JUST ADD WATER: While Memorial Day weekend signals the beginning of swimming season for thousands and thousands across the globe, hundreds can be flocking to a different splash-friendly destination: Legoland Latest York Resort’s brand recent Water Playground.

Whether sliding, frolicking or cooling down in the colourful blue pools, wading areas and water-fueled attractions, the playground offers water slides and a splash bucket that douses with 318 gallons of refreshing water.

Situated within the more serene Hudson Valley in Goshen, the water park is the most recent addition to seven themed lands that include Brick Street, Bricktopia, Lego Ninjago World, Lego Castle, Lego City, Miniland and Lego Pirates. Visitors can benefit from non-water attractions, including the Lego Factory Adventure Ride, Lego Ninjago the Ride, the Dragon Coaster and the Lego built cities in Miniland.

True to its colourful, transformable and buildable namesake toy, water park visitors can construct a Lego boat to drift and race. Visitors under the age of 12 can only hit the waves with the supervision of an adult. Age isn’t the one criteria for certain access — height matters too. 

Guests over 40 inches tall may ride all slides within the Water Playground, but those that are over 36 inches but under 40 inches can only ride the 2 lower slides. Water park goers will need reservations to ascend any of those slides or simply to splash around. And those that can’t contain the entire just-add-water-fun can stay overnight at the one Lego-themed hotel within the Northeast. The 250-room property has 4 themes: Lego Pirates, Kingdom, Lego Friends, and Lego Ninjago.

For the primary time, Legoland Latest York is an authorized autism center this season with staff trained to best serve guests with autism and sensory guides to flag any vibrant lights, loud sounds or overstimulating features. There are also areas for families to decompress with dim lighting, weighted blankets and tactile toys.