Our Review of H2O Glow After Hours at Typhoon Lagoon
If you’ve been following along with MickeyBlog, you may have seen us reporting from Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon as yesterday was the first H2O Glow After Hours event of 2023! We’ve already shared some highlights, eats and treats, and a look at the DJ Dance Party. Since then, MickeyBloggers have had some time to reflect on the event and are giving us their thoughts on Disney’s after-hours water park party!
H2O Glow After Hours is a 3-hour event that takes place at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park after it closes to the general public. H2O Glow After Hours tickets are $75 for adults and $70 for kids. Your party ticket includes access to Typhoon Lagoon’s best rides with little-to-no wait times, complimentary eats and treats, a DJ Dance Party, and more!
Our MickeyBlogger Melissa was on the scene for the first H2O Glow After Hours and said that the event was so much fun, is definitely a must-do, and is worth the price.
Included along with your tickets are complimentary Typhoon Lagoon reusable cups.
There were soda stations for guests.
Novelty Ice Cream also came with the ticket price. We had a chance to indulge in both a Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar and Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Sandwich at no extra cost.
There was definitely no shortage of eats and treats! Here’s a look at the table where guests could go and pick up their complimentary popcorn.
The portions were plentiful!
As we previously mentioned, towels are usually picked up at Typhoon Lagoon for an extra rental fee. However, on party nights, towel rentals are free!
A highlight of the H2O Glow After Hours experience is a DJ Dance Party! During this event, many of our favorite Disney pals took to the stage. During our event, this included Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Chip, Dale, and Goofy.
In addition to mingling with the characters at the dance party, at the end of the night characters also had a special meet and greet area set up near Singapore Sal’s where you could stop, say hello, and pose for photos! This was a really nice touch!
For those wondering, all of the slides and the wave pool were open for H2O Glow After Hours at Typhoon Lagoon.
The rides open include:
- Bay Slides
- Castaway Creek
- Crush ‘n’ Gusher
- Gangplank Falls
- Humunga Kowabunga
- Mayday Falls
- Miss Adventure Falls
- Storm Slides
- Typhoon Lagoon Surf Pool
We did manage to capture images of guests enjoying the lazy river. Disney throws in special innertubes during H2O Glow After Hours to liven things up a bit.
Our MickeyBlogger said that in addition to the FREE goodies guests get with your party tickets, many of the Typhoon Lagoon eateries also serve up specially-themed treats that you can only get on party nights!
These treats do come at an extra cost but some of them like the DOLE Whip Bathtub Sundae are simply too good to pass up!
With this in mind, H2O Glow guests are absolutely spoiled for choice. You definitely won’t go hungry!
H2O Glow After Hours officially kicks off at 8pm and runs until 11pm. However, guests with a valid party ticket are able to visit the park starting at 6pm. That’s five hours of water park fun!
Our MickeyBlogger Melissa said that the best reason to go to an H2O Glow After Hours event has to be the crowds or lack thereof!
Not only do things start to cool off in Orlando after the sun sets, but the crowds on party nights are minimal giving guest time to experience so much without the long lines!
However, Melissa, who is an H2O Glow veteran said that there were a few things that she missed from last year’s event. This includes character encounters with Lilo, Stitch, Mickey, and Minnie. With H2O Glow After Hours running through until September, we aren’t sure if Disney will switch up the characters or whether it will be the same ones each party night. We’ll keep you posted.
Melissa also noted that last year guests were given glow bracelets but this year, that special bit of merch was replaced with plastic cups which aren’t quite as special.
But all, in all, H2O Glow gets a massive thumbs up from our MickeyBloggers! It’s a great way to spend a summer evening!
If you like what you’ve seen, you can find out more about booking this event here.
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