How cold is too cold for a waterpark?

[Jblust524]

The title says it all....looking at the long range forecast, (we'll be at Disney March 28 - April 4th) the days are showing sunny and 70. Is this too cold? Seems like it might be to me......what do you think?

 

[Robo]

The title says it all....looking at the long range forecast, (we'll be at Disney March 28 - April 4th) the days are showing sunny and 70. Is this too cold? Seems like it might be to me......what do you think?

Disney keeps at least one of the WP's and the resort pools open all year long.

If it is sunny with the temperatures near 60 degrees or above with no/low winds, guests
can be found swimming at the resorts and water parks.

The water is heated in most pools.

 

[morgy827]

We wnet early April last year and the day we did BB it was really cool. It was okay if you stayed in the water but while we were in the lazy river my DH said my lips wre blue! A couple days later we did TL and it was warmer but I stayed out of the lazy river anyway.

 

[Khokhonutt]

It's going to be hard for someone else to answer that for you. It really depends on where you're from and what your cold tolerance is. I know when we lived in Florida, we used to go to the beach in our coats in January and you could count on seeing people from up north swimming. No way in the world you would catch me in that water, but they were enjoying themselves.

That said, on our October trip a few years ago, we did the water parks and it was tolerable. I think the day we went it was in the upper 70s, maybe 80. It was cloudy and cool in the morning, so it was chilly then. It got better as the day went on. Keep in mind that even if the water is heated (which you couldn't prove by me), you still have to walk from 'ride' to 'ride' while you were wet, so if it's not warm that alone can be chilly.

Jeff

 

[morgy827]

It's going to be hard for someone else to answer that for you. It really depends on where you're from and what your cold tolerance is. I know when we lived in Florida, we used to go to the beach in our coats in January and you could count on seeing people from up north swimming. No way in the world you would catch me in that water, but they were enjoying themselves.

That said, on our October trip a few years ago, we did the water parks and it was tolerable. I think the day we went it was in the upper 70s, maybe 80. It was cloudy and cool in the morning, so it was chilly then. It got better as the day went on. Keep in mind that even if the water is heated (which you couldn't prove by me), you still have to walk from 'ride' to 'ride' while you were wet, so if it's not warm that alone can be chilly.

Jeff

Just an FYI. We are from Canada and we often swim in the lakes in the Spring when there is still ice in the middle...not that BB was THAT cold but just saying that we can usually tolerate the cold pretty well!!

 

[tink too]

the days are showing sunny and 70.

That's the height of summertime weather for us!

We'll be at WDW the first two weeks of April, and if we get weather like that, you can be sure that we'll be visiting the waterparks.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

We keep the water in all the slides and pools around 80F (27C) except for Shark Reef which does not have heaters. What you want is a day that will be bright and sunny and preferably not windy.

If you go on a day that is heavily overcast you will not be able to take advantage of any radiant heating (from the sun) or on a windy day (especially with a dry wind from the North) you will get hit by wind chill.

But a day with the highs in the mid-50s or above which is sunny and calm most people (at least from Northern climates) should be comfortable.

 

[Sophie_2003]

We went in January; high for the day was 68F. The kids had a blast...I can't say the adults did!!! If you were in the water you were fine, but riding the chairlift and going down the slides was pretty cold. And BB had been closed 2 days that week due to temps in the 50's. A CM says they really seldom close and will make every effort to open at least one park, but they sometimes close during the day as well if less than 100 people are in.

 

[Khokhonutt]

Just an FYI. We are from Canada and we often swim in the lakes in the Spring when there is still ice in the middle...not that BB was THAT cold but just saying that we can usually tolerate the cold pretty well!!

Case and point. I prefer my swimming water more the temp of bath water. We were up in Wisconsin a couple of years ago and my wife and daughter talked me into walking with them in Lake Michigan (in July). I felt like I was wading through a cooler of ice with no beer at the end as reward. As I said, tough to judge for someone else what they can tolerate. To each his own.

 

[MickeyNicki]

70 or less is just too cold for us..add in a breeze and wooo its cold

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

Its gonna be a close call. We are boaters and we need to see a high temp of 74 before we will put the boat in the lake. At 74, with or without sunshine, a wet person won't turn blue when there is a breeze.

Bright sunlight, no breeze, and a 1pm to 4pm visit would be the conditions I would take a chance on for a visit at 70 degrees.

If you happen to have shorty wet suits, then you can rock at 70!

 

[summermac]

I'm a wuss so for me 75 or below, no way. Heck even at 80* with a breeze and say really cloudy, no thanks.

LOL!

 

[wilde_oscar]

Disney keeps at least one of the WP's and the resort pools open all year long.

If it is sunny with the temperatures near 60 degrees or above with no/low winds, guests
can be found swimming at the resorts and water parks.

The water is heated in most pools.

if most, includes all... I can't think of a pool that is not heated

 

[davinakb]

We just did BB for the first time (FUN!) on 2/28. The high that day was almost 80, and it was sunny and we were fine. Everyone's different, but I would guess you'd need at least mid-70s and sun to do a water park. FWIW.

 

[DWFan4Life]

Even it's cold, kids loved it and we all loved it. We really had fun.