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Blizzard Beach - Orlando Hotels .com

This is a water park that was built to resemble a ski resort in which the snowy slopes have melted to create water slides. Mount Gushmore is at the center of the park with two long slides coming down the middle. There is a wave pool, a children's swimming area, and a ski lift to take guests up the mountain. There are water slides of every type - raft, tube, and body slides. 

One of the most popular attractions at Blizzard Beach is Fall, which is 120 feet tall and possibly the world's fastest body slide with a 55 mph plunge that takes swimmers straight down Mount Gushmore. Other attractions include Teamboat Springs, a white water rafting voyage with rafts for six people; Ski patrol Training Camp, which will keep older children and teenagers busy for a while on the bungee-cord slides and T-bar drop; and Downhill Double Dipper, featuring racing slides. 

Because the rides are more extreme, this park is popular with older children and teenagers.  There is, however, a wave pool and a miniature mountain for the younger children featuring Tike's Peak, a water play area. 

An attraction that offers a break from the intense speed rides is the Cross Country Creek, which allows swimmers to glide down a river that encircles the entire park on inner tubes. There is a picnic area and families are permitted to bring coolers that are small enough for one person to carry, however no alcoholic beverages are allowed.

Guests from Disney's All-Star hotel and Disney's Coronado Springs resorts are able to walk to Blizzard Beach. Walt Disney World shuttle buses take visitors to the front entrance.

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