Mount Gushmore
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Mount Gushmore is an artificial hill in Disney's Blizzard Beach
Waterpark. The mountain formerly included a rock climbing
wall attraction; this has, however, been non-operational for a number of years, due to safety and staffing considerations. A chairlift transports guests to the top of Mount Gushmore, where the entrances to many of the slides and flumes are. With a total elevation of 90 feet, this artificial mountain
is the fifth highest point in Florida
.
Mount Gushmore hosts the majority of the major attractions at the park, and is split into three coloured slopes to aid guests navigating around the park: Green, Red and Purple.
Mount Gushmore houses a few of the parks highest slides, and is itself 90 feet high. The parks highest slide, Summit Plummet is the highest "free sliding" body slide in the US.
The "Mountain" also serves an important logistical function: concealing the park's pipework.
Disney's Blizzard Beach
Blizzard Beach is a water park located at the Walt Disney World Resort.The park opened on April 1, 1995 and was the third Walt Disney World water park. The theme of the park is the "Disney legend" of a freak snowstorm in the area, leading to the construction of Florida's first ski resort...
Waterpark. The mountain formerly included a rock climbing
Rock climbing
Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling...
wall attraction; this has, however, been non-operational for a number of years, due to safety and staffing considerations. A chairlift transports guests to the top of Mount Gushmore, where the entrances to many of the slides and flumes are. With a total elevation of 90 feet, this artificial mountain
Mountain
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is the fifth highest point in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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Mount Gushmore hosts the majority of the major attractions at the park, and is split into three coloured slopes to aid guests navigating around the park: Green, Red and Purple.
Mount Gushmore houses a few of the parks highest slides, and is itself 90 feet high. The parks highest slide, Summit Plummet is the highest "free sliding" body slide in the US.
The "Mountain" also serves an important logistical function: concealing the park's pipework.