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ORLANDO WATER PARK - Blizzard Beach
Posted on September 17th, 2009 No commentsWritten by: Michele Chamberlain
Authors WebsiteWe have visited Orlando several times now, but one of our favourite places is the water park, Blizzard Beach. Each time we go my children are becoming more confident and daring and go on more and more. The kids section is great and we get to sit down and rest while they play! You will normally find that entrance to the water park comes as part of your Disney ticket so you do not need to pay an additional fee to get in!. Like all water park in Orlando please bear in mind that if it thunders, it will shut. It will also get extremely busy during the summer months when it is peak period.
Blizzard Beach is set in an alpine ski resort complete with chair lifts, where some of the snow has melted turning the slalom courses, bobsled and toboggan runs into downhill waterslides.
The centrepiece of Blizzard Beach is Mount Gushmore where you will find a number of big thrill slides. You can access the top of Mount Gushmore either by walking up the steps or you can take the chair ski lift.
Blizzard Beach caters for children of all ages so even little ones can enjoy themselves in the water whilst the bigger ones can have fun on the bigger and faster slides.
Its attractions include:-
- Summit Plummet - at 120ft, this is the highest water slide in the USA where you can reach speeds of 55 mph
- Downhill Double Dipper - ride an inner tube at 25 mph down one of two parallel 230 ft long racing slides
- Slush Gusher - 35 mph slide with humps to add to the excitement
- Toboggan Racers - ride a mat down one of eight side-by-side lanes
- Runoff Rapids - a choice of three incredible inner tube rides down into a plunge pool. You can use either a single or double tube to ride with a friend
- Ski Patrol Training Camp - fun for the pre-teens including inner-tube slides, a T-bar slide and a walk across floating icebergs
- Snow Stormers - ride a mat down one of three different switchback slalom-style racing slides ending in a plunge pool
- Teamboat Springs - ride in a three to six passenger inner tube down a 1,200 ft white water rafting and waterfall course for the whole family
- Tike’s Peak - water play area for the very young with gently body slides, an inner tube slide, interactive fountains, pop jets and a wading pool
- Cross Country Creek - ride an inner tube on a gentle meandering river that flows around the entire park
- Melt Away Bay - a one acre pool for wading or swimming fed by a waterfall from Mount Gushmore