After getting back to Coronado Springs, it was about 2:45pm. Our dinner reservations were for 6:15pm at Tutto Italia, so we wanted to be at the bus stop by 5ish. DS & I decided to go check out Blizzard Beach, since it was so close to our resort. DW & DD stayed in the room to get ready for dinner.
We drove to Blizzard Beach and arrived at about 3pm. I told DS that we could stay until about 4:30pm at the latest, so that only gave us an hour and a half.
Once we were inside the park, we were shocked at how busy it was! It had been sprinkling at different times throughout the day and the skies had been threatening all day. However, the sun was out now and the park was packed.
We found a lounge chair to set up our "home base" and proceeded to the chair lift.
Once we got off the chairlift, we decided to try Teamboat Springs. As we were planning our family trip in the previous months, we were trying to decide between going to Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon. One argument for Blizzard Beach was that we could ALL ride Teamboat Springs together. Anyway, we ended up choosing Typhoon Lagoon because of Crush 'N Gusher. Now DS and I were at Blizzard Beach on our own, so we decided to try Teamboat Springs for ourselves.
Teamboat Springs requires a minimum of 4 riders per raft. DS & I were placed with a group of three. Check out the look on DS's face as he is seated by the portly gentleman to his right!
Also, notice that you can see Tower of Terror and the mouse ears from the water tower at Disney's Hollywood Studios over DS's head.
down we go!
It was a fun ride, but not a very thrilling one. DD & DW would have loved it.
Okay, here's where it gets confusing. DS wanted to ride Slush Gusher, the second largest slide in the park, and taller than Humunga Cowabunga at Typhoon Lagoon. I told him to go ahead and I would meet him at the bottom. So DS goes in one direction and I go in another. Exiting Teamboat Springs is CONFUSING! I walked towards the exit...and walked...and walked. I could've gotten in the lazy river, but the pathway seemed to lead to nowhere. I ended up basically walking around the entire back side of the park. I came out on the other side, and by this time I was hoping I had not missed DS sliding down Slush Gusher.
I headed to the bottom of Slush Gusher. I couldn't find DS, so I stood there hoping I had not missed him. Thoughts run through your mind at that moment..."what if he came down the slide and couldn't find me?" Anyway, I asked one of the guys who had just come down the slide how long his wait was. He said it was about 15 minutes. (It had only been about 12 minutes since DS and I had seperated, so I felt a little more confident that DS had NOT come down the slide yet.) Sure enough, just a few minutes later DS comes flying down, victoriously!
He had a blast! He was ready to go again, but I told him that we needed to stay together for the rest of our time there.
We tried Runoff Rapids next on individual floats and loved it! Afterwards, we decided to get the double float and ride it again with each other. On the way up the stairs to the top of the slides, some girls started talking to DS....I think they liked the way he looked!!
(I'm not proud at all
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After Runoff Rapids, we did Snow Stomers, then Toboggan Racers twice. DS got soooo tickled at Toboggan Racers! When the cast member at the top gave the green light to "GO", I would always have trouble getting started. DS would be WAY ahead of me. However, because I am a big guy, I would come barreling past him and slide about 25 yards past him at the bottom! He thought it was hilarious!
After that, we didn't have much time left, so we chilled out at the wave pool for a few minutes.
We walked back over to our seat where we set up "camp." I checked my watch and it was 4:30pm, so we had to get going.
It was nearly 5pm by the time we got back to our room, but we had a BLAST! I enjoyed Typhoon Lagoon more than Blizzard Beach, but DS enjoyed BB more. Just a word of warning.....Blizzard Beach is very confusing to get around in! I usually have a good sense of direction, but it is hard to get your bearings in that park.
Next installment - We all head back to Epcot and dinner at Tutto Italia
yippee the pictures are back, and they are fab
your report is getting us so excited for our trip.Epcot is one of our favourite parks cant wait to be strolling around the world showcase.
Food & Wine Fest!! This will be our first adult only trip!!
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. Looking forward to your thoughts on BB 
. At 65 mph I got a little bit of "burn" on the way down. Think of it as your DD's experience on the Crushin' Gusher at TL.
