TYPHOON LAGOON

Disney legend has it that a furious storm once roared across the sea, hurling surfboards into trees, blowing small boats through roofs and impaling a shrimp boat on a peak of a great volcanic mountain. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, a tropical water park was left in the typhoon’s wake, with a wave pool unlike any other featuring one of the world’s largest artificially created waves, a white, sandy beach, nine waterslides, water coasters and a relaxing tropical creek.

Single Day Water Park Ticket- Adult: $36.00; Child (3-9): $30.00 For Little Ones

Ketchakiddee Creek - Children’s water play area features slides, fun fountains, whales, seals, an interactive leaking tugboat and a mini rapids ride. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or shorter

Crush ‘n’ Gusher - Jets of water slip, slide, propel, turn and plunge your raft through this thrilling water coaster experience.

Gang Plank Falls - Four-person inner tubes rush the whole family through special water effects, rock formations and caverns dripping with water.

Humunga Kowabunga - Three speed slides whip you downhill, dropping five stories in seconds in enclosed flumes, where you won’t see where you’re going until the end. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Keelhaul Falls - Whitewater inner tube adventure down a mountain of roaring rapids through a vast palm-lined course.

Mayday Falls - Travel through caves and waterfalls on the longest waterslide in the park. Your own inner tube swirls down the mountain in the shadow of the stranded shrimp boat, “Miss Tilly.”

Shark Reef - Swim with real live sharks and schools of tropical fish in a saltwater adventure on a reef around an overturned sunken tanker or if you’d rather not swim, go inside and observe the sharks through portholes.

Storm Slides - Three high-octane body slides: the Jib Jammer, Stern Burner or Rudder Buster send down a winding waterway at 30 miles per hour through caves, waterfalls, geysers as you plunge down a more than three-story drop into a refreshing pool. Height Requirement: 60″ (145 cm) or taller

Surf Lessons - Before the Park opens, master the fine art of surfing Typhoon Lagoon’s enormous waves. Professional instructors and small classes are helpful to anyone from beginner to pro during two-hour sessions with waves every 90 seconds that can be adjusted up to six feet in height.

Choose from two Typhoon Lagoon surfing programs before or after operating hours:

• For information, or to book a reservation, please call (407) WDW-PLAY (939-7529).
• The “Private 100 Wave Surf Event” with high performance waves is for experienced surfers. For information on how to rent the wave pool for your own private surf event, please call (407) WDW-SURF (939-7873).

Surf Pool - Surf is up all day long at one of the world’s largest wave pools where body-surfers catch waves into the sandy shore. Join in on the excitement of the waves, stay in the gentle waters farther away, have a seat along the shore of the wave pool as the waves rush up over you, or lounge on the white sand beach.

Castaway Creek - Relax on an inner tube as you journey through a tropical retreat in this creek that winds around the entire park with the feel of cool mists, sounds of the rain forests and waterfalls. Rather than walk, you can travel the creek to other attractions by exiting at one of several areas throughout the park or simply kick back and enjoy the tropical atmosphere.

Sandy White Beach - Hammocks, palm trees, water views and close access to food and beverages make this relaxing stretch of sand like a tropical vacation. Sink into the sand and relax away the day, or stop for a break between the attractions at the park.

Quick Service Restaurants
Leaning Palms
American- hamburgers, hot dogs, pizzas, ice cream and frozen yogurt.

Typhoon Tilly’s
Hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, ice cold beverages and adult drinks. Plus, a separate counter-service ice cream window with classic ice cream sundaes, including the massive, everything included garbage pail sundae.

BLIZZARD BEACH

Disney legend has it that a freak winter storm buried the area with snow and Florida’s first ski resort was born. After temperatures returned to normal, Disney’s Blizzard Beach the most exciting, unique water park was formed. The snow turned to slush, bobsleds and toboggan runs became downhill waterslides and chair lifts now carry swimmers to a ski jump that became the tallest, fastest waterslide in the nation.

Single Day Water Park Ticket- Adult: $36.00; Child (3-9): $30.00

Downhill Double Dipper - Grab an inner tube and speed down these two side-by-side, 230-foot-long racing slides at 25 miles per hour and slip into a tunnel before you reach your splashdown. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Slush Gusher - Launch down the slopes of the 90-foot tall Mount Gushmore with two humps that create brisk fun-filled ups and downs as you journey to the bottom of the mountain in the shadow of Summit Plummet. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Summit Plummet - Dare to take the plunge of the world’s tallest and fastest free-fall body slide. At a height of 120 feet, this thrill ride drops you down the slopes of Mount Gushmore at a speed of 55 miles per hour for a 360-foot long trip. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Toboggan Racers - Hang on to your mat and race down the slopes of these eight side-by-side lanes that toboggan down the mountain until you reach the finish line.e Ones

Tike’s Peak - The youngest Blizzard Beach swimmers can slide and splash in this water play area reserved just for them with body and inner tube slides, interactive fountains, pop jets and a wading pool. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or shorter

Runoff Rapids - Three different inner tube rides twist and turn on journeys down the banks of Mount Gushmore into a refreshing plunge pool. One flume is completely enclosed in a tunnel, while the other two are open.

Ski Patrol Training Camp - Play area designed especially for pre-teens with inner-tube, curvy and speed slides and an ice-flow walk across floating icebergs.

Snow Stormers - Speed down the slopes in slalom-style racing slides through the curvy path marked by ski-type gates. Choose from one of three different downhill racing courses. Grab your mat, compete with your friends and meet in the pool at the bottom of the course.

Teamboat Springs - One of the world’s longest family raft rides with three to six passenger inner tubes ensures that the family rafts together down a twisting journey from the top of the mountain to the bottom laughing and screaming through twelve hundred feet of white water and rushing waterfalls adventure.

Cross Country Creek - Inner tube on a gentle river that flows around the entire park. Rather than walk, you can travel the creek to other attractions by exiting at one of several areas throughout the park or simply drift around for a relaxing ride. Beware of caves with ice melting waterfalls!

Melt-Away Bay - Whether you want to wade in just to get your feet wet or take an invigorating swim, the bobbing waters and waterfalls fed by the melting snow that runs from Mount Gushmore make this expansive one-acre pool a refreshing retreat.

Chairlift – Wooden chair lift with umbrellas and dangling skis carry you one-way to the top of Mount Gushmore to attractions, Summit Plummet, Slush Gusher, Teamboat Springs, Toboggan Racers and Snow Stormers. Height Requirement: 32″ (80 cm) or taller

Quick Service Restaurants
Avalunch
Grab a light entrée, snack or dessert, located next to the entrance to the Chair Lift.

Lottawatta Lodge
Pizzas, burgers, salads, sandwiches, desserts and ice cold beverages.

Polar Bear Pool Bar
Frozen adult drinks and an assortment of other beverages.

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TYPHOON LAGOON

Disney legend has it that a furious storm once roared across the sea, hurling surfboards into trees, blowing small boats through roofs and impaling a shrimp boat on a peak of a great volcanic mountain. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, a tropical water park was left in the typhoon’s wake, with a wave pool unlike any other featuring one of the world’s largest artificially created waves, a white, sandy beach, nine waterslides, water coasters and a relaxing tropical creek.

Single Day Water Park Ticket- Adult: $36.00; Child (3-9): $30.00 For Little Ones

Ketchakiddee Creek - Children’s water play area features slides, fun fountains, whales, seals, an interactive leaking tugboat and a mini rapids ride. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or shorter

Crush ‘n’ Gusher - Jets of water slip, slide, propel, turn and plunge your raft through this thrilling water coaster experience.

Gang Plank Falls - Four-person inner tubes rush the whole family through special water effects, rock formations and caverns dripping with water.

Humunga Kowabunga - Three speed slides whip you downhill, dropping five stories in seconds in enclosed flumes, where you won’t see where you’re going until the end. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Keelhaul Falls - Whitewater inner tube adventure down a mountain of roaring rapids through a vast palm-lined course.

Mayday Falls - Travel through caves and waterfalls on the longest waterslide in the park. Your own inner tube swirls down the mountain in the shadow of the stranded shrimp boat, “Miss Tilly.”

Shark Reef - Swim with real live sharks and schools of tropical fish in a saltwater adventure on a reef around an overturned sunken tanker or if you’d rather not swim, go inside and observe the sharks through portholes.

Storm Slides - Three high-octane body slides: the Jib Jammer, Stern Burner or Rudder Buster send down a winding waterway at 30 miles per hour through caves, waterfalls, geysers as you plunge down a more than three-story drop into a refreshing pool. Height Requirement: 60″ (145 cm) or taller

Surf Lessons - Before the Park opens, master the fine art of surfing Typhoon Lagoon’s enormous waves. Professional instructors and small classes are helpful to anyone from beginner to pro during two-hour sessions with waves every 90 seconds that can be adjusted up to six feet in height.

Choose from two Typhoon Lagoon surfing programs before or after operating hours:

• For information, or to book a reservation, please call (407) WDW-PLAY (939-7529).
• The “Private 100 Wave Surf Event” with high performance waves is for experienced surfers. For information on how to rent the wave pool for your own private surf event, please call (407) WDW-SURF (939-7873).

Surf Pool - Surf is up all day long at one of the world’s largest wave pools where body-surfers catch waves into the sandy shore. Join in on the excitement of the waves, stay in the gentle waters farther away, have a seat along the shore of the wave pool as the waves rush up over you, or lounge on the white sand beach.

Castaway Creek - Relax on an inner tube as you journey through a tropical retreat in this creek that winds around the entire park with the feel of cool mists, sounds of the rain forests and waterfalls. Rather than walk, you can travel the creek to other attractions by exiting at one of several areas throughout the park or simply kick back and enjoy the tropical atmosphere.

Sandy White Beach - Hammocks, palm trees, water views and close access to food and beverages make this relaxing stretch of sand like a tropical vacation. Sink into the sand and relax away the day, or stop for a break between the attractions at the park.

Quick Service Restaurants
Leaning Palms
American- hamburgers, hot dogs, pizzas, ice cream and frozen yogurt.

Typhoon Tilly’s
Hamburgers, hot dogs, salads, ice cold beverages and adult drinks. Plus, a separate counter-service ice cream window with classic ice cream sundaes, including the massive, everything included garbage pail sundae.

BLIZZARD BEACH

Disney legend has it that a freak winter storm buried the area with snow and Florida’s first ski resort was born. After temperatures returned to normal, Disney’s Blizzard Beach the most exciting, unique water park was formed. The snow turned to slush, bobsleds and toboggan runs became downhill waterslides and chair lifts now carry swimmers to a ski jump that became the tallest, fastest waterslide in the nation.

Single Day Water Park Ticket- Adult: $36.00; Child (3-9): $30.00

Downhill Double Dipper - Grab an inner tube and speed down these two side-by-side, 230-foot-long racing slides at 25 miles per hour and slip into a tunnel before you reach your splashdown. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Slush Gusher - Launch down the slopes of the 90-foot tall Mount Gushmore with two humps that create brisk fun-filled ups and downs as you journey to the bottom of the mountain in the shadow of Summit Plummet. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Summit Plummet - Dare to take the plunge of the world’s tallest and fastest free-fall body slide. At a height of 120 feet, this thrill ride drops you down the slopes of Mount Gushmore at a speed of 55 miles per hour for a 360-foot long trip. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or taller

Toboggan Racers - Hang on to your mat and race down the slopes of these eight side-by-side lanes that toboggan down the mountain until you reach the finish line.e Ones

Tike’s Peak - The youngest Blizzard Beach swimmers can slide and splash in this water play area reserved just for them with body and inner tube slides, interactive fountains, pop jets and a wading pool. Height Requirement: 48″ (122 cm) or shorter

Runoff Rapids - Three different inner tube rides twist and turn on journeys down the banks of Mount Gushmore into a refreshing plunge pool. One flume is completely enclosed in a tunnel, while the other two are open.

Ski Patrol Training Camp - Play area designed especially for pre-teens with inner-tube, curvy and speed slides and an ice-flow walk across floating icebergs.

Snow Stormers - Speed down the slopes in slalom-style racing slides through the curvy path marked by ski-type gates. Choose from one of three different downhill racing courses. Grab your mat, compete with your friends and meet in the pool at the bottom of the course.

Teamboat Springs - One of the world’s longest family raft rides with three to six passenger inner tubes ensures that the family rafts together down a twisting journey from the top of the mountain to the bottom laughing and screaming through twelve hundred feet of white water and rushing waterfalls adventure.

Cross Country Creek - Inner tube on a gentle river that flows around the entire park. Rather than walk, you can travel the creek to other attractions by exiting at one of several areas throughout the park or simply drift around for a relaxing ride. Beware of caves with ice melting waterfalls!

Melt-Away Bay - Whether you want to wade in just to get your feet wet or take an invigorating swim, the bobbing waters and waterfalls fed by the melting snow that runs from Mount Gushmore make this expansive one-acre pool a refreshing retreat.

Chairlift – Wooden chair lift with umbrellas and dangling skis carry you one-way to the top of Mount Gushmore to attractions, Summit Plummet, Slush Gusher, Teamboat Springs, Toboggan Racers and Snow Stormers. Height Requirement: 32″ (80 cm) or taller

Quick Service Restaurants
Avalunch
Grab a light entrée, snack or dessert, located next to the entrance to the Chair Lift.

Lottawatta Lodge
Pizzas, burgers, salads, sandwiches, desserts and ice cold beverages.

Polar Bear Pool Bar
Frozen adult drinks and an assortment of other beverages.

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