torsie24
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We were up bright and early today as we were excited to go to Typhoon Lagoon, and as the DTD busses always felt a long ride, and the longest wait of all of them we wanted to be at the stop in plenty of time. It turns out we didn’t have too much of a wait that day and we were soon on our way!
We were in the park well before opening so had time to admire the view from the entrance point: (All photos on this section are from the internet, as we didn’t take a camera. I have asked for an underwater camera for Christmas this year so I can’t wait for our next water park trips!)
Then we headed down and got a locker and got changed.
A little bit of a crowd was forming at the roped of section that lets you onto the path that heads down to Crush’n’Gusher, so we waited there. It was a very hot day already so I was glad I had my funny looking aqua shoes on!
After a little wait and me hearing the ‘boom’ of the wave machine and telling Jack that’s what it was and Jack saying “No, it wouldn’t be that loud.” We were allowed in and headed over to Crush n Gusher first. There was no wait at all, so we rode on two of the different slides, both were really fun and we had a great time. (Until we got to the bottom of each when I feared a little for my life as Jack would land on top of me! Only one time all trip did either of us manage to get to the bottom of a slide and not get completely submerged!)
Then we decided to have a change of pace and headed over to Shark Reef. It was super quiet so we got our snorkels and had a (cold!) shower and then headed into the pool. I really loved it and now in retrospect I’m not too sure why we didn’t go around and cross again. I think we were too excited to see and do everything!
We had a ride on a couple of the Storm slides which were fun and then the next stop was a ride on Castaway Creek, we got in at the point nearest Shark Reef and stayed on until we were round the other side of the mountain near Ketchakiddee Creek. We hopped off and decided to check out the Lagoon itself!
We came in from the left hand side of the pool, so a wave or two came while we were wading/swimming over to the main funnel part. We positioned ourselves out quite far into the waves, I’d say about here:
Well, that was a mistake! After a little while of us bobbing around we heard the “Boom” (I told Jack it was that loud!) followed by the screams and before we knew it a massive wall of water was heading right for us! Turns out we were right in the break zone of the wave and we got completely wipe out by it! I almost lost my hair band, and got a good few pints of water up my nose!
Next time the wave came we learnt to turn and face away from it!
We waited in the water for a while in case the big siren went off (we heard it a few times from around the park, but still don’t know what happens after it sounds) but it didn’t so we headed out and to Gangplank Falls first. This was the longest wait we had all day, (only 10-15 minutes or so) and we’d loved Teamboat Springs so we were excited to ride. Sadly it was the most disappointing ride of the trip, as it just seemed so short and uneventful.
Next stop was Mayday Falls and Keelhaul Falls. I can’t remember which was which, but we loved one and the other one (with a super bumpy floor) was Jack’s least favourite Disney experience as he gone turned around near the start and had to ride the whole thing backwards!
We hopped back into the lazy river and did a loop (can you tell they are our favourite parts of the water parks?) and then rode the last Crush n Gusher slide before sitting in the sun for a while and then getting dried and dressed.
We headed out to the bus stops, and were hoping to go to DTD (even though we’d had EoS the day before we wanted another!) but couldn’t see any buses to there, and when we asked a driver he said there was no way to get there other than getting a resort bus. (Even though all our buses from AKL went to DTD via TL when we got them.)
We got on the next AKL bus and sure enough it didn’t stop at DTD so we grabbed some lunch back at the Resort before heading out again for the afternoon.
We were in the park well before opening so had time to admire the view from the entrance point: (All photos on this section are from the internet, as we didn’t take a camera. I have asked for an underwater camera for Christmas this year so I can’t wait for our next water park trips!)
Then we headed down and got a locker and got changed.
A little bit of a crowd was forming at the roped of section that lets you onto the path that heads down to Crush’n’Gusher, so we waited there. It was a very hot day already so I was glad I had my funny looking aqua shoes on!
After a little wait and me hearing the ‘boom’ of the wave machine and telling Jack that’s what it was and Jack saying “No, it wouldn’t be that loud.” We were allowed in and headed over to Crush n Gusher first. There was no wait at all, so we rode on two of the different slides, both were really fun and we had a great time. (Until we got to the bottom of each when I feared a little for my life as Jack would land on top of me! Only one time all trip did either of us manage to get to the bottom of a slide and not get completely submerged!)
Then we decided to have a change of pace and headed over to Shark Reef. It was super quiet so we got our snorkels and had a (cold!) shower and then headed into the pool. I really loved it and now in retrospect I’m not too sure why we didn’t go around and cross again. I think we were too excited to see and do everything!
We had a ride on a couple of the Storm slides which were fun and then the next stop was a ride on Castaway Creek, we got in at the point nearest Shark Reef and stayed on until we were round the other side of the mountain near Ketchakiddee Creek. We hopped off and decided to check out the Lagoon itself!
We came in from the left hand side of the pool, so a wave or two came while we were wading/swimming over to the main funnel part. We positioned ourselves out quite far into the waves, I’d say about here:
Well, that was a mistake! After a little while of us bobbing around we heard the “Boom” (I told Jack it was that loud!) followed by the screams and before we knew it a massive wall of water was heading right for us! Turns out we were right in the break zone of the wave and we got completely wipe out by it! I almost lost my hair band, and got a good few pints of water up my nose!
Next time the wave came we learnt to turn and face away from it! We waited in the water for a while in case the big siren went off (we heard it a few times from around the park, but still don’t know what happens after it sounds) but it didn’t so we headed out and to Gangplank Falls first. This was the longest wait we had all day, (only 10-15 minutes or so) and we’d loved Teamboat Springs so we were excited to ride. Sadly it was the most disappointing ride of the trip, as it just seemed so short and uneventful.
Next stop was Mayday Falls and Keelhaul Falls. I can’t remember which was which, but we loved one and the other one (with a super bumpy floor) was Jack’s least favourite Disney experience as he gone turned around near the start and had to ride the whole thing backwards!
We hopped back into the lazy river and did a loop (can you tell they are our favourite parts of the water parks?) and then rode the last Crush n Gusher slide before sitting in the sun for a while and then getting dried and dressed.
We headed out to the bus stops, and were hoping to go to DTD (even though we’d had EoS the day before we wanted another!) but couldn’t see any buses to there, and when we asked a driver he said there was no way to get there other than getting a resort bus. (Even though all our buses from AKL went to DTD via TL when we got them.)
We got on the next AKL bus and sure enough it didn’t stop at DTD so we grabbed some lunch back at the Resort before heading out again for the afternoon.
) so we headed back on up towards the theatre, a CM was there telling people not to queue for the show yet, and that it’d be fine if we waited until 10 minutes before show time....
Love your night time pic of DHS... 
