At the Walt Disney World® Resort, you and your family can visit two of the most popular water parks in North America. When the mercury is reaching for the sky, there’s a sure way to help you keep cool – a trip to Disney’s Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon Water Parks.
During the spring, summer and fall vacation periods, both water parks are open daily, offering a cool break from theme park fun. Admission can be purchased at each park or we can include it as part of your Magic Your Way Base Ticket with the Water Park Fun & More Option.
Whether you want to thrill out, chill out, lay out or play out, you can make it all happen at the Disney Water Parks:
Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon
Like a surfside playground left behind by a “great storm,” Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park features breaking waves, a saltwater snorkeling pool and gushing water surges. The 61-acre water park includes several major features, including Crush ‘n’ Gusher, the first-ever water coaster thrill ride attraction in Central Florida; a man-made watershed mountain with eight twisting-and-turning water slides and roaring streams; a two-and-one-half-acre wave-making lagoon with surfing-size waves, and a 362,000-gallon saltwater pool, Shark Reef, where snorkelers swim fin-to-fin with exotic marine life including butterfly fish, French angels, tangs, groupers and even nurse sharks.
The park also features a water playground for children, sunny beaches and lazy streams surrounding a 95-foot mountain, a shop that provides necessary underwater equipment for Shark Reef (including wet suits, masks and snorkels), changing areas, lockers, showers, a picnic area and two restaurants which serve up everything from specialty sandwiches and salads to cookies and ice cream in waffle cones.
Disney’s Blizzard Beach
Although the 66-acre Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park has the look of a northern ski resort, it is in fact strictly tropical – and the ice is limited to the soft drinks. The most eye-catching attractions can be found on the slopes of Mt. Gushmore, the 90-foot snow-capped mountain that is home to Downhill Double Dipper, side-by-side racing water slides that stand 50 feet high and 200 feet long. You will travel up to 25 mph, twisting and turning before shooting out through a curtain of water.
Mt. Gushmore also features slalom courses, toboggan and water sled runs and the awesome, 120-foot-high Summit Plummet – the nation’s tallest, fastest free-fall speed slide, visible from almost anywhere in the park. From the “ski jump” tower, it’s a breathtaking high-speed plunge straight down to a splash landing at the base of the mountain.
Next to Summit Plummet is the tall but less steep Slush Gusher, a speed slide that drops guests through a snow-banked mountain gully. Mt. Gushmore’s other attractions include Teamboat Springs, the world’s longest family white-water raft ride takes six-passenger rafts down a twisting 1,200-foot series of rushing water falls; Toboggan Racer, an eight-lane water slide that sends you racing over exhilarating dips as they descend the “snowy” slope, and more.
The sandy beach below Mt. Gushmore offers a large wave pool, a lazy river, two snack bars, a polar pub lodge, and a pre-teen and children’s play area. The Village at the Blizzard Beach entrance houses Guest Services such as a tube pick-up area, towel rentals, lockers, first aid, merchandise and a restaurant.
So when you’re ready to spend the day cooling off, give us a call and we’ll book your Walt Disney World Vacation for you!
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