Throwback: When Legoland Windsor Opened Heartlake City
A warm throwback to 2015, when Lego Friends took over a new zone at Legoland Windsor.
Back in 2015, Legoland Windsor opened Heartlake City, a new area based on the Lego Friends range. Lego Friends had launched in 2012 around five characters, Olivia, Mia, Andrea, Stephanie and Emma, each with their own interests and a fictional hometown called Heartlake City.
The Windsor version included the Friends to the Rescue live show and the Heartlake City Express train. The Legoland hotel also added ten themed Heartlake City bedrooms, joining the existing Kingdom, Pirate and Adventure rooms. It feels very 2015 now, but in a nice way.
The same year, Lego City Driving School got an upgrade with more child sized Fiat cars and a new lane, and Boating School added more boats. Merlin also announced a 4D Lego Movie experience for Legoland sites, using wind, water, smoke and lighting effects. Proper throwback stuff.