It's zero degrees. Let's go to Lego Discovery!

An arctic blast made it's way to Kansas. How cold did it get? How about 0 degrees?  And that wasn't the lowest temperature of the day.

Now that's cold. Ironically, we were in sub zero degree weather before in California. Mammoth Mountain gets way more snow, and is colder than our beloved Kansas. On this cold day, we decided to head out to Discovery Lego. I did what their website suggested, and prepaid for tickets to avoid standing in line. Yeah, right! In reality, not only did we still have to stand in line. We had to stand in line OUTSIDE! WTH?! Fortunately for us, it was a short line. Unfortunately for the man in front of us, he didn't bring a coat. Who doesn't bring a coat in freezing weather?

It was finally our turn to show our confirmation and pick up our tickets at the counter. The tickets were $58, but I decided to add activity passes to the kids, so add another $8 to the total. The activity pass was la scavenger hunt, with a lanyard with plastic cards attached. Each card represented a different thing you had to find throughout the building. Find the location, get a stamp, then move on. At the end of it all, the kids would get a Lego minifigure.

So here we go. Photo op time. Attack of the falling Legos.

It's Lego Batman!

We made our way into the building and came across the Lego Factory. Honestly, it was just a few displays, but the kids had fun weighing each other, and seeing how many Legos equaled their weight.

We moved on to the first of two rides. Kingdom Quest had a medieval theme. We were greeted by this guy.

Kingdom Quest was a laser game ride. It reminded me so much of Toy Story Mania at Disney World. Except this ride was shorter, had a Lego theme, and the laser guns weren't very accurate. I mean, I'm totally blaming my laser gun on the fact that my score sucked.

We headed over to the 3d movie theater. We wanted to see Lego Chima, but they were showing some other movie. The kids still enjoyed it.

Next up, another ride. Merlin's apprentice was similar to Aladdin's Flying Carpets in Disney World. Except, no carpets, no spitting camels. We sent the kids on this ride on their own. This usually makes me nervous, because Noah often has trouble understanding instructions. But Nik was with him, and he is an excellent big brother.

This is the best photo I could take. Think small boat going around in circles, with the riders controlling the up and down motion of the boat. Except Nik and Noah decided not to raise their boat into the air. They wanted a more leisure ride.

This guy was hanging around outside the ride. Loitering, no doubt.

We walked through the Lego village. Now, this is a pale comparison to Legoland in California, but beggars can't be choosers. It's fun to observe all the details of all the buildings.

Go Chiefs!

The best part was the Wizard of Oz display.

We made it to Emerald City!

That is Dorothy and gang inside.

Spinning Auntie Em's house.

OMG! The witch's castle!

And yes, there was a melting witch. 

Next up was the build a race car. We tried to build some, but the pieces were hard to find, and it was so packed. 

The kids got frustrated, so we walked back over to see if Lego Chima was playing. Yay! It was the next movie. They loved the movie. After that, we completed the last steps of the scavenger hunt, then went to collect their mini figures. We had seen and done it all, so we headed back to the car. It was still freezing cold, but I did snap a photo of the Christmas tree, along with some crazies ice skating in the cold.

 And that was the end of another successful outing.