There's never a dull moment when it comes to the Central Florida theme park scene, so All Things Florida is launching a monthly podcast. The inaugural April edition just went live and it covers:   -- The soft opening of Fast & Furious Supercharged at Universal Studios Florida   -- The official March 23, 2018 opening of The Great Lego Race at Legoland Florida   -- Toy Story Land sneak peeks   -- Universal Orlando expansion news   -- Reviews of Universal Orlando GradBash from a chaperone perspective, Royal Pacific Resort, Animal Kingdom, SeaWorld Orlando, and the Mr. Easter Bunny and Mrs. Easter Bunny at the Magic Kingdom.  Check out the video of the podcast, and stay close to see what's in the works for May's edition.

There's 2 1/2 hours of people in there. The Great LEGO Race -- billed as the first virtual reality coaster for families -- opened on March 23, 2018 in Legoland Florida. We kicked the tires the following afternoon, and unlike the first wave of reviews coming from the March 23 media day that found reporters having the ride to themselves, we put Legoland to the test on a busy day with peak crowds. The wait when we arrived was 2 1/2 hours. Yes, 150 minutes for a kiddie coaster. The good news is that it's the best virtual reality coaster that we've been on in terms of how smoothly the effects correlate with the actual attraction. Anyone familiar with the original ride knows the swoops and sharp turns, and the virtual race between Lego minifigures has some clever scenes to justify the sharp movements. Neither of us felt queasy after the ride, something that mars some VR experiences. The bad news is that the addition of VR slows down the throughput for a ride that was a...