Typhoon Lagoon

Dudes...share a chair...

A furious storm once roared cross the sea
Catching ships in its path, helpless to flee
Instead of a certain and watery doom
The winds swept them here to Typhoon Lagoon

I worked at Typhoon from Mid-January to April 4th. We were deployed here while Blizzard was under Rehab. Those two months were awesome, I made some great friends there. The "group" at the time, all worked together. We had everything from freezing cold rainy days, to scorchingly hot ones. I remember one day there were 7 people in the park....that's right SEVEN. Then, 5 of them (a family) left for the day which only left 2 in the park. Another time we closed early due to bad weather, then as we all got in our cars to leave the Sun came out and we all had a beautiful rest of the day off.

I miss working with Beau, Kyle, D, and Theresa all in the same place. Oddly enough, I miss Shark Reef, as cold as it was. I don't miss the few days they made me work at Leaning Palms. But I do remember how Justin showed me how to serve beer, haha. Cuz I myself didn't know how to pour beer from the tap. I won't miss break-out's getting yelled at for messing up. The In-Service there was cool though, very well planned. Someone stole my lifeguarding hat though. The wardrobe lady wasn't too friendly I remember. Oh, and I'll never forget our first day there for training. I sat with D, Kyle, Tammy, and Ross. And Kyle managed to name all 18 Disney Resorts...he's the man...and also Prince Charming, ladies prepare to swoon.

I'll always remember the total stereotyped Surfer who made announcements:

Dudes...the waves'll be rippin ev'ry nin'dy seconds, for the next hoouurr 'n twen'y minutes....So, parents...for your own safety like please take small children, by th' hand...an' remain standing to avoid wipe-out...have a radical time, BUT BE CAREFUL DUDES!

Dude's....share a chair....like make a new friend you know.....take only the amount of chairs you need for you...and your party.....cool

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Lagoona Gator, Typhoon Mascot
This is the first thing you see as you enter the park

I'm thinkin I'll trade in my prelude for this...

Park Entrance and Box Office

Lagoona Gator....again

View of the Wave Pool and Miss Tilly atop Mt. Mayday

D workin the Dive Shop

Theresa, also in Dive Shop

Kyle, Lifeguard, Prince Charming, Snow Prince, Goofy...
he had many names this year

Run Beau, RUN

Beau guarding the Reef, I think the guardstand is a little hot for his feet
come to think of it...I'm pretty sure he screamed as he climbed up

The red thing is the boat you can climb down in to see the fish

Dive shop

Tilly's, one of the eaterys at the park

Lowtide Lou's, other storage for a Trauma Bag
this place was never open while I was there

View from the rocks at Gangplank, you can see the
catch pools for May and behind it, Keel

Gangplank catch pool

You can see Gang Dispatch, and behind it the cue lines
for May and Keel

Behind the Wave Pool, view from the bridge overlooking
the lazy river

Miss Tilly

Boatwash, kids play area

This is the one hidden Mickey in all of Typhoon. No one knows it's
there. Even the "Hidden Mickey" book doesn't list this.

"Pooh Piglet"
Not sure what it's from...but it's written in the path

The Entrance/Exit to Typhoon Lagoon