SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Legoland California and Florida are looking for a select few 6-12 year olds to take part in a contest to be among the first people ever to ride the new Galacticoaster.

The new space-themed indoor roller coaster — Galacticoaster — will launch families in a custom Lego brick spacecraft through cosmic scenes of the LEGO galaxy inside a 30,000 square-foot building in Legoland’s Fun Town. The new coaster is set to open in both California and Florida Legoland Resorts in early 2026.

The contest invites kids 6-12 to compete to be part of the first-ever team of Junior Galaxy Explorers, Merlin Entertainment, the parent company of Legoland, announced.

For the contest, young builders will be designing their own LEGO spacecraft in person at select children's museums or from

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