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Legoland Florida starts hiring

Hiring has begun. The Merlin Careers website lists two open positions for Legoland Florida. An Executive Assistant and a Systems Administrator. If you hope to land one of the 1,000 expected new jobs, keep an eye open on MerlinCareers.com and click on the US jobs link.

Legoland Florida now talking to contractors

Interested in being a part of the new construction for Legoland Florida? The Lakeland Ledger has the email for the senior project manager on the project. Email Ian Sarjeant at Ian.sarjeant@legoland.com with a request for information and the skills and qualifications your company wishes to contribute. Full details on how bids will be handled are [...]

Legoland Parent Company delays IPO

Blackstone has delayed plans to spin off Merlin Entertainments, the owner of Legoland & Madame Tussauds. The primary reason given was the volatile stock market which could mean a rough start for a new stock offering.

They do plan to continue the IPO at a later date meaning one day you can own stock [...]

Attractions from LEGOLAND California

Wondering exactly what type of attractions might be opening with LEGOLAND Florida? Well, they’ve provided a video preview of attractions from the LEGOLAND California theme park. If you check out at the 3:49 mark you’ll see some Giant Robotic Arm looking things. Those are currently installed at EPCOT’s Innoventions too. But imagine those on a [...]

Video of the Big Announcement

Newchief.com has put up some video from the day of the big announcement. This is perfect for those who couldn’t be there that day, like me.

Construction should start as soon as May 2010. They’re currently hunting for the park’s first General Manager.

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