Blizzard Beach (location)

“Snow Where Else Like It!”

―Slogan

Blizzard Beach
Attractions	Disney's Blizzard Beach
Type	Ski resort Beach resort
Location	Florida
Inhabitants	Ice Gator Ice Gator's nieces Button Button's parents
Visitors	Elves Olaf Santa Claus Snowgies

Blizzard Beach is setting for the waterpark of the same name at Walt Disney World.

Description

Blizzard Beach is a ski-resort turned beach resort and water-park located in Florida, on the Western end of Walt Disney World. Due to a freak tropical snowstorm, the area has large quantities of ice and snow which are melted by the Florida sun. Additional snow would be provided via large machines from, "Sunshine State Snow Making" and a storm machine from, "Joe Blow Snow Company".

Features

• Cross Country Creek:
  • Bunny Landing:
  • Flamingo Landing:
  • Grotto: This is a rocky grotto along the creek decorated with cave paintings of unknown origin.
  • Ice Gator's Home: Along the creek is the small cottage home of Blizzard Beach's mascot, the Ice Gator.
  • Ice Gator Landing:
  • Manatee Landing:
  • Penguin Landing:
  • Polar Bear Landing:
  • Reindeer Landing:
  • Waterfall:
• Lottawatta Lodge:
• Meltaway Bay:
• Mount Gushmore: Blizzard Beach's central feature is Mount Gushmore, a 90-foot (27.43 meter) tall mountain on the Northern portion of the park. A chairlift travels to the top of the mountain where there is a skiing structure.
• Runoff Rapids:
• Ski Patrol Training Camp:
• Teamboat Springs:
• Tike's Peak:
• The Warming Hut:
• Winter Summerland: Winter Summerland is an area used as the tropical retreat for Santa Claus and his elves.
  • Santa's summerhouse:

Village

The village is located on the South-East portion of Blizzard Beach, near its entrance.

• The Beach Haus:
• The Cooling Hut:
• Frostbite Freddie's:
• North Pearl:
• Sonny Sled's:
• Snowless Joe's:

History

Background

Origins

The area which became Blizzard Beach was hit by a freak Floridian snowstorm which covered it in snow and ice. Afterwords, Florida's first ski resort was constructed on the land, only for the Florida sun to start melting the snow and ice. Executives then saw an alligator called, "Ice Gator" slide down the ski slope like a waterslide and crash into the roof of the Beach Haus. This, gave executives the idea to turn Blizzard Beach into a water-park with Ice Gator as their mascot.

Later history

At some point, Blizzard Beach became the summer-house for Santa Claus and his elves. The area has also had connections and presences of characters from the kingdom Arendelle, notably with Elsa's snow creations Olaf and the Snowgies appearing.

Trivia

• In the grotto of Cross Country Creek has a cave painting which depicts the Yeti chasing humans away from the Himalayas from Expedition Everest.
• In Winter Summerland is a note mentioning Typhoon Lagoon's Shark Reef.

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