Miniland USA, Legoland, Florida
Charlie Chaplin once said, “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
That may be true of the movies, but the reverse is the case at Legoland Florida’s Miniland USA. According to the Fun Facts posted around the park, over 100 Master Builders from North America, Europe, and Asia worked for two years to complete the Miniland USA attraction at Florida’s newest theme park. Thankfully some of those builders had a pretty good, and sometimes twisted, sense of humour.
Check out some of their curious creations below.
1. The Suspicious Ice Cream Truck
I Scream, U Scream, but notice how this truck mentions nothing about ice cream? Nice touch with the child running away and the police officer approaching though.
2. The Heimlich Maneuver – Lego-style
A Lego artisan’s rendering of a sidewalk café date gone horribly wrong gets big points for storytelling: knocked over plants, abdominal thrust, right down to the expelled object. Sadly, I think it’s a just a croissant. That’s too bad — the irony of a Lego choking on a small child would have been sublime.
3. Crazy Cat Lady
So just how many cats do you need before you’re considered a crazy cat lady? Fifteen according to the folks at Legoland. Plenty of curlers helps too.
4. Lego Man vs. Lego Shark
Life’s got you over a barrel, and just when you thought things can’t get worse, there’s a shark that spots your Lego-y legs. Nice.
5.The Public Hanging
I’m sure many parents wanted to do this to themselves after having to spend the entire day at Legoland surrounded by screaming kids.
6. Walking the Plank
They don’t take too kindly to pirates at Legoland. Although what appears to be Lego WaterWings are markedly improving this guy’s chances of ending up in a watery grave.
7. You’ve Got Crabs
That’s what you get for wearing a Speedo.
8. The Hot Firemen
“Mom, can I get the Beefy Shirtless Firemen Party Lego set for Christmas this year?”
9. Lego Stickman
Is he bowing for the ladies, or the gentleman behind him? Hmmm…
10. The Lego Wedding
Nothing says love like a wedding ceremony performed by a dwarf.
11. The Fountain of Youth
Just up the road from Legoland Florida is the town of St. Augustine, former haunt of Ponce de León and home of his supposed discovery – the Fountain of Youth, now an Archaeological Park. Let’s hope Poncey would have been proud of Lego’s interpretation with the elderly making their way to the fountain of youth, shedding their clothes, and ending up all Benjamin Button on the grass.
12. The Suspicious Ice Cream Truck – Part 2
Take 2 of the I Scream, U Scream saga takes part outside a, ahem, “Forever 12” store. Really? At the least the cops are close at hand here too.
The folks at Aeroplan provided me with a ticket for Legoland as part of the Aeroplan Welcome Aboard Event. If you are an Aeroplan member, and are balking at the $75 adult admission fee for Legoland Florida (65 bucks for kids), you can redeem 9500 Aeroplan miles for an adult ticket or 8000 Aeroplan miles for a child ticket to Legoland Florida — it’s part of the experiential rewards available to all Aeroplan members.
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#9 is quite disturbing LOL. Can’t help but think of naughty thoughts haha
Even Lego men like to have a little fun now and then.
I am HOWLING at these scenes – and your comments!! I’m gonna bookmark this one for when I’m having a grumpy day and need a good chuckle!! And who knew you could create such things from Legos?! All I could ever make was a square – and even then I needed one of those grey knobby platforms. Clearly I’m a blockhead – or not, actually, I guess!!
I’m with you — I could make a square, and sometimes, when I was on fire, even a wall.
The bowing photo omg. I love that you spent all this time in Florida!
Thanks Abby! Glad you liked the post!
Wow.. the creator of #5 was clearly letting the job get to them
I think if you look close enough, you can even see his employee number.
Like I already didn’t want to spend a day at Legoland with a bunch of screaming children. Now I can barely stay in my seat! I just remember all those years of fun I had with my Lego “Caligula” set. Ah.. good times, good times.
Glad I’ve inspired you to head out to Legoland! I think they may even have Lego Mount of Olives set there to tempt you too.
These are great! Nice to see they got really creative with the displays.
They obviously spent a lot of time and effort on it…
I didn´t know there was a Disneyland in Florida, too. Some clever and creative exhibits here for sure. I think Lego´s Danish creators would approve
I think they would too! They’re also opening a Legoland in Malaysia later this year.
There is a Disney World and Lego Land is about 25 miles or so from DW
What a howl – and what wit! Gotta have something to keep the parents interested:P
LOL…I think most of the parents were too busy looking for a bar though to see most of these Miniland scenes.
Thanks for commenting Lesley!
These are all very funny, I can’t believe they’re real!
Oh they are the most real plastic creations you will ever see.
Those are brilliant, I almost wish now I had some legos!
Photo #12 does look very suspicious!
I think that Lego truck even has tinted windows.
Slightly disturbing indeed… I used to play with lego when I was a child, I used to build more normal stuff though
Yeah I was never that creative either.
Hilarious! After I noticed a piece of garbage shaped like a rabbit the other day, my husband told me, “You don’t see the world like everyone else.” I’m glad to see other people noticing the weird and funny!
There should be a support group for people with warped minds. Or would that we too warped?
Raymond. You have got this gig nailed down! Awesome post once again! A classic really.
I think now I know what I want to do with my life. If traveling and blogging doesn’t work out. I’m calling Legoland!
Haha!! Thanks Justin! Much appreciated!
Legoland would be lucky to have you…
Hahaha, this post is brilliant.
I think my favorite might be the beefy lego firemen…
Thanks Amanda! If I ever go back I will nick you one.
I can just see it now — security saying, “Is that a beefy black fireman in your pants?|
LOL #7.. you’ve got crabs. Hahaha
Hee hee…so do you!
The crazy cat lady is brilliant!
She is brilliant! All crazy cat ladies are!!
wow – these observations are out there!
Legoland is not far away from my current base, plus I have FL residency for now, so I’m hoping the price is lower haha 
I’ve been meaning to check it out for a while now, but after this post, is a must!
Hey Maria — if you buy your tickets online I think you can save $15 per person.
Infectiously funny –
Why thank-you good sir! Glad you liked it!
This is too funny, especially the Heimlich Maneuver and the Fountain of Youth. Clearly somebody at Legoland has a good sense of humor!
Surrounded by screaming kids you would need a good sense of humour too!
Hilarious! You know the “engineers” behind these are putting in also sorts of jokes to amuse themselves.
For me this was the best part of Legoland.
Bahahahaha! These are amazing. My favorite would have to be the hot firemen. We’re definitely going to have to check out Legoland sometime soon.
Go armed with lots of water…and patience!
A lot of mischief at work in some of these!
An idle mind is the Lego builder’s workshop.
Ha, crab on the face!! I take back all my confusion about Legoland – it looks awesome.
I love a Lego epiphany.
So I have to ask, did you have lots of fun? I am considering going to the one in Windsor, just outside of London. Seems very intriguing. Okay, so I’m partial to number 3 – she’s really funny.
I did have some fun — I wish there was more to do for big kids like me though. If you have kids, or have access to some, it would be a good way to entertain them for a day.
Who knew legos could be so creepy?! Those Ice Cream trucks are pretty shady.
They were indeed. But at least it was good fun spotting them.
Hilarious…The public hangings? That would never be found down the street at the Mouse…
They run a pretty tight ship down at that Mouse.
I agree – these images are hysterical! You’ve done a great job with this photo essay; it’s a very unique take on Lego Land!
Thanks Melinda! Very much appreciated! And thanks for stopping by…
At last, I think you’ve come up with an attraction I would actually go to Florida to see! LOL.
This was actually number 2 on my list of Things to Do in Florida — number 1 was the Burt Reynolds museum in Jupiter, but sadly, I ran out of time.
Thanks for commenting!
These are AWESOME!! It’s kind of fun that the creators had a sense of humor and it’s a bit like the Simpsons cartoon really – kids enjoy it but adults get the double entendres and inside jokes
Nice! These are cute. I like your blog title too; clever!
Thanks Reannon! And thanks for stopping by!!
Too funny. Been there several times and never noticed those little scenes. Next time will look closer.
It helps with that zoom lens I mentioned!
Great stuff! It’s always been a dream of mine to visit a Legoland, even more so now I know how mildly disturbing it can be
I think you will have fun there. Just be prepared for the hefty admission fee.
The thing that I can never quite figure out with the Legoland models is why they choose to “build” figures when they already have Lego man/woman/other creations. That to me is kind of disturbing after they built a brand around the Lego figure.
Wow, I’m surprised they didn’t find the one I found. It was a bunch of white cops beating up a black guy. No kidding, I think it was in D.C. or NYC.
I must have missed that one too.
In the last one, are u sure that’s a police car? The ‘P’ might mean something else more disturbing as well, u know. Something like ahem ped…ok, nevermind!
hahahha — I like your disturbed mind!
Fantastic! There are always little “easter eggs” built into kids’ attractions aimed at the parents. You will see that in every Disney animated movie as well. Some of it you don’t know is there if you weren’t a part of it (worked at the Television & Movies dept)…
I have little vignettes just like this in my office… maybe I should apply for a job with Legoland!
I’m gonna have to start taking a closer look at these places. And start going frame-by-frame in movies.
Thanks for commenting Julie!
This is hilarious and I really want to go to Lego Land now!
We were just at Legoland this last weekend. I had noticed the dead man in the Vegas desert with the buzzard on a nearby cactus and also the \”friendly\” lady feeding the pigeons with a pigeon cookbook in her box and a dea pigeon behind her. I sure wish I would have known about all of this before we went.