LEGOLAND California announced yesterday that plans for a three-story LEGOLAND Hotel are underway. Slated to open Summer 2013 on the site of the current LEGOLAND California Resort in Carlsbad, the LEGOLAND Hotel will be the first of its kind in North America. Like LEGOLAND California and the SEA LIFE Carlsbad Aquarium, the hotel will be designed for […]
10 Great Ways to Beat the Heat in San Diego
With mild coastal temperatures in the 70s complemented by refreshing ocean and bay breezes, San Diego is the perfect place to beat the heat during this sweltering summer. Here is a list of 10 Great Ways to Beat to the Heat in San Diego. 1. Swim, snorkel, surf, kayak, paddleboard and build sandcastles along San Diego’s […]
Top 5 Reasons to Fly to San Diego From Heathrow
With the new non-stop flight on British Airways arriving in San Diego daily, there has never been a better time to visit! 1. Short Queue: The BA flight will be the only flight using the International facility when it lands making customs and luggage retrieval easy. 2. We have it all: With over 70 miles […]
5 Reasons to Visit San Diego’s Attractions This Summer
1.This past March, LEGOLAND California unveiled its newest exhibit, STAR WARS Miniland. Guests will be taken to a galaxy far, far away with six new live-action LEGO displays of memorable scenes from the classic Star Wars movies. Over 1.5 million LEGO bricks create life-size models and interactive features from famous Star Wars scenes including Tatooine, […]
Hitting the Bricks at LEGOLAND
LEGOS are part of the furniture at our house. I find them in the couch and some mornings wake to a coffee table topped with LEGO monuments from imaginary worlds. So a visit to LEGOLAND, California in Carlsbad is a treat for my family. I ventured out with my six-year-old boy and two eight-year-old girls. […]
Escape to San Diego Sweepstakes: Perfect 5 Day Itinerary Part 3
In our Escape to San Diego Sweepstakes, we are giving away round trip airfare for two and a five night stay at the San Diego Hilton Bayfront Hotel. You can enter here! How would you spend it if you brought the kids? Well, I must say, this might be the easiest blog I’ve ever written. […]
Sneak Peek at Star Wars MiniLand
On Thursday LEGOLAND debuted its newest attraction, Star Wars MiniLand. LEGOLand staff took thousands and thousands of Lego bricks and created a scene from each of the six movies and a scene from a Star Wars television series. Carrie Fisher was on hand to help cut the red ribbon and officially open up Star Wars Miniland. Below […]
Spring Break in San Diego
Travel & Leisure recently named San Diego as the #3 destination for Best Time to Visit – Spring Break. And why wouldn’t we be? From beaches to attractions to the best weather in the country (we were named #1 for weather!); San Diego has so much to offer. One great way to see San Diego’s […]
44 Things I Love About San Diego
Today, most of us were home to celebrate President’s Day. My son and daughter reminded me there have been 44 US President’s so far. In honor of that, we decided to come up with our 44 favorite things about San Diego. In NO particular order, this is some of what makes us happy to call […]
5 to Try This Weekend
Wow it’s going to be a great weekend in San Diego! With the weather forecasted to be in the 70’s, get outside and head to the beach, or do something a little different. From a multi-cultural festival to a Whale Watching Festival, San Diego has no shortage of fun things to do! Which one sounds […]