Singer CHris Kirkpatrick makes things bright at
LEGOLAND® Florida’s second annual tree lighting ceremony
Double Discount Holidays Makes Visiting Central Florida’s Newest Theme Park in December even Brighter
Winter Haven, FL (Nov. 30, 2012) – As guests gathered and joyful carolers sang, LEGOLAND® Florida gleefully launched into the Christmas holiday season on Nov. 29 with its 2nd Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony featuring LEGO®
Santa, LEGO Toy Soldier and special guest, singer Chris Kirkpatrick.
Well known for forming and starring in *NSYNC, a hit recoding group who
sold over 56 million records, won awards and broke sales records,
Kirkpatrick took the honor of lighting thousands of twinkling LED lights
on the 30-foot tall LEGO Christmas tree for the first time this season.
Among the 50 rides, shows and attractions, the massive tree weighing
more than 11 tons and made of more than 270,000 forest green LEGO and
DUPLO bricks is a key feature of LEGOLAND Florida’s annual Christmas
Bricktacular.
A
recording artist, as well as the founder and president of the Chris
Kirkpatrick Foundation, Kirkpatrick is passionate about giving back to
his community and providing help and hope to children that are less
fortunate. Kirkpatrick said, “As we enter this holiday season, it’s
important to think about those children that may not get anything under
the Christmas tree this year and how each of us might be able to help
brighten their holiday season.”
“Families
dealing with financial and/or health burdens rarely have an opportunity
to enjoy family time away from the stress, especially during the
holidays,” said Adrian Jones, LEGOLAND Florida General Manager. “Through
the Chris Kirkpatrick Foundation, LEGOLAND Florida is granting 40
families the opportunity to cast their burdens aside to create a
memorable family experience at LEGOLAND Florida that will have lasting
memories for years to come.”
Families can enjoy Christmas Bricktacular on Saturdays
and Sundays in December. With brick loads of festive family fun, guests
can build LEGO ornaments to decorate holiday trees, help find LEGO
Santa’s in a Miniland USA Santa Scavenger Hunt, meet and take photos
with the new LEGO Santa and LEGO Toy Soldier and enjoy holiday
entertainment and shopping in six specialty stores packed with unique
and hard to find LEGO products.
New Year’s festivities include a Countdown to Kids’ New Year’s Eve that features a nightly LEGO firework show Dec. 26-30 and a grand finale on Dec. 31. The Kids New Year’s Eve celebration features
an amazing live-action show, an impressive LEGO fireworks display, and a
chance to watch the BRICK Drop at just the right time for kids,
midnight KST (Kid Standard Time) - otherwise known as 6 p.m. EST.
Holiday
events are included with normal park admission but now a special
holiday gift is available with Double Discount Holidays. From Dec. 1-21,
guests can enjoy discounts as much as $30 off single day admission on
weekdays and $15 off on weekends. The park is closed Tuesdays and
Wednesdays during the winter season (Dec. 4-5 and 11-12). Tickets may be
purchased online at www.legoland.com
beginning Dec. 1 and redeemable only Dec. 1-21. The full array of
Christmas Bricktacular event activities are available on weekends in
December. Weekdays provide limited holiday activities.
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Kevin Yee is the author of numerous independent Disney books, including the popular Walt Disney World Earbook series and Walt Disney World Hidden History.