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

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Monday February 26, 2024 1:00pm ET · "Typhoon Lagoon"
Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests to get free water park admission

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Starting in 2025, guests checking into a Walt Disney World Resort hotel will be treated to complimentary access to either Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park or Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park on the day they arrive.

The new benefit is available to guests staying at any Walt Disney World operated hotel, including value, moderate and deluxe categories.  It is also available to guests staying with Disney Vacation Club points.

Walt Disney World Resort stays and theme park tickets for 2025 will be available to purchase beginning February 27, 2024

Important Information About This Benefit

  • This benefit is exclusive to registered Guests staying at a Disney Resort hotel with a check-in date from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. All Guests must be on the room reservation.
  • This benefit is only on the day of check-in, and is valid for admission to either Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon water park or Disney’s Blizzard Beach water park.
  • Check the park calendar and operating hours closer to your 2025 arrival to plan your check-in day.
  • Usage of this benefit is subject to availability.Water parks are subject to extended rehabilitation, seasonal, capacity and weather closures, or may close for other reasons.
    Each of water park is refurbished annually. These routine maintenance periods are staggered, so Guests should be able to enjoy at least one water park experience year-round.
  • Water park admission is nontransferable, nonrefundable and has no cash value, and excludes activities/events separately priced or not open to the general public.
    Parks, attractions and other offerings subject to availability, closures and change or cancellation without notice or liability. No refund or credit given for any such changes or cancellation. Park admission and offerings are not guaranteed.

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Now that's a perk!
Drones and free water parks? Sounds Epic
Yes very nice perk, something worth while and something that might help get two parks running again.

Now how about something similar for AP'ers!
Interesting it’s only valid on check-in day? Perhaps they believe it will limit (the possible) cannibalization of theme park attendance? Certainly and interesting perk!
Wow, so one thing I notice right away, it's missing what is a usual disclaimer of "When purchasing a package at full price."
This wasn't the next lever I thought they'd pull, though there was a good bit of muscle behind it.

Are those at the top starting to understand?
Does this extend to DVC, or those staying on rented points?
Better than nothing but only good on check-in day seems like not many would use it anyways.
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My off hand guess is that its because the water parks often get more empty as the day goes on, so this would enable them to have better utilization in the afternoon and justify staffing levels all day. Like it is a way to even out the water park attendance throughout the day.
Yikes
Since I have the Pixie Dust pass and now usually arrive on Sundays, this is awesome. I can't be in the main theme parks anyway so this is a great alternative on arrival day.
Valid only on checkin day? Will that cause issues with Bell Services at hotels with more people arriving earlier in the day and looking to check their bags and head to the waterpark until their room is ready? Unless they were planning on bringing back luggage service straight from the airport and were ready for it anyway...
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No reason to believe it doesn’t. DVC resorts are certainly included and there’s no requirement that you have a park ticket. If it were limited in some way, they would just include it with packages.

Finally, a bona fide perk for an on-site stay. Better get the first flight of the day, however! They usually close at 5 pm so this will largely be an afternoon perk. Nice way to wait for your room to become available, though.
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I am wondering that as well and I don't see any disclaimer denying it so it seems likely that DVC stays would also be eligible.