{"id":250328,"date":"2025-07-09T08:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/250328\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T08:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:58:14","slug":"worlds-biggest-legoland-resort-opens-in-shanghai-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/250328\/","title":{"rendered":"world\u2019s biggest LEGOLAND resort opens in shanghai, china"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>over 85 million LEGO bricks inside the theme park<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dubbed world\u2019s biggest LEGOLAND <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/spas-and-resorts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>resort<\/b><\/a> opens in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-shanghai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Shanghai<\/b><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/chinese-architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>China<\/b><\/a>, with building models made of blocks. Located in Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, the first LEGOLAND resort in the country covers 318,000 square meters, with eight themed areas, more than 75 rides, shows, and attractions, plus thousands of LEGO models made from over 85 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/lego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>LEGO<\/b><\/a> bricks. The grand opening week spans between July 5th and 13th, 2025, and visitors during this period can watch the live daily shows that the resort hosts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A theme park with cultural architecture, the LEGOLAND resort in Shanghai, China, demonstrates buildings and motifs referring to the Chinese culture, like the boat ride that shows the LEGO versions of old Chinese water towns and modern Shanghai. Everything in the scenery is made from LEGO bricks, and it is 25 times smaller than the real buildings. There\u2019s also a LEGO Monkie Kid live show exhibiting the dubbed world\u2019s largest LEGO minifigure, as well as two new areas built just for the LEGOLAND resort in Shanghai, China: the Brick Street and the Bricktopia.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1143167 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"legoland resort shanghai china\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/worlds-biggest-LEGOLAND-resort-shanghai-china-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images courtesy of Merlin Entertainments<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>world\u2019s biggest LEGOLAND resort in shanghai, china<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the LEGOLAND resort and theme <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legoland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>park<\/b><\/a> in Shanghai, China, there are six large restaurants, lots of smaller food stands, and around ten retail stores, spread across the entire area. Each location follows the brick theme, with places like Pigsy\u2019s Food Court, CITY Restaurant, and Bricks Family Restaurant serving meals on LEGO-themed plates and cups. The food stands around the park also offer LEGO-themed snacks, such as LEGO brick-shaped ice cream. Aside from being the world\u2019s largest LEGOLAND resort at the time of publishing, this theme park in Shanghai, China, houses The BIG Shop, which is also considered the largest LEGO store in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inside the store, visitors can go through and own the brand\u2019s toys, sets, clothing, and souvenirs, as well as limited-edition items that can only be found in Shanghai. The design team also constructed the LEGOLAND Hotel next to the theme park in case they want to stay on-site. The grand opening of this resort in Shanghai, China, came after years of collaborative work between the LEGO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Group<\/b><\/a>, Merlin Entertainments, and local government and businesses. The LEGOLAND resort and theme park in Shanghai, China, is now open, and it also hosted the start of the 36th Shanghai Tourism Festival during the opening, which is a summer tourism initiative by the local government, running from July 5th, the same opening date of the theme park, until August 31st, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1143168 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"legoland resort shanghai china\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/worlds-biggest-LEGOLAND-resort-shanghai-china-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the dubbed world\u2019s biggest LEGOLAND resort opens in Shanghai, China<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1143169 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"legoland resort shanghai china\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/worlds-biggest-LEGOLAND-resort-shanghai-china-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the resort covers 318,000 square meters, with eight themed areas and more than 75 rides<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1143170 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"view of the opening on July 5th, 2025\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/worlds-biggest-LEGOLAND-resort-shanghai-china-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>view of the opening on July 5th, 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1143171 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"the grand opening week spans between July 5th and 13th, 2025\" width=\"818\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/worlds-biggest-LEGOLAND-resort-shanghai-china-designboom-05.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the grand opening week spans between July 5th and 13th, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>project info:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>name: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legoland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGOLAND Resort<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>location: <\/b>Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai, China<\/p>\n<p><b>companies:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEGO Group<\/a>, Merlin Entertainments | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@lego<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"over 85 million LEGO bricks inside the theme park \u00a0 The dubbed world\u2019s biggest LEGOLAND resort opens in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[12855,96603,4021,4020,4022,77,5845,55507,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-250328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-china","9":"tag-architecture-in-shanghai","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-arts-and-design","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-lego","15":"tag-spas-and-resorts","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114822454910910071","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}