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Legoland California adding Dune Raiders slides

Dune Raider slides at Legoland California

Legoland California plans to add aside-by-side racing slides to its new Land of Adventure area in time for the Fourth of July weekend.

The 30-foot-high Dune Raiders slides, themed to match the land’s Egyptian bazaar motif, will feature six 50-foot-long racing lanes and a pair of double-helix corkscrews. Riders slide on burlap potato sacks.

The racing slides, popular at county and state fairs, will be surrounded by Lego models and characters.

The four-attraction Land of Adventure opened in spring 2008 as part of a $20-million expansion at the Carlsbad kiddie park.

Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the Los Angeles Times Funland blog: latimes.com/funland.

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

Image: Legoland California

This entry was posted on Friday, March 20, 2009 at 2:55 pm by Brady MacDonald and is filed under California, Family & Kids, Legoland, San Diego, Theme Parks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.