Going in the summer this year and thinking about renting one. For those that have rented one before do you recommend? Also, any one remember which one they had that they recommend? I heard a few are not entirely private. Thanks in advance!
I have some limited knowledge/experience here, but not a ton... but I’ll give your question a shot anyway. Someone please chime in if any of my facts are wrong.
Quality water park cabana info is a bit hard to find on the DIS, and on the web in general. There is good info around, but it’s burried in threads and inconsistent. Here’s a post (and thread) from last summer that has some pretty good info:
https://www.disboards.com/threads/typhoon-lagoon-cabanas.3602117/page-2#post-58072233
The map shows the two “clusters” of TL cabanas. One is located by the wave pool in a pretty central spot; the other is more private/isolated and near the lazy river.
The cabanas around the wave pool are numbered 7-12 (I think it goes up to 12, not totally sure). In September, we had cabana #9 which is the one on the very tip of that area close to the shallow end of the wave pool. Great location, no complaints at all.
In my humble opinion, #7 or #8 are the two in inferior locations - those are more ‘open’ to a main walkway and have limited privacy. The other cabanas near the wave pool area, like the one I had, are more isolated in a roped off area.
Do I recommend them? Eh, I think it depends. It depends on your group size, your water park style, your needs, etc. We enjoyed it, but it’s not a must have. The shade is a plus, as is shelter in case of weather (note, some are thunderstorm safe, some are not, they tell you when you check in).
I’m not really a fan of the cabana food menu. Really expensive, even for Disney standards... and limited options. Of course, you can get your own food from any place in the park as well.
Hope that helps. Happy to answer any questions.
