LEGOLAND® Dubai is all set to welcome all resident and tourist families to join its 51st UAE National Day celebrations in the Theme Park from 25. November to 4. December, where fun-filled adventures will take place. Building the world’s largest UAE LEGO® Minifigure Flag, taking part in the ‘Parkwide Scavenger Hunt’ adventure– are only part of the exciting family friendly activities. Children will join the daily Characters Parade, take memorable family selfies at the ‘LEGOLAND Dubai Salute LEGO® Model’ – built with over 100,000 LEGO® bricks and explore the limited time snacks and treats offered exclusively during this special celebration. For families looking to double the fun for their little ones during the UAE National Day celebration, LEGOLAND® Hotel offers the ultimate LEGO® sleepover with exclusive themed kids’ activities, access to the theme park as well as an exclusive UAE National Day dinner* buffet to book and enjoy.
For the second year in a row and due to the popular demand, LEGOLAND Dubai is proud to invite its guests to build the world’s largest UAE LEGO Minifigure Flag to mark the 51st UAE National Day in MINILAND, where famous landmarks are recreated with more than 20 million LEGO bricks. Here, families play a significant part by picking their favourite colour of the UAE flag, build a LEGO® Minifigure and place it on the 3-metre high and 6-metre-wide stand, that holds 20,000 LEGO Minifigures, demonstrating the largest UAE LEGO Minifigure Flag in the world.
To celebrate a memorable UAE National Day, all youngsters can discover their inner detectives by joining the brand-new LEGO® adventure ‘Parkwide Scavenger Hunt’. Their mission is to unlock the ‘secret phrase’ through various clues scattered that need to be found and deciphered with the help of a Letter Finder and an Answer Sheet, received at the park entrance. The ‘Parkwide Scavenger Hunt’ offers a ‘playful learning’ adventure to the little ones, encouraging them to discover interesting facts about the UAE in a fun and entertaining way.
That is not all – as the UAE National Day celebrations at LEGOLAND Dubai can only be complete with the special appearance of LEGOLAND beloved characters, greeting their little fans and taking selfies with. To maximize the fun this year, daily Characters’ Parades will take place at Factory Street, lead by the kids’ favourite LEGOLAND characters dressed in their special outfits in UAE colours to celebrate this joyful occasion.
A family tradition that cannot be missed by LEGOLAND Dubai visitors, is taking selfies at the instagrammable, 2.8 metre high – ‘Salute LEGO Model’, made entirely out of 108,231 LEGO bricks within 470 hours and weighing 230 kgs. This three-finger salute, popularized by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, represents win, victory, and love, and symbolises work ethic, success, and love of the nation.
To re-fuel the appetite of the young foodies between the exciting activities, families can choose from a variety of delicious snacks and treats. The Knight’s Table offers two limited edition UAE National Day meals, featuring the combo burger meal with a delicious burger, finger-licking chips, a refreshing drink and irresistible ice cream together with a limited-edition pop badge – as well as the burger sliders meal, created in the UAE flag colours with mini black beef burger, mini red chicken burger and mini green fish burger, served with chips and drink. All Arabic food lovers will find The Café offering a selection of mouth-watering sandwiches featuring shawarma and falafel along with exclusive limited-time waffles and pancakes, layered with the colours of the UAE flag. Furthermore, and for the first time, the culinary team will prepare the traditional Emirati sweet treat ‘Luqaimat’ in front of the park guests, offering them an authentic taste at various Luqaimat carts inside as well as outside the theme park.
If this is not enough, The BIG Shop – the largest LEGO® store in the Middle East, featuring the biggest and most diverse selection of LEGO boxes and novelty items, LEGOLAND souvenirs and personalized LEGO gifts – celebrates the 51st UAE National Day in style, by offering a 51% discount* on a variety of selected goodies. At the end of an exciting day and before heading home, families should not miss collecting their own special limited-edition LEGO collector brick, commemorating the 51st spirit of the union.
For those wanting to take their UAE National Day celebration to the next level, why not offer the little ones a VIP celebration with the ultimate LEGO® sleepover at LEGOLAND Hotel, with its unique kids’ services – unmatched to any other hotel in the region? With 5 different room themes, whether ‘Pirate’, ‘Adventure’, ‘LEGO® NINJAGO®’, ‘LEGO® Friends’, or ‘Kingdom’, kids will enjoy an overnight stay with exclusive themed activities including UAE National Day colouring, arts & crafts and UAE Flag build – together with complimentary breakfast buffet as well as access to the ‘51st UAE National Day’ event in LEGOLAND Dubai Theme Park.
Furthermore, hotel guests and non-hotel guests can check out * the limited-time UAE National Day dinner* from 1. to 4. December at Bricks Family Restaurant, while their kids can eat for free*. Here, an extensive authentic buffet awaits all foodies, with Arabic hot appetizers and cold mezze, live cooking station, lamb ouzi with oriental rice, Spanish dried beef, chicken tagine, Arabic mixed grill, seafood, paneer masala, Iranian rice, mushroom pie and much more! All this is topped with a special kids’ buffet full of their favourite bites, desserts and bottomless ice cream.
Only 130 baby steps, is the distance between LEGOLAND Hotel and LEGOLAND Dubai theme park making LEGOLAND Dubai Resort the perfect family destination with non-stop fun and activities throughout the ‘51st UAE National Day celebrations’ this year, whether for a one-day visit to LEGOLAND Dubai theme park or for an awesome PLAYCATION with a LEGO sleepover adventure at LEGOLAND Hotel including LEGOLAND park access*.