Legoland Florida is going to renovate the former Cypress Gardens water park and reopen it next summer, with a wave pool, water slides, lazy river, a play area just for toddlers, and other Lego-themed features.
Like the main park, the water play area will be aimed at 2- to 12-year-olds. It will not be open year-round; exact dates have not been set yet.
Legoland bought Splash Island Water Park when it bought the rest of Cypress Gardens, but focused on rebuilding the main park, so the water park did not open in October with the rest of Legoland. The company announced details of the revamped water park last week.
Although it will have different footprint and some different features, the water park overall will be similar to one Legoland operates at its California park near San Diego. That water park opened in 2010 and has been hugely successful, said Peter Ronchetti, general manager of Legoland California. “We weren’t sure how much time they would spend in there, but it turns out they spend a lot of time — four or five hours or most of the day.”
Splash Island Water Park at Cypress Gardens opened in 2004 with a Polynesian theme. Legoland will be able to use most of Splash Island’s features, although they will be re-themed, with Lego facades and statuary, said Jackie Wallace, Legoland spokeswoman. For example, on the Build-A-Raft lazy river, families can design a raft with Lego accessories, then will float past Lego characters.
Other features will include a gentle wave pool; tube slides; a structure with three water slides, including one with a 60-foot drop; an interactive playground with slides and a soaker bucket that dumps 300 gallons of water on guests; and the Duplo Splash Safari for toddlers, with miniature slides and Duplo characters.
“The infrastructure is already there, and that really gives us a great foundation, so we can go in and clean it up and give it a layer of Lego,” Wallace said.
The water park is key in Central Florida, where all the theme park companies also operate water parks. Legoland is in Winter Haven, about 45 miles from Orlando.
Admission will be a $12 add-on to park admission; it will be included in admission for holders of the premium annual pass. There is no separate admission to the water park only.


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