| # | Author | Message |
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| bellefreak22
Mon 4/7/2008 10:33a | I am headed to WDW mid June and we got the water park option. I just can't decide which one to go to. I have never been to TL, but I hear that it is a lot older and not as well kept as BB. Any suggestions or feedback from personal expierience? Thanks! Shauna |
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| wahooskipper
Mon 4/7/2008 11:35a | Hmm...do them both. It is hard to answer an either/or on this. They both are unique and offer varied attractions.
The "ski lift" at Blizzard Beach is great and I love the family raft ride.
Typhoon has the new master blaster water coasters and I love their shark encounter swim through aquarium attraction.
They both have the wave pools, good kiddie areas and the water slide basics too. It really is a toss up. I don't think you can go wrong with either. |
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| demderedoseguys
Mon 4/7/2008 2:53p | Shauna
A little tip. Wear a one piece if you go down Summit Plummet at Blizzard Beach. My wife gave some onlookers a pretty good show when her bikini top was swept off her at the bottom of the slide.
Blizzard Beach has the wave pool and Typhoon Lagoon has a pool that has a tidal wave every few moments.
For families I prefer Blizzard Beach for the Family Raft ride. I think it's called Teamboat Springs. |
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| mickeyboy43
Mon 4/7/2008 3:25p | Blizzard Beach has way more slides, but a sub TL wave pool. The pool at TL is like its star attraction. Not as many slides, but a kick butt attraction.
I think I would do BB if its a first time for you, but If I were going to a water park again this year, I would go to TL since ive already been to BB twice. |
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| Doobie
Mon 4/7/2008 3:32p | Typhoon Lagoon is my favorite. I'm not a slide person so it's all the other stuff that matters to me. The wave pool is great both when doing giant waves and bobbing waves. And Shark Reef is awesome (if you can handle the cold water). I think the atmosphere is better here as well as Blizzard Beach feels a little bit more like a regular water park while Typhoon Lagoon really feels like a water based theme park. But I do prefer the lazy river at Blizzard Beach a little more than the one here. And if you're into the big slides, no question Blizzard Beach is better (although Crushin' Gusher is apparently very cool - Rebekah LOVES it - and BB has nothing like it).
Doobie. |
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| wahooskipper
Mon 4/7/2008 5:29p | Stick with the two piece. Let the rest of us have fun too! I agree with Doobie that the overall atmosphere is better at Typhoon.
You can get "lost" and feel like you are actually on a Mediterranean Island while there. I don't think you lose sight that you are at WDW when you are at Blizzard Beach. |
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| bellefreak22
Mon 4/7/2008 5:48p | Is there normally a long line for the shark encounter? It sounds really interesting, but like something EVERYone would want to do. I don't have the guts to go on summit plummet, but my husband would. as far as crowds, should I aim for a morning where there are extra magic hours? We are staying at CBR |
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| bellefreak22
Mon 4/7/2008 5:49p | Is there normally a long line for the shark encounter? It sounds really interesting, but like something EVERYone would want to do. I don't have the guts to go on summit plummet, but my husband would. as far as crowds, should I aim for a morning where there are extra magic hours? We are staying at CBR |
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| irishfan
Mon 4/7/2008 7:11p | Big Typhoon lagoon fan here. |
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| Doobie
Mon 4/7/2008 7:50p | I've not normally had a long line for it. I've done it as a walk on and done it with about a 10 minute wait. But we tend to not go on the busiest days and we go pretty early. I don't know if it can get a lot more crowded than that though I do know when I've been on it with these short lines, the water slides had much longer lines.
Doobie. |
