Crush 'n' Gusher

Crush 'n' Gusher is a water coaster at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon in Florida with three separate slides named Banana Blaster, Coconut Crusher, and Pineapple Plunger. Each slide offers a different experience, with sections that go downhill and uphill using water propulsion technology.

The attraction opened in March 2005 as the first water coaster ever built at a Disney water park. It introduced advanced propulsion technology that allows rafts to travel uphill as well as downhill on a water slide.

The slides use the theme of a former tropical fruit processing plant, with decorative elements and signs showing information about bananas and pineapples throughout the area. Visitors walk past old factory-style structures and imagery that tell a story about fruit production.

Riders must be at least 48 inches (122 cm) tall to use this attraction, and each raft holds one or two people loaded via a conveyor belt system. Arriving early in the day helps you avoid the longest wait times.

The system uses water jets that push rafts uphill against gravity, creating an unexpected sensation during the ride that most water slides do not offer. This backward movement is what makes this slide fundamentally different from typical slides where you only go downhill.