From there, we went on to the ride that seemed to dominate much of the Legoland "skyline," the Treto-o-mobil (Pedal-a-Car).  Although the two-hour wait was not unlike standing in a broiler because of the sun, Victoria absolutely loved her ride across Legoland on her car.  For her, this was her first roller coaster, although it crept along the track.  It did give us a wonderful vantage point of the entire park.

By the time we got off the Car, our bodies were insisting that it was lunchtime, so we made our way to the only sit-down restaurant in the park.  We were a little apprehensive about the food, given experience in American parks.  But lo and behold, it was actually quite tasty (my half-liter of German beer was heaven-sent!)!  Victoria didn't care about that too much, because there were (of course) legos for her to play with in the restaurant!  The only problem was that there were lots of other kids with whom she had to share the legos with and the lack of a common language created some problems.  I was finally able to convey to a couple of kids (with my handy little German phrase book) that her name was Victoria, that we were from America ("where Mickey Mouse is from") and couldn't speak German, but that Victoria wanted to play with them.

After lunch, Kelley, Victoria, and I headed over to Der Wellenreiter, or Aquazone Wave Racers.  Victoria had seen them whipping around the pool and wanted to try them out.  It was actually quite a rush - the pull from the centrifugal force was really quite cool.  And when we got off, we were quite wet (which felt great, considering the heat!).

After the Wave Racers, we decided that Victoria needed some down time, so she and Kathie went over to Dino Camp.  Similar to the "archaeological dig" at Disney's Animal Kingdom, this giant sand pit gave Victoria some quiet time while digging for fossils.  Meanwhile, Kelley and I made our way back over to the Knights' Kingdom to ride the Feuerdrache (Fire Dragon) roller coaster.  The roller coaster was pretty cool, but the best part was the "intro."  If you've ever been on Splash Mountain at Disney World, you're familiar with all the animatronic characters from Song of the South as you make your way to the actual flume ride.  Well here, there were six or seven chambers depicting various Medieval scenes, completely made out of Legos--quite cool!

One of the other major rides at the park was a flume ride called the Jungle X-pedition.  Victoria had seen it and was quite adamant that she could ride it.  She was quite brave with the ride as our boat climbed the hill.  Unfortunately, the first drop quickly nullified that bravery.  It wasn't the actual drop, it was the fact that the boat had turned around and we went down backwards.  At the bottom of the drop, she was starting to panic until she saw Kelley, Kathie, and me laughing.  When the boat started the next (and biggest) climb, she a little afraid, but just grabbed onto Kelley's hand.  You can tell from the picture to the left that she wasn't screaming on the plummet down the hill, she just squeezed her eyes shut until it was all over.  Of course, we got drenched, but she was ecstatic when it was all over and wanted to immediately go on the ride again.  Unfortunately, the 90 minute wait in line eliminated that possibility, but for days, that was all she could talk about - the ride where we all got wet!

By this time, it was starting to get late in the afternoon and we wanted to grab a bite to eat before leaving the park.  We did one more ride and then headed back to the sit-down restaurant for dinner and then on to the stores on the way out of the park (Legoland DEFINITELY got that one right from Disney!). 

By the time we got home, it was after midnight and we were all exhausted, but had had a wonderful day.  The telling point was how for the rest of the trip (and even after our return to the States) Victoria has been asking when we can go back.

Tomorrow: Playing In The Black Forest