my l8 year old daughter and her friend, now my daughter-in-law did this about 5 years ago. They had a blast and were they ever sore the next day. It is alot harder than it looks. There were younger kids there and they were kicking their butts,lol. It was so neat to go to Typhoon Lagoon when it was empty except for the surfers. Just awfully early to get up on vacation though, I had to go to watch. They get good instruction and is one on one alot of the time. I think they got to go about l0 times. It was worth the money although I can't remember how much it was. Mostly all we can remember is what a great experience they had.