Our last two days have been filled with everything LEGO. We had a short drive from our hotel to our first stop, LEGOLAND Billund Resort, in the small town of Billund. LEGOLAND Billund Resort is the original LEGOLAND park, opened in 1968. Over 50 million people have visited the park since its opening.

First, though, we had to stop for pictures of the vast swaths of lupins—beautiful flowers that so colourfully decorated the ditches along the road. I have only ever seen purple ones, but there is every shade of purple plus yellow, white, and pink here. Stunning!

After parking our car, we headed off to buy our tickets. We were told that if we wanted joint tickets to LEGOLAND and LEGO House, we needed to do that online, so we found a bench, and Jason got that all organized, and off we went. The skies were cloudy today, but that didn’t stop us from jumping on the train to tour the facility. It is much like a day at Disneyland on a much smaller scale and not as high-tech. Jason felt it was pretty dated and needed some upgrading, as a lot of the exhibits were showing wear and tear. However, we went on some nice rides and were impressed with the miniature towns made entirely from LEGO bricks. Over 65 million LEGO bricks were used to make all the miniature towns and exhibits.

Food was pricey, of course, but they did allow people to bring in food, so families sat at provided tables to enjoy picnic lunches with their kids. My kid bought a sandwich that he said was very good, but I had stopped and purchased things before getting to the park, so I was okay. We went up a high, slowly revolving tower for our final ride and got on a FaceTime call with the twins while on it so they could see where we were. Being avid LEGO kids, they were happy to see it.

Day 2 of our LEGO experience was unique and beyond our expectations. Upon entering LEGO House, we received our personal wristbands, which could be used to bring the LEGO bricks to life. Everything we did or made could be scanned into a machine to make the character come alive. Then, once we got home, we could download everything and take the memories with us.

As we stepped through the main gate, we were immediately greeted by the world’s most iconic LEGO model. The Tree of Creativity, a towering 15-meter-tall structure, stood majestically in the heart of LEGO House, crafted from an astounding 6,316,611 LEGO bricks.

At the first of four ‘Experience Zones,’ we each built a minifigure and then made a magazine cover (of course, Jason made a Realtor). In the next zone, we unleashed our creativity by creating a creature and bringing it to life on a digital dance floor. I’m not a LEGO geek like Jason, but I enjoyed doing all the interactive things once I got going. We built a LEGO fish and then saw it come to life in an aquarium, swimming with all the other sea creatures people made. We then had our pictures taken, and then, on a massive screen in front of us, they became framed pictures made from digital LEGO. Amazing!

Jason also participated in a stop motion film production, making a project where he could set up his own story, use his characters, and produce and direct his movie. He had 20 minutes to do it, and the final project was a cute 20-second production. We both took part in a challenge to control real Lego robots to drive around on a massive digital screen, planting and growing virtual flowers for virtual bees to pollinate and produce honey. The goal was to make the most honey in 10 minutes.

Our last stop was in the basement History Museum vault. The museum portion followed how a small carpentry workshop became one of the world’s largest toy brands. In the vault, you can see classic sets that can’t be found anywhere else and search through the thousands of official LEGO sets created through the decades. Jason downloaded every set that was made the year he was born. After about 5 hours of walking throughout the modern, multi-story building, I needed to return to the car for a break. Jason stayed for a while to go to the gift shop and make some purchases.

Before leaving the building, a large machine constantly made LEGO bricks, all in one size and colour. The machine made them right before your eyes, bagged 6 red LEGO bricks, put them on a conveyor belt, and finally deposited them into a large bin. There are more than 900,000,000 unique ways of putting together 6 standard LEGO bricks. Each visitor to LEGO House gets a bag of bricks and a unique, personalized set of instructions for their bricks.

You can also climb outside LEGO House, which resembles stacked LEGO bricks. Before heading to the car, I stopped to take pictures of Jason climbing to the top.

It was two of the most fun days we have spent, both relaxing and educational, and two days we won’t soon forget.