Help a waterpark newbie!

[Hedy]

We may be going to TL when we're there next month. Two questions:
1. I wear contacts. Am I best off wearing them, also wearing goggles, or what?
2. Should I get watershoes, or are flip flops ok?

 

[Kevenswife2]

I've always worn gas perm contacts (hard) and would never consider wearing them to a water park. They get 'painful grit' under them so easily. (I can't wear regular soft contacts.) So, I used to run around waterparks basically blind.

I was shocked when my girlfriend told me she always wears her soft contacts to the waterparks. I asked my eye doc for a script for daily/disposible wear soft contacts. I gave them a try at our local indoor park and I LOVE them!! I can actually see faces!

So, it is possible to wear soft contacts at the waterpark. I wouldn't advise opening your eyes while underwater though. I read a suggestion on the Dis about wearing an old pair because of bacteria or the possible loss of one.

As for footwear...I hate water shoes. They fill with water and feel strange. They stay damp and rub blisters on my feet. They make my feet smell. I'm a flip flop girl. If you go on a water slide you can wear them on your hands. I saw that in a Disney planning video I have.

 

[ZoZo]

I have worn my soft contacts to the water park. As another poster said, just don't open your eyes underwater. I generally keep my head above water, so there's not too much chance of my contacts being contaminated (and I don't worry about them "washing out."). If you're worried about them getting contaminated, you could bring an extra pair and throw them away after your day at the water park (of course, this would only work if you wear inexpensive contact, like me! Mine cost about $25 per year from Costco!).

Regarding water shoes and flip flops, I don't wear either around the water park. I wear my flip flops from my resort to the water park, then leave them at my beach chair. I was worried about hot pavement or rough pavement hurting my feet when walking around, but this wasn't an issue at all. And water shoes are such a pain - I even read that the rubbery material can virtually "stop" you on a slide, so you have to take them off when on a slide. What a pain! I thought it was fine to walk around barefoot.

Have fun!

 

[Hedy]

Thanks!