A decidedly hands-on ride

Review of Lego Ninjago The Ride

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3.75 (out of 5)

On the theme park beat, I often find myself engaged in unusual behavior. Case in point: Whenever I visit the Legoland parks, I flail my hands and arms wildly apropos of seemingly nothing. For many minutes.

But my strange actions have a very real purpose. My gestures are used to lob virtual weapons at villains and rack up points. The faster I karate-chop the air like a rage-filled Miss Piggy gone ballistic, the more targets I can hit and the higher my score. Since my pride is on the line–there is no way I am going to lose to any of the kids sitting alongside me–I flail away.

Lego Ninjago The Ride, which is available at US parks in Florida, California, and New York as well as other Leogland locations around the world, is the attraction bringing out the game warrior in me. Instead of using gun-like zappers or some other targeting devices, the unique attraction interprets passengers’ hand movements and transforms them into 3D projectiles that can blast evil skeletons, ghosts, and other computer-animated baddies into smithereens.

(Merlin Entertainments)