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[Courtney892]

Has anyone found touring plans for the water parks? I have found general info only like don't go on weekends and touring in a light rain is a good way to see it all. The only additional information I've found is do the slides in the morn and swim in the afternoon.

We're planning to go to BB this year, and I can't seem to get the day planned. Can anyone recommend a site or make their own suggestions for touring the water parks so I can come up with at least an itinerary shell?

[OffKilter_Lynn]

That's probably the only parks we don't 'plan' for. Other than making sure we get there first thing in the morning and doing the slides first as they tend to get crowded. Then we'll spend time in the lazy rivers or wave pools. By the time we visit a waterpark, it's after several days of touring so it truly is our 'play day' with no structured plans - it's a day to kick back and relax.

Other helpful tips:

Go during the week instead of the weekend.
If you're not there first thing, go after 3 PM.
Visit right after the rain.
Wear watershoes as the concrete gets <font color="red">HOT!!!</font>
Bring your own disposable waterproof camera.
Only one person needs to get in line for lockers / towels - the other can snag a lounge chair.
There are many entry points to the lazy rivers - remember where you entered and save yourself a complete walk the river!

[Laughaholic]

Bring a hat. There is not really a lot of shade at BB, and the "snow" really reflects the sun and you can get really burnt. Also, I would not plan an actual day to go. Some days you don't feel like going to a water park, and then there are some days when that is all you want to do! Try getting together 2 or 3 different ideas of things to do on afternoons if that is when you plan on doing the waterpark. You can switch up the 3 things whenever you feel like doing them, but then you have allocated the time, so you can plan other stuff around it.

Also, I would recommend going in the afternoon, as was said, after 3. Most of the time when we go swimming, we are very tired afterwards (from being out in the sun all day, and being very active) so we usually take a nap, so you can go to your hotel right after you get back from the water park, or you can go shopping at DTD, or even go see Wishes, Illuminations, or Fantasmic, or you can go out to eat!

[WDWRonda]

We to go in the afternoon. A theme park in the am followed by lunch then onto the waterpark. We swim and float till about an hour or hour and half before closing when most people are leaving we do the slides.

[HiddenMickey]

I've never seen a touring plan. We just make sure to get there at opening, find a spot for our stuff and take off for the slides before the crowds get there. Then after a bunch of slides and very tired legs from climbing up the hill over and over, we do the lazy river.

[Tinkerbelly]

We usually go to Typhoon Lagoon. I say if you want to go in the morning then go early, early, because if the numbers go up they will close the park until those numbers come down. Or go in the afternoon. We have done both but DH and the kids like to go early in the morning and leave when it starts getting hot. We stay on property and when we go, we usually ask or he offers to let you know if the parks are closed or not. Good Luck!

[RobDVC]

There's no real need for a touring plan. You can do all of the attractions at either of the water parks in less than a day.
Get there at opening so you can secure a chair or two, or arrive in late afternoon when everybody starts leaving.

[paradox]

WE go to both parks when we are there, and I can honestly tell you get there early. We try to be the first ones in the gate. Ride Summit Plummet early, ride it a bunch of times of times if you want, but do it early. Team Boat Springs is a don't miss, so try to get to it earl also.
The crowds really show up after 11, but thin out around 3 or 4. Bring a hat, and plenty of sunscreen. The refillable sport bottles are a good bargin. You can ride the ski lift early on so try to that as much as pooible, going up those stairs will really wear you out.