Blizzard Beach vs Typhoon Lagoon

Good news is that water park hours are 10am-7pm during the summer as of right now. Now they are only open until 5pm. If it does decide to storm, they may close the park depending if the someone hears thunder or sees lightning. I have only been to Typhoon Lagoon. It was fun but lines can be long for the bigger rides and shark reef. I would think, if you go after her lessons, then hopefully a lot of people will have left by then or it rained and people left.

If the parks are open until 7, you're probably good. We went to each at 2:00 on days when they were closing at 5:00 with the thought that 3 hours was plenty of time to explore the water parks and find out what they were all about. I was so sad to leave at 5:00 on both days! I could have floated around that lazy river for hours!

They weren't busy at all when we were there, but it was late September/early October. I think the cost keeps a lot of people away.

I love both parks for different reasons. My favorite atmosphere is Typhoon Lagoon. It reminds me a little bit of Castaway Cay. It's very tropical feeling and I like the TL wave pool better than the float & bob pool at BB. I like the slides, both in style and variety, better at Blizzard Beach. My favorites are the toboggan slides because you don't suddenly plunge into the water at the bottom. You glide across it. If you don't go to both, the slides at TL are really fun, too, but they don't have the same level of novelty as the toboggan style slides.

I love the Tropical feeling you get here, the whole Florida snow storm thing over at Blizzard Beach really does nothing for me. I want to stick my toes in the sand and sip a cocktail under a palm tree thinking I'm miles and miles away.

Haha! I hear ya, Kristen! We get enough or the real white stuff here. It's cute and magical on Main Street at Christmas, but not the vibe I'm looking for at a Florida water park. Though I seriously love the toboggan slides at BB. I would go there just for those slides!