If anything can be said to fill that gap, it’s the buffets, but there are not many around, and most of them feature walk-around characters. They are $62 ($56 for ages 3-9), and you can freely hop between both water parks (if they’re both open) for no additional charge. There is a sense of unity, and it’s thrilling to see another person cosplay as the same character or another character from the same series.