Cool weather conditions and continually dropping temperatures have prompted Central Florida water parks to close for a few days.
Forecasts for overnight temps in the 30s pushed many attractions to adjust their schedules. Walt Disney World’s Typhoon Lagoon; Universal’s Volcano Bay; Aquatica Orlando, SeaWorld’s water park, and Discovery Cove, SeaWorld’s day resort, were all closed Tuesday.
Disney has scheduled Typhoon Lagoon’s reopening for Jan. 1. Blizzard Beach, the attraction’s sister park, already was closed for winter maintenance ahead of its Feb. 15 reopening. (That’s also the date that Typhoon Lagoon is scheduled to shut down for regular maintenance.)
Universal plans to reopen Volcano Bay on Jan. 1 as well.
Aquatica and Discovery Cove are closed through Wednesday, and the company is assessing operations for Thursday, including for Illuminate, the water park’s new after-hours walk-through experience at Aquatica.
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High temperatures in the low 60s are forecast for Wednesday, then upper 60s for Thursday before returning to 70s territory this weekend.
Island H2O Water Park, a Kissimmee attraction, had already moved into its seasonal shutdown operation. It is scheduled to open again March 6. Legoland Florida’s water park is also closed, and it is not scheduled to operate again until mid-February.