Summit Plummet Look out below the tallest and fastest water slide in the USA launches you on a 55-mph plunge.
Downhill Double Dipper Tube through twin 50-ft slopes.
Teamboat Springs Take the family for a twisting turning raft ride down 1,400 ft of rushing water.
Toboggan Racers An eight lane fast lane straight to the bottom of the mountain.
Cross Country Creek Crab a tube and drift down this 1/2 mile lazy creek. watch for falling drops of ice cold water while floating through the ice cave.
Snow Stormers Whoosh! Take a 350ft long flume ride from Mount Gushmore down through a backcountry course complete with ski-style slalom gates.
Melt-Away Bay A one -acre pool, fed by waterfalls of melting snow.
This is the latest and largest of the Disney water parks. Opened in April of 1995, Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park was built because of the continued popularity of the two other water parks.
The official ostensible story about the creation
of Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park centers around a freak snow storm. As the snow melted around Florida's first ski lodge, designers saw an alligator sliding down the slopes. This gave them the idea of turning the ski jumps and slopes into water rides.
Slalom courses, bobsled and toboggan runs became downhill waterslides. The creek of melted snow that formed at the base of the mountain became a relaxing tube ride. The chairlift carried swimmers instead of skiers. The ski jump became the tallest and fastest water slide in the world. The ski resort became known as Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park, the must slushy, slippery, exhilarating water park anywhere!
Special Hints
All the Disney Water parks have towel and changing facilities.
Apply sunscreen quite ofter while in the water parks, a good rule of thumb is to apply every hour.
Alcohol or glass containers are not allowed.
Water Tubes & Life Jackets are available free to all water park guests. A refundable deposit is required to use a life jacket.
As of May 2002 Walt Disney World® Resort is no longer allowing you to bring water coolers into the water parks for security reasons. Cast members can help you for your medications.
Parking is free.
