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↩ replying to DCBakerUpdate - according to posted park hours, it appears Blizzard Beach is the water park that is closed beginning September 8, 2025 as hours are currently not listed:
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Are the water parks still crowded? Or have they dropped in popularity and thus attendance? I mean, it is still summer weather down there.
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↩ replying to surfsupdonI was just at Typhoon Lagoon today and Blizzard Beach two days ago; they were wonderful. The small amount of covered chairs at BB filled quick so it was a bit difficult to find a shady seat, but for the most part I got my pick of seating, all the slides had 5 minute waits, and no waiting in line for food or searching for tables.
Stitch showed up and people were able to just walk right up to him with no line, and for a brief time close to opening I had the lazy river all to myself.
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↩ replying to surfsupdonThere was a good crowd on a Tuesday in August I was at Typhoon Lagoon. I think there are busier days when people are heavily checking in.
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We did the check in day thing a couple weeks ago at blizzard…
It was I would say “low middle” as far as crowd. That was a Thursday
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↩ replying to SirwalterraleighWe were there on a July weekend at Blizzard and I would say it was maybe an 8 as far as crowd levels go. It was still a very enjoyable experience, especially since we haven't been able to visit since 2019.
That said, (and not sure if anyone else has noticed this) the one thing that stood out to me was that the park definitely needs more TLC. Despite the short windows that this park has been open, they have noticeably deferred some maintenance. And landscaping in some areas was a mess. Things looked decent at the bottom, but up the various "mountain" stairs to slides, there was tons of overgrown or half dead trees and bushes, and massive weeds overtaking certain areas. Lots of trash in the slide stairs/queues. It almost seems like the custodial and landscaping crews don't want to walk up the stairs to do their work.
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Did I miss the announcement? This perk returns in 2026 but is even more stringent than before...now it is only available on check in day and ONLY in the summer months??
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↩ replying to surfsupdonIt was already only for the check in day, but yes, they are adding the restriction that it is only for the “summer” months. Probably due to the negative feedback when this perk was in place and only one park was open (which made for a very busy and less enjoyable visit to the water parks).
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↩ replying to DisneyFanatic12My solution would be to operate both parks, like Disney did during their golden age.
This company knows how to infuriate me haha.
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↩ replying to surfsupdonInfuriate me…that’s the kindest, most polite way of putting it….I’d add a few more “colorful” adjectives…
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↩ replying to surfsupdonWell even in the Golden age October through March there was only one Park. Roughly one would close from October to December and the other would close from January to March. And then from April through September they were both open. We might still be heading back in that direction. We'll see.
There were definitely days in 2025 when Blizzard Beach was the only one open and it was absolutely very very busy. Cars being parked at Coronado springs for Blizzard Beach.
I hope and suspect what WDW deems as the summer months will align nicely with when both parks are actually open and not necessarily just the calendar summer months or the theme park industry's summer season of Labor Day to memorial Day.
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↩ replying to surfsupdonIt is extremely difficult to find enough qualified lifeguards to operate two water parks along with the pools at the hotels during the time when colleges/schools are in session.
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↩ replying to DisoneCorrect me if I am wrong, but if I am recalling correctly, that in addition to not as much demand during the colder months for the waterparks, Refurbs and maintainance work would be done at that time as well. Marie
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↩ replying to plutofan15The opening of Aquatica and VB both made that even more difficult, but with VB closing for large parts of 26-27, that may lighten the load quite a bit.
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↩ replying to DisoneIt was more like 5 weeks for each park…routine maintenance was kept to a minimum downtime