Blizzard Beach - worth it at 12pm?

[JenNel85]

Hi all! I haven't been to WDW in nearly 10 years (for shame ). As such, I remember little to nothing about our last trip - especially since I was in my teens and my parents planned everything - but I DO remember how much we loved Blizzard Beach.

However, we don't exactly have a full day to spend there, so I was thinking about making that our first stop when we land around 9:30am on a Tuesday in August (weather permitting). If all goes well, it'll probably be approaching 11:30-12 by the time we get to the park, and I know from reading the boards that we're going to encounter massive crowds at that time of day.

Later on, I was thinking we'd check-in to our off-site hotel, maybe unpack a little, and then head to Epcot for our Biergarten ADRs and Illuminations.

My question: is it worth it to even try venturing into a Disney waterpark in the late morning/early afternoon on a sweltering August day? If it's going to be a 60-minute wait for a single slide, then I'd rather not even attempt it. Even worse - what are the odds the park will be closed to capacity?

We do have the WP&M option (given my love of Blizzard Beach and DBF's fascination with DisneyQuest), so it's not necessarily the $ I'm worried about...it's just that I'd love to kick off our vacation with a little Disney magic and a waterpark seemed an obvious choice for a few hours. But if it's going to be impossible to see/do anything there, then I'm definitely open to other suggestions!!!

 

[chrismass]

i would say that it depends on if your talking early or late august...late august it would be worth it since the crowds are naturally lighter, but either way by around 3pm the park starts emptying out especially after the rain storm that will be passing through...if you're just looking to cool off i would stick with your hotel pool, they usually have fun activities and then you don't have the stress of trying to get back to hotel to shower in time for dinner reservations.