{"id":251233,"date":"2026-04-29T16:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251233\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:17:09","slug":"legoland-florida-kicks-off-fifa-world-cup-experience-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/251233\/","title":{"rendered":"Legoland Florida kicks off FIFA World Cup Experience in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legolandflorida.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Legoland Florida<\/a> theme park will introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legoland.com\/florida\/things-to-do\/seasonal-events\/fifa-world-cup-2026-experience\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup 2026 Experience<\/a> this summer, coinciding with the global soccer (aka football) tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The limited-time, fan zone-style experience will include a chance to score against a Lego Minifigure as well as Lego brick versions of soccer legends including Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe and (queue the boos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandocitysc.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando City<\/a> fans) Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>The attraction \u201cgives families the chance to be part of the tournament in true Lego style \u2014 building, playing and celebrating the beautiful game together,\u201d Brian Bacica, vice president of Legoland Florida resort, in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Elements of the experience include Spot Shot and Super Squad challenges for all ages and skill levels, designing a soccer uniform in Lego bricks on the Heroes of Play Wall and a photo opportunity with the Lego-ized version of the World Cup trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The park\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/product\/fifa-world-cup-official-trophy-43020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lego Shop will sell unassembled versions of the trophy<\/a> \u2014 it\u2019s 2,842 pieces \u2014 as well as a soccer ball kit (1,498 pieces), while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>The experience will last at the Winter Haven theme park from June 11 through July 19, the same dates as the World Cup, which is being played at sites in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Email me at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/04\/29\/legoland-world-cup-0501\/mailto:dbevil@orlandosentinel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dbevil@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>. BlueSky: @themeparksdb. Threads account: @dbevil. X account: @themeparks. Subscribe to the Theme Park Rangers newsletter at <a href=\"http:\/\/orlandosentinel.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">orlandosentinel.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legoland Florida theme park will introduce the FIFA World Cup 2026 Experience this summer, coinciding with the global&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[558,104,28,30,29,114,19041,115,14291,3047,2062,109,76686,76687,76688,76689,110,2411,106,1316,107],"class_list":["post-251233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-business","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-legoland","tag-news","tag-parenting-and-family","tag-retail","tag-soccer","tag-social","tag-social-business","tag-social-entertainment","tag-social-theme-parks","tag-social-travel","tag-sports","tag-theme-parks","tag-things-to-do","tag-tourism","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}