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Monday, February 16th, 2009 | Author: ajc

If you’re headed to Orlando with the kids, or if you just love water parks, you’ll find four different attractions that may be perfect for you and your family.  These water parks include just about everything: pools, water slides, beautiful views, and more.  Some parks even provide inner tubes, flippers, rafts, and snorkels.  They even allow you to bring coolers, so you can set up your own picnic by the pool!  Of course, don’t forget your sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen—you don’t want to end up with a sun burn.  Be sure your sunscreen is water proof, too.

Along with one of the most desired hotels in Orlando, Disney World contains two of these four water parks.  The first is Disney’s Blizzard Beach.  The Blizzard Beach is not your typical water park.  Instead, it has a very unique concept: the entire park is what would happen if all the ice and snow at a ski resort were to suddenly melt.  There are ski jumps and chair lifts, but instead of taking guests up the snowy peaks, they work around pools and waterfalls.  It’s a very unique experience.

The other Disney World water park is Typhoon Lagoon.  This park, one of Disney World’s traditional parks, also features a theme: this one is of a ship that has been washed ashore on a mountain due to a huge typhoon.  This water park has over 50 acres of water slides and pools.  There’s even a four foot wave that rolls over the lagoon that guests can surf on.

If you want to get away from Disney, you can head over to Aquatica.  It’s a part of SeaWorld, and it is also incredibly fun.  It includes animals, flowing waterfalls, intense water slides, and even sandy beaches.  There are almost 60 acres of water fun!

The fourth and final water park is Wet ‘n Wild, Orlando’s first water park.  Like the other parks, guests of all ages will find something fun to do here, whether it’s lie out in the sun or swim in the pools.  There are even group water rides that the entire family can enjoy at once.