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21-AUG-2015 Breezanemom

Umbrellas
by Breezanemom

Blizzard Beach Water Park

There is quite a story behind this picture.
Matt and I took yesterday off and went to one of the Disney water parks called Blizzard Beach.
We had a great time for the first few hours lying in inner tubes on what they call the "lazy river" just floating around.
Then we decided to go on one of the water slides called Runoff Rapids https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/blizzard-beach/runoff-rapids/) ....bad idea (but we didn't know that then)
We got to the top of the slide, sat in our two-person tube and headed downwards at quite a quick pace - if you have ever watched the luge competition in the Olympics, that's what this ride is like, but with water instead of ice.
After about the third turn and we went way up on the side - up high enough that we were dumped off of the inner tube. I crashed into the side of the water slide head first and saw stars. Matt, fortunately, was unhurt. The tube took off to the bottom without us.
We finally made it to the bottom (don't ask how), where we were met by the Lifeguards, who immediately called the Medics about my head injury. I declined any kind of ER trip (nurses are stubborn) and we decided to go back to our chairs and rest. This was the view from my chair.
After about an hour or so, my headache was so severe we left for home. Today my head is somewhat better, but I don't think I'll ever go on a water slide again.

Olympus Stylus TOUGH TG-3
1/200s f/8.0 at 4.5mm iso100 full exif

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Rosemary Woods29-Aug-2015 00:27
I agree with Liz. I bet the whole world looked tilted like this after your incident. Nice shot for the Dutch Angle assignment though.
Liz Bickel24-Aug-2015 18:48
Ouch!!! I bet the whole world look like a Dutch Angle immediately after you took that bump on the head!!! Disney World also seems to have everything; including Caribbean like beaches.
Laura Milholland22-Aug-2015 20:44
Very nicely done shot, Lisa, but wow! what a story. I'm so sorry to hear that happened to you! The angled shot here is so appropriate too - but may be one you won't enjoy viewing yourself so much. :/
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