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Greetings from the top of the hill above Legoland 
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We arrived yesterday. Tons of construction going on (yeah, I knew that). There are two buildings complete and the landscaping for just one is done. We are in the barely landscaped building. The pool is gunite and the hardscape is done. They are putting in the landscaping now around the pool, and will eventually plaster it and fill it with water. Tons of workers everywhere, starting with trucks backing up beeping before 6:30 AM :zzz: .
We are in a 1 bedroom park view, but really it is a golf course/parking lot/road view off the balcony. Out the front door, it is pool/ocean view. I wonder why they didn't face the balconies out the front? That would be a much better view (without the heavy equipment view). In fact, our neighbors moved their patio table and chairs out there last night and had some wine.
The unit is spacious and nice. Walls are a bit thin, as I could hear a baby crying next door twice in the middle of the night. There are no elevators here, just three floors, but you enter on the 2nd floor, so there are stairs up or down. Laundry room is on the 3rd floor. Sofa bed is comfy and they supplied us with an air mattress and bedding as well.
The new Sheraton is next door. Huge property, with a conference center. The Marbrisa shares a private Legoland entrance with the Sheraton. It's about a 5-minute walk, but at the end of the day in the sun, it feels like 15. It is convenient, though, and the new entrance is equipped to handle season passes. It enters Legoland at the back of the park, so when we got there today, there were no lines for anything because it takes people a while to get to that area.
We will use the Grand Pacific Palisades pool later on this afternoon, and meet a few TUGers this week.
That's all so far. I don't plan on going on a tour, since DH won't sit through one.
! We arrived yesterday. Tons of construction going on (yeah, I knew that). There are two buildings complete and the landscaping for just one is done. We are in the barely landscaped building. The pool is gunite and the hardscape is done. They are putting in the landscaping now around the pool, and will eventually plaster it and fill it with water. Tons of workers everywhere, starting with trucks backing up beeping before 6:30 AM :zzz: .
We are in a 1 bedroom park view, but really it is a golf course/parking lot/road view off the balcony. Out the front door, it is pool/ocean view. I wonder why they didn't face the balconies out the front? That would be a much better view (without the heavy equipment view). In fact, our neighbors moved their patio table and chairs out there last night and had some wine.
The unit is spacious and nice. Walls are a bit thin, as I could hear a baby crying next door twice in the middle of the night. There are no elevators here, just three floors, but you enter on the 2nd floor, so there are stairs up or down. Laundry room is on the 3rd floor. Sofa bed is comfy and they supplied us with an air mattress and bedding as well.
The new Sheraton is next door. Huge property, with a conference center. The Marbrisa shares a private Legoland entrance with the Sheraton. It's about a 5-minute walk, but at the end of the day in the sun, it feels like 15. It is convenient, though, and the new entrance is equipped to handle season passes. It enters Legoland at the back of the park, so when we got there today, there were no lines for anything because it takes people a while to get to that area.
We will use the Grand Pacific Palisades pool later on this afternoon, and meet a few TUGers this week.
That's all so far. I don't plan on going on a tour, since DH won't sit through one.
Hope you have a fun time. We are getting out-of-town family this morning and father/son will be on that beautiful golf course near you tomorrow morning.
