{"id":72534,"date":"2026-07-01T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=72534"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T01:00:23","slug":"lego-pokemon-trainers-at-the-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/07\/01\/lego-pokemon-trainers-at-the-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO\u00ae POK\u00c9MON\u2122 TRAINERS AT THE READY!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LEGO\u00ae POK\u00c9MON\u2122 ANNOUNCED AS LEGO\u00ae FESTIVAL 2026 PLAY ZONE HEADLINER AT <\/strong>LEGOLAND\u00ae FLORIDA RESORT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LEGOLAND\u00ae Florida Resort has revealed that LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122 will be joining this year\u2019s LEGO\u00ae Festival as the headliner for the Play Zone, levelling up the game for this year\u2019s family summer event in Florida. Guests can expect\u00a0hands-on activities and creative interactive\u00a0play, including the newly announced LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122 SMART Play\u2122 sets\u00a0as part of the ultimate summer celebration of family fun.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Play Zone will offer kids and adults alike the chance to bring their Pok\u00e9mon Trainer dreams to life in the real world. Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0fans can level up their skills through a hands-on training journey\u00a0– bonding with, nurturing, and training a selection of five Pok\u00e9mon, to take on the most epic brick-built battles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Guests will step into a LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122- inspired world, joining in hands-on activities and build moments that bring play to life and Pok\u00e9mon into the physical realm through the LEGO\u00ae SMART Play\u2122 system. Entering the Nurture area<\/em>, Trainers can build their Pok\u00e9mon a tasty snack, then head to the snack table to add a SMART tag and see how their Pok\u00e9mon reacts. They can also build and display a LEGO Pok\u00e9 Ball, plus snap a photo with the giant LEGO\u00ae Pikachu model making its way to LEGO Festival this summer at the family theme park in Winter Haven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only that, but families joining the festival fun will also be among the first in the world to see the LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122 SMART Play\u2122 system in action, and learn how to nurture, train, and battle with their Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0in the LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122: Trainer Center, while interacting with favorite LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122 as they come alive in guests’ hands before they hit shelves in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“LEGO\u00ae Pok\u00e9mon\u2122 brings an exciting new way for families to play together at this year’s LEGO\u00ae Festival,” said Brian Bacica, Park President of LEGOLAND Florida Resort. “Whether you’re a lifelong Pok\u00e9mon fan or discovering it for the first time, families can build and share unforgettable moments through hands-on experiences.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new LEGO\u00ae SMART Play\u2122 system is designed to help play last longer and feel more dynamic, active, social, and interactive, and it is screen-free fun. For Pok\u00e9mon Trainers, this means more catching, more bonding, more training, more battling, and new ways to play \u2013 all available to experience at the LEGO\u00ae Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Running from July 20 to August 16, 2026, LEGO\u00ae Festival will turn LEGOLAND Florida Resort into a full-on festival of imagination across five interactive zones: Music, Creative, Chill-Out, and the brand-new Thrill and Play Zone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEGO\u00ae Festival will be available at multiple LEGOLAND\u00ae Resorts worldwide with the Play Zone featuring at: LEGOLAND \u00ae California, LEGOLAND \u00ae Deutschland, LEGOLAND Florida, LEGOLAND\u00ae New York, LEGOLAND\u00aeWindsor and will be included in the regular ticket prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on LEGO Festival, please visit LEGOLAND.com\/Florida<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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