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Blizzard Beach:
Attractions: 12
Conquered: 8
Closed: 0
Not worth our time: 2
Avg line length: 5 Minutes
Avg ride length: 30 Seconds
Cynicism Factor: 3 out of 10
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Best Ride:
Runoff Rapids |
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Worst Ride:
Cross Country Creek |
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Blizzard Beach Rides and Ratings:
 Runoff Rapids
Toboggan Racers
Snow Stormers
Downhill Dbl. Dipper
 Teamboat Springs
Chairlift
 Melt Away Bay
 Cross Country Creek
Scaredy Cats:
We didn't go on either the Summit Plummet or the Slusher Gusher. They just looked too darn scary. We're not up for a 60mph downhill slide just yet.
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Splitsville
Disney, Day Three:
Hi there! This is Cindy. Carl and I came to Disneyworld with Kevin and Aimee. Actually, you could say they
came with us. Aimee and Kev went off to explore the area today and left us to go to Blizzard Beach, Disney's
water park. This is how our day went...
Carl and I got there at 10:00 when it
opened and stayed until about 1:30. Like all of Disneyworld, the attention to detail was impressive. It has
an alpine theme, complete with floating iceburgs in the pre-teen pool, to snow-white water tubes and a chair
lift up to the "steep and scary" slides. All in all, it's a great place for families. There's a children's
area, the aforementioned pre-teen area, and a variety of family oriented slides. The entire park is encircled
with a moving river which you can float down on water tubes and get off at whatever docks you choose. These
provide access to different slides as well as places to lie back and sunbathe or just relax.
Another Disney
trademark is the attention to safety. There are lifeguards everywhere you look, and on a slow day like the one
we were there, it seemed as if there was one lifeguard to every 5 people!
Carl prefers the long twisty, fast, non-tube slides and there weren't any of those, so he felt a bit
disappointed. There were a lot of other fun ones though, such as the toboggan slides and the tube slides
which you can go down either alone or on a double or triple tube.
The day was a bit overcast, so there weren't too many people and the wait time was under five minutes per
slide if you had to wait at all. That made it a lot more fun. I can't imagine waiting an hour to ride a
1-minute or 30 second slide in the heat and humidity of a Florida summer.
After a quick bite to eat (which can be brought in since coolers are allowed at the park, although straws are
not for reasons we never discovered), we spent some time floating in the wave pool before hitting a few more
of our favourite slides and heading out for the day. Our interest was exhausted, but we both agreed that if
we had children, we could have filled the day there. It's definitely great for families.
Later that evening we joined up with Aim and Kev for a rousing 36-hole game of Mini Golf at Congo River Golf.
To make things interesting, we placed a wager. The loser had to be up early for breakfast duty and also had to
carry the gear for the whole day.
Let's see how we fared...
| Stanley |
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| Hole 1 : Par 2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 2 : Par 2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 3 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 4 : Par 3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
| Hole 5 : Par 3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 6 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 7 : Par 2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| Hole 8 : Par 2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 9 : Par 2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Hole 10 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Hole 11 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 12 : Par 2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Hole 13 : Par 2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
| Hole 14 : Par 3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
| Hole 15 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 16 : Par 3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
| Hole 17 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Hole 18 : Par 2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
| Total: |
49 |
51 |
51 |
52 |
| Uh oh. Things look bad for me at the halfway point... let's move on to the next 18 holes! |
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| Livingstone |
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| Hole 19 : Par 2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 20 : Par 3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Hole 21 : Par 2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 22 : Par 3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
| Hole 23 : Par 3 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
| Hole 24 : Par 3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Hole 25 : Par 2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 26 : Par 2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 27 : Par 3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Hole 28 : Par 2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Hole 29 : Par 3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
| Hole 30 : Par 4 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
5 |
| Hole 31 : Par 3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
| Hole 32 : Par 2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| Hole 33 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Hole 34 : Par 2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Hole 35 : Par 3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
| Hole 36 : Par 2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Total: |
52 |
53 |
45 |
49 |
| Final Score: |
101 |
104 |
96 |
101 |
| Looks like Aimee's making breakfast! Congrats Carl! |
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meanwhile, here's aim & kev's day... |
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 Today's Weather:
Fake Snowy
| Kevin: 5 | Carl: 344 |
| Aimee: 3 | Cindy: 563 |
| Sleeping Quarters |
Kissimee KOA
  
36 rounds of golf will make you bone tired. Tonight we don't even notice the cheese smell. At least I didn't.
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Bkfast:
| Campground
Kissimee KOA
Krispy Kreme |
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| Kevin: | Shreddies with Banana |
| Aimee: | Lucky Charms
Krispy Kreme Coffee |
| Carl: | Just Right with Banana |
| Cindy: | Lucky Charms |
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| Cost: | $1.27 |
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Lunch:
| All Over
Florida |
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| Kevin: | BBQ Beans |
| Aimee: | BBQ Beans |
| Carl: | PBJ Bagel |
| Cindy: | PBJ Bagel |
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| Cost: | $4.00 |
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Dinner:
| Campground
Kissimee KOA |
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| All: | Thai Pork Stir-Fry |
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