Disney Water Parks Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon

OK I have no images because we didnt bring a camera but the water parks are great!

We just spent 3 days straight in water. Two days at Typhoon Lagoon and one at Blizzard Beach. The best thing about staying on property is the ability to use the Extra Magic Hours! We were able to get to the water parks at 8AM, an hour prior to opening up to the public. I didnt think it was enough time but we were able to ride everything without a wait! The only thing that was rough was the stairs to the ride itself. It was a killer! I cant tell you how many 'floors' we climbed but my legs were killing me.

If anything a water park reminds you of is how out of shape you are. lol.

Best things at Typhoon Lagoon: Wave Pool - Insanely tall waves that can knock you down! Lazy River of course, Crush n Gusher. Funnel Cake! Worst: Wave Pool - cause they have insanely tall waves that can knock you down! Having to carry your tubes up a ton of stairs to get down the rides. Short family raft ride, Sand.

Best things at Blizzard Beach: LONG family raft ride, Lazy River, 'older' kid area. Worst: Hiking it up the stairs to get on the rides, some rides you had to carry your own tube up the stairs, wave pool was really unnatural waves and felt strange - we didnt like it.

Having to deal with rude people didnt help: We had some little girl go down a slide within seconds behind my child and knocked right into her. I 'ran' to get to my child and the other child because they knocked into each other. The girl just looked at me and her father said she can swim fine, no apology at all! My little girl was crying, it was horrible. On another ride my sister ran up ahead of me and grabbed the family raft and some people came in between us. When I finally got to the top these people were in front and I said excuse me three times when he finally turned around and said 'WHAT'! I said I need to get by and he says go over there, pointing to another rope, Im like dude its closed whats your problem? My sister is right there! He finally let me by but not without making stupid comments. I know there are line jumpers but I was not jumping lines.

Besides those experiences Disney Water Parks were pretty amazing.

Disney January 2011

So we went again to Disney! Think one can get sick of the place and honestly I dont think thats possible.

Well we drove down from NY and had to leave a day early because of a pending snow storm! Had we not left early we would have missed out for sure!

We were staying at Kidani Village. Located near the Animal Kingdom, for DVC (Disney Vacation Club members) Im not a member but my brother is and we were meeting him there. We used his points to stay at the resort. Kidani is one of the newer resorts by Disney featuring a Savannah right outside your window, (if this room option is selected). We opted for a regular room since the days were short and chances are we wouldnt be in the room to see the animals. They had these huge windows in the lobby and in other areas were you could view the animals.





My favorite item was the soap with Mickey right on it!

We had a two bedroom villa that could fit 9 people! There was a king in the master, two queens in the second, a pull out couch and pull out chair! Plenty of room for all of us. I personally love villas as it gives you the ability to have meals in your room. Ive never gotten a dinning plan because of this feature. We ate breakfast every day and had dinner almost every night.

Because we were staying on property, a first for me, we used the extra magic hours at night at all the resorts. Now in January it was not crowded at all to me, heading to the parks after 2pm and staying late really worked out for us. I think the longest time we waiting for anything was about 10 minutes.

We never used Disney Transportation since we were able to park for free at the parks. One night leaving Hollywood studios we jumped on the bus just to 'see' how it was. The bus was really nice and new, they kept it dark which was a little strange, but we got back to the resort in just 10 minutes. I thought it was funny that they went to Kidani Village before Jambo house. MY brother says its because Kidani is exclusive for DVC members and they get priority, I dunno how true that is but it was neat.

My brother is in the military so be sure to check out tickets thru them first. We got a pretty good deal.

January seems to have a lot of areas under construction. One of the water parks was closed, many rides were up for refurbishment, and in the magic kingdom they are building a whole new section! It also seams that a lot of restaurants are closed during extra hours, not sure if it was because of Janaury or if it was normal for the extra magic hours. You can actually get the schedules for the magic hours inside the park so you can plan accordingly.

Will we go back? For sure!