Joining a Pirate Crew: Review of the Legoland Pirate Hotel

Do your kids want to run off and join a pirate crew? Well, then take them for an overnight stay at the new Legoland Pirate Island Hotel where they can be immersed in a world of swashbuckling fun for a couple of days.

Last week, my crew and I headed over to visit Legoland Florida‘s newest hotel, the Pirate Island Hotel. Legoland Florida Resort has three hotels: The Legoland Hotel, Pirate Island Hotel and the Legoland Beach Retreat. The first two hotels are located together near the Legoland theme park entrance, while the third is in a separate complex a couple of minutes from the park.

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Entering the Hotel Complex

Guests doing a hotel stay receive free self-parking, so when you get to the booths at the main entrance to the park, keep to the far left where it says hotel guests. They will check off your name on a list and give you a parking pass. You can then proceed to the front entrance of the hotels (it is one common entrance) and drop off additional guests and luggage or park the car and bring your bags to the front; whichever works best for you.

Tip: On your way into the hotel, you will definitely want to stop by the pirate ship and grab some cute family photos.

The Legoland Pirate Island Hotel

As mentioned before, The Legoland Hotel and Pirate Island Hotel share a common entrance, lobby and check-in area. You can check in at the kiosks or at the front desk.

Note: The lobby is not pirate themed. The pirate theming begins once you enter the corridor by the lobby leading into Pirate Island Hotel.

Once we left the lobby and entered Pirate Island Hotel, my kids were entranced. You are now fully immersed in a pirate world with Lego pirate décor . There is pirate-theming everywhere, including on the walls, in the elevators, the restaurant and of course there are pirate-themed rooms. It was quite fun going up and down the elevator, listening to pirate shanties and a recorded pirate voice talking to us. When we would get to our floor, it would ask if we were sure this was our floor(but in more pirate speak).

What are the rooms like at the Legoland Pirate Hotel?

The rooms continue the pirate-theming with pirate throws, curtains and wallpaper. The room is divided in two with an adult side of the room with a king bed and then a separate sleeping area for the kids with two bunk beds. Both the adult area and the kids area have their own TV and the kids area also has a Lego wall and Lego bricks for building. The kids really enjoyed this.

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In addition to the Lego wall, there were a couple of other fun activities for the kids to do in the room. There is a scavenger hunt on the wall to count the amount of bananas around the room and then there is an in-room treasure hunt where the kids need to find different items around the room in order to solve a puzzle. Once they solve the puzzle, they get the code to the treasure box and are able to claim their booty. I really loved that there was an actual prize for the kids to claim and that it was something they could do together in the room while I was taking a little break.

Also, important to note is that every room has a mini fridge. If you are looking to save on park/hotel food, this is definitely useful. There is a Publix across the street, where you can pick up some drinks and snacks before heading to the hotel. Each floor also has a microwave, so I would recommend wrapping up any leftovers you might have at the end of a meal to eat at a later time.

What else is there to do at the Legoland Pirate Island Hotel?

The Pirate Island Hotel features a resort-style pool where you can go swimming when not at the park. They also have a variety of activities every evening from 4pm on. The activities are held on the Pirate Stage, which for adults is conveniently located next to the bar. On the weekends, you can also participate in activities at The Legoland Hotel as well.

The kids and I participated in a fun game of bingo, which was done with pictures, instead of numbers. They also had a finish-the-story game, similar to mad libs, trivia, a build your ship challenge and an ends with story time. You are also able to sign your kids up for a Master Builder Workshop where they can build the mini Lego set of the day. The options, while we were there, were a flower planter one day and skateboarding kids another day.

You are also able to use the facilities at The Legoland Hotel which include another outdoor pool, a castle-themed play center, a giant Lego column and large Lego boards for building.

Outside of the hotel there is a mini golf course and a boardwalk to walk along Lake Eloise. At night, in the cooler months, you can purchase s’mores from the front desk to make outside at the fire pit.

What is there to eat at the Legoland Pirate Hotel?

Meals at the hotel are served in the pirate-themed Shipwreck Restaurant. The restaurant serves breakfast and dinner and reservations are required for both. Both meals are served family style. Breakfast is included in your room rate, and includes a platter of breakfast favorites, including sausage, eggs, bacon, potatoes, pancakes and biscuits and gravy along with coffee, tea and juice.

You are also able to order your own individual skillets with toppings, such as a Florentine skillet with spinach and cheese for an additional price.

For dinner, you have a choice of two family platters, The Pirate Platter – a BBQ-themed platter with ribs, chicken, sausage, pulled pork and baked beans and The Seadog Skillet – a surf and turf platter with steak, pork tenderloin, chicken, shrimp, blackened fish and rice pilaf. Both platters are also served with mashed potatoes, mac and cheese and seasonal vegetables. If you do not eat meat, there is a plant-based menu that you can order from which features vegan meatloaf, cauliflower steaks and grille teriyaki tofu and broccoli.

Dinner also comes with salad and fresh bread before the main course and a chocolate chip cookie skillet at the end. The vegan/dairy-free option is a chocolate fondue with fruit and marshmallows for dipping. Dinner includes soft drinks for your crew.

Both breakfast and dinner are all you can eat, so you can ask your server to bring you more of your favorites. We enjoyed the dining options at both meals.

If you have an allergy, let your server know upfront and they will have the chef come out to discuss your options. My daughter has a dairy allergy, so for dinner they subbed out roasted potatoes and gave her vegan mac and cheese. At breakfast, they gave her an individual platter of food, including gluten-free pancakes that wer made sans buttermilk

Go or No Go

You might think that Legoland is too close by Orlando to spend the night, which is what I thought as well before staying over. Pirate Island Hotel, however, is a lot of fun and is definitely worth a night or two. Your kids will thank you!

I was provided with a free night stay as a part of a media event for the “Grand Opening” of the hotel in order to facilitate this review, but as always all opinions are my own.