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| name = Slush Gusher<br />
| park = [[Disney's Blizzard Beach]]<br />
| land = Green Slope, Mount Gushmore<br />
| type = Body water slide<br />
| opened = April 1, 1995<br />
| status = Operating<br />
| designer = Walt Disney Imagineering<br />
| height = 48 in (122 cm) minimum<br />
}}<br />
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'''Slush Gusher''' is a body water slide on the Green Slope of Mount Gushmore at [[Disney's Blizzard Beach]], the water park at [[Walt Disney World]] in Bay Lake, Florida. Starting 90 feet (27 m) up the mountain, beside the park's flagship [[Summit Plummet]], it carries riders down a 250-foot (76 m) snow-banked gully at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour (56 km/h). It opened with the park on April 1, 1995.<ref name="wikipedia">{{cite web |title=Disney's Blizzard Beach |website=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Blizzard_Beach |access-date=2026-11-14}}</ref><ref name="wdwinfo">{{cite web |title=Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park |website=WDW Info |url=https://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-theme-parks/blizzard-beach-water-park/ |access-date=2026-11-14}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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Blizzard Beach was built around a backstory in which a freak Florida snowstorm produced a ski resort that promptly began to melt, and its Green Slope slides were designed as the mountain's ski runs converted to water. Slush Gusher was part of the park's opening-day line-up on April 1, 1995, one of three slides at the summit of Mount Gushmore alongside Summit Plummet and the family raft ride Teamboat Springs.<ref name="wikipedia" /><br />
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The slide takes Disney's published refurbishment closures along with the rest of the park, and it also closes on its own schedule at times: Disney's calendar, as of November 14, 2026, showed Slush Gusher closing on November 16, 2026, and reopening on January 1, 2027.<ref>{{cite web |title=Disney World refurbishments and closures, November 2026 |website=Whistle While You Work |url=https://whistlewhileyouwork.com/planning/whats-closed/ |access-date=2026-11-14}}</ref><br />
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== Experience ==<br />
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Riders climb to the Green Slope launch area — on foot or by the park's chairlift — and descend lying on their backs, without a raft or mat. Where Summit Plummet, a few steps away, is a single near-vertical drop, Slush Gusher's course is a gully with a double-dip profile: in two places the slope levels off into a hump, or mogul, before dropping away again.<ref name="wikipedia" /><ref name="wdwinfo" /> Riders pick up speed down each drop, and the second hump is steep enough that riders briefly leave the surface of the slide — a moment of airtime that is rare on a body slide and is the attraction's signature sensation.<ref name="wikipedia" /><br />
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The snow-banked sides of the gully keep the melting-ski-run theme, and the run-out pool sits at the foot of the mountain beside Summit Plummet's. Riders must be at least 48 inches (122 cm) tall, the same minimum as Summit Plummet.<ref name="wdwinfo" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Disney's Blizzard Beach]]<br />
* [[Disney's Typhoon Lagoon]]<br />
* [[Walt Disney World]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Attractions]]<br />
[[Category:Walt Disney World]]<br />
[[Category:Water slides]]<br />
[[Category:1995 establishments in Florida]]</div>Admin