Description: Well having reviewed all of the main Disney theme parks I can't really leave out their epic water parks. Being an English girl I had never seen anything like this on my first ever visit to DIsney when I was only 12. We've been back so many times that really there is nothing that compares to it anywhere else I have been. Typhoon Lagoon is one of two waterparks, although when I first visited there were 3 water parks. It's huge and is a whole series of slides and raft rides around a central lagoon.
There are lots of tropical 'beaches' with sunchairs on to create your base and lots of adults just take it in turns to take their smaller kids around the park with bouts of lounging in the sun. Every half hour the whistle blows in the park and the lagoon turns into a giant wave pool, which is good enough to surf on, although not when everyone else is in the pool. Around the outside of the park runs Castaway Creek, which you can float around on tubes and just soak up the sun, although watch out for leaky bits of water that cna be rather chilly!
There are lots of different slides to go on, from tube rides to extreme vertical water chutes....beware your swimming trunks/costumes on that ride. I love all of these water slides and find that there is something for everyone, even a family ride called Gang Plank Falls, where you all pile into a rubber raft and have some fun.
If you're feeling very brave you can get yourself a snorkel and mask and have a go at swimming with sharks and rays on Shark Reef. Something that I absolutley loved even though the water was freezing in comparison to the rest of the park. I actually found that swimming with sharks (albeit small ones) was a bigger adrenaline rush than any of the water slides.
If you have small children then there is a tiny people friendly water play area, that they can spend all day with you in. Also you can hire life vests that children can wear all day long, ensuring they don't have any nasty accidents. In terms of facilities there are plenty of changing facilities and you can hire towels (and buy bathing suits if you don't have them). There are a few places to eat and lots of stands where you can get the refillable bottles of pop and juice and lots of nice snacks. Again when we were there we just took our own pack lunches in for cost reasons more than anything else.
All in all a fantastic water park, with everything you could possibly need. In fact if you have purchased a hopper pass this is a perfect way to relax between theme park days and soak those weary feet. The water parks are open for a shorter day than the theme parks, which means you can have a lie in in the morning and have a nice early night if you need it. The only advice I can give for visiting the water parks is remember the sunscreen, because it's far too easy to get burnt even in February Florida sun!
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