Water parks when very short sighted

[Upsy1981]

We are going to Florida next year and are planning on doing a couple of the water parks. The problem is I am extremely short sighted (like -9.5/-10). I mainly wear glasses but I do use contact lenses occasionally. I don't swim often but if I do I use contact lenses, don't put my face in and try to avoid getting splashed then remove the contact lenses straight after and bin them.

I just don't know what to do at the water parks. I could get some prescription goggles for actually being in the water but I'll look ridiculous with goggles on all day when nit in the water! But I won't want to be carrying my glasses with me on rides/in wave pools etc and I am practically blind without anything. Anyone else in a similar situation got a solution I haven't thought of?

Could you wear your contacts and just wear normal goggles when in the water? They should be watertight if they fit properly. Then wear sunglasses when lounging around.

Some of them don't let you on slides with goggles. I'm -7 and managed fine with contacts

I use prescription goggles and just leave my glasses in a case with my towel so I can switch when I get out of the water. I don't like wearing contacts when swimming at all as water still gets in my eyes when I take goggles off or runs down from my hair. It's just not worth the risk. I don't go on the biggest slides though so never been told to not wear goggles.

I’m -10 and just wear contacts. Take them out straight away after.

I always wear contact lenses to water parks/ swimming. I know strictly speaking you’re not supposed to but everyone I know does. I just change them after I get out of the water.

I’m -10 both eyes and just wear contacts. Yes it goes against the advice but if I don’t wear them I don’t go, it’s that simple as I can’t see! And I don’t want my kids to miss out on stuff like that.

I wear prescription goggles. If on a ride that doesn’t allow goggles, wrap them round your wrist once you’ve got to the top safely.

Ok, seems like contacts are the way to go. I was just worried as you're in and out of the water all day. I do wear contacts when I swim normally as I said, but not normally in the water for longer than an hour and then I take them straight out. I was just a bit worried about them being left in all day. Might get some decent normal goggles to prevent against some splashing. Luckily my DH has perfect vision so he has taken DD on all the rides when we've been on holiday before but I was just a bit fed up at Siam Park last year just sitting waiting for them.

I put an old pair of my monthlys in for the water park /pool and then chuck them when I get dressed.

I have a cheap pair of frames with a head strap. Tuck them into swimsuit if I really have to remove them, but mostly they stay on my head.

Yep I wear contact lenses - no problem.

I just wore my glasses. Only issue was in the wave pool which was much more violent than I anticipated. Not an issue on the rides.

I realise it's not "best practise", but I wear contact lenses whenever I swim and don't think anything of it. I wear dailies now, but when I had 2-week lenses I'd just clean as normal at the end of the day and carry on.

I think you'd be extremely unlucky to get an infection from the water on the single day/a you're at the water park. It might happen of course, but I think the risk is slim.

If you can have dailies and are worried about it, could you change them at lunch time and do a saline wash of your eyes before you put the new ones in? Then it's not that much longer per pair than your normal swim?

It’d be easy to avoid completely being submerged in Orlando water parks. There’s a few rides that dunk you at the end but the raft rides are usually fine. The highlight is the lazy river anyway!

I haven’t been to Blizzard beach but I’ve heard it’s reslly bright due to everything being white. If you have sunglasses/prescription ones definitely bring them.

Think I need a spare cheap pair of glasses, maybe a head strap, some throwaway lenses and a decent pair of goggles. Hopefully between those things I will be fine. Thank you. I was overthinking it.

I wore prescription goggles in the wave pool and lazy rivers, left prescription sunglasses with our towels and stuff and just switched when not in the water. Didn't wear goggles on any slides and relied on family members to point me in the right direction, could see the red/green lights to wait/go easy enough luckily, although lifeguards are always there at the top of the slides and would definitely help you by telling you when to go if you couldn't see. Bonus of prescription goggles was using the GoPro was easy in the pool and underwater as I could see so well!

Don’t do what my DF did and leave your distance glasses in the car that you parked at the airport...he had prescription sunglasses that he could use when we arrived but after that had to use my pink ones to drive to a mall to get another pair!

The opticians at the mall were great, they had an offer on of 2 pairs for $100 (can’t remember the exact price) but on him explaining his predicament they let him buy 1 pair for $50. This was 2008 though so that was £25.

Yes definitely daily contact lenses. Maybe change them at lunchtime if you're concerned? Some decent goggles and you'll be fine. It's not worth risking monthly lenses that you plan to wear again. The 'unlucky' person pp mentioned who got a corneal infection was me. Swimming in monthly lenses with goggles did it in a private gym pool. Don't risk that.

Disposable contact lenses - though I wear sunglasses (prescription) at watermarks