Typhoon Lagoon question

[CJK]

Does anyone know when the new thrill slide in Typhoon Lagoon is supposed to be finished? I can't seem to find that info anywhere. Thank you!!

 

[LibertyBelle]

All info just says Spring 2005 (no specific date yet)

 

[pixiedust23]

Any descriptions available on the new slide?

 

[CJK]

Thank you! I guess it will be open during our end of summer magical gathering trip! Yippee!

I received this in an email from a Disney info website. Forgive me for not remembering which website. I copied and pasted it into my file. Looks like a great ride!

Thanks again!

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Flash flooding will take on a whole new meaning for Walt Disney World guests in 2005 as they experience Crush 'N' Gusher, a new white-knuckle "water coaster" thrill ride like never before at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon.

Crush 'N' Gusher will utilize "some of the latest water ride innovations in the industry today," said Patrick Brennan of Walt Disney Imagineering and lead creative designer of the new attraction. "When completed, Crush 'N' Gusher at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park will be the only water coaster thrill ride of its kind in Central Florida."

While riding Crush 'N' Gusher, guests will be whisked along a series of flumes and spillways that weave through what appears to be a rusted-out tropical fruit facility. It's another chapter of the Typhoon Lagoon legend.

As guests slip and slide through torrents of gushing water, gravity defying conditions caused by the recent typhoons create crushing bursts that propel guests up and down through cavernous twists and turns, weaving in and out of treacherous wreckage and debris that once transported tropical fruit through the plant's wash facilities.

Walt Disney World guests will have three different fruit spillways to choose from, each ranging between 410 to 420 feet in length with varying degrees of slopes and turns -- Banana Blaster, Coconut Crusher and Pineapple Plunger.

 

[pixiedust23]

WOW! That sounds awesome!

 

[shelbyjosh]

When I spoke with a CM thru DVC, she told me that TL is to re-open on March 14th and that the new ride will also be open. Too bad.....we leave WDW on the 11th!!