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Legoland 2010 – Day 1
4 September 2010 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, Sep 4, 2010 * Visitor queue – Show premiere – Photos with guests
After spending all of Friday roaming the park and trying out the various rides, toward evening we started setting up our booth in the Mindstorms Center. When we were done at around midnight, we drove to our hotel and went to sleep, since an exhausting weekend lay ahead of us
After a not-too-long night, we arrived at Legoland at around 9:00 on Saturday, and first of all it was time for training.
After a quick run-through of our program, we hurried to get to the booth on time, since the first visitors would be arriving at 10:00.
A sizable line quickly formed in front of our booth, and we had our hands full showing sabers to excited kids and answering questions.
So we were kept busy all morning, until at 11:30 we had to leave our booth in the trusted hands of the German Garrison: at 12:00 our first performance was to take place in the Legoland arena. After transforming into Jedi and Sith, we waited backstage for our performance. We were quite amazed to find that the stands were filled to the last seat, and some spectators hadn't even found a seat and had to wait until the 17:00 show, that's how big the crowd was.
So we fought our way across the stage in various duels until, in the end, Anatim had won victory for the Jedi. But then suddenly Shadow-Chao entered the stage as Darth Vader and struck the Jedi down with a few blows. The kids in the audience in particular loved our performance, so on our way from the stage back to our booth we were stopped several times and asked for photos and autographs.
When we finally reached our booth, we found that the line was still just as long as before our show. The stormtroopers of the 501st Legion had their hands full answering the many questions and handing out sabers and were visibly grateful that we were back. The crowd didn't let up in the afternoon either, so at around 16:00 we decided to close the booth completely for the duration of our second show that day. After calming down the annoyed visitors and putting all the sabers back in their places, we left Legoland for a short while to practice our new stage program one last time. After a satisfactory rehearsal, we hurried to the arena, put on our costumes and got ready for our performance.
Once again the stands were bursting at the seams, and once again many hadn't found a seat and had to wait. Due to the high demand, we were allowed to perform our program twice in a row, so that those who hadn't gotten a seat before could see our show too. We couldn't have wished for a better premiere for our brand-new stage program: despite a few small mistakes, the show went seamlessly and we managed to thrill the audience with our program almost even more than in the morning. And so, after the two performances, some of us stayed in costume and walked through the park to have their pictures taken with visitors or sign autographs. The rest headed back to our booth. No sooner had we reopened it than the almost obligatory line formed, which would be seen in front of our booth for the rest of Saturday and all of Sunday too.
Exhausted but very happy with how this first day went, we finally closed the Mindstorms Center for the day at around 19:00 and gave our sabers a break. For us, though, the day wasn't over yet: we headed toward the entrance and, quite spontaneously, performed some of our choreographies for the visitors leaving the park. A big circle of spectators quickly formed, asking us questions and praising our shows.
When the park was supposed to close at 20:00, we still had a considerable audience, so the Legoland staff even worked a little overtime. At around 20:15 we finally ended our choreographies to let the staff, and above all ourselves, go off for a well-deserved evening off.
