On our first visit to WDW we only visited one water park (Typoon Lagoon) on one day, near the end of the holiday as DW is not a water lover.
Anyway the entire family had a great time. Whether it was Lazy River or Crush n Gusher it hit all the buttons.
We arrived for opening and stayed until 3.00pm.
How do you do the water parks - mornings, afternoons, evenings?
How many times do you go on a trip ? We are going for 3 weeks again
Do you visit both Blizzard Beach and Typoon Lagoon, or stick to a favourite?
we go to both BB and TL every trip.
We go to BB usually only once a trip and to TL multiple times - maybe 5 or 6 times.
BB we always go to first thing in the morning, arriving before rope drop.
At rope drop, we race to the back of the park where we ride the double dipper about 3 times, then head on to the other tube slide - forgot the name - the one that has 3 choices. we'll go on that one about 5 times (as many times as we can run the stairs without dropping dead from a heart attack).
Next comes the toboggan run - usually only once.
Then on to teamboat springs, for two rides.
After that is the lazy river for about 3 circuits around.
By this point, it's about 11:30 AM. We get out of the water, dry off, have snocones (mmmm) and then out of the park by noon.
We do TL differently. There we're only interested in crush and gusher and the lazy river.
So we usually get into TL about 2 hours before closing.
We do about an hour on crush and gusher - how ever many times down that means (usually there's no line at that hour).
Then on to the lazy river.
Then an ice cream cone at whatever that place is called (i'll look it up).
By that point, it's closing time and we're out of the park.
Occasionally, we'll also do the wave pool at TL, swimming deep in to where the source of the wave is, so we can really ride the wave.
We'll do TL multiple times. We have APs so it doesnt matter how little time we spend - it's not as if we 'paid' for the entrance.
Keep in mind that we're from a very hot climate with lots and lots of sun. The last thing in the world we're interested in doing is lying in the sun. We're there for the slides/rivers/waves - and that's it.
by the way, my kids have also taken the surfing course at TL twice and LOVED it!!