WDW Behind The Scenes: Typhoon Lagoon Wave Machine

[devilsswitchblade]

went there last year huge wave

[JonasClark]

These complaints sound like wave pools I've been in. When they're crowded, a hard wave made of a solid block of people slams you into the floor and drags you.

[stefen0603]

That rough paved part sucks. Not even in knee deep water and one of them waves took out my grandma while she was trying to get out of the pool.

[garrysmodd]

it's so gay that the ground is freaking rough cause everytime the wave pushes me it grinds me against the fucking ground at the shore of the water and I get lots of burns and cuts

[BRAKESUK80]

@garrysmodd i cant beleive you said that.i scraped my nose to bits when i dove for a wave in that wave pool way back in 1991. cant beleive they never fixed it but seems like a many people have had a similar experience. bloody hurt!

[PGrulke]

I've been dozens of times and never got hurt, not even so much as a skin rash. I've seen 8 year old kids in the pool, surfing the waves, and having a blast and not once getting hurt.

In all honesty, and not trying to be rude, but I seriously think the people who get hurt are idiots. Really. They are acting like this some treacherous killer wave machine.

These are probably the same people that fail to put on sunscreen, then whine and complain about how sun burnt they are! HORRORS!

[kellysfootball]

I went in july this year (2011) and had the best of time there, YES you do get a few scraps but nothing to bad for all the fun you have, plus as a brit being in 100f temps with tons of sun was great, loved it when everyone screamed when the boom of the wave machine was heard hahahaha, best of memories

[westernbarreler1]

@maya22able well if you havent noticed thats exactly how the real ocean is and i dont know if uve ever been to the beach but you dont walk into the water from behind

[SUPERBRO9]

i got so phucked up here twisted my leg so bad . if i had goggles id be good tho

[Kauwhaka]

Watching those tanks drain is just like watching a mega toilet flush!

[Ilovemytoast]

:40 old computers! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[jp250]

scotland FTW!

[jordynmacalusorules]

how does little water turn into a huge wave

[hhnguy]

Going tomorrow! For the 10th time! I love this place!:)

[NickJonasTrueLove]

what is the weather like in florida around the 20th february? im going next year and will it be warm enough to go to the water parks? never been before... :)

[97TheFirework]

@NickJonasTrueLove in february it is crazy cold here

[asianninjadude]

not the bigget man made wave anymore. its now poseidons rage

[foodman112]

How gay are their computers! LOL! Thumbs up if you agree.

[msfashionlover]

be there after tomorrow !!!

[SuPrAmAd101]

@ThePCLoser did you not listen to the video? he said it can create 8 ft waves but is generally reduced to 5ft

[gotafacelikemurderx]

that wave pool is hell. it's often too packed to get away from people to actually body surf on the wave, and more often you forcefully run into someone. once i felt a grown mans face make very close contact with my crotch, i decided it was game over at such point. i'll stick with the ocean. that wave pool is also suspiciously warm...

[Reevin]

@gotafacelikemurderx Suspiciously warm = shallow pool with lots and lots of sunlight.  It would take probably over a thousand gallons of something suspiciously warm in lieu of what your thinking to make the temperature change so much in a body of water that size.

[gotafacelikemurderx]

@Reevin i've never actually been there when it's warm out. 70s or so. to the point where i was shivering and so freezing the whole time and had to leave last time i went. it's also not that shallow, i believe it goes to about 10 ft.

[Reevin]

HA so basically what I got is this wave pool works like a giant toilet right? Eight tanks at the back fill with water and when they are ready, flush, only you don't swirl you get wiped out.

[JasonJJasonJ]

@Reevin Awesome response

[jussayFM]

@Reevin haha i was thinking the same thing when i was watching the video

[SpaceAround094]

geez, gotta get one of those at home...

[mpohutsk]

This was very interesting. I was always curious how the wave machine there worked.

[nigaby1]

OMG i love typhoonn lagoon...duh if u knt enjoy it from da very start of the waves dnt go ...if u knt swim dat far dnt go u edoits....but I LOVE IT....

[cloratell]

My Sister Found $50 In The Typoon Lagoon Wave Pool :D

[niga6000]

i found i pennny and a doller :O MYSTRUS

[Danza3443]

OMG LOL SAME HERE !! XD

$50 in a plastic bag rofl

[honkytonkprincess]

LOL are really complaining about disney world?????? WOW you do that, but yet any kid who is sitting in a hosptial with cancer would do anything to go through that just bc they would be in disney world. i understand it does tend to get dangerous, but you would think that ppl leaving comments here would be saying, omg that was so fun! well anyway i had fun, and did not get hurt i got a tiny scrape at the end of the pool, but besides that it was fun.

[MrLoulin]

bad concept on the bottom part of the pool, too sandy and too gritty,which makes it a dangerous place,people got hurt and needed first aid, not good!!!!!

[maya22able]

This pool is soooo dangerous!! A small wave got me down on that paved ground and drag me over, I got many parts of my body burned and cut... CAUTION IS ADVISED! :(((

[maya22able]

I was not sitting down! I was getting in the pool where the wave is coming at the end! You have start at the front to go at the end.

[andrewbarrett42]

Yes it is dangerous,I got insulted by a guy when I was there.

[xboxpirates2000]

@andrewbarrett42 lol why?

[andrewbarrett42]

A guy hit me,because I was British,I had an accent,he was American,probably racists.

[ReclineProductions]

@maya22able unlucky.

[XRsSharkX]

@maya22able hahahahahahahahaha

[maiamonkey]

@maya22able My mum was only in up to her knees and she had to go to frist aid because she cut her leg real bad it ruined her day :(

[GersonGolingan]

You do all know that the record for the highest wave is broken right? It's not Typhoon Lagoon anymore. It's Poseidon's Rage at Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. 9-foot high waves man!

[Mman250]

Last time I was there they did the big waves like for a long time and the small for just 15-30 minutes. If you can get your timeing perfect you can get from the rope all the way across the red line :P

[sleekvonny]

Typhoon lagoon is one if the best places on earth. We went for the 4th time last week. We spent 7 out if 14 days there. It's amazing. All the fun of the beach with no salt or critters biting at your ankles. Please god let me win the lottery so I can live there!

[deanliverpool666]

yep all true

[chimchar817]

i went here a couple of weeks ago and we went in the wave pool for like an hour!! and i scraped my knee and elbow lol.

[Bekistas]

exactly the same chimxhar817!

[BboyFiZiX]

the two best things to do in that pool are (other than surf) body surf with the wave, or stand your ground and get taken the fuck out!!! :D

[Sab0945]

ITS EVERY 90 SECONDS! i go there every year and its bloody amazing

[marcelfavery]

oh man... shut up.. the narrator say in the video, between 1,5 to 2 minutes.

[scottishwilliam]

yea, between waves, but they only last for a while before they use the small waves for 15 minutes.

[jbe1996]

how often does the wave come?

[scottishwilliam]

I think it's something like every 15 minutes.

[dani42596]

Ive been there!

[monkeyducks123]

narrator has funny voice

[andrewbarrett42]

Nothing wrong with our accent pal.

[monkeyducks123]

didnt say it was wrong, i said it as funny

[liopaisa]

really great machine

[crazystupidperson777]

computers used r old

[BPBlazeProductions]

that's not the biggest man made wave

[tsferg]

So what is it then.

[BPBlazeProductions]

Ocean Dome JAPAN. Sadly the place just closed down. Look it up on here.

[xBabyGlRL]

the brief was veli simple

LOL

[StillenGtr17]

That looks like fun

[Stueyguy]

Scottish Accent!

[OhHeyItsDacey]

I always wondered how they did that. When I was little my dad told me they had all the characters making the waves with there hands. =/

[freshPrincess626]

lol, you're dad is funny. or at least he thought he was. :P

[WaltDisneyWorld101]

Haha. That sounds like something someone's dad would say. Did you believe it?

[themanwhofelll]

im guner make a model 1

[greenfury87]

I was there last weekend.

[simenhjort]

the biggest in the werrrrld!

[Estrella0622]

GENIALLLL

[Flaxcon]

I was there, it's funny to watch little kids in front of you get taken out by the wave, no chance of makin it.

[Wormeatingdragon]

hey , ,, HEY!!! WHo Peed in the LAGOON!???

[myunnamedaccount]

must be cewl

[StealthMonkey25]

i was always scared i would get too close to the machine and get sucked under xD

[Blakergirl4eva]

I GO LIKE THE FARTHEST U CAN GO!!

[cruzoman]

why doesnt the life gards save the people

[WaterCovenant]

it should be higher;)

[lilpixiebecci]

well this crappy pool is amazing and its in disney world. it may not be the biggest wave pool in the world but its still one of the biggest

[LavaLampGuy]

Water World's wave pool, Thunder Bay, is so much better than this crappy pool!

[WildernessLodgeFan]

What is Water World? And where? Do you have to explain to ANY one what Disney World is and where it is?

[Coastergeekperson04]

I think he means Wet n Wild in Greensboro actually, because that's where Thunder Bay is.

[eaststandlad]

did a job with this firm at peterborough. OUNDLE SCHOOL, swimming pool,,quality firm,

[icecreamhomefish]

lolz i went there i scrached my back once it came AND ITS FUN plus i was at the front when the wave was really strong

[eOiiNz]

ye' Kunts ye!

[bamabanshee]

I went there from Alabama in 2005. It is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!! video doesn't do it justice.

[knokout1]

lol theres alot more wave pools

[thequoz]

Glad to see another scottish invention at work

[paulnoble999]

I used to work there as a Lifeguard and loved it back in 2000

[Waltismyhero]

Well, Glenn...of coarse they've "heard of the beach". I think everyone should learn at Typhoon Lagoon or something like it! Controlled waves, safe environment, no salt water....I could go on... You're funny. you try to make a wavepool better than TL! Pshhhh! :P

[rileydog90]

I want to go there but ive never had the chance

[ilovere4]

when you can go cause that wave machine is jaw dropping

[soukkari]

that wave is a fucking joke

[rct3help]

That place is so fun! I love it!

[Lizann2001]

that is soo awsome i love it there

[Glennz995]

havent people herd of the beach, those waves suck!

[reillymooring]

god i love this place,

[nathancorsen]

I went there one time, it was very awesome!!!!

[OhSoKatie]

This is awesome. ive been there a few times, and i could've stayed there forever :D

[daiboy1234]

i like drown from them waves pmsl .. i went up to by the rope and thought it was gna be ok then the wave cum and it like dragged me underneath and i smacked into the floor :( pmsl ... fun tho :D and surfers are fukin awsome lol they get it like 10 times worse and plus they hit sharp coral not a smooth concrete floor lol :D !!!!

[spakwarner]

i was at the santra cruz beach board walk in the water when this huge wave come up and nailed me!!! i hit the sand like 4 times!

[Coastergeekperson04]

The Santa Cruz beach boardwalk has a REAL Beach. Typhoon Lagoon has a wave pool.

[jar0fdirt63]

typhoon lagoon has real beaches, with real sand, only the wave pool has a concrete floor

[Coastergeekperson04]

It has a beach, just not a natural beach. That's what I mean.

[sy278]

Barr & Wray are just round the corner from where I live and I had no idea they had any involvement with typhoon lagoon.

[vegunited06]

why don't they let you get near the very back of the pool? would you get sucked the passage underneath and into the machine?

[roxyteenroyalty]

hahax. lol datz quite funny.

[gfdjesytfriyet]

i hope its fun im going there this weekend

[gicball]

taht woz animal the waves were huge!!!!!!

[gruntsbaneook]

Wow. WDI genius.

[Antrocks009]

idk bwhat u meant is that an l at the end? I's at WDW

[gruntsbaneook]

Walt Disney Imagineering...

[Antrocks009]

o my bad

[Counse]

@gruntsbaneook

No, Barr & Wray genius.

[fengineer08]

wow, i always wondered how that wave machine worked!

ive been there and i could stay in that wave pool all day long, its a blast!

[scar2daface]

i'm going there this saturday. Is it a good water park overall??

[kristofke69]

this video is great!