There are so many reasons to stay at a Disney World hotel on your next vacation.
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Staying on Disney property can get you things like free transportation to the parks, free parking at the parks, and Theme Park Early Entry. In 2025, you get free entry to Disney’s water parks on check in day. If water rides aren’t your thing, there are so many more reasons to use this perk.
One of the best parts of this perk is that you do not need to be checked into your room for the perk to be recognized. So as soon as you arrive, you can head straight to the water parks. Disney just announced that beginning May 21st through September 7th, BOTH Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach will be available for guests. So, now that both will be open, you will have the opportunity to choose between one of the parks.
Typhoon Lagoon
If water rides aren’t a thing you want to do, that’s okay! There is still so much to do at these parks! You can honestly treat these parks like Disney Springs. There are a lot of food options at each park and you can find unique snacks here.
Dole Whip Nacho Bowl
You can also find some fun Disney characters here from time to time. Use this opportunity to snag a photo with some of your favorite pals.
It’s Stitch!
You can also get some shopping done. You can find merchandise that is unique to these parks so why not grab something? Take your time and enjoy looking at some new Disney items.
Go Shopping!
If water rides are for you, you can also look forward to plenty of that as well. Guests can also lounge by the pools and start off your vacation in a relaxing way. But you don’t have to go to the water parks just to do water things! There are other options as well!
Summit Plummet at Blizzard Beach
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We have never visited the water parks, but we’d like to. In the past, we took shorter trips at busier times of the year, and we just never worked it in. For several years now, we have started taking a longer WDW trip every 1-2 years in the winter. The times we’ve planned to go, the water parks have not been open. It’s not possible (or certainly not easy, not without giving up something else that is probably more important) to shuffle things around ‘just in case’ the water park is open a different day. But knowing we could see Stitch there (or okay, other characters ?), we will have to make a more concerted effort.