Starlit Splash

Simple Disney Things- the blog where the picture above is from- you are a genius. When it rains at Typhoon Lagoon- it is AMAZING.

So my boss is kind of AWESOME.... and the Mouse rented out Typhoon Lagoon for all the college programs to use tonight- yep, just us for four hours at night at Typhoon Lagoon with all the rides...
SOOOO Alexis, my roomies and our new friend Alex went on all the slides with basically no lines... how cool is that! On top of that, it was raining- we were freezing but yet not freezing... such a weird but amazing experience.

I faced a huge fear- we swam with sharks. Yup I know Disney wouldn't let kids swim with blood thirsty ravenous sharks but still! Sharks! Real, live sharks! The water was a brisk 16 degrees but it was salt water and reminded me of home. I didn't actually see any of the sharks but I think I might've seen a sting ray type animal.

We also went int he HUGE wave pool- apparently during the day they only put out one of the HUGE waves every hour or so- here they put a massive tsunami type wave every five minutes. it was AMAZING. We were falling over each other and under water and stuff- SO cool.

Disney also had a buffet supper for us- FREE FOOD. It was amazing. We ate in the pouring rain which was cold and slightly uncomfortable but it was amazing food- mmhmhm Disney mashed potatoes.

Disney also hired a DJ to host a Typhoon Lagoon beach party for us! We danced to Sexy and I Know It and Starships- all the best songs hehe.
SO THEN.. my boss is THE coolest...all these PIRATES (disney performers) came out and 'crashed' our party- it was soooo fun. Dancing around with these crazy people. Too cool.
The DJ also threw out a TON of free stuff- we all got free Starlit Splash t-shirts when we first came but he also threw out beach balls, sun glasses, pirate merch... too cool for words.

So the dance floor, picture this, was like... the fun not sketchy crowd of the Axe on a Friday night, with the music of the Vil, except on sand, with better lights, a huge wave pool in the background and about five times the amount of people (and all extremely enthusiastic Disney people) all in bathing suits, in the pouring rain. THAT was the dance floor. I will never ever forget the excitement of this evening.