Do you wear water shoes in the water parks?

[MaryKatesMom]

My parents require all the family to wear water shoes at their lake house as fishing hooks are very unpleasant to remove from the bottom of a foot. Both in the water and walking around on the deck or grass. My nephew pulled an inch and a half splinter out of his foot from the deck.

I buy Lands' End water shoes and they last for years!


http://www.landsend.com/pp/WaterSho...H=IDX_Shoes-_-Women-_-WaterShoes&origin=index

The concrete is hot and rough and I could imagine by the end of the day very scraped up feet. Having scraped the bottom of the wave pool at TL with elbows and knees, I know my feet wouldn't appreciate it.

One added benefit is they are great for really stormy days at the parks. Last week during the heavy thunderstorms, they were perfect otherwise I would have had soggy sock and sneakers.

 

[kaffinito]

So if you can't wear them on the slides, then what do you do with them?

Also, I was reading on the website and it said that flip flops are good to wear too. does anyone on here wear flip flops to the water parks?

 

[gretchenohar@hotmail]

So if you can't wear them on the slides, then what do you do with them?

Also, I was reading on the website and it said that flip flops are good to wear too. does anyone on here wear flip flops to the water parks?

I was going to ask the same question regarding what to do with the water shoes while on the slides, Kaffinito...

 

[mousireid]

We have them for teh beach and the water parks - it DOES get very hot on the ground in places and we DO take them off for 'certain' slides (just held them with my arms crossed). The large wave pool have rough surfaces and my DD(5) has caught her toes and scraped her knees before in the wave pools so its just anotehr form of protection - not a necessity but a cheap and easy way to protect your toes!

 

[jjsdad]

yes you wear them on the slides

infact for us they come in handy when we go to wi dells mt olympus water park

One person says you can't wear them on slides and another says you can...

Whats the real answer? For me not wearing them on slides is kinda a deal breaker so I'd like to know.

 

[chartle]

I was going to ask the same question regarding what to do with the water shoes while on the slides, Kaffinito...

Two times ago(10 years ago) we never took them off.

Just last time (2 years ago) I recall that you only had to take them off for the big Humunga-Kowabunga slide.

I really don't know if there is a new rule, because even though it was late Aug it wasn't very sunny and the sidewalks weren't that bad and we didn't always wear our shoes.

But I do know for Humunga-Kowabunga there was a shoe keeper like you find at McD's play areas for your foot wear. Also some just hold on to them as the ride.

One other thing yes you can wear flip flops but you can't/wouldn't want to wear them on the slides. Once you get dumped in the water at the end they would make it difficult to walk.

 

[DL50Cruiser]

Yes. I definitely would like something on my feet. Especially when reading posts about fish hooks and splinters!

 

[Joolish1313]

I never used to until I stepped on something sharp! Now whenever we go, we pack them and use them at the pools and water parks. I've found that the cement at TL is quite sharp in places and can hurt.

I always wear my Teva's at Water Country in New Hampshire and would wear them in FL too. I don't want to step on something or stub my toe. Plus, I don't want a cut or a stubbed toe ruin vacation. The perk to Teva's and Keen's are they have the support & padding of a shoe and you can wear them in the regular parks too!

 

[angierae]

Ever since my daughter picked up plantar's warts at summer camp we don't go barefoot anywhere - I even wear my water shoes for my water aerobics class at the YMCA.

 

[Rhonna]

So if you can't wear them on the slides, then what do you do with them?

We were allowed to take them off at the top of a slide, holding one in each hand as you were instructed to cross your arms over your chest. Once our Dad had a baseball cap on and they just told him to turn it around on the slides (at TL) so it wouldn't flip off. I don't know what each CM does.

A person could wear them around for the concrete and the tube rides and possibly leave them at your chair/towel while doing the slides. Or if one in the party doesn't go they could wait at the bottom with the other people's water shoes.

 

[PeterPan09]

We were allowed to take them off at the top of a slide, holding one in each hand as you were instructed to cross your arms over your chest. Once our Dad had a baseball cap on and they just told him to turn it around on the slides (at TL) so it wouldn't flip off. I don't know what each CM does.

A person could wear them around for the concrete and the tube rides and possibly leave them at your chair/towel while doing the slides. Or if one in the party doesn't go they could wait at the bottom with the other people's water shoes.

I spent last summer working there and the rule was that shoes come off on the body slides, flip flips and crocs come off on the tube rides. If you have tight fitting water shoes you can leave them on for the tube rides.

The reason for shoes off is that if the rubber on the sole "catches" on the body slide you could twist a knee or an ankle.

Other than that, wear 'em everywhere!

 

[DL50Cruiser]

I guess its good policy to have some sort of shoe to wear wherever you go.

 

[kaffinito]

Great - thanks for the info!

 

[ZoZo]

Yes. I definitely would like something on my feet. Especially when reading posts about fish hooks and splinters!

FYI, the person who posted those comments about fish hooks and splinters was talking about their family rules at their lake house (where they had a wooden dock and used fishing poles, apparently!), not WDW water parks.

 

[Rhonna]

I spent last summer working there and the rule was that shoes come off on the body slides, flip flips and crocs come off on the tube rides. If you have tight fitting water shoes you can leave them on for the tube rides.

The reason for shoes off is that if the rubber on the sole "catches" on the body slide you could twist a knee or an ankle.

Other than that, wear 'em everywhere!

Sounds right. Thanks for the post. Ours were the tight fitting water slippers you buy in the water park so they had to come off on the slides but not the tube rides.

 

[MaryKatesMom]

FYI, the person who posted those comments about fish hooks and splinters was talking about their family rules at their lake house (where they had a wooden dock and used fishing poles, apparently!), not WDW water parks.

Yes, I was talking about my parent lake house, not the water parks. Sorry for any confusion.

I believe the bridges and other walkways are not made out of wood rather the Treck (sp?) decking.

 

[redboxcar]

I read through the entire thread and I noticed people said you can't wear water shoes on the slides, but what about on the lazy rivers and in the wave pools and other general, non slide bodies of water? (Sorry, never been to a water park before!)

Also, would these shoes be considered acceptable? They are Teva water shoes, but not the same type that everyone else has. They look very much like regular sneakers, but they are completely mesh (except the bottom sole) and made for water.

http://www.amazon.com/Teva-Womens-C...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=shoes&qid=1303972700&sr=8-2

 

[joanne7891]

I find they make a very good face shield from water spray on the big slides

 

[chartle]

1. I read through the entire thread and I noticed people said you can't wear water shoes on the slides, but what about on the lazy rivers and in the wave pools and other general, non slide bodies of water? (Sorry, never been to a water park before!)

2. Also, would these shoes be considered acceptable? They are Teva water shoes, but not the same type that everyone else has. They look very much like regular sneakers, but they are completely mesh (except the bottom sole) and made for water.

http://www.amazon.com/Teva-Womens-C...=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=shoes&qid=1303972700&sr=8-2

1, the only slides that I know of that you have to take your shoes off are the body slides or the non tube slides. You can wear them everywhere else including the lazy river. You should definitly wear them in the wave pool particularly TL's.

2. Don't see why not.

 

[speedo]

1, the only slides that I know of that you have to take your shoes off are the body slides or the non tube slides. You can wear them everywhere else including the lazy river. You should definitly wear them in the wave pool particularly TL's.

2. Don't see why not.

My experience is the same you can't wear them on body slides but can on tube/raft rides.

On the body slides especially the really tall ones you could really hurt yourself if the rubber of your shoes catch on the slide. I've seen people hold their shoes on those slides.

But on the tube/raft slides your feet are up in the air so there is not as much of a chance for injury. I only ride the tube/raft slides and never had any problem wearing water shoes. Also no problem wearing them in the Lazy River or Wave Pool.