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Visit a Top Florida Water Park – Here are 5 of the BEST!
Typhoon LagoonA truly beautiful Florida water park as you could only expect from Disney! Main features include a 2,100ft long lazy river with overhead gushers. Typhoon Lagoon has body slides, multi-person raft rides and tube slides to suit all the family. Be sure to check out the free snorkelling activity area where you can snorkel alongside tropical fish and tame sharks in a saltwater pool.Phone: 407-560-4141 Opening times: year round 7 days a week. The park may be closed during winter periods for maintenance work.
Blizzard BeachBlizzard Beach has the best water park theming in town! The park is a ski resort complete with snowy mountain peaks in the tropical setting of Florida. Both thrill seekers and small children will find enough to fill a day here.
The pinnacle attraction is the Summit Plummet – the USA’s tallest and fastest free-fall water slide! There’s plenty more less stomach wrenching slides too! Inlcuding team Boat Springs raft ride and Tobbogan Racers 8 lane mat slide race. Phone: 407-560-3400 Opening times: year round 7 days a week. The park may be closed during winter periods for maintenance work.
Wet 'n' Wild OrlandoNow part of Universal Studios, Wet N Wild is one of the most popular Florida water parks. It is renowned for its array of pure thrill slides! Der Stuka and Bomb Bay are the two main plunge slides, while The Storm will drag you into its vortex of rushing water until you drop through the middle. There’s a large wave pool and areas for kids too. Also you can try water skiing, knee boarding and wake boarding on the lake.Phone: 407-351-WILD or 1-800-992-WILD Opening times: year round 7 days a week. The park may be closed during winter periods for maintenance work.
Aquatic at SeaWorldA new SeaWorld water park that opened April 1st 2008. Aquatica is a family orientated park with interactive playground areas for kids and fairly tame slides. It has a relaxed atmosphere with a large beach area and shoreline. If you were looking for thrill slides you might be disappointed. Although it has many slides which are great for children, if you're into serious thrill slides Wet N Wild or Blizzard Beach are the best water parks to try.
The recent opening of the park has brought high numbers of visitors and on weekends the park has been filled to capacity by noon! So make sure to get there early to avoid disappointment! A special offer is on until September 1st 2008 the park will be opening an hour earlier at 8am for all those with pre-purchased tickets in hand or vouchers.
Phone: 1-888-800-5447
Opening times: year round 7 days a week, closed some Mondays and Tusedays in November and December.
Discovery Cove OrlandoAs part of the SeaWorld company, Discovery Cove offers truly special interactive experiences with marine life. This Florida water park is most famous for its swimming with dolphins experiences. You’ll be able to swim and play with bottlenose dolphins in a deep water lagoon and learn about their behaviour from their trainers. Unlike most other water parks, Discovery Cove limits visitor numbers to 1000 people per day and to enter the park you need to have made reservations in advance. This ensures a special and memorable experience for all the family.Discovery Cove also has a large aviary, beaches, lazy river through waterfalls and lagoons. Phone: 1-877-4-DISCOVERY for advanced reservations Opening times: year round 7 days a week.
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