News Walt Disney World Adds Water Park Perk for Resort Guests

[Tom P.]

I agree

Not talking about one day tickets

Waterpark passes
Multi day tickets (the majority sold) with the WP feature
Annual passes with the upsell

All of which tell you up front that both parks are subject to seasonal closures and that they will be valid only at whatever park is open at the time.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

All of which tell you up front that both parks are subject to seasonal closures and that they will be valid only at whatever park is open at the time.

I’ll lay off if they make effort to have them open 300 days a year…that would be considered “good faith”

It’s been quite a long time

 

[Disone]

I agree

Not talking about one day tickets

Waterpark passes
Multi day tickets (the majority sold) with the WP feature
Annual passes with the upsell

Even then, to include Park hopping specifically for the water parks you have to buy the "water parks and sports option" or " park hopper plus option". The park hopper by itself is not enough because only applies to the four theme parks.

There is no scenario in which the majority of people entering the water parks on a given day are guest who.have purchased a multi-day park ticket with either the "water park and Sports option" and or " Park Hopper plus option".

For me the original point I was making was that both water parks would typically be closed for 2 or 3 months out of the year pre covid. Which left about 5 or 6 months of the year with only one water park open.

Returning to that now would not be something I would qualify as a budget cut.

It would just be returning to the long standing status quo. There is not really demand for two water parks during the months in which they only have one of the two open.

Statements were made that they were only closed for 5 weeks each but I really cannot find any data supporting that.

Now I might hypothesize that back before blizzard Beach opened perhaps typhoon lagoon's annual refurbishment was only 5 weeks long when it was the only park. Once blizzard Beach opened each Park could now take a turn being closed for 2 to 3 months of the year while also have a water park option available year around.

What I would critique is not offering the new resort benefit when there is only one water park available.

It does seem counterintuitive for them to limit the brand new Resort admission benefit on day of check-in when there's only one water park open if their justification for having only one park open is lower demand.

 

[plutofan15]

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[Sirwalterraleigh]

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[surfsupdon]

What I would critique is not offering the new resort benefit when there is only one water park available.

It does seem counterintuitive for them to limit the brand new Resort admission benefit on day of check-in when there's only one water park open if their justification for having only one park open is lower demand.

This was my point! Do not tell us demand is down so you only have one park open. But yet you have to severely limit the perk most months of the year because demand would be too high.

 

[Disone]

This was my point! Do not tell us demand is down so you only have one park open. But yet you have to severely limit the perk most months of the year because demand would be too high.

Well, we agree on this part for sure. Yes there were days BB was over overwhelmed last year so either bring typhoon online sooner regardless of past history or just deal with the crowds.

Turning on and off the resort benefit like a light switch is not the right answer. Either do it or don't.

 

[Ayla]

I was a trained lifeguard in late high school/early college. I wouldn't work at Disney as a lifeguard for a million dollars.

 

[Disone]

I was a trained lifeguard in late high school/early college. I wouldn't work at Disney as a lifeguard for a million dollars.

I think for a million I would consider it

 

[Ayla]

I think for a million I would consider it

I wouldn't.

 

[plutofan15]

I was a trained lifeguard in late high school/early college. I wouldn't work at Disney as a lifeguard for a million dollars.

Why?

 

[alexdisney]

Back to the thread,
so I don't get a free day during our spring break trip?

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

Back to the thread,
so I don't get a free day during our spring break trip?

No, probably not. Possible, but not likely unfortunately. Hopefully they announce the exact dates soon, but I think they’re waiting to see when both parks can be open simultaneously again.

 

[DCBaker]

Disney has announced dates in 2026 for the water park admission perk on check-in day - May 26 to September 8, 2026:

Start your stay with a water park day! Disney Resorts Collection hotel Guests can enjoy water park admission on check-in day—included with your stay—for arrivals from May 26 to September 8, 2026.

 

[Disone]

Disney has announced dates in 2026 for the water park admission perk on check-in day - May 26 to September 8, 2026:

Start your stay with a water park day! Disney Resorts Collection hotel Guests can enjoy water park admission on check-in day—included with your stay—for arrivals from May 26 to September 8, 2026.

Have they officially announced when typhoon reopens after closing in Feb? If not I think we can assume right on or immediately around may 26th.

 

[surfsupdon]

A "perk" for 3.5 months out of a possible 12 months. Ridiculous.
And both water parks are now open all summer??! Isn't the summer season the new slowest season?
Let’s get both water parks open for Feb, March, April, you know when the parks are packed. Or again in Oct, Nov. Both time periods with heavy crowds and nice weather.

 

[Disone]

A "perk" for 3.5 months out of a possible 12 months. Ridiculous.
And both water parks are now open all summer??! Isn't the summer season the new slowest season?
Lets get both water parks open for Feb, March, April, you know when the parks are packed. Or again in Oct, Nov. Both time periods with heavy crowds.

All true except just due to weather, even though the theme parks are not as busy in summer as they used to be, there is still higher demand for the water parks in June July and August then Feb March and April.

 

[Touchdown]

Well I don’t travel to WDW during that time. If it truely is only Memorial Day-Labor Day both parks are open looks like I’m going to save $109 on my next AP purchase. I don’t think $36 a visit is worth it, especially since this comes at the expense of theme park time, I’ll just stick to the theme parks. I miss when both parks were open spring break-Halloween. If they brought that back I would upgrade ($18 a day is much more palatable.)

 

[DisneyFanatic12]

Well I don’t travel to WDW during that time. If it truely is only Memorial Day-Labor Day both parks are open looks like I’m going to save $109 on my next AP purchase. I don’t think $36 a visit is worth it, especially since this comes at the expense of theme park time, I’ll just stick to the theme parks. I miss when both parks were open spring break-Halloween. If they brought that back I would upgrade ($18 a day is much more palatable.)

For sure, if you only go three times a year and it takes away from your theme park day, it doesn’t make sense to purchase the water park add on. Unless you absolutely love mini golf or something!

Selfishly I am happy that the perk will not be in place over spring break so that I can actually use my AP at the waterparks. I know that it is controversial, especially on this forum, but Disney seems to rarely make changes to improve the AP experience, and this is a significant improvement for us (though I do wish both parks were open for longer of course).

 

[doctornick]

Even then, to include Park hopping specifically for the water parks you have to buy the "water parks and sports option" or " park hopper plus option". The park hopper by itself is not enough because only applies to the four theme parks.

There is no scenario in which the majority of people entering the water parks on a given day are guest who.have purchased a multi-day park ticket with either the "water park and Sports option" and or " Park Hopper plus option".

For me the original point I was making was that both water parks would typically be closed for 2 or 3 months out of the year pre covid. Which left about 5 or 6 months of the year with only one water park open.

Returning to that now would not be something I would qualify as a budget cut.

It would just be returning to the long standing status quo. There is not really demand for two water parks during the months in which they only have one of the two open.

Statements were made that they were only closed for 5 weeks each but I really cannot find any data supporting that.

Now I might hypothesize that back before blizzard Beach opened perhaps typhoon lagoon's annual refurbishment was only 5 weeks long when it was the only park. Once blizzard Beach opened each Park could now take a turn being closed for 2 to 3 months of the year while also have a water park option available year around.

There was never a period where TL was the “only” water park. Before BB, River Country was still open. In fact all three parks existed at once for a few years.