LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta

I bought an annual pass before we went and I’m really sorry that I did. This place was completely underwhelming and I feel it’s overpriced. The Lego build areas are pretty lackluster and even though we were there during the week and it wasn’t busy, there weren’t very many pieces there to play with. Also, my three-​year-​old daughter was just under the height limit for the netted play area and the rides. She has been on similar structures at jump places without having this ridiculously high height limit. I think having a 3 foot height minimum for these types of things is pretty ridiculous. All she could do was the Lego build areas that weren’t all that great. Also, most the staff was either completely disengaged or reviewed, and a lot of the building areas in the bricks visibly dirty. I really was expecting a whole lot more and feel like this is just not a good value especially considered the price of admission. I wish we would’ve waited to buy the annual passes.

I came here expecting a bigger center, but we went through all of it in about 1 & ½ hours. It would have been nice to know that this is more for toddlers than older children, as my 11 yr old didn’t find much to do. I think it’s a bit ridiculous that adults cost more than kids, they should definitely change that. Staff was okay.

So Betsy W. composed a hand written apology and a number to call to ASK for the General Manager. It seems she has gone through several of the comments on the 4^th of January and written some form of apology and offered the same number.
Now in mine she offers that the weekends are busy and we should come back on a non-​weekend day. Well Betsy my review was posted ¹²⁄₃₀ (a Wednesday) the same day I attended your attraction. Maybe you meant on a non-​holiday time I can give you that benefit of the doubt.
I do appreciate the admission of not having enough staff but honestly I feel like with proper management the staff could pull through even in a rush of attendance. Overall the center seems to lack leadership and a good amount of ‘give a damn’ in general.
Much like your reply to my review.

With two kiddy rides, an indoor McD-​like netted play structure, and the many Lego city displays behind glass (hands off), Legoland Discovery Center is totally overpriced for the experience. I don’t feel $ 20 should be thrown away (per each man, woman and child entering) for the opportunity to stroll through a mall shoppe. Charging accompanying adults full price to hand hold is highway robbery, but many parents there seemed jaded and obviously were willing to pay with forced smiles on their faces.
My 11 yo Lego enthusiast (son) was totally underwhelmed and my 9 yo daughter who also loves Legos and can build any age appropriate set with ease was only happy to be out and about in a new setting with 4 of her gfs. We could have been at the Museum of Art and she wouldn’t have noticed or complained. She had fun, but not because of any Legoland experience.
I can see children 5 and under amazed by all the colors, sounds and appearance of «fun» at every turn, but for those who value real play or expect some focus on a new Lego building experience, save your hard earned cash for a good Lego set to build at home or take your child to a normal outdoor playground.
Legoland is trip you’ll only want to take 1x. Your best feeling upon exiting will be that at least the mall parking was free and you’ve made it out with a complimentary parting gift of two lego bricks for your kids. There’s nothing new or enriching to «discover».

Wow. RUDE RUDE RUDE. A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE! What started out well, ended very quickly and very badly. They have an employee named Kourtney who was extremely rude. We were looking at Lego items with the intent to purchase something. She came up and said «you need to get your kid away from that box right now». I get that the kid might have damaged the large box that we had purposely pulled out with consideration of purchasing, that’s fine and we would have been wrong if that had happened. But she was so rude and so condescending in a situation in which she could have said something very politely and nicely and that would have done the trick.
We made a comment back and said it’s so nice to have such helpful people as yourself working here. Yes I was being sarcastic. Her reply? «I’m always helpful» and she smirked in a very rude manner. I asked if she had a manager. She said yes. I asked her to get her manager. She replied «I said I had a manager, I’m not gonna go ring him up for you. You want the manager, you go figure it out». So we went to the front desk and asked for a manager and they radioed for one. While we waited though, the kids got tired and fussy and we couldn’t wait any longer. As we exited the store empty handed and very pissed off, Kourtney smirked at us in a way that showed she knew she could continue to treat people poorly and get away with it.
Well, I for one hope that her manager sees this and takes some action. When people come to a store like this, they expect to be treated fairly and decently and frankly there’s an entertainment proposition as well. As big fans of Lego toys, we were prepared to spend a good bit of money there. Kourtney, if you can’t be polite to people and give good service, you need to find another job that isn’t in the service industry. Manager of Legoland… if you have people like Kourtney working for you, your store sales will go down because she will chase a lot of your customers out the door. I write this for your sake so you can take action, not for my own benefit as I receive no benefit from saying something. For us, well we won’t be back there ever again. Sorry Legoland, but Kourtney has cost you at least one customer. Maybe more.

It was filthy, we tried to use a coupon from retail me not and they kicked out the package I originally chose and gave me the cheapest package with no souvenir. We didn’t find this out of course until we went looking for our souvenir and the «Manager» was like well you bought the cheap package, I told him I chose the Souvenir package and he said that because I used a coupon for it it kicked out my order and gave me the cheap package, FOR THE SAME AMOUNT THEY WERE OFFERING IT ONLINE. I will NEVER come here again, it was disgusting, the bathroom stunk and were dirty and the staff were very rude and didn’t care. Don’t waist your money.

This Legoland location has many different life-​sized lego characters scattered around the tour. the tour starts off at the factory where it gives you the impression of how to make legos but two of the stations didnt work at that time… Another fun part was the one where you sit in a car and shoot some monsters with laser guys! We were really fascinated by the Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Miniland buildings all around Georgia, Racers Build and Test, 4D Short Movies, and the Unlimited rides! Furthermore, i was able to add the 4 TMNT and Master splinter key chain set to my collection!

I brought my kids here for their birthdays. The price is a little high, but they had a great time.
The café is made up of pre-​made sandwiches and limited options. You may want to eat before entering. We bought the flexible tickets which allowed us to exit, eat at Johnny Rockets, & come back in.
My complaint though was the service. They weren’t rude but they weren’t engaged with customers, nor did they appear to care one way or the other. I expect warmer service due to this brand & the location of this attraction.

A complete waste of time and money. The place is small, dirty, and there was hardly any Legos to complete the activities. A HUGE disappointment.

Highly disappointing!
This does not live up to the hype. It has 2 very small short rides and a few Lego layouts. Add a 4D short movie that only the 3D works on and a fast food playground. The staff need a LOT of training in customer service. No smiles and they walk around like they wish everyone would leave. Save time and money and get your Lego’s from a Lego Store or Target. Not worth the trip, traffic or your $ 15 per person.

If you have young kids I would say under 8 they will love it. There is a ride where you shoot w lazers that is fun. Mini lego Atlanta is great! They have a dumbo type ride and a 4d movie. Other than that there is an indoor climbing gym for kids that you could find in a McDonald’s. You can build and race cars but that is it. Pricey in my opinion for what is there. If you go buy tickets online in advance to save time and $. It was $ 16 online and $ 21 if you buy there. It will as worth the $ 16 for my 10yr old because we rode the shooting ride 3x’s and saw 2 of the 3 4d movies.

We had the best time today. My daughter and I went to Atlanta legoland today with her four year old grandson he had so much fun and we did too.
All of the people that work there are friendly and love their job it is a great way to spend the afternoon

Legoland… very disappointing. My kids some what liked it.
Pros: Clean and staff professional. They also have a staff that is very attentive to each childs needs.
Cons: Very pricey for what activities that are offered. Lego pieces everywhere but the designated area. This is only a 2 hour max activity and thats pushing it.

My kids* had GREAT time at Legoland Atlanta! We spent a little bit under 2 hrs, we didn’t eat, so the whole time was spent participating in the activities there. My favorite «attraction» was the first one, I can’t remember the name of it, but it’s a ride that takes you through a village & the goal is to save the princess. We had to shoot at spiders and all sorts of evil villains lol. The kids’ favorite attraction was the 4d movie, there was water & snow!
Legoland was not as big as I expected, but it was perfect for us, as it is located inside of Phipps, so we shopped for a bit, explored Legoland & then ate, all under one roof.
Overall, we had a great time & will return again before summer is out.
*Kids are ages 3 & 5, under 3 enters for free.

Awful place really. Sucks the joy out of legos for an adult with thousands of them.
More specifically, the place is WAY UNDER STAFFED and poorly laid out and SIGNED.
Bring socks or buy for one climbing area. No coat storage. Limited number of staff outside or in. Staff of no use and no informative signs about movies, need for sanitizer, where to find anything.
Would be good w effort
An Update
Thank you for your rely. you had NO SIGNAGE
1) there were two signs on the way in, both on the same side
2) there were no signs on the play area on where to find hand cleaner
3) there were NO signs on how the movies times worked
4) there were NO signs on the movies showing
(there was a misleading sign with next showing, but that more accurately described when the doors MIGHT open.)
5) no signes about no re-​entry after exit to gift shop
Bottom line, great idea, so poorly run to make it a waste of a day with your kid.
No way near the zoo, fernbank etc etc, that MAKE an effort.
I WILL NOT GO BACK.
(I had thousands of legos as a kid, love the concept, but why go with children to such a oorly run place, packed to the gills, with staff that barely know what they are doing, really?)
ONE OF THE FEW PLACES I“D GIVE NEGATIVE STARS.
AWLFUL BEYOND BELIEF.
thanks for your silly reply, though

Don’t bother. Crowds on saturday and even when you prepurchase tickets they make you stand on the general admission line. They have 2 checkout lines that don’t move. The point of purchasing tickets online and picking your time is to beat the lines. Legoland get your act together. Staff was rude as well. I wasted $ 100 at this place.
Go elsewhere!!!

First I want to note that I didn’t go into the attraction which I hear is great, but I did shop at the lego store that was over there to buy a lego set.
I really enjoyed buying stuff there. Like any lego set, it is a bit overpriced, but there was a ton of variety within and it contained both adult and children’s sets, many of which I had never seen before. Beware though, it gets really crowded here, and there are socially awkward children running all around. I can deal with this, but if you don’t like being around a bunch of children, you might want to go at a later time or skip visiting this place.

Was better than other reviews had indicated.
Like everyone else has said. It’s a bigger better chuckycheese.
But I took my 4 year old and he loved it. We spent 4 ½ hours there. Now most of that was to his enjoyment while I supported and assisted him in his exploration. But he loved it and it was more than tolerable as a parent.
We went on a Thursday at 10am and there wasn’t more than 30 people there. I can’t imagine it being packed and maybe that has contributed to the bad reviews.
For 15/​person and affordable ($ 10 set) Legos in the giftshop. It was something worth the experience and memories for the both of us.

I don’t get what is up with all the negative comments on this place. Look, I am a hard cookie to impress and don’t give out compliments freely. But my kids (18, 10, 5, 3 and 1) ALL loved this place. My husband and I had SO MUCH FUN! I am not sure if others are comparing this to the bigger legolands… Go in here realizing… this is in a mall. You need to think upscale chuckecheese minus the tokens and crap games. Do not go in here expecting Disney… It is not Disney.
When you first go in there is a short 1min movie telling you what is about to come and some short rules. Then a door opens and you go in a room to learn how legos are made, the kids interact with making legos and weighing themselves in legos and they will each get a cool keepsake legoland lego.
They have a little train ride 4 to a train car that goes through a dark-​lit course when you will shoot spiders, bats and lego bad guys on screens. You can ride this as many times as you like and there is no real wait time. When you see the SMILE sign light up, SMILE and look up to your Right (it is snapping a picture) which you can purchase upon getting off the ride.
There is also a peddling flying merlin lego ride. 1 adult or kid over a certain height and one other can ride it. The seats adjust for adult or child.
They have a huge room of the city of Atlanta done up Lego style… it is SO COOL! It rotates day to night and there are fireworks on the wall… like every 10 minutes. If you look close you will see cool things like minecraft enderman chasing lego people or other crazy stuff. It is so cool… I could have stayed in there for hours.
They have a ninjago room with a laser game room where your little one dodges lasers and works on their ninja skills. They have 2 ninja karate wall light games-​great for all ages. Then a HUGE room of legos. They have a theater that plays lego movies every 15 – 30 mins., various lego people and animals everywhere made from legos.
They have a lego master room where guys train your littles to make specific lego creations. When we went it was pumpkins, ghosts, etc.
They have a pretty large play area (YOU MUST HAVE SOCKS) –if you do not wear socks then you can buy them for like $ 1.50 at the front desk. They have lots of fun tunnels, slides, and other various crazy playarea stuff. They have various sanitizing stations too.
There are lots of play areas building cars and sending them down a ramp, a karaōke room and girlie type kitchen area and other various areas with just bins and bins of free range legos.
They have an infant area also with legos as big as your babe and they are soft rubber. Also there is a small slide for babies.
There is a café on site in the middle of all this and you can purchase a lego lunch for your kiddos for $ 10 in a keepsake large lego box. With it comes a drink (juice boxes, milk boxes, etc, a ham or turkey sandwich with tom lett and cheese on a half french roll (you can have them custom make yours) and a fruit cup. They have a lot of healthy options here. Salads, fruits, pretzels and you can also get bottles of various soda and water or fountain drinks.
We had no issues with the staff other than one smart mouth girl working the train ride. I see others posting about bad attitudes and it reflecting in their scores. I do not allow rude people to affect my experience some where if I can help it and I WILL put them and their attitudes in check then speak to a manager. Everyone else there was super polite and helpful. Maybe we caught them on a good day or maybe I didn’t allow the one bad attitude affect my own. I would say not to let someone ruin your overall enjoyment of going somewhere like this, if you can. This place is SO FUN! SOOO FUN! :)
You do exit through a lego store (duh!) There are many cool and unique sets in here at normal lego prices or cheaper, honestly, than you see in stores. Shirts, misc items, cups, a wall of legos you can buy single various pieces you can put in candy type bags. Really neat. Also you can make your own lego guys and by those by the person (accessories, legs, arms, body, head, hat included).
One last note on tickets– Try to score these online. search legoland atlanta tickets discounts check Atlanta Groupon page and the various discount online places. You can get them really cheap online then just use your phone at the front. We got 3adults & 3kids in for $ 48.
MAIN POINTS:
Ages 2 and younger are free.
Kids wear socks
Get tickets online (cheaper)
GO EARLY! –you will basically have the place to yourself the closer you go to open
If someone has a bad attitude-​remember they are making min wage, they are likely sour puss teenagers, don’t let them ruin your time-​smile and tell them whats what then tell a manager. IF you do all that, by all means b**** about here afterwards. If you don’t do anything about it there then how can they ever fix the issue?
HAVE FUN! We did! We will be back.

I love legos… lego blocks, movies, games, etc etc etc… I knew the reviews weren’t that great for this attraction, but I didn’t care I wanted to go in and see what was hidden behind those walls.
So we headed to Adult night… as me and my friend have no access to the children that is required to enter the attraction. I liked going when there weren’t any children, because my friends know I run away from kids, so Adult night is a plus for me!
Walking in pass lego batman, we pay the cashier and receive two flower leis as it was Luau night. Best deal to use when walking up is a 5 $ off coupon. I grabbed one off a table at a Unilocal event and who can be mad about discounted tickets.
We go through a speed tour of their little factory area, I learned all lego bricks are the same color until they’re painted… How smart I am!!! I made my friend get on the scale to see how many lego bricks she weighed… she was 42,000 bricks how cool is that!
Next we get on the shooting ride which was cute, we shot as many target as we could… My friend and I are competitive with games so seeing who got the highest score was fun… I won of course!!!
After the short ride we go through the small game area with the laser maze… As much as they advertised this maze I thought it was going to be bigger, but it’s in a small room and you get to duck, roll, and climb around laser beams… We didn’t see our score as rookie ninjas because a group of guys were running into the maze right behind us, but a word of wisdom would be… don’t go through with you’re purse its’s hard to roll under lasers with your purse on your shoulder!
After the games we go through the show room Miniland, with the awesome models of places all over Atlanta… the CNN center, The Varsity, Stone Mountain and more! I would love to see when they’re building those awesome models but again I have no access to the children so I can’t go whenever I want, but oh well…
After Oooo-​ing and Aaah-​ing over the buildings, we enter their large play area and ride the small harry potter ride… they make you pedal… that’s some hard work!!! Next we went to build cars to test on the track, my friend made a better car… I couldn’t build anything because the pieces are SO JUMBLED TOGETHER… I’m sorry my lego pieces are separated at home and it still takes me a long time to build so I gave up.
We finally run over to the obstacle course and we’re climbing all over the place… also don’t go through here with your purse… It was fun I really felt like a kid… because well… I went down the slide twice. Lastly we played on the earthquake contraption… How boring to build something that can withstand the shaking… we built something super tall to watch it fall and pieces crashed everywhere, but we picked them up, we were good girls.
We didn’t make it to the movie because we wanted to look around the shop. And I was shocked that the lego sets are actually cheaper than some things in toy r us, target, and walmart… so I left outta there with a cool creator set and some ninjago keychains.
Overall it was a pretty fun experience… Before we left the mall we did journey to the restroom to wash our hands… who knows where all those legos have been. But I think for the adults that are kinda immature and childish such as myself they can find this to be a cool attraction… But as a huge lego fan, I could see myself going back one day…