>Today is June 8th the 10 day forecast for Walt Disney World has the lowest temperature at 89 degrees. And this is June; July and August are even hotter. The weather isn’t going to change. The kids are out of school in the summer, that’s not going to change. So, what can you do? Do you make your plans, and hope for the coolest summer in Florida’s History? No, you don’t need to do that, what you do need to do though is to find a way to make things bearable. Keeping cool in Walt Disney world is all about the water. Not for drinking, but for cooling down. At each of the parks, there is some sort of Water location that is not an Attraction that can keep you cool. This is today’s the Unknown Magic, the Water Stations. None of these Water Stations are set up as just a Water Station. Each one of them is hidden so that they blend into their surroundings.

At Disney Hollywood Studios, there are two of these Water Stations. One of theme is off the Streets of America. It is actually an umbrella that is attached to a lamppost. I know that sounds strange, but you are on a movie lot after all. To grab onto the handle of the umbrella, you need to step up on the base of the lamppost. As you do this, you look like Gene Kelly in “Singing in The Rain”. Then Water squirts out of the top of the umbrella so that you are truly, ‘singing in the rain’. The other Spot in the Studios is towards the Backlot Tour Area, near the Studio Catering Co. There is a Coke Stand in the middle of the street. The Water Station if you want to call it that is next to the Coke Stand.   It is the giant Coke bottle on the road. Every so often out of the top of the Coke bottle, a stream of water comes squirting out.

Over in the Magic Kingdom, there is a similar squirting area. It is in Adventureland, right after you go across the bridge and are getting closer to the Jungle Cruise there are Tikis standing on the side of the pathway. The Tikis all “spit” water at you. This is a nice way to cool off, but it is also a fun Magical Experience when someone you are with gets cooled off, when they didn’t expect it. Also in the Magic Kingdom, Near Big Thunder Railroad, there is a geyser with a small boardwalk around it near the waters of the Rivers of America. If you stand close to this geyser, you will get wet.

Over in the Animal Kingdom, you can stay cool without getting soaked, by using the fountain outside the Kali River Rapids (if you don’t have time for the lines or if you don’t want to get that wet, because on Kali River Rapids, you WILL get Wet!)

Epcot though offers the most places to cool off by getting wet. Outside the exit of Test Track, there is a “car wash” area called the “Cool Wash” , that has mist machines spraying as you walk thorough them. Off to the side of the Main walkway from Future World to World Showcase, there is a play fountain, for kids (of all ages) to play in on hot days. There is another one of these near Mission Space. The neatest water play area though is near the front of the Imagination Pavilion. This area has The Leaping Fountains. At the Leaping Fountains, the water “jumps” from one pad to another. It is very fun Magical Experience to watch and even more fun to see, when people try to “catch” the water as it jumps.

So, now you know, on those hot days when the lines for the Kali River Rapids and Splash Mountain will be too long to wait in, you can still enjoy a Magical Experience, get a little wet, and cool yourself and the family off.