{"id":1189,"date":"2011-02-15T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_guest\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2022-05-05T01:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T05:08:25","slug":"my-day-as-ski-captain-at-blizzard-beach-by-brandon-age-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/my-day-as-ski-captain-at-blizzard-beach-by-brandon-age-12\/","title":{"rendered":"My Day as Ski Captain at Blizzard Beach (by Brandon, age 12)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Blizzard Beach, one of Disney\u2019s water parks, is incredibly fun. \u00a0Though I have never been to Typhoon Lagoon, I highly recommend Blizzard Beach as your choice of water parks.\u00a0 In 2009, my family went there to do something special that we had not done before.<\/p>\n<p>We arrived about twenty minutes before the park opened.\u00a0 We quickly bought our tickets.\u00a0 On our way to the line, a Disney cast member stopped us and asked me if I wanted to be Ski Captain.\u00a0 I unhesitatingly said yes.\u00a0 I was very excited about having this position.<\/p>\n<p>As Ski Captain, there were many great benefits.\u00a0 \u00a0My family got free towel rentals and a free locker rental which was good for holding the camera and video camera.\u00a0 We also received two free Blizzard Beach refillable drink mugs which are approximately 1 \u00bd times the size of the resort drink mugs although they could only be\u00a0refilled at Blizzard Beach.\u00a0 Another gift was four Disney buttons, which were purple and had the words \u201cHONORARY CITIZEN of Walt Disney World Resort Where Dreams Come True\u201d on\u00a0them and a picture of a key with Mickey ears going through a Disney D.\u00a0 Since there were only four buttons for our family of five, Dad and Mom shared one.<\/p>\n<p>For myself, I received a Blizzard Beach medal, which had the park\u2019s alligator mascot and the words \u201cDisney\u2019s Blizzard Beach\u201d on it, and I wore it whenever I was not on a wet ride or water slide. \u00a0I still wear it around the house every once in a while. \u00a0(I am even wearing it now!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/photo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/photo1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<dl>\n<dd>My Blizzard Beach Medal<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>One more perk was my family was let into the park early and I was allowed to test Summit Plummet, a 120 foot high water slide with almost a 90 degree angle.\u00a0 We rode the ski lift to the top of the mountain and the peak of Summit Plummet.\u00a0 On the way up, I found a Hidden Mickey.\u00a0 About three-fourths of the way up, there are three smooth stones, one large and two small, in the shape of a Mickey ears.<\/p>\n<p>Once we were at the top, I sat in the cold water for about five minutes, eager to go down.\u00a0 At the entrance of the water park, the cast members told the rest of the guests that I was going to test Summit Plummet, opening the park.\u00a0 I was part of the opening show.\u00a0 I started down the slide.\u00a0 At about the quarter mark, there was a tunnel where I was sprayed with water at the entrance.\u00a0 When I exited the tunnel, I still had over half the slide left.\u00a0 The plummet leveled out, and I slid down a long surface to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>This whole attraction only lasted around three to five seconds.\u00a0 When I checked my speed I saw I had gone a huge fifty-five miles per hour.\u00a0 It was awesome!\u00a0 I waited at the bottom as the rest of my family zoomed down the humongous water slide.\u00a0 Testing Summit Plummet was spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived home after our fun vacation to Disney World, I took my button and put it on my corkboard.\u00a0 I also put a tack on the board for my medal, but wore it around the house the rest if the day before I put it on there.\u00a0 That trip to Blizzard Beach will probably be the best trip to a water park I will ever have.\u00a0 I am so glad I was chosen to be Ski Captain.<\/p>\n<h4>Incoming search terms:<\/h4><ul><li>https:\/\/www themouseforless com\/blog_world\/my-day-as-ski-captain-at-blizzard-beach-by-brandon-age-12\/<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard Beach, one of Disney\u2019s water parks, is incredibly fun. \u00a0Though I have never been to Typhoon Lagoon, I highly recommend Blizzard Beach as your choice of water parks.\u00a0 In 2009, my family went there to do something special that we had not done before. 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