Today was the official grand opening of LEGOLAND Florida and easily the best part of the park is Miniland, where cities around the United States (and even a trip into history featuring pirates) are created in miniature using thousands upon thousands of LEGO bricks. The surprisingly large area is packed with fun vignettes featuring little LEGO people going about their LEGO lives amidst the LEGO cityscapes.

I’ll be posting a ton of photos from this area soon, but here’s me standing in the middle of it, with Washington DC directly behind me and Las Vegas behind that.