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Legoland 2012 – Day 1
8 June 2012 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, June 7, 2012 * Arriving at night – New booth – Clash of Convictions – Friends of the 501st
On Thursday morning we arrived at Legoland Deutschland very early, between 4:00 and 5:00, to set up the booth with our helpers in peace in the room reserved for us. This was a very special moment for us, since we ourselves would be seeing our new, freshly expanded booth in its full size for the first time.
Once the booth was set up and all the sabers were in their places, we went to the Legoland arena to run through our stage program one last time. Since excellent weather had been forecast for the day, large crowds were already standing in front of the Legoland gates shortly after nine, so they were opened earlier than usual, at half past nine.
We hurried to our booth and spent the morning answering the questions of the many visitors and, of course, didn't miss the chance to give a few interested people a short introduction to lightsaber combat.
Since the crowd was particularly large that day, we were glad when our first performance finally started at 13:00. Some of our helpers stayed behind at the booth while we transformed into Jedi and Sith for the show.
We had enough time for that, because before our performance the dance group Laudonia would take the audience into the Star Wars universe with their performance.
The debut of our new program „Clash of Convictions“ went smoothly, and quite a few people in the audience held their breath when, at the end, Lord Vader entered the stage with his stormtroopers to challenge our Jedi.
Right after the show, half of us hurried back to the booth to handle the crowd that grew after the performance, while the rest went to lunch.
Time flew that day, and we barely had time to head out in small groups to explore the park a little, as we had done in previous years. So we spent the afternoon answering the questions of the many Star Wars fans, young and old, and thrilling the audience with two more exciting stage performances.
After the last show, some of us stayed in costume and wandered through the park taking photos.
Of course there was still time to greet familiar faces from the German Garrison, who would once again make the Legoland Star Wars weekend an unforgettable experience together with us this year.
After the park closed an hour later than usual, we headed to dinner at our leisure, and then, after the long night and the exhausting day, took it easy for the evening to gather new strength for the next day.
Friday started just as calmly as Thursday had ended for us. Right on time at eight o'clock we took up our position at the booth and started putting the sabers back in their places and removing the dust from the day before. Since we still had some time afterwards, we were able to go for breakfast before the park opened its gates again.
Today the crowd was big again, though topping the 20,000 visitors of the day before would probably be difficult. Friday was just as busy as Thursday. More and more members of the German Garrison and the 501st arrived too, so their booth, which was in the same room as ours, gradually filled up more and more, and the photo wall was always very busy.
Since it wasn't quite as hot that day, our Vader stayed in costume after the first performance and came by our booth for some fun photos. When the park closed its gates at 19:00, we helped the Legoland staff tidy up and then headed to the inn where we would meet our friends and acquaintances from the Garrison that evening.
All in all, the first two days were exhausting but successful, and our new stage show in particular thrilled young and old alike.
