Disney's Blizzard Beach
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| Location | Walt Disney World Resort, Bay Lake, Florida, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 28°21′06″N 81°34′31″W / 28.351804°N 81.575415°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | April 1, 1995 |
| Owner | Disney Experiences (The Walt Disney Company) |
| Operated by | Walt Disney World |
| Theme | "Melting" ski resort |
| Operating season | Year-round with annual maintenance closure |
| Website | Official website |
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Disney's Blizzard Beach is a water theme park located at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. All water areas are heated to approximately 80 °F (27 °C), with the exception of the melting snow in the ice cave of Cross Country Creek.
The park opened on April 1, 1995, as the third Walt Disney World water park after River Country and Typhoon Lagoon. In 2016, the park hosted approximately 2,091,000 guests, ranking it the third-most visited water park in the world behind its sister park Typhoon Lagoon.
Blizzard Beach is open year-round with an annual maintenance closure in the winter. When Blizzard Beach is closed, Typhoon Lagoon remains open.
The park's winter theming was conceived by designer-Imagineer Marshall Monroe, a Creative Executive and Principal Technical Staff at the Walt Disney Company. Innovative elements of the park include a beach chair-themed chair lift, complete with beach umbrellas, and pretend snow skis. The setting and atmosphere of the park blend together tropical landscaping with simulated melting snow. The central mountain is unique as a large structure in the high water table Floridian woodland. The architecture brings together an aesthetic of alpine lodges with Caribbean colors and accents.
The water park, along with all the other Walt Disney World parks, closed in March 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon remained closed while the four other Walt Disney World theme parks reopened from July 11–15, 2020. Disney's Blizzard Beach reopened at Walt Disney World Resort on March 7, 2021, after being closed for nearly a year.
On April 1, 2025, it was announced that both water parks would be open together for the summer season for the first time since 2019. Blizzard Beach closed for brief refurbishment on May 1, before reopening on May 21 to join Typhoon Lagoon for the summer season.