As the country continues to defrost after a long winter, guests visiting Walt Disney World® Resort in central Florida are already beginning to look for ways to cool down as it continues to warm up in the south. While there are many ways to refresh yourself in the heat, there is one cool spot that you don’t want to overlook.
As ‘Disney legend’ has it, years ago there was a freak snowstorm in the central Florida region that led to the construction of Florida’s first ever ski resort, in Walt Disney World® Resort. As anyone would have expected, the southern snow didn’t last long, quickly melting away and leaving behind a soggy, but snow-less, ski resort.
As the failed ski resort was in the process of closing, an alligator was spotted careening down the mountainside into a melted pool of water with an echoing ‘Yahoo!’ With that, the failed ski resort was reborn in 1995 as Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, and their mascot become the alligator, named Ice Gator.
Still intact from the ski resort you will find the Chairlift, which will transport you atop of Mount Gushmore, where many of Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park downhill thrills are found. High atop Mount Gushmore is Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park’s signature attraction, Summit Plummet. Not for the faint of heart, Summit Plummet is a 120-foot vertical free-falling body slide that can send you racing at speeds of up to 55 mph! If that is a little too thrilling for you, then the Downhill Double Dipper may be more your speed as you race side by side down the slope at speeds of up to 25 mph.
Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park isn’t only about thrills either. You can kick back and relax on a tube as you float along Cross Country Creek, a continuous flowing creek that circles the entire park. You can also hang out in Melt-Away Bay, a one-acre large bobbing wave pool, or you can take your young children under 48” to Tike’s Peak, a children’s area with slides and fountains.
After you’ve worked up an appetite, you don’t want to pass up on a special treat found in Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, fresh mini donuts served up with chocolate, white chocolate or raspberry dipping sauces.
Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park is an exciting way to cool off in the summer heat, and with the water heated to a comfortable 80 degrees all of the time you can enjoy yourself even when the sun isn’t beaming down on you!
To cool off at Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, or plan your next Walt Disney World® Resort vacation, contact your Magic Maker® today!
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