After a pretty late night, we were happy to sleep in just a smidge. We were both ready to be up and at 'em when the alarm went off at 8:30. We squirmed into our bathing suits (well, I squirmed, Ben just easily put his on. I wish I was a boy.) and headed to the bus stop.
We were on our way to Blizzard Beach! This was a big first for Ben, but I had been here years ago. We were both very excited to visit a water park.
It wasnt until we got on the bus that I realized that I had dressed to blend in with Disney transportation:
Thats my best chair impression. Pretty good, right?
Were here!
We got to the park just as it was opening and headed to the locker rental first thing. We got the larger size, so that we could just put our whole backpack in. Once it was rented, it took us a little bit to find our locker. Something about the way they were numbered was confusing to us.
But we eventually found it and stowed our bag.
Next, I decided that we had to find a couple lounge chairs. Not sure why, since our stuff was in a locker and we werent planning on sunbathing. Next time I will just skip finding a chair! Though we did spot a couple of very nice, secluded beachy areas off the lazy river which looked like theyd be great places to set up camp at Blizzard Beach.
Once we were finally settled (all in all, it was probably only a matter of 15 minutes spent on all this- just felt longer), it was off to tackle some slides. Ben wanted to try Summit Plummet, and I did
NOT. But we thought we should get that out of the way first. So we climbed the stairs. For a really long time. Thats a lot of stairs! I was actually a little winded from the climb. Once up there, no one was really waiting for the slide, so Ben was soon flying down the slope. I watched from the neat little overlook area- it was a great view!
Ben headed back up the stairs and this time we took Teamboat Springs down. You need at least 4 people per raft, and we were grouped with a dad and his two sons. This is a fun slide, but I remembered liking better in the past
Next we did the group of slides called Runoff Rapids. These are tube slides, and were a lot of fun. We continued walking around the park and ended up in our favorite spot- there are a few slides which use mats and they are great! The best were the Storm Slides- we loved them!
By now we had done everything we wanted to at least once and it was only about 11:30 or so. Ben and I were a bit hungry, but not quite ready to leave the park. So we decided to grab lunch at BB and then re-visit a couple of slides before heading out.
We grabbed some burgers at Lottawatta Lodge and ate them. Barely. They were gross. The buns were the whole wheat kind WDW seems to be using all over and they were super dry and crumbly. The burgers were just plain not good. Lots of BBQ sauce helped, and we choked them down.
One thing I really liked about this CS place was the design- it was clearly made to be walked on by wet feet. I hate the way tile gets when people are walking in wet bare feet (like the bathrooms at a beach) and was worried this place would be skeevy like that. But the floor was made out of paver stones, and didnt feel slimy or gross at all! Having just done the Backstage Magic tour, I was especially thankful to the Imagineers for getting this one right!
After lunch, we were actually chilly! Clouds had rolled in, and without the bright sun, we were shivering. But we still wanted to try out the lazy river, so we took a lap on that. It was a lot of fun, and the water was so warm that we werent chilly for long. Once we completed a circuit, Ben and I decided we were done with BB and headed out. Once we got our things from the locker, we needed to document the saddest piece of Disney theming I have ever seen
Button the baby snowperson was melting! And his parents were standing by taking a picture, because they needed to have a memory of him before he disappeared
There was water running down them, because they were melting. So sad! And funny
A CM saw us and offered to take our picture:
I snapped this picture on the way out:
Ben didnt want to get sand in his shoes, so hes not in it. Picture him there, if you can.
You can use this picture of him at the bus stop for reference:
(Jess! Just noticed this a Give a Hoot sighting! Hoot, hoot!)
So after just a couple hours, we were headed back to our room at noon. Getting to the water parks early is great! Things had started to get a bit more crowded on the way out, and were happy not to wait for the slides!
Next up, Magic Kingdom!
At least you guys enjoyed yourselves and you got to see some neat behind the scenes things. 
Sounds like it was a great tour, WL does look gorgeous and peaceful 
I think we might actually be the same person! I say things like that to my DH all the time! 
I'll have to try to get to the Boardwalk one night, maybe after an Epcot night or something!
