Do You REALLY need Watershoes/Crocs at Blizzard Beach?

[disneykittin]

I've been reading some tips that say you should always wear shoes at the water parks. I'm just wondering what everyone's experience has been at Blizzard Beach as far as shoes go. Did you REALLY need to wear water shoes/crocs, or could you do without them? Thanks for your input!

 

[Quin]

Oooch! Ouch! HotHotHot!

No, you don't need them IN the water, but you sure do need them to get from anyplace to anyplace else within the park.

 

[Brit_Jude]

While you could get away without them while swimming and riding the rides the concrete pathways getting to the rides and pools gets very hot and burns to walk on.

It just makes for a better day if you have a pair of water shoes that you can put on a not worry about storing before riding the rides and finding when you get off.

If you are not going to use the rides then a pair of crocs or flips flops to put on when walking will surfice. Try to secure a bed close to the pool then you could walk in without water shoes.

 

[mel&me]

Pretty obvious by now, Yes it's hot walking around.

 

[heyitsmejosh]

depends on when you go... like when i went in Feb i didnt need shoes nor did i have any.. if you are going in april as long as the temp is in the mid 80's youll be fine if it starts going into the mid 90s youll want shoes

 

[alh921]

My family went to Blizzard Beach when I was 18 years old. Even though the sidewalks are light in color, they are HOTTTTTT. We didn't think to pack water shoes, and Crocs didn't exist at the time. We ALL regretted it -- it really is no joke that it hurts to walk around that park without them. I recommend some kind of Crocs that strap nice and securely.

 

[DOOM1001]

If it's not too hot I don't think they're needed.Anything 88 or above it would at least be a good idea to bring a pair of sandals or water shoes and leave them in the locker.I went to Aquatica on one of Orlando's hottest days,possibly ever.About 97-99 degrees,sun all day,the wave pools had a thermometer that read 100 all day and my car's thermometer read 103 when I got in the car at 7 something,so I wonder what it read at 2-3pm.Up until 11am or so I was fine walking barefeet but by noon the floor was starting to feel like lava.I had been to waterparks countless times and while the floor did get very hot it never got to the point that I literally refused to walk out of a shaded spot as it meant walking at least 20 feet in totally uncovered cement that was probably 130 degrees,it was insane how hot it was,eventually I burned my feet and headed straight to the gift shop to buy a pair of sandals.I will say that not Blizzard Beach but Typhoon Lagoon is probably the most shaded waterpark ever and if there's a waterpark that allows you to walk barefeet without burning your feet Typhoon Lagoon would be it.

 

[Sugarglider]

the concrete, esp if it gets sand on it, is scratchy.

 

[tjmw2727]

Those walkways get HOT, we need them!

 

[twins4disney]

We are going next week, March 16, forecast is a high of 81. For those with experience, do you think we will need water shoes? It will be out two kids, dh and myself. If we do wear them, what do we do with them on the slides, wear them?

 

[MrsDuck]

We've never used them!

 

[PIRATEGIRL007]

We went to BB in Sept of last year so it was surface of the sun hot and while we took water shoes we didn't need them. Alot of the walkways espically the bigger/wider ones had sprinklers spraying them down so they weren't that bad. Maybe they just do that when it's really hot. Many of the ones to the slides or waiting for the slides are shaded or wet so we didn't need them there either. I was really suprised and felt like bring the shoes was a waste. We ended up ditching them by our chairs about halfway thru our visit.

 

[Mirax]

Can you wear water shoes on the rides? what kind do you recommend?

 

[atp]

I think it depends on how sensitive your feet are. Not only because the walkways may be hot, but because like others have said, they aren't exactly smooth.

My feet are very sensitive and I always opt to wear shoes because I won't be comfortable if I don't. If you aren't sure you will need it or think you won't, I would do this: since you will have to wear something on your feet to get to the park, I would pick something that can get wet so that if you decide that the walkways are too hot or scratchy, you can wear that to walk around.

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

We used them mostly because of the scratchy bottom in a couple of pools. We wore them the whole time, though, including on rides.

 

[KittyKat1978]

I have done both. First trip I didn't use them and yes the concrete was HOT! But I survived. The second trip I did use them, but my friend didn't. She didn't complain once. I go in Sept.

 

[ILoveToRun]

I voted yes. But I think I've ever gone to the water park in July-September. I don't really ever walk around barefoot at home so my feet aren't used to it. I don't like the hotness and not wearing them once tore up my feet. I thought I could go without it but that was a mistake and I ended up having to buy some there.

As for the rides, they make you take them off for the big slides, you just hold onto them at your chest or leave them at the bottom.

And speaking about the rides, if you've never been, be ready to walk A LOT of stairs getting to the top of some of those rides, they can be a killer.

 

[LaurenT]

I have never been one to use water shoes.
But, on my trip in August I tore a nice big hole in the bottom of my foot in the wave pool (I actually think it was at TL, but still....)
It didn't stop me, but it did make the next few days of walking all over WDW less than comfortable. I will be wearing water shoes in the future.

 

[RumpleMom]

I like Land's End water shoes.

 

[Brer Shay]

Season certainly matters, but even more is how much you are use to walking barefoot. I, a lover of barefootedness, could handle most (though not all) of the August sidewalks) am not the same as my tenderfoot DH. And very young tootsies (under 10 or so) still have all their nerve endings intact and can't either.