Legoland San Diego Plans to Build Lego-Themed Hotel

Legoland in San Diego has announced its intention to build a Lego-themed hotel. Legoland spokespeople have said they hoped the building-block themed hotel would help attract new visitors as well as lengthening visitors' average stay.

The park's British-based owners, the Merlin Entertainment Group Inc., says it will ask Carlsbad's planning commission to approve a change to the amusement park's parking requirement, among other preliminary steps to construction, the North County Times reported.

The 250-room hotel would replace an recreational vehicle parking lot next to the park's main entrance.

A new Lego-themed hotel would be the park's second major addition in as many years. 2008 saw the opening of the Sealife Aquarium. The aquarium was also built with the intention of making Legoland a more comprehensive, stand-on-its-own destination for families. With all these new projects it's hard to tell whether things are up or down in Legoland.

Either way, future guests of the Legoland hotel can be sure to expect fun, creative, but frustrating accommodation. It's rumored that many of the hotel's staff will only have one hand, Robin Hood will head hotel security but will never be able to find his arrows, the entire third floor will have been chewed on by the family dog, and guests who find the hotel facilities inadequate will be refunded in Geoffrey Dollars.