{"id":15199,"date":"2021-09-23T17:05:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T21:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=15199"},"modified":"2021-09-23T17:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T21:05:51","slug":"legoland-offers-family-fun-day-to-down-syndrome-association-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/09\/23\/legoland-offers-family-fun-day-to-down-syndrome-association-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Legoland offers family fun day to Down Syndrome Association members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legoland&nbsp;Florida Resort&nbsp;is&nbsp;expecting&nbsp;300 guests on Friday&nbsp;from the Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida, which will include more than a dozen families from Polk County.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016.01.26_LEGOLANDFLORIDA_LEGOMOVIE4D_016-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016.01.26_LEGOLANDFLORIDA_LEGOMOVIE4D_016-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016.01.26_LEGOLANDFLORIDA_LEGOMOVIE4D_016-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016.01.26_LEGOLANDFLORIDA_LEGOMOVIE4D_016-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2016.01.26_LEGOLANDFLORIDA_LEGOMOVIE4D_016.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merlin\u2019s Magic Wand Foundation, a charity that supports children facing challenges of serious illness, disability, or adversity, is hosting the event. The foundation\u00a0is operated by Merlin Entertainments, the parent company of Legoland\u00a0Parks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0\u201cWe are so thrilled to invite our families back for the first Family Fun Day in nearly two years,\u201d said\u00a0the association&#8217;s executive\u00a0director, Heather Barnes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families\u00a0receive a pass to\u00a0the\u00a0Legoland\u00a0theme park and can visit on their own time.\u00a0There are also special discounts, raffle prizes,\u00a0and a private character meet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event\u00a0had been\u00a0canceled\u00a0during the\u00a0surge of Covid-19 cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo many families have struggled with difficulties keeping their children quarantined and are unable to comprehend the pandemic, causing secondary issues like depression,&#8221; association development manager&nbsp;Amy Drow&nbsp;said. &#8220;It is wonderful to finally have one of our favorite days of the year return for our kiddos to bring smiles to many children in need.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legoland&nbsp;Florida Resort&nbsp;is&nbsp;expecting&nbsp;300 guests on Friday&nbsp;from the Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida, which will include more than a dozen families from Polk County.&nbsp;&nbsp; Merlin\u2019s Magic Wand Foundation, a charity that&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[1255],"class_list":["post-15199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-legoland-offers-family-fun-day-to-down-syndrome-association-members"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}