SHANGHAI (Kyodo) — The world’s largest Legoland opened in Shanghai on Saturday, featuring eight areas themed on such characters as the Monkey King from the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” as well as an expansive replica of the local cityscape made of Lego bricks.
The amusement park spanning 318,000 square meters in the suburbs of Shanghai is the first Legoland resort in China and the 11th globally. Visitors can enjoy more than 75 interactive rides, shows and attractions in addition to thousands of models made with over 85 million Lego bricks.
The Lego models include pandas and the Bund, Shanghai’s iconic waterfront promenade. The resort also features a hotel with 250 Lego-themed rooms.
Shi Shuyi, 32, who traveled two hours from Changzhou in Jiangsu Province to reach Shanghai Legoland during a trial opening in late June, rode the same attraction three times with her 4-year-old son.
“I want to go to a Legoland in Nagoya as well,” Shi said.
The other Legoland resorts are located in Britain, Denmark, Germany, South Korea, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
In China, two more Legoland resorts are under construction, one in Shenzhen in the southern Guangdong Province and the other near Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan Province.
