Gator Aid

Sorry for the lack of updates on the blog. I have been really concentrating on my blog for the WDWFanZone. I really wanted the post to be good as there are so many great writers on the blog and I owe Lisa and Stuart alot for asking me to write for their team. Anyway its up there now so go check out http://www.wdwfanzone.com/ for my post on Mickey's ToonTown Fair.

Today I want to share a story with you. The story shows how the imagineers can make a story for anything. Blizzard Beach is a great park, to have snow in Florida is a crazy thing but it also has to be explained why there is snow.

Lets take a look at how the legend of Blizzard Beach began.

As legend has it, Blizzard Beach was created by a freak winter storm which dropped snow over the western side of Walt Disney World property and Florida's first snow-ski resort was planned immediately.


However, the plan was short-lived. Temperatures soared and the ice and snow rapidly began to melt. Dismayed ski-resort operators, ready to close, spotted a playful alligator sliding down the "liquid ice" slopes and realized the melting snow created the tallest, fastest and most exhilarating water-filled ski and toboggan runs in the world. As a result, the ski resort/water adventure park was born.

It was a natural. Former ski slalom courses and bobsled and sledding runs became downhill water slides. The chair lift could still carry swimmers to the top of the slides. The ski jump became the nation's tallest and fastest water slide. The melting snow revealed welcoming beaches, a pre-teen play area and many other activities.

The Gator is now the mascot for the park. This is cool as this park is the only one with a different character running the show than Mickey Mouse. The park is a great place and is polar opposite (no pun intended) to Typhoon Lagoon. Where else in Florida can you take a ski lift up to the slopes?