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Plans for the Legoland Windsor’s Creation Centre (the round complex at the top of the hill by The Beginning) were first ...
21/05/2026

Plans for the Legoland Windsor’s Creation Centre (the round complex at the top of the hill by The Beginning) were first submitted in April 1999. The initial proposals show an earlier design that would have been nearly double the size, with a larger on-site model workshop in a separate wing to the Lego Racers attraction.

What appears to be an AV presentation named the ‘Lego Story’ is also shown, plus Lego exhibits on the first floor. Lego Racers also has a far larger atrium of winding ramps leading up and down to the car build rooms in this version.

Also proposed was a viewing platform extending from the first floor, overlooking where Viking River Splash was eventually built. There would have also been a third level comprising two conference rooms and a terrace.

Check out our custom simplified graphics to explore this early version here!

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Wave Surfer opened at Legoland Windsor in 2000, at the back of what was then Picnic Grove!Official LEGOLAND Windsor ...
17/05/2026

Wave Surfer opened at Legoland Windsor in 2000, at the back of what was then Picnic Grove!

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Balloon School also opened at Legoland Windsor in 1999! Here it is pictured all new in these rare photos. It was built a...
14/05/2026

Balloon School also opened at Legoland Windsor in 1999! Here it is pictured all new in these rare photos. It was built at the top of Jack & Jill Hill by the picnic site between the Traffic area and Miniland.

The ride is one of few flying balloon rides that were made by WGH Transportation from the mid 90s. It originally had animated Lego figures of a professor and his wife operating his flying machine!

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X-Treme Team Challenge opened at Legoland Windsor in 1999 (later renamed Raft Racers). The ride took guests on a water f...
02/05/2026

X-Treme Team Challenge opened at Legoland Windsor in 1999 (later renamed Raft Racers). The ride took guests on a water flume ride down the hill between Imagination Centre and Duplo Gardens, with two duelling lanes.

It also brought a sponsored Coca-Cola rocky fountain pictured here. At some point later the Lego figure fishing while playing whack-a-mole on the lawn was added, does anyone remember when?

Photos of the flumes courtesy Theme Park Guide !

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At the end of 1998, Legoland Windsor submitted plans for another major attraction, an adventure themed water dark ride t...
18/04/2026

At the end of 1998, Legoland Windsor submitted plans for another major attraction, an adventure themed water dark ride through an ancient Egyptian temple. The ride would have been built at the edge of the lake where the Legoland Hotel is today, including a final drop into the water.

Plans were cancelled for unknown reasons, but had it gone ahead the ride would have likely opened in 2000. One reason may have been the new water treatment regulations around that time, which would have likely meant the drop into the lake would have needed a more costly solution.

Including in the original planning submission is also a very detailed interior ride layout showing a multi level ride through many scenes, a small internal drop, a collapsing temple and final climb up and out of the temple!

The ride had been designed by Imagination Design Studios, but unfortunately the studio archives are long lost.

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In 1999, Legoland’s Castle Land was joined by Dragon's Apprentice for younger guests who weren't yet tall enough to ride...
17/04/2026

In 1999, Legoland’s Castle Land was joined by Dragon's Apprentice for younger guests who weren't yet tall enough to ride The Dragon coaster! Dragon's Apprentice is a 'Mini Coaster' model built by WGH, with a short layout that wrapped around a castle turret and cave.

The last photo is an original concept drawing for the ride, although we only have this poor quality copy.

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The 1999 Legoland Windsor map! (guide version)Thanks to Harry Johnson for sending this in!Official LEGOLAND Windsor ...
17/04/2026

The 1999 Legoland Windsor map! (guide version)

Thanks to Harry Johnson for sending this in!

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The 4D Movie Theatre being demolished at Legoland Windsor ready for the new cinema to be built. The canvas roof, bench s...
04/04/2026

The 4D Movie Theatre being demolished at Legoland Windsor ready for the new cinema to be built. The canvas roof, bench seating and back room building all go back to when the venue was the outdoor Imagination Theatre, converted to an indoor theatre in the mid 2000s. It's great to see the park getting a dedicated 4D cinema at last!

1998 at Legoland Windsor was the opening year of Castle Land (Knight’s Kingdom) featuring the classic Dragon coaster! Th...
04/04/2026

1998 at Legoland Windsor was the opening year of Castle Land (Knight’s Kingdom) featuring the classic Dragon coaster! This season again had two map versions, a multi page guide and standalone version.

Thanks to Memories of Thorpe Park for sending in the standalone map!

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04/04/2026

The Dragon coaster at Legoland Windsor recorded here new in 1998! Official LEGOLAND Windsor

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