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Legoland 2014 Day 3&4
21 June 2014 @ 8:00 am – 25 June 2014 @ 5:00 pm
Saturday/Sunday, June 21+22, 2014
When we arrived at Legoland on Saturday after a short night, two hours before the park opened, we didn't go to the arena like on the previous days to rework small details of the show, but had a rendezvous with the huge Lego X-wing set up in the Hero Factory. Here, and several more times at other spots in the park over the course of the day, we filmed some shots with Bastian for the event video.
Right on time for the park opening, everyone was back at the booth to advise lots of lightsaber fans and curious visitors once again. That day the R2 Builders were also there with their booth and lots of R2 droids.
At 12:30 we were back on stage, again without Vader, but with a newly designed freestyle program that kept getting better and rounded off the new stage show. After Hennes Bender wrapped things up, we changed back into our team shirts and went to lunch. Then it was booth duty again. In between, Alex came back too, but with a foot injury, which meant there would be no Vader on stage on Sunday either.
At 15:00 the German Garrison parade took place, for which some of us put on our costumes to march along. The parade ended with a march into the Lego arena, where Hennes Bender was awarded honorary membership in the 501st Legion after his act.
Then it was our turn again, and a good 30 minutes later we headed back to the booth, completely worn out. The last hour before the Mindstorms Center closed flew by, because after Hennes Bender pointed people to our booth, the crowd was big. When the park emptied and we slowly cleared the field, the day was far from over for us, because the traditional dinner with the GG was coming up.
We freshened up in a hurry and drove, just like last year, to the inn "Zur Linde". There, Markus Rau, the Commanding Officer of the GG, thanked all participants and Legoland, represented by Michael Schwägerl, who also received a small thank-you from us for our 5th Legoland event. To everyone's surprise (even the rest of the team knew nothing about it), Tim, Daniel Dick and Markus Rau presented a German Garrison / Saberproject friendship patch.
After a good meal and a less good soccer match (Germany vs. Ghana, 2:2), we went down to the inn's basement, where we bowled a round with the members of the GG. So we spent a great evening together with our friends from the German Garrison.
The last day lay ahead of us, and we were already pretty worn out from the previous ones, so the top motto on the last day was "Look fresh, no matter what". Since there was nothing left to discuss or set up, we only entered the park a good hour before it opened, got coffee and waited for the visitors. Bastian left us first thing in the morning, since he still had a long journey home ahead of him. This day was well attended again too, and our booth was never empty.
At 12:30 our second-to-last show of the year at Legoland took place. A show we won't forget for a long time, because it featured an absolute first. For the first time since the team was founded, an entire choreography was forgotten. Luckily those involved covered up the faux pas, so only a few spectators noticed the mistake. After a tasty lunch and more booth duty, there was another parade, in which of course SP took part too. During Hennes Bender's act we finally waited impatiently backstage for the last show, which for us was the best and most successful of the whole weekend.
Back at the booth we kept giving information about lightsabers and our show until shortly after the park closed, when we could start tearing down. Once all the sabers were packed, we set about tearing down the booth and loading it into the van.
At around half past nine the time had come: time to say goodbye to Legoland for the fifth time. We look back on a great event, where we weren't the only ones having a tremendous amount of fun!
Thanks for the great time at the Star Wars event at Legoland Deutschland 2014!
Your Team Saberproject
