Location: Lake Buena Vista
Top Things to do in Lake Buena Vista
What to do and see in Lake Buena Vista, Florida (FL): The Best Water & Amusement Parks
From the Magic Kingdom to magical spa treatments, Orlando sparkles with the promise of adventure. Spend a day exploring the world-famous Disney theme parks, giggling with the dolphins at SeaWorld, or screaming your head off on a Universal Studios roller coaster. For a less adrenaline-pumping afternoon, enjoy the quiet natural beauty of the Harry P. Leu Gardens, or enjoy a seaweed scrub at a luxury day spa. Savor fresh and local ingredients at one of Orlando’s James Beard-nominated restaurants.
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1. Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 9,090 reviews
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, one of 2 Water Parks in Walt Disney World Resort, features attractions for the whole family—from fast waterslides to a children's area with pint-sized raft rides. Catch 6-foot waves in the Surf Pool and snorkel Shark Reef—with real sharks!Escape to a tropical paradise where you'll discover a storm of fun in the sun. Disney's Typhoon Lagoon water park is the place to go for aquatic thrill-seekers of all ages. In addition to great waterslides, you'll love the lazy river, wave pool and children's play area!
Reviewed By briangator - Tampa, United States
We always have an awesome time whenever we visit Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park! Disney's Typhoon lagoon is my favorite park! I love the long lazy river with waterfalls, huge wave pool, all the slides, and and the park's carribean theme! Disney's Typhoon Lagoon first opened in 1989 and is home to one of the world's largest outdoor wave pools.The theme of the park is the "Disney legend" of a typhoon that wreaked havoc upon a formerly pristine tropical paradise. Ships, fishing gear and surfboards are strewn about where the storm flung them. The park's centerpiece is "Miss Tilly," a shrimp boat impaled upon a mountain named "Mount Mayday" that erupts a 50-foot geyser of water every half hour, right before the bells of the watch sound on it. Its mascot is "Lagoona Gator." According to the ticket stats, Disney's Typhoon Lagoon is the most popular water park in all of the United States and is second most visited water park in the world! The park operates year-round, with an annual maintenance closure during either the fall or winter. During the closure, its sister park, Blizzard Beach, remains open! Slides: 1. Humunga Kowabunga: Three enclosed "speed slide" flumes that send riders downward five stories in seconds reaching speeds of 39 mph (10/10) 2. Storm Slides: Three body slides (Jib Jammer, Stern Burner, and Rudder Buster) that send riders from a height of three stories down twisting, winding channels to a splash pool at the bottom. (9/10) 3. Gang Plank Falls: Family raft ride featuring large four-person inner tubes.(9/10) 4. Mayday Falls: Tube slide flume with winding "rough rapids" feel. (9/10) 5. Keelhaul Falls: Tube slide flume with smoother ride, spiraling down through a water fall and cave. (9/10) 6. Crush 'n' Gusher: Water coaster where one to two person rafts are propelled by water jets through hairpin turns and drop-offs. This attraction includes a choice of the water coaster slide "Banana Blaster", "Coconut Crusher", or "Pineapple Plunger" (9/10) 7. Miss Adventure Falls: A family raft ride featuring rushing rapids. (9/10) 8. Bay Slides: scaled down body slides for tots (1/10) Attraction Areas: 1. Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool: Wave pool, which has 6 foot high waves every 90 seconds. (10/10) 2. Castaway Creek Lagoon: 2,100-foot lazy river that slowly circles the entire park, passing through waterfalls, rainforests, mist, and Mount Mayday. Riders can float on inner-tubes provided. (10/10) 3. Ketchakiddee Creek: a play area for young children featuring small slides and fountains. There are water features that spray everywhere including a tugboat and a mixture of whales and seals. A small sandy beach is also provided. (6/10) 4. Forgotten Grotto: A cave walkway through Mt. Mayday (2/10) 5. Overlook Pass: A walkway across the slope of Mt. Mayday, with small waterfalls. (7/10) 6. Sandy White Beach: Beach area with lounge chairs as well as a wading pool area adjacent to Crush 'n' Gusher. (6/10) RIP Shark Reef: Guests snorkeled through an unheated chilly 70 degree salt water reef with stingrays, bonnethead sharks, leopard sharks, and colorful tropical fish. I was sad that the Shark Reef closed to make room a new water slide in 2016. (10/10) RIP Sunken Tanker: Underwater viewing area of the reefs through tanker portholes. (9/10) RIP S.A.S Adventure: A 30-minute "Surface Air Snorkeling" experience. Using a "pony" tank, a small regulator, and a buoyancy vest experience the "Shark Reef" more close up for an additional cost. (9/10)
2. World of Disney
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5,342 reviews
"World Of Disney Store, in Disney Springs, is the largest Disney character store in Walt Disney World Resort-and on Earth!
Reviewed By Kit16Kat
We all loved something different. One loved Toy Story Land, the other Magic Kingdom and I loved Epcot. We enjoyed meeting all of the characters. We spent 4 days visiting the parks and saw most of the attractions. The girls loved the rides.
3. Castaway Creek
4. Aerophile—The World Leader in Balloon Flight
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By 175wardd - Satellite Beach, United States
We had never taken gone on this. We have seen it, driven and walked by it but never even inquired about the price. Well this day we inquired. They had a special price of $10/person and it was early in the morning. We ended up being the only ones on the balloon with the pilot, Aaron, who let us stay up there until the next group came. It ended up being about 40 minutes to an hour. The view is excellent. It does move around a bit so if you get queezy easy this may not be the ride for you. But if you would like a great view at a very reasonable price, for on the ride.
5. The NBA Experience
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 34 reviews
Live out your hoop fantasies in a one-of-a-kind immersive world that puts you in the middle of the action.
Reviewed By mira_mira14 - Highland Park, United States
Due to other activities, we didn't get to NBA Experience until after dinner, which worked out great because there were very few lines. My eight-year old granddaughter who does play basketball loved all of the hoop challenges and kept getting back in line for the 15-second free throw shooting. My husband was very busy watching the NBA ref challenges on the computer and determining if they made the right call. NBA fans will love spending time looking at all the statistics and screens.
