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Swimming with the sharks at Typhoon Lagoon
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Disneyfanatic!!
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I'd say the line is shortest in the morning and it is about a 2 minute swim.
If you are SCUBA cerrtified you can SCUBA in a seperate lagoon, but I do not know if that has an extra cost.
If you are SCUBA cerrtified you can SCUBA in a seperate lagoon, but I do not know if that has an extra cost.
Phonedave
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It is not swimming with the sharks as much as it is swimming past the sharks.
You enter one end of the lagoon and move at a steady pace to the other end and then get out. This means the line moves at a steady pace. It's not as if people enter the lagoon, swim around, and then leave when ready.
-dave
You enter one end of the lagoon and move at a steady pace to the other end and then get out. This means the line moves at a steady pace. It's not as if people enter the lagoon, swim around, and then leave when ready.
-dave
CAPTAIN HOOK
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We've done it once, went after lunch and encountered quite a line. The line doesn't disappear when you get in the water either - as people slow their swim down to view you stand a good chance of colliding. Pick a quite time to have your swim
Fantasmic
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More like "floating past the sharks"
GOT2SAMMIES
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Swimming
We did the swimming with the sharks back in 2004. It was so much fun! There was a little wait but after you get your gear your good to go. Remember the water temp is colder because of the fish and they encourage you just to skim the top of the water when your snorkeling, no deep diving to the bottom or anything, There is even a little viewing area that looks like a sub for family to watch! Have fun!:wave:
We did the swimming with the sharks back in 2004. It was so much fun! There was a little wait but after you get your gear your good to go. Remember the water temp is colder because of the fish and they encourage you just to skim the top of the water when your snorkeling, no deep diving to the bottom or anything, There is even a little viewing area that looks like a sub for family to watch! Have fun!:wave:
blackthidot
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- In the Parks
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We do it every time we go! There is hardly ever a wait for us!
Raven66
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My husband and I did this. Our daughter refused to do it because she thought the sharks were going to eat her(she was 6 at the time). I took an under water disposable camera with me and got some pretty neat pictures. Like others have said you skim across the top of the water and they frown on you going all the way under the water. We went pretty early in the morning so it wasn't too much of a wait. It was cool thing to do and would definately do it again.:wave:
blackthidot
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Oh yeah...the water is FREEZING. When you are entering the water...that is probably what getting bit by a shark feels like...
loveofamouse
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My dad and brother did it once. There wasn't a HUGE line but we did go early. They only let you just skim across the top of the water without stopping from one side to the other. The water is frigid cold!
joel_maxwell
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It is quite chilly. I prefer the afternoon when it is super hot... ill take the lines. Going in the morning reminds me of swim lessons as kid. I hated that first jump in the water. Brrrr.
PurpleDragon
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The sharks in the tank are small(2-3ft) non aggressive reef dwelling sharks whos diet almost exclusively consists of small crustaceans. You have a higher probability being bitten by a duck while in WDW than you do of being bitten by any of those sharks. There has never been any records of Leopard or Bonnet head sharks attacking humans in the wild or otherwise. Disney plays up the "Swimming with sharks" to get more people to visit Typhoon Lagoon, its mainly just reef dwelling creatures.
The couple times I did it there was a small line and they didn't allow you to stop in the tank, you had to keep moving at a slow pace all the way across and get out.
The couple times I did it there was a small line and they didn't allow you to stop in the tank, you had to keep moving at a slow pace all the way across and get out.
blackthidot
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That is odd. We always stop at the walls or the little reef island in the middle. But like I said its never busy when we go.
PurpleDragon
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I think when there is a line they keep people moving to prevent backup, but I'm sure if you're the only one there they probably don't care.
blackthidot
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I think when there is a line they keep people moving to prevent backup, but I'm sure if you're the only one there they probably don't care.
Makes sense. It seems kind of lame to just have to go right through and not really enjoy your surroundings.
PurpleDragon
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Agreed, which is why I've only done it twice. I haven't bothered since then, especially since there is nothing in there I haven't seen before. Being a certified diver thats logged tons of dives made the swim thru that tank rather anticlimactic.
jonnyc
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I've never had too long a wait for it and it something if i'm at Typhoon Lagoon I definately do. The sharks are hardly Jaws, but they are very interesting to have a look at.
It terms of stopping, the first time we went in, a women stopped in the same spot for about 10 minutes. They eventually sent in a lifeguard to see if she was councious (she was).
It terms of stopping, the first time we went in, a women stopped in the same spot for about 10 minutes. They eventually sent in a lifeguard to see if she was councious (she was).