us very much other benefit (no early admission, late stay or anything else. Just cute.
There were quite a few lego building zones (duplo or regular bricks), but we didn't have time to stop at any of those.
There was lots of other stuff in town we wanted to do (especially The Lego House), but we only had one day in Billund.
This was a great theme park experience, but if you are in a country near a Legoland, there is no need to come here - Legoland WIndsor or California are just as good, maybe better in some ways. But if you are near Denmark, this is a great park for kids under 10 and for adults whose Lego collection suggests that they think they are still kids :)