LEGOLAND’s California and Florida resorts will soon celebrate the openings of each park’s new LEGO Galaxy. Family travelers with kids who love rollercoasters should enter LEGOLAND’s first-ever Junior Galaxy Explorers Contest, inviting kids ages 6 to 12 to design and submit their own LEGO spacecraft. Winning applicants have the chance to be among the first to ride the new Galacticoaster, arriving in early 2026.

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The contest encourages creativity, storytelling and STEM thinking, allowing kids to use their imaginations to build a spacecraft. Families can submit entries online or they can attend one of the in-person build events at select children’s museums nationwide.
Here is a schedule of upcoming in-person events:
- Saturday, Dec. 13 at Miami Children’s Museum in Miami, Florida
- Saturday, Jan. 10 at Museum of Science and Discovery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Saturday, Jan. 17 at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida
- Saturday, Jan. 24 at Children’s Creativity Museum in San Francisco, California
- Saturday, Jan. 30 and 31 at Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena, California

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Full contest details and eligibility can be found here.
Experts from Blue Origin’s Club for the Future and LEGOLAND’s Master Model Builders will judge the entries for bold concepts, original builds and designs that feel “ready for liftoff.”
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