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Duplo coaster for Legoland Windsor An opening date of 14
are 18 times bigger than
March 2020 has been
can be made at home. Among other new
announced for the enhanced Duplo Valley area at Merlin
attractions in Duplo Valley
entertainments' Legoland
are Duplo Playtown, which
Windsor Resort in the uK,
was formerly Brickville,
where the world's first Duplo
and a new show at the
rollercoaster will also debut.
Duplo Puppet Theatre.
The "colourful toddler
In Playtown, kids can use
wonderland" of Duplo
ropes and slides to scale a
Valley will have a new
new space rocket structure.
show and play area for
For those that reach the
the coming season,
top of the rocket there is a
alongside the Duplo Dino
button that sets off a "3, 2,
Coaster, an oval-shaped
1 blast off!" countdown.
ride manufactured by Mack Rides designed for
called "The Frog Prince",
children aged 2 to 5 years.
follows the tale of Princess
set amongst palm trees,
■■An artist's impression of the duplo dino coaster
The new puppet show,
Money-Plenty, who loses
the dinosaur-themed
her golden ball in the depths
carriage soars and swoops
of a murky pond that is
around supersized Duplo
ruled by an evil Toad.
dinosaur models that
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The "colourful toddler wonderland" of Duplo Valley will have a new show and play area for the coming season
heritage
Youth heritage project wins new government funding The uK Government has earmarked almost £1.3m towards a scheme that aims to involve young people in heritage, through a new grant to the National Lottery Heritage Fund's
■■digital Makers club is part of Kick the dust
"Kick the Dust" programme. Kick the Dust is a programme of a
This investment will build on existing, strong partnerships eilish McGuinness
20
our Kick the Dust programme," said
dozen large scale projects running across
eilish McGuinness, executive director,
the uK, started in 2016, intended to
business delivery at The National Lottery
help make heritage relevant to young
Heritage Fund. "The collaboration we're
people aged 11 to 25. It was launched
seeing through the Youth Accelerator
with an original £10m investment.
Fund shows a really joined-up approach
"This fantastic additional investment
across all the activities that, together, we
will build on the already strong
know young people can benefit from."
partnerships that are flourishing through
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