Disney’s Awesome Things #19: Short Rain Showers that Clear the Park
July 14, 2010 at 4:52 pm Matt 16 comments
#19You can see it coming from a mile away. It’s those dreaded Florida afternoon showers that get everyone soaked, cold, and miserable. But something awesome happens when the storm ends.
That’s right – the clouds blow away, the sun comes out, you can feel the humidity rise as the storm is now over. But what’s so awesome? The fact that everyone is gone.
Yep it’s true that those rain showers really clear the crowds. It starts raining, and it’s like the floodgate keeping all the little guests in suddenly opens and people pour out of the park.
Sure it’s now uncomfortably humid, but look on the awesome side. You now have the park close to yourself. Now stroll through that empty park and enjoy yourself.
Photo by Joe
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Melissa | July 14, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Great choice! One of the benefits of being a Floridian instead of just the average Disney tourist
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Matt | July 14, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Haha very true, Melissa. All those poor tourists think they have to leave!
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gaylin | July 14, 2010 at 5:08 pm
My favourite thing is when it starts to rain and people leave the water park!! Ha ha, as if rain is going to make you wetter than swimming!
Then it is time to race off to the Crush ‘N Gusher for lots of slides after everyone leaves.
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Matt | July 14, 2010 at 5:12 pm
LOL That’s awesome Gaylin. But I’m sad to admit I’ve never been to a Disney waterpark. I know, I know. Hypocrite! =P
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Vera | February 3, 2011 at 11:24 am
My best tip is to go to the water parks during any warm winter days. They’re absolutely empty and Crush N’ Gusher the best when rode 5 times in a row.
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gaylin | July 14, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Matt,
until you go down the water coasters at Typhoon Lagoon’s Crush ‘N Gusher, you won’t know what you are missing. The first time we went on it, we must have gone on the slides 20 or 30 times in one day. So much fun.
I have had lunch with an Imagineer once and it turned out he had helped design the Crush ‘N Gusher area and all the theming. Had a great time talking to him.
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Matt | July 14, 2010 at 8:10 pm
I know, I know…I really need to go!
You had lunch with an Imagineer? That’s awesome Gaylin!
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gaylin | July 14, 2010 at 11:22 pm
It was totally awesome to have lunch with an Imagineer. Private dining room at the Brown Derby, excellent service. Talked about everything Disney you can think of. About 3 hours, relaxed, informative, great food. Well worth it.
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Matt | July 16, 2010 at 11:21 am
Wow I can’t imagine…that must have been very very cool! And Brown Derby is nice too!
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John | July 16, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Wow, talking about water park and rain… it happened to me once at the Blizzard Beach!
The greatest thing was to be relaxing under one of those umbrellas, while watching people running away from rain (yeah, the rain would really make them wetter…. lol), and than ride the Summit Plummet 5 times, with almost no lines!
That was a real thrill!!! I love Blizzard Beach!!
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Matt | July 19, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Haha that’s funny John. That sounds like the rain let you have a blast!
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Gary | July 18, 2010 at 12:51 pm
I love animal kingdom on the rain!
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Matt | July 19, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I’ve only been in Animal Kingdom in the rain once. I was next up to ride Expedition Everest and they shut it down for a few minutes. =P
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Joel | August 5, 2010 at 10:59 pm
We went to WDW i June. This was true for Animal Knigdom and Epcot, however Magic Kingdom the crowds were even larger after the rain. However, I believe the reason for the crowds was that it was the first week the East Coast schools were out for Summer vacation and no one was leaving the park. We also figured June 18 would be least crowded day since Universal was opening Harry Potter, In the morning it was nice, but it was extremely crowded in the afternoon, Several people had come from Universal and said they left and came to WDW because the Harry Potter Section and ride were terrible.
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Matt | August 6, 2010 at 2:59 pm
My birthday is June 18. =D
That’s unfortunate…usually crowds are cleared by the rain but I guess the summer is so busy people are glad the heat is less and stay. I thought Harry Potter was supposed to be awesome?