Free Water Park for 2025 Stays

[DisTravels]

Did they change the start date for this? My Disney Experience now has "included for your stay" Blizzard Beach on check in day for a Dec 2024 trip.

Does your stay include Jan 2025 dates?

 

[Disney Spaz]

It has also appeared for me for our Thanksgiving trip. Maybe they are starting it early?

 

[Wendysofftoneverland]

Does your stay include Jan 2025 dates?

No, leaving before Christmas. We have a separate stay at the campground for May, but it is under both. The December one even shows Blizzard Beach hours.

 

[jennypenny]

where are you seeing this?

 

[Wendysofftoneverland]

where are you seeing this?

Under "My Plans" in My Disney Experience when I went in to make changes to my dining reservations.

 

[jennypenny]

I see it for my stay next week and it was definitely not there yesterday when I booked LLs.

 

[Disney Spaz]

I see m

where are you seeing this?

I see mine when I log into my MDE on my laptop. It has pixie dust next to it, under my check in date.

 

[Wendysofftoneverland]

Looks like it is gone now (so is the one in May). Maybe they were just testing adding it to plans page.

 

[DisTravels]

Looks like it is gone now (so is the one in May). Maybe they were just testing adding it to plans page.

Sounds like they are testing out the code and didn't include specific date ranges.

 

[samsp99]

Doh, i had my hopes up for my December trip - but if its still waterpark weather I will just end up adding it to my pass, as I tend to escape to those when the waits start getting longer around 11am, and come back to the parks later.

 

[Griffin11]

Does anyone know the current Disney transportation routes to the waterparks?

I looked up directions in MDE to Blizzard Beach from Carribean Beach resort where we'll be staying in January and it gave me two options, both which take 85 minutes or more:

Bus from CBR to AK
Bus from AK to Blizzard Beach

Or

Skyliner from CBR to HS
Bus from HS to CSR
Bus from CSR to Blizzard Beach

So it looks like the buses to Blizzard Beach are only from Animal Kingdom or Coronado Springs?

I wonder if there is any chance Disney will increase the transportation options to the waterparks so people can actually take advantage of this perk. Three hours round trip on Disney transportation doesn't seem worth it. Our kids are still in booster seats, so not as easy to just take a ride share, but seems like that's the only viable option.

 

[eticketplease]

Does anyone know the current Disney transportation routes to the waterparks?

I looked up directions in MDE to Blizzard Beach from Carribean Beach resort where we'll be staying in January and it gave me two options, both which take 85 minutes or more:

Bus from CBR to AK
Bus from AK to Blizzard Beach

Or

Skyliner from CBR to HS
Bus from HS to CSR
Bus from CSR to Blizzard Beach

So it looks like the buses to Blizzard Beach are only from Animal Kingdom or Coronado Springs?

I wonder if there is any chance Disney will increase the transportation options to the waterparks so people can actually take advantage of this perk. Three hours round trip on Disney transportation doesn't seem worth it. Our kids are still in booster seats, so not as easy to just take a ride share, but seems like that's the only viable option.

That is odd. They used to transfer at Disney Springs.

 

[LadybugsMum]

That is odd. They used to transfer at Disney Springs.

The transfer at DS is for Typhoon Lagoon which is right down the street. AK is used for Blizzard Beach since it's the closest park for transfer.

 

[tjkraz]

Pretty sure the buses usually say “Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach” when applicable. You can ask the driver if a switch is required. But the same bus often stops at both destinations.

 

[Griffin11]

Pretty sure the buses usually say “Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Blizzard Beach” when applicable. You can ask the driver if a switch is required. But the same bus often stops at both destinations.

Hmm, interesting. If it's just a stop at Animal Kingdom but we wouldn't have to switch buses that would make things quicker.

 

[Flash_Sloth]

Hmm, interesting. If it's just a stop at Animal Kingdom but we wouldn't have to switch buses that would make things quicker.

It is a transfer and bus switch at DAK to get to BB. I did it last week. At the DAK bus stop area, the BB one shares a bus stop with the RIV bus stop, but there are different queues. The RIV queue lines up to the front door of the bus, and the BB one lines up to the middle doors of the bus.

 

[Griffin11]

It is a transfer and bus switch at DAK to get to BB. I did it last week. At the DAK bus stop area, the BB one shares a bus stop with the RIV bus stop, but there are different queues. The RIV queue lines up to the front door of the bus, and the BB one lines up to the middle doors of the bus.

Thanks! Do you recall how long the bus ride was from DAK to BB?

 

[Flash_Sloth]

Thanks! Do you recall how long the bus ride was from DAK to BB?

It isn't too long; less than 10 minutes.

 

[samsp99]

Does anyone know the current Disney transportation routes to the waterparks?

I looked up directions in MDE to Blizzard Beach from Carribean Beach resort where we'll be staying in January and it gave me two options, both which take 85 minutes or more:

Bus from CBR to AK
Bus from AK to Blizzard Beach

Or

Skyliner from CBR to HS
Bus from HS to CSR
Bus from CSR to Blizzard Beach

So it looks like the buses to Blizzard Beach are only from Animal Kingdom or Coronado Springs?

I wonder if there is any chance Disney will increase the transportation options to the waterparks so people can actually take advantage of this perk. Three hours round trip on Disney transportation doesn't seem worth it. Our kids are still in booster seats, so not as easy to just take a ride share, but seems like that's the only viable option.

Uber/Lyft work well for these scenarios, and there are plenty of drivers so its not usually a long wait - probably the same as if walking to your car

 

[DisTravels]

Uber/Lyft work well for these scenarios, and there are plenty of drivers so its not usually a long wait - probably the same as if walking to your car

Party size is also a factor to bus vs Uber/Lyft