Legoland Florida plans to lay off 234 workers, primarily performers, in an effort to be more competitive in central Florida's thriving theme park market, company officials said. The theme park resort in Winter Haven,

FOX 13's Carla Bayron reports on Legoland Florida, which announced it will lay off hundreds of entertainment employees by early March 2025.

The theme park confirmed the layoffs via an emailed statement, saying that the layoffs are due to operational changes and that the affected positions would be a mixture of seasonal and permanent employees.

The resort, which opened in 2011, said most of those who will lose their jobs in the coming months are entertainers.

Educators, students and advocates across the Florida higher education system spoke out Monday against the recent removal by the state of hundreds of general education courses that touch on race, gender,