News Typhoon Lagoon Reopens March 17, 2024

[Brian]

Surely both parks will be open next year for the water park perk?

To be fair, this isn't typical. It's the first super hot day of the year, so naturally people are flocking to the water parks.

 

[The Mom]

I look forward to the day when both parks are open at once but I do wonder if it is more a cost cutting decision vs difficulty in staffing. Some have said that Disney has had a lot of trouble getting enough skilled people for both to run at once.

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Now, if WDW was willing to pay $100 hr they could poach from other pools/beaches in the state.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

To be fair, this isn't typical. It's the first super hot day of the year, so naturally people are flocking to the water parks.

It's also a RunDisney weekend and runners tend to get deals for the water parks if not free tickets. Perfect storm to be packed today.

 

[Rteetz]

It's also a RunDisney weekend and runners tend to get deals for the water parks if not free tickets. Perfect storm to be packed today.

runDisney did not offer that this weekend as they had their own paid after party in Typhoon Lagoon. It was $85 to attend. Similar to H2O Glow Nights. Other race weekends do typically have a 50% off water parks deal for runners though.