Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests to get free water park admission

HauntedPirate11 days ago

What are the odds that we’ll be able to use our water park perk when we land at 5pm later this week?

ToTBellHop11 days ago

Just what I was told. Asked because I arrive in April and was curious what will be open.

DCBaker12 days ago

Blizzard Beach operating hours didn't roll over to March 30 as the rest of the parks did:

Tha Realest12 days ago

Where does this info come from?

ToTBellHop12 days ago

I believe Typhoon reopens 3/30 this year.

Tha Realest14 days ago

This is exactly our plan. Our cruise is over a weekend for when they historically switch over which park is open, so hoping to get two nice bites at this perk.

DisneyDreamer0814 days ago

The higher waits were later in the day. We arrived around 11am and the longest wait was about 20/25 minutes. Most were around 10. We did slides first, had lunch, did the lazy river and wave pool, then my daughter did a few more slides while I waited for her at the bottom. We were there from 11-3:30 and accomplished quite a bit.

DisneyFanatic1214 days ago

Waiting over 30 minutes for a slide is exceedingly rare, even when Blizzard Beach has “closed” to capacity, most slides have a high enough capacity that I’ve never found myself waiting for more than 20 minutes or so. Of course, some lines will be outliers, but as long as you don’t hit a streak of bad luck, waiting 30+ minutes should be rare. Here’s some notoriously slow lines, IMO: Blizzard Beach: Runoff Rapids (used to be a people eater, but that conveyor belt is SLOW!) Downhill Double Dipper (this is a racing tube slide with only two people going down at a time) Typhoon Lagoon: Crush n’ Gusher (capacity isn’t horrible, it’s just extremely popular and the slide is decently long) Gangplank Falls (again, capacity isn’t horrible but this line is usually decently long) Now you’re right that spring break, with this benefit in place, will probably be VERY busy. But it’ll be very busy for a waterpark, not on the same level as a theme park really. If you do decide to “rope drop” the waterpark at 10am, you can get a really good seat and knock out most of the slides if you really want. And even if the parks are really busy, there’s a ton of stuff that won’t ever have a line. The wave pools, most of the stuff in Ski Patrol Landing (and the kiddie areas), and lazy rivers just to name a few. You can read the spoiler if you want some information on what slides should be possible (without a height requirement). Blizzard Beach: Mat slides: Toboggan Racers and Snow Stormers. Runoff Rapids (three slides, two open and one enclosed. Only requirement is that you have to be able to hold onto both handles. It’s a traditional inner tube in size, but has a little bump on the back for a backrest. Open slides are slower.) Teamboat Springs (Crazy long family raft ride, lots of fun! Only requirement is you have to be able to hold onto at least one handle. This line can get pretty long, so you’ll have to eyeball it. You can always go down to the mat slides if this line is long) Tike’s Peak/Ski Patrol Landing: Very few height requirements, and the height requirements are generally pretty short. Smaller slides with some cool ropes courses and a zip line. Typhoon Lagoon: Keehaul Falls (used to be a kiddie slide, but now it’s open to “all”. Fun inner tube slide through the mountain that picks up a little speed at the end. Regular inner tube size if not a little smaller. Have to be able to hold onto the handles.) Mayday Falls (also an inner tube slide, but it’s pretty rough with all the “rapids”. Just have to be able to hold onto the handles.) Gangplank Falls (an older family raft ride, pretty short in height but fun. Small drop at the end, but nothing noteworthy. Just have to be able to hold onto one handle) Miss Adventure Falls (the newer family raft, also quite fun. Just have to hold onto one handle) Storm Slides (No height requirement to my knowledge. A set of three pretty standard body slides through the mountain. Each goes through at least one “cave”, but the caves are short.)

arich3514 days ago

We are coming in on a Sunday during spring break and with the new benefit I expect it to be busy. We are only planning a few hours there, my daughter is 5 so there is only so much she will be able to do, just would suck to wait 30+ min for a ride

DisneyDreamer0815 days ago

We went to Typhoon Lagoon last August in the middle of the week. Waits were very manageable. Anywhere from 10-30 minutes. Overall though, it felt much more relaxed. No one is running from one ride to the next like in the theme parks. My daughter was 13 at the time and she loved the wave pool. We spent a lot of time there. Oh and if you get food, definitely mobile order. The regular line was so long and we were the only ones at the pick up window for mobile order.

arich3515 days ago

We will actually take advantage of this in a couple months. My daughter loved the slide at Riviera and has been wanting to go to a water park. How are the crowds and waits typically at the water parks?

DisneyDreamer0815 days ago

Currently have a cruise booked for April 2026 and if the perk sticks around, I think this is our plan as well!

Purduevian15 days ago

Found another group of people that might use the perk. I am currently looking to take my first Disney cruise out of Port Canaveral. On the morning we arrive back at the port, we are kicked off the boat around 9-9:30am. Plenty of time to head to Orlando and enjoy the waterpark that day.

seabreezept81324 days ago

I was thinking it might increase traffic to Disney springs. Thinking about arrival day and it will only make sense to eat there as it’s on the same bus loop as Typhoon Lagoon.