? regarding WaterPark Tickets

[SGTex]

Apparently I'm a dork, b/c I thought getting the Park Tickets included the 2 waterparks and I realized yesterday it didn't. So I'm trying to decide if I want to add the waterparks onto our tickets and I'm not sure what to do...

We have 7 day passes with parkhoppers and are staying at the Caribbean Beach. My kids are 7 & 5 and love to swim, they both love water slides and such too. And we will be there in July in the hot hot heat!

I wouldn't really think twice about adding them, but I have 2 things I'm kind of stuck on. The first is that we are going to the Wisconsin Dells for a trip with friends less than a week after we get home from Disney and will be there for 4 days doing nothing but water parks. The second is just that I feel like I've nickle and dimed my poor DH lately! I work during the school year, but am now off for the summer, I usually pay for groceries, my own gas extra's during the school year, but DH ends up covering everything during the summer (which is just the way we work out our finances and not a big deal) just that this is the first week I'm not working and that this has started. Plus he just bought me a GPS system for my van (I'm driving to FL by myself for our vacation) and also an iPod interface thingy to play my iPod off of my sterio in my car. So in the last week he's already spend over $300 on this stuff for me! I hate to throw this on him too...

So I guess my questions are...
-Are the waterparks really worth it?
-What exactly do I get when I add that option? Do I just get 7 tickets into those parks? Can I only do 1 a day? Or does the parkhopper option count here also? Can we leave and come back later to the same park?
-Does it make a difference when I add it on? If it's benefitial to add now, I will, but if it doesn't matter, I'll wait until we're closer and add it then.

I should mention too that this is our big trip to Disney. I haven't been since I was a kid, DH has never been and the kids have never been. It's not DH's cup of tea though and it's my best guess that while I will take the kids again in the next few years, we probably won't go as a family again anytime soon. So DH has already said he wants to do everything that I feel necessary so I won't try to talk him into doing it again soon! He's crazy and we both know I'll be begging to go again next year, but we'll let him think I won't!

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Jimmdean]

1) Yes, they are - especially for those ages and that time of year
2) Best to just add the Water Park option to the tickets you already have - makes the 2 water parks the same as the rest in regards to hopping
3) Plan to go right when they open or later in the afternoon, very few people can spend 7 hours in a water park that time of year.

 

[brymolmom]

I wouldn't do it. Not that they aren't great, however, if you're staying a week - it is TOUGH to work time in for water parks and see everything else too. I already have water park tickets and am going in Sept and staying 8 nights and I'm still having a tough time fitting in water park days. Plus - you already have park-hopping, which you LIKELY wouldn't use on water park days (since it'll take you awhile to change and get to a different park other than the water park - doubt you'd want to go to ANOTHER different park after).

Plus at that resort the pools/slides are great so you can instead just spend a bunch of hot afternoons at your own resort.

If it was me, i wouldn't do it.

 

[daisyduck123]

Hi!
As much as my family loves the WDW waterparks (and we always go at least once each trip), my recommendation for your family is "no" because:

1) you said you'll be at waterparks for 4 days in Wisconsin the next week, so your kids will enjoy those (even though Disney's are GREAT!)

2) you'll have a hard time fitting the waterparks in during a one week trip

3) CBR has a great pool anyway (we were just at the refurbished pool in late January)

 

[squirrel]

I'd also skip going to the Waterparks at Disney. They are lots of fun, but you will be going to waterparks shortly after your Disney trip.

There is so much to do at Disney. Spend some time at the pool at your resort. You are at a moderate so they have a waterslide.

 

[P.I. Squirrel]

Given the details you provided, I would also vote to skip the water parks.


While yes, I do believe they are well worth the upgrade, and yes, my family enjoys them every visit, it may lead to 'water park fatigue' given your next weeks plans.

We toyed with the idea of staying at CBR this year, so we did a lot of investigation into it. IMO, your children should LOVE the new pool at CBR.

Lastly, since the kids have never been, they will enjoy the parks. Even a week is not enough time to see and do everything at WDW, so best not to put added pressure on the schedule.

Have fun.

 

[puffkin]

I also would skip the waterparks. There is way too much other stuff to do at the regular parks and since you haven't been there before you will be overwhelmed. The waterparks are great, but they will take up a lot of time! I think the kids will love the pool at the CBR and can have fun in the Dells on some slides.

 

[MickeyMouse'sBFF]

We have been and been and been since 2003 without going to the water parks. I havent missed them. I hear they can get quite crowded and I never wanted to spend the extra $ on it before. This year for us however is different, because we have a millitary deal going on. Its only going to cost $25 more dollars to add on to our hoppers the water fun and more option. This will also allow us to enter disneyquest throughout our stay. THAT alone is expensive. We will have "off park" days that we can use that for. Given ALL that, I still had to be persuaded to add the water park option. I suppose we will wait and see if its worth it~

 

[trennr]

You say you have 7 day Tickets...yet you don't really say how long you are staying?

If you only have 7 Days for a 7 Day ticket...then I'd say skip the Waterparks.

If you however have more time...then I would definatly go to one. I've only been to BB...and it was the highlight of my 2007 trip.

Regardless...I think adding the Waterpark option to your exsisting tickets would be around $50 each...that would be a value if you got to do both Water parks...but if not...you could get off just slightly cheaper buying a single day ticket.

Another thing is...I've found that the park hoping option is a pricey and seldom used feature...unless you need to enter park X for a dining reservation then park Y for fun...you may consider swapping this?

 

[SGTex]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm still un-decided for sure, but feeling better about not doing it if we don't. I'm going to wait until it's closer and then ask DH what he thinks. We are only staying for 7 days.

If we decided to do a water park for only one day it would be cheaper to just buy tickets that one day correct? Maybe we'll just play it by ear and if we have a day we want to just swim do it and if not just skip it.