Crush 'n' Gusher, Water coaster at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, Orlando, Florida, US
Crush 'n' Gusher is a water coaster at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon in Orlando, Florida, with three slides: Banana Blaster, Coconut Crusher and Pineapple Plunger. Each runs 410 to 420 feet (about 130 m) from a dilapidated fruit-processing structure through uphill and downhill tunnels and curves, ending in the Hideaway Bay pool. Riders sit in inflatable rafts decorated with tropical fruit, and the tubes carry three people inline.
The attraction opened in March 2005 as the first water coaster ever built at a Disney water park. The propulsion system that pushes rafts uphill was a new approach in the theme park industry at the time.
The ride is sponsored by Chiquita, and the rafts are decorated with tropical fruit. Signs beside the queue give facts about bananas and pineapples, tying the slides to the abandoned fruit-processing plant story. The three slides are named Banana Blaster, Coconut Crusher and Pineapple Plunger.
Rafts are three-person inline tubes, not one- or two-person craft. The three slides measure 410 to 420 feet (about 130 m) and all end at the Hideaway Bay pool. The water jets move 1,360 US gallons a minute, enough to fill an ordinary home pool in about a minute.
Crush 'n' Gusher was the first water coaster built for a Disney water park, and it is one of the only waterslides in North America with three-person inline tubes. Its jets move 1,360 US gallons a minute, enough to fill an ordinary home pool in about a minute.
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