Legoland Windsor at Easter, April 2026

We had a road trip planned and we needed to be ‘down south’ to get to Le Shuttle. To save me having to drive 5 hours in one go, we decided to go and check out Legoland Windsor on the way!

It was our first visit to Legoland Windsor this season. Our last trip was for Christmas, so we were looking forward to getting on a few rides and seeing some of the updates they’d been making over the closed period. Unfortunately, we picked the wrong day to visit. It was SOLD OUT! I didn’t know Legoland had an overflow car park, but yep, we were in it! It took us around 30-40 minutes to actually get in from the bottom of the hill, into the car park and park up.

I’ve never seen Legoland this busy. It was madness. Luckily for us, we’ve been a thousand times, so we weren’t missing out on anything by not getting in all the queues. We did a few rides, but it was nice to have a look around at the park. It must have been awful for the hundreds of people who might only be able to afford one trip to have to struggle with how busy it was.

This year marks the 35^th birthday of Legoland Windsor, and to celebrate, they had a cake. In the main entrance plaza, there was a giant 20 foot Lego build birthday cake. Around the cake were mini builds of the rides and attractions of Legoland, from the castle and the dragon, Minifigure Speedway and an upscaled Roxie minifig, Miniland builds, Mythica and Fire & Ice Freefall, the hill train, the big shop, Legoland hotel entrance and the woodland lodges. A nice touch.

Not only was it Legoland Windsor’s 35^th birthday, but they were also celebrating 15 years of Lego Ninjago. And they had several events around the park:

Path of the Ninja – You could pick up a sheet to complete activities and collect stickers from around the park at different events. Trouble was, we didn’t know where to pick up a sheet until the end of the day, Turns out they were available from The Brick. We didn’t see any at the entrance, which is where you’d think they’d be.

Make and Take / Ninjago History – There was a pop up hut set up near Miniland where you could walk around and see some Ninjago history. Ninjago: The Journey featured drawings, posters, characters and some interactive prints were along the walls. At the end of the queue was a Lego Make and Take, where you could make a small rectangular Ninja mask build of either a red or green ninja. We did one of each

Ninjago Lake Show – Its been a while since we’ve seen one of the shows on the lake as they sopped them last season, so it was nice to see that they’re slowly adding things like this back. The lake in the centre is a great spot for a sit down and a rest while the kids are distracted. The Ninjago Ceremony of the Ninja show had some actors dressed as some of the ninjas along with a few actors performing ninja dance moves alongside them to some music and story, with some fireworks and water jets.

Scavenger Hunt – There were clues to find around Miniland as part of the challenge. Collect them all to unlock a code.

Inside the Brick – There was a build event here, encouraging you to build dragons and mechs for the ninjas! There was also a group mosaic build too. Unfortunately they had put a display unit in front of the mosaic so you couldn’t see it when we popped in towards the end of the day.

It was also in here you could claim your winnings from the sticker sheet challenges, which was a Cadbury’s Creme Egg.

Other shows – They did have an Ninjago opening ceremony show up at the start, but we missed that due to issues getting in. Down at the Miniland stage you could see the Whip Around Dance Show with Sora and meet some of the ninjas. Over at the lake was Lloyds Elemental Challenge, for some ninja training. We walked past the Miniland stage times sign and there was nothing written on it so presumed they weren’t on.

Character Meet and Greets – Lloyd, Nya, Sora and Arin were out and about for photos at select times throughout the day.

For the event they had poster boards outside some of the restaurants offering Ninjago inspired menu options. These included, sweet chilli chicken or vegetable gyozas, Korean BBQ burger, salted caramel pretzel ice cream, and chicken or plant tenders garlic flatbreads. We tried the chicken gyozas at The Hungry Troll in Mythica for about £5 for 4. They were okay, nothing special. The kids had fish goujons/chicken strips and chips which were nice and a large portion for a kids meal too.

I wish they’d have advertised the Ninjago options in advance as we’d have tried some of the other items we found later on instead of the gyozas. The chicken flatbread sounded nice!

Well Elliott would not have been happy if we didn’t at least get on The Dragon. So we jumped in the 75 minute queue for a ride on one of his all time favourites. We did head over to Mythica to use our one shot fastrack, but the ride broke down so we went over to the lake to watch the Ninjago show. We tried again after and managed to get in. Still waited around 30 mins even with a fastrack.

Recently, Legoland announced a lot of new changes to be implemented over the next few years (presumably to help them compete with the new Universal Park coming), these include renovations across the park along with a new coaster to replace Viking River Falls. Here’s what’s going on at the mo:

Over in the main entrance, there was still a lot of work going on. We could see a few of the new models, but there were fences up. They’re building a new security check area and updating the entrance with more models and a big ‘Welcome’ sign. We could just about see it. Will certainly improve the entrance area, which only at the end of last season had it’s new entrance finished.

On the walk to the park, they’ve replaced the old stone water trail with a new fancy Lego multicoloured tap. There was no water running through it, so maybe still issues, but the tap effect looked great and brightened up that walkway.

The 4D cinema is being ripped apart at the moment so it can be replaced with a brand new one next year, and that corner of the park is being completely re-themed too. It’s currently all a building site. The canopy has gone and the walls are coming down so you can see the seating inside.

Viking River Falls is also being taken out following its closure in 2024, There were cranes on site tearing it out, ready for a new coaster in that area, which surely will be a Ninjago themed one as its close to that area.

Over in Pirate Shores, the Jolly Rocker was finally reopened after a hiatus with some new landscaping around the area. The entire queue-line has been renovated and the entrance and ride area was looking fresh and new. Around Pirate Shores there was other work going on. The Burger Kitchen facade is still being updated, so lots of scaffold and scrims up, Pirate River Falls was running, but the water cannons were fenced off, so more work there. The gold panning attraction has been completely renovated too and was looking nicely themed. Fingers crossed the area looks great when its all done.

We thought getting in the car park was bad. Getting out was worse! We had to sit with the engine off in a queue of cars for about an hour. The car park was mental, with little direction as to which way to go. Cars blocking roads, driving in different directions, it was only nearer the entrance that it looked like they were trying to solve the issues. Mad. When we finally got out, the traffic was bad all the way out and along the main roads too.

All in all, it wasn’t the best day at the park. The weather was in our favour, but the crowds and queues weren’t. Never seen Legoland overly busy before, let alone sold out. We still managed to have a half decent day and look around the park, got on the 2 best rides, enjoyed a show, got some free Lego and got our Lego passports stamped too! We’ll be back again when it’s quieter.

Find Seasonal events and more on the Legoland Windsor website.