News Walt Disney World Adds Water Park Perk for 2025 Resort Guests

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nursejackie

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We have unlimited access to Disney water parks with our 14 day Disney tickets, so this is amazing news for our August trip. TL remains my favourite of the two, but haven't timed a trip with BB being open since about 2015, so a nice bonus to have both available.
 
LSLS

LSLS

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Tom P. said:
No, they're not. Universal reaches by referring to Volcano Bay as another theme park. Disney has not done that, and is not doing that.

In the Disney Parks Blog announcement, they do refer to 6 parks, but then immediately explain what they are. The announcement reads, "For the first time since 2019, Disney World will have all 6 of our parks—all 4 theme parks and 2 water parks—open at the same time." There's nothing inaccurate or "reaching" about that.
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I don't think Universal is right now:

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Indy_UK

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Tom P. said:
No, they're not. Universal reaches by referring to Volcano Bay as another theme park. Disney has not done that, and is not doing that.

In the Disney Parks Blog announcement, they do refer to 6 parks, but then immediately explain what they are. The announcement reads, "For the first time since 2019, Disney World will have all 6 of our parks—all 4 theme parks and 2 water parks—open at the same time." There's nothing inaccurate or "reaching" about that.
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They're reaching like it's going to make any difference. They don't want both waterparks open as it costs more to run but they have to have everything going while hype for Epic is there.
 
Disone

Disone

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Indy_UK said:
They're reaching like it's going to make any difference. They don't want both waterparks open as it costs more to run but they have to have everything going while hype for Epic is there.
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I really do not think anyone at TDO said "with Epic opening we better have both water parks open, or we will lose even more market share".

It was the demand created when they added the water park admission to the first day for Resort guests.

It Short sighted decision, that they have finally corrected, not to have both open this summer, especially with the recent edition of a resort benefit of free water park admission.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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Disone said:
I really do not think anyone at TDO said "with Epic opening we better have both water parks open, or we will lose even more market share".

It was the demand created when they added the water park admission to the first day for Resort guests.

It Short sighted decision, that they have finally corrected, not to have both open this summer, especially with the recent edition of a resort benefit of free water park admission.
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It’s more that the 90-degree heat returned super early and BB has been reaching capacity. They need both water parks when it’s hot and can find the lifeguards now. That was a big limiting factor.
 
Ayla

Ayla

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Disone said:
I really do not think anyone at TDO said "with Epic opening we better have both water parks open, or we will lose even more market share".

It was the demand created when they added the water park admission to the first day for Resort guests.

It Short sighted decision, that they have finally corrected, not to have both open this summer, especially with the recent edition of a resort benefit of free water park admission.
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Exactly why do you think they added that perk? 🤔
 
wdwmagic

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Disone said:
I really do not think anyone at TDO said "with Epic opening we better have both water parks open, or we will lose even more market share".

It was the demand created when they added the water park admission to the first day for Resort guests.

It Short sighted decision, that they have finally corrected, not to have both open this summer, especially with the recent edition of a resort benefit of free water park admission.
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It is due to demand from the free entry AND some very useful additional revenue coming in from those resort guests spending on food and beverage once inside.
 
Tom P.

Tom P.

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Not to be picky, but the second bullet point means the first bullet point is untrue. Both parks will not operate together once Typhoon Lagoon reopens on May 1st. They will operate together starting on May 21st.

I get that this may have been a last-minute decision by Disney to return to operating both water parks during the high-demand months, and so they may be scrambling to have staffing and maintenance in place. However, waiting until the end of May seems an odd choice, since the weather is consistently warm enough for water parks by May and they've added the new resort perk.
 
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plutofan15

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Tom P. said:
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Not to be picky, but the second bullet point means the first bullet point is untrue. Both parks will not operate together once Typhoon Lagoon reopens on May 1st. They will operate together starting on May 21st.

I get that this may have been a last-minute decision by Disney to return to operating both water parks during the high-demand months, and so they may be scrambling to have staffing and maintenance in place. However, waiting until the end of May seems an odd choice, since the weather is consistently warm enough for water parks by May and they've added the new resort perk.
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I do believe that is a lifeguard staffing issue. There are quiet a few colleges that do wrap up finals until mid May.
 

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