Slush Gusher
| Slush Gusher | |
|---|---|
| Park | Disney's Blizzard Beach |
| Land / area | Green Slope, Mount Gushmore |
| Type | Body water slide |
| Opened | April 1, 1995 |
| Designer | Walt Disney Imagineering |
| Height req. | 48 in (122 cm) minimum |
| Status | Operating |
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.[1][2]
History
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.[1]
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.[3]
Experience
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.[1][2] 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.[1]
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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Disney's Blizzard Beach. Wikipedia. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Disney's Blizzard Beach Water Park. WDW Info. Retrieved 2026-11-14.
- ↑ Disney World refurbishments and closures, November 2026. Whistle While You Work. Retrieved 2026-11-14.