Powerline, Scrooge, Neon Palm Trees: H2O Glow After Hours Returns to Typhoon Lagoon June 2
Forget the castle — for thirteen nights this summer, the place to be at Walt Disney World is a shipwrecked water park bathed in neon. Disney officially announced the 2026 dates for H2O Glow After Hours at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon on the Disney Parks Blog today, and the guest list alone is worth the price of admission.
Powerline. Scrooge McDuck. Launchpad McQuack. We'll get to all of them.
The Dates and the Basics
H2O Glow After Hours is a separately-ticketed night event that takes over Typhoon Lagoon after regular park hours. You get the water park mostly to yourself, neon lights everywhere, character meet-and-greets, a DJ dance party, and unlimited snacks. This year's run:
13 select nights, June 2 through September 5, 2026
2026 Event Dates
June 2, 13, 19 and 27
July 3, 7, 17, 24 and 31
August 9, 22 and 29
September 5
8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. (ticket holders can enter as early as 6 p.m.)
$85 to $89 per adult plus tax, depending on the date
$20 off for kids ages 3–9
20% off for Annual Passholders, DVC Members, and Water Park Seasonal Passholders
Resort guests (Disney Resorts Collection, Swan, Swan Reserve, Dolphin, Shades of Green) can book starting today, April 21. The general public goes on sale Friday, April 24. Reservations: (407) 934-7639.
The Characters — And Yes, Powerline Is Here
Here's where it gets fun. This year's meet-and-greet lineup is stacked with deep-cut Disney Afternoon favorites:
Powerline Max, making his Typhoon Lagoon debut. This year's H2O Glow roster is decidedly Disney Afternoon. Image: Shannen Ace / WDW News Today.
Powerline Max — yes, that Max, from A Goofy Movie. Apparently being the son of Goofy means you eventually inherit the shades and the arena tour. He'll be meeting guests all night.
Scrooge McDuck — the world's richest duck, doing his first Florida water-park appearance in recent memory.
Launchpad McQuack — because every good after-hours party needs a pilot who'll crash the plane into the snack bar.
Chip 'n' Dale as the Rescue Rangers — show of hands, who's still got the theme song in their head twenty seconds from now?
Donald and Daisy — the requisite duck power couple.
If your core personality trait between 1989 and 1995 was rushing home for the Disney Afternoon block on TV, Disney appears to have built this character list specifically for you.
What's Actually Included
Your ticket gets you more than just neon lighting and nostalgia. The event includes:
The full experience includes:
Access to the big-ticket attractions — Surf Pool, Castaway Creek, Humunga Kowabunga, and the rest of the slide roster with typically short waits
Stitch- and Sully-themed tubes for Castaway Creek, the park's lazy river
A DJ dance party with the character lineup above
Complimentary snacks including Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bars, with additional menu items to be announced closer to the event
The included snacks tend to be the detail people underrate until they're three Mickey bars in on a warm July night.
The Typhoon Lagoon Context
Typhoon Lagoon opened in 1989 and is about to turn 37, and Disney has been quietly leaning into it. The park just came back from its annual February-to-May refurbishment, Miss Adventure Falls is still the underrated family raft ride on Orlando's water-park map, and the shipwrecked-Miss-Tilly-atop-Mount-Mayday silhouette is still one of the best theme park skylines Disney has.
Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, the 1989-era water park that hosts H2O Glow each summer. Image: Shannen Ace / WDW News Today.
H2O Glow is the summer event that leans hardest into the park's weird, neon-lit, after-dark charm. Add this year's character list and "Powerline Max at a water park" is honestly one of the better Disney decisions of 2026 so far.
Should You Book?
Quick pro-con:
Book if: you have young kids (or your inner 10-year-old is still extremely loud), you're a Disney Afternoon devotee, you want a low-wait water-park night with unlimited snacks, or you can grab one of the cheaper $85 weeknight dates.
Maybe skip if: you've already got a packed resort-hotel/park week planned — H2O Glow is a full additional evening commitment on top of everything else, and peak summer Florida evenings come with thunderstorm risk.
Thirteen nights is a surprisingly tight window — especially with Annual Passholder and DVC discounts likely to push some dates toward selling out fast. If you're eyeing a date, this week is the week.
Sources
WDW News Today — Disney's Typhoon Lagoon H2O Glow After Hours 2026
Walt Disney World — Official H2O Glow After Hours Event Page
Image Credits
Featured image: Disney Parks Blog. Inline images: Shannen Ace / WDW News Today. Disney's Typhoon Lagoon®, H2O Glow After Hours, and associated marks are property of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts.
