Lesley Wake
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
Ok, anyways, onto something a bit better. Since I have a Premier AP, which includes access to both Disneyland and Disneyworld, it also includes access to the WDW water parks, which I had yet to enjoy. With my new, extra day (remember, I was supposed to be on a flight all day so had already gotten FPs for the late afternoon/evening), I decided to check out Typhoon Lagoon. (I took a Lyft over from DHS – TL; the other alternative would have been to get to a resort and take the resort bus, but I knew that would take forever, so instead I much preferred paying for the 10 minute drive!)
The park really is gorgeous! Totally tropical and very fun! Also very uncrowded, much appreciated!
I loved how the signs and buildings also really looked authentic to a stormy town.
After grabbing a chair near the wave pool, I went ahead and hit up some of the slides (these photos are all pretty much afterwards, as I didn’t bring my phone/camera around with me), doing a loop around the park.
First stop – Miss Adventure Falls. A super fun raft ride. With some cool props and SEA references. However, you can’t do it as a solo rider, so thankfully there was a father/young adult daughter behind me who let me ride with them. (This one is the newest slide so can have a lineup, but I was lucky and could walk right on; I even had to wait until the next group of 2 could reach the front before I got a chance to ride.)
Then onto Crush N Gusher, a water coaster. There are 3 slides, however 2 of them are only for doubles and one is for doubles or singles. It was pretty fun! I don’t know if there are different levels of intensity though, because I only had the chance to do the single slide. (This one had a little bit of a backup on the stairs, just because you have to wait for the people to go, but only a few minutes.)
Onto the Storm Slides, which are body slides. Whichever Imagineer designed this queue must have really hated people! Because rather than just being stairs or ramps up to the top of the slide, it was a series of bridges and stairs. So you’d go up 10 steps, across a landing, then down 5 steps, another landing, up 7 steps, across, down 3 steps, repeat all the way! Seriously – I was exhausted at the top! There are 3 different slides at the top – the CM said they are pretty much the same intensity, so I just took whichever had a shortest line (I think the center one)! I'm sure I would have liked to try another one but there was no way I was doing that climb again!
I skipped Humunga Kowabunga, as it first looked like the queue involved the same twisting and steps, and also because I’m not the biggest fan of those drop type slides (though this was enclosed, so maybe I’d like it more?
On the other side of the "mountain", there are 3 raft slides: Gangplank Falls, Mayday Falls, and Keelhaul Falls. Gangplank is a family version and looked like it was pretty big rafts; I wasn’t sure if single riders would be allowed (plus I wouldn’t be able to carry the raft alone). I ended up riding Mayday, which is a bit more intense; it only uses single rafts. I considered doing Keelhaul as well, but was exhausted walking up the mountain over and over again!
Since I was near an entrance, I hopped into the Lazy River. It was pretty empty, so I ended up getting 2 things – a tube and a water chair. I was able to lean fully backward with my head in the water and use the chair to protect my head from hitting things! It was soooo relaxing and I just closed my eyes and floated around for a while – ending up doing 1.5 loops. It was great because they have fun music and everything!
The park really is gorgeous! Totally tropical and very fun! Also very uncrowded, much appreciated!
I loved how the signs and buildings also really looked authentic to a stormy town.
After grabbing a chair near the wave pool, I went ahead and hit up some of the slides (these photos are all pretty much afterwards, as I didn’t bring my phone/camera around with me), doing a loop around the park.
First stop – Miss Adventure Falls. A super fun raft ride. With some cool props and SEA references. However, you can’t do it as a solo rider, so thankfully there was a father/young adult daughter behind me who let me ride with them. (This one is the newest slide so can have a lineup, but I was lucky and could walk right on; I even had to wait until the next group of 2 could reach the front before I got a chance to ride.)
Then onto Crush N Gusher, a water coaster. There are 3 slides, however 2 of them are only for doubles and one is for doubles or singles. It was pretty fun! I don’t know if there are different levels of intensity though, because I only had the chance to do the single slide. (This one had a little bit of a backup on the stairs, just because you have to wait for the people to go, but only a few minutes.)
Onto the Storm Slides, which are body slides. Whichever Imagineer designed this queue must have really hated people! Because rather than just being stairs or ramps up to the top of the slide, it was a series of bridges and stairs. So you’d go up 10 steps, across a landing, then down 5 steps, another landing, up 7 steps, across, down 3 steps, repeat all the way! Seriously – I was exhausted at the top! There are 3 different slides at the top – the CM said they are pretty much the same intensity, so I just took whichever had a shortest line (I think the center one)! I'm sure I would have liked to try another one but there was no way I was doing that climb again!
I skipped Humunga Kowabunga, as it first looked like the queue involved the same twisting and steps, and also because I’m not the biggest fan of those drop type slides (though this was enclosed, so maybe I’d like it more?
On the other side of the "mountain", there are 3 raft slides: Gangplank Falls, Mayday Falls, and Keelhaul Falls. Gangplank is a family version and looked like it was pretty big rafts; I wasn’t sure if single riders would be allowed (plus I wouldn’t be able to carry the raft alone). I ended up riding Mayday, which is a bit more intense; it only uses single rafts. I considered doing Keelhaul as well, but was exhausted walking up the mountain over and over again!
Since I was near an entrance, I hopped into the Lazy River. It was pretty empty, so I ended up getting 2 things – a tube and a water chair. I was able to lean fully backward with my head in the water and use the chair to protect my head from hitting things! It was soooo relaxing and I just closed my eyes and floated around for a while – ending up doing 1.5 loops. It was great because they have fun music and everything!