Dubai: The festive season this year at LEGOLAND® Dubai Resort offers countless reasons for families to enjoy the unmatched Festive Bricktacular adventures at LEGOLAND® Dubai as well as discover the one-and-only ‘Santa Sleepover’ at LEGOLAND® Hotel – from 14. December to 8. January 2023. The LEGOLAND Dubai theme park has a long list of exciting events planned for everyone, including a Santa’s Present Search in MINILAND, a LEGO® festive Wishing Wall, Holly Jolly Holiday Party, Festive Cupcake Decorating Class*, Christmas Carols*, a chance to meet and greet with LEGO® Santa, the opportunity to decorate MINILAND's LEGO Gingerbread House, the Santa Post Box, a special snowfall, and a surprise appearance by LEGO Santa.  The return of LEGOLAND's massive advent calendar tops it all off. From December 5 to December 25, 2022, there will be daily presents worth AED 40,000 waiting behind the doors for daily winners to claim. Not only that, but from December 14 to January 8, the brand-new Santa Sleepover at the LEGOLAND Hotel is a must-attend journey for families looking to give their children an unforgettable holiday adventure. It includes a special letter from Santa, a LEGO® gift in the room, exclusive hotel holiday-themed activities like building LEGO® ornaments together with free access to LEGOLAND Dubai with all* festive events and more.  

For the second year in a row, LEGOLAND Dubai is announcing the comeback of the daily Christmas Countdown in MINILAND. A huge 4-metre-high Advent Calendar with LEGO gifts worth AED 40,000 behind the doors, awaiting one daily winner, from 5. to 25. December to open one of its doors and take an awesome LEGO prize home. Here, and upon arrival at the park gate, every guest will receive one ticket with a number, which could be the lucky number to win the daily LEGO prize. To double the magic during this miraculous occasion, the advent calendar will have double doors on 23, 24 and on 25 December, waiting for two winners to open and take their awesome LEGO present home. Guests longing to increase their winning chances can visit all park retails shops including The BIG Shop to select their favourite LEGO souvenirs* and receive additional Avent Calendar ticket(s). 

From December 14 to January 8, LEGOLAND Dubai will host a wide range of holiday events, games, and performances that will keep youngsters and their parents entertained nonstop. Numerous opportunities await the imaginative kids, including the daily festive cupcake decorating classes* at The Café terrace, where they may unleash their inner chefs and then take their finished creations home. With the assistance of the LEGOLAND elves, they may also participate in decorating the sizable LEGO® Gingerbread House in MINILAND. 

Young detectives, looking for the next quiz to solve, will not be disappointed with two festive quiz games: the ‘ELF Hunt’, where kids need to find and collect 8 letters marked on Santa's elves throughout the park, ‘decipher’ the letters to discover the festive word; while ‘Santa’s Present Search’ encourages them to help Santa finding and counting his LEGO gifts that fell from his sleigh while flying over MINILAND. Additionally, young party goers should not miss the daily ‘Holly Jolly Holiday Party’ performed by LEGOLAND characters and elves at the 10-metre-high LEGO DUPLO® festive tree in FACTORY Street.

As the festive season will not be complete without the Christmas Carols at LEGOLAND Dubai, families, who visit the park on 17. December will get the chance to join the magical celebration of LEGOLAND Dubai Christmas Choir in FACTORY Street, performing some of everyone’s favourite Christmas carols. Apart from the non-stop fun activities from 14. December to 8. January, kids are invited to visit the brand-new LEGO® festive wishing wall, where they can complete their wish list, hang it and cross their fingers to come true. Additionally, they can write their own personal letters to Santa, post it at the special LEGO® post box, which will be only checked and read by Santa- due to the secrecy and importance of those letters. 

How about creating some unforgettable family memories? Here, families should not miss taking selfies at some unique instagrammable locations, whether at the 10-metre-high LEGO® DUPLO festive tree in FACTORY Street or the one-and-only Santa’s LEGO® sleigh at MINILAND, where famous landmarks are recreated with more than 20 million LEGO® bricks.

That is not all – as starting from 5. December, all young foodies will explore a variety of festive snacks and treats at the theme park. The Café offers various festive sandwiches including Turkey & poached cinnamon apple sandwich and roasted Turkey Avocado & Ham sandwich. Special Christmas beverages are also available for its lovers including hot chocolate with toasted marshmallow, caramel cookie frappe as well as gingerbread latte. Moreover, limited-time festive ice cream can be found at Knight’s Table, while the festive popcorn can be spotted throughout the park. Furthermore, Caesar’s Pizza & Pasta Buffet with its ‘Kids Eat for Free’* offer awaits all families to taste its festive buffet with delicious pizza, pasta and salads. To extend the fun even further, kids have an opportunity to enjoy free* beverage refills for the whole day with the limited-edition Festive Refillable Drinks Bottle available only until 8. January 2023. Before heading home, kids need to remind their parents to check out The BIG Shop, the largest LEGO store in the Middle East, to enjoy up to 50%* discount on a variety of selected goodies; as well as collect the complimentary limited-edition festive LEGO Collector’s brick, to add to their exclusive collection. 

Families across the globe, longing to be named ‘best parents ever’ by their kids, are invited to treat their youngsters with the brand-new ‘Santa Sleepover’ between 14. December to 8. January at LEGOLAND Hotel - the unmatched kids’ holiday destination in the region. Apart from choosing one of 5 room themes, whether “Pirate,” “Adventure,” “LEGO® NINJAGO®,” “LEGO® Friends,” or “Kingdom” – each with a different treasure hunt experience - kids will enjoy unforgettable festive adventures throughout their stay. A letter written by Santa, a LEGO gift and a complimentary festive refillable drinks bottle await the youngsters* in each room together with fantastic activities at the hotel, including the LEGO Gingerbread House Decorating class, the LEGO Ornament Build, holiday arts & crafts, LEGO Santa meet & greet together with Christmas Bingo on the weekends. This is topped by complimentary breakfast buffet and access to the Festive Bricktacular event with all* its exciting activities, shows and performances at LEGOLAND Dubai theme park until 8. January 2023.

Furthermore, hotel guests and non-hotel guests can explore the limited-time Christmas’ inspired buffet* from 23. – 25. December at Bricks Family Restaurant offering a feast of flavours, featuring beef wellington, roast turkey, herb-crusted salmon, seafood paella, lamb cutlet, new herb potato, brussels sprouts with turkey bacon, honey glazed vegetables, cranberry almond spinach salad, fresh citrus and cranberry salad, iceberg egg bacon salad, winter kale and granola salad, marinated seafood salad and MORE. All this is topped with a special kids’ buffet full of their favourite bites, desserts and bottomless ice cream. 

Whether joining the Festive Bricktacular at LEGOLAND Dubai theme park or exploring the first time-ever Santa Sleepover at LEGOLAND Hotel – the festive celebrations this year at LEGOLAND Dubai Resort is unmatched by any other family friendly destination in the region.