Water park with glasses and shoes - Possible?

[CounselorX]

Hi everyone,

We have still never tried Blizzard Beach or Typhoon Lagoon. I am tempted to try them on our next trip but I have 2 issues.

1. Glasses. I've never worn contacts. I would consider getting some contacts but I'm afraid that one would fall out. So, has anyone ever gone to a water park with glasses and if so, how well did you do? Any tips on being able to wipe them off when you need to?

2. I have a bad ankle and I cannot walk barefoot. Does Disney have any issues with you wearing water shoes or sandles while in the water slides?

Thanks!

 

[cristen72]

No advice here but I'll be watching the thread. I'm a glasses gal that will be hitting a waterpark for the first time in September.

 

[sharadoc]

You'll be fine. Just get a good strap for your glasses at a sporting goods store. You can't wear flip flops or crocs on water slides but you can wear watershoes.

 

[For]

We wear both, glasses and watershoes... No problem!

 

[debsters41]

I buy daily wear contacts for the water parks. I haven't lost one yet after the debacle of 2003 when I opened my eyes in a swimming pool while underwater and lost a brand new pair of the expensive yearly ones. Still, I am ready with an extra pair or two of the dailies just in case! It's the best of both worlds, contacts yet still carefree! Have a great vacation!

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I wear sunglasses with a floating strap and water shoes. Both come off on body slides (hold them to your chest). Wear both on tube & raft rides. The sunglasses have come off a time or two in discharge pools on tube slides, and also in the wave pool at TL. The floating strap came in handy.

 

[Colleen27]

I never really enjoyed water parks until I got contacts. With short term (daily, weekly) disposables losing one is no big deal. It hasn't happened to me yet, but I do keep an extra pair in my bag just in case. And they're easier to care for than the yearly type anyway. I've worn my glasses on some water rides in the past with a good strap but I always worry about them and enjoy the water much more with contacts.

Water shoes, on the other hand, I highly recommend. They are allowed on the slides and very helpful with all the hot concrete and rough slip-proof textures, which are tough on my feet even though I'm very used to going barefoot. I seldom wear them at home but keep a pair around just for when we're going to water parks at WDW and elsewhere.

 

[eeyoreandtink]

Having done watepatks in both glasses and contacts, I would definitely recommend getting some disposable contacts.nit makes water parks, the pool ect much more enjoyable.

 

[MidgeD79]

I always wear my spare pair of glasses at the waterparks.

 

[CounselorX]

Thanks everyone. Very helpful! I think I will get both contacts and a floating strap for my glasses so that I have both options. I'm looking forward to the water parks now . I hadn't even really considered going to them in the past.

 

[illinidp]

You can't wear water shoes on the large slides but if you go on those you can always take them off and hold them to your chest as a PP mentioned.

 

[maryandtyson]

The water parks are a lot of fun! I wear my Keen sandals. Can't go barefoot and these have more support than water shoes. I only have to take them off for a couple of slides. Have fun!

 

[Princess T]

I agree, the waterparks can be a lot of fun. The ground in Florida can get quite hot so water shoes will come in handy. In regards to glasses vs contacts, I tend to wear contacts when frequenting the parks.

 

[EastYorkDisneyFan]

I've worn my glasses at the water parks too and didn't have any problem other then if I got splashed with water. They don't use chlorine at Disney in the parks on rides like splash or at the water parks instead they use something called bromine it's less irritating the only thing that does happen is it can leave a sticky film on your glasses but it cleans off with regular tap water.

 

[MainMom]

Thanks everyone. Very helpful! I think I will get both contacts and a floating strap for my glasses so that I have both options. I'm looking forward to the water parks now . I hadn't even really considered going to them in the past.

If you are concerned about contacts getting flushed out wear a pair of goggles with them. I have worn contacts for 28 years and have only ever lost 1 in water.

 

[Ms_Butterfly]

Do they still make prescription goggles? I know back in the '80s my brother had a pair for swimming and any other water activity due to how bad his vision was. (He wears contacts now.)

 

[MainMom]

Do they still make prescription goggles? I know back in the '80s my brother had a pair for swimming and any other water activity due to how bad his vision was. (He wears contacts now.)

We have gotten them for my kids from shopko optical.

 

[Davey Jones II]

We bought inexpensive aqua shoes at Walgreen's on International Dr., near Universal. I was only asked to take them off once, on a water slide. Very useful and comfortable.

I left my glasses in the locker -- I wish I had heard some of the advice in this thread before we went! My g.f. wore her contacts, but they got displaced on her eye a couple of times. I love the idea of wearing goggles over the contacts, we will definitely do that next time.

 

[bigbabyblues]

I wear my older pair of pescription sunglasses at the water parks. I don't use a strap, but it wouldn't be a big deal if I lost them, either. I also wear my Keen sandals at the water parks.

 

[FeralCatRogue]

I've used aquashoes before you can get them in almost any store now, make sure though they are enough support for your ankle though, the ones i use doesn't really support much at all and I got them in sports authority so they were not cheap.