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Lazy rivers redux

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Does anyone have any comparison information on lazy rivers at timeshares?

My kids love, love, love the lazy river at the Marriott Surf Club in Aruba.

Do you guys have any view on comparable or (gasp!) better lazy rivers in the timeshare universe?

Inquiring minds want to know! Please share your favorite and let your virtual family have some satisfaction on the art of the possible - lazy river style!

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The best one I've experienced is at the Grand Mayan, Nuevo Vallarta. Not only it is a large loop, they have a wave machine that cycles on/off every ~15 minutes. So you get some fun wave action along with the lazy river.

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I've only been to 2 timeshares that have a lazy river. Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta already mentioned, which I agree is phenomenal. Worldmark Indio also has a lazy river. Not as big as Vidanta, but still fun.

Honorable mention to the Legoland water park which has an excellent lazy river and is a very easy walk from Hilton Marbrisa.
 

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We really enjoyed the lazy river at Bonnet Creek, in Orlando.

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Compared to other lazy rivers that I visited, the one at Sheraton Broadway Plantation was nice because it was open until 10pm at night (in the summer) and it was warm enough on cooler evenings yet still refreshing when it was hot out.
 

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We also liked the one at Vidanta Nuevo Vallarta. There's also one at Tahiti Village in Las Vegas. But, supposedly, Vidanta has built the largest one in Mexico at their Riviera Maya resort as part of the Jungala Water Park.
 

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Timeshare: Wyndham Glacier Canyon at the Wilderness Lodge’s OUTDOOR lazy river is a fun one with 2 levels.

and since a previous poster mentioned a non-timeshare, Roa’sRapids at Aquatica in Orlando is very fun. It is a fast non-lazy river with a strong current and jets that sends you around.
 

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Atlantis Harborside has access to the Atlantis water park, I have seen nothing that comes close to that mega waterpark complex and multiple not so Lazy and Lazy rivers.
 

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My only experience is also at the Grand Mayan in Nuevo Vallarta. We didn't have kids with us, but appreciated that our waiter, Omar, would find us in the lazy river to get our order and bring us our drinks. That was really fun! (In proofreading this, I realize that I am easily pleased, lol).
 
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