Blizzard Beach to host World's Largest Swimming Lesson

Leah Zanolla | Posted: Jun 12, 2012 | Updated: Oct 19, 2014 - 9:25:27 AM

Disney's Blizzard Beach will be holding the World's Largest Swimming Lesson on Thursday, June 14. This international event will be held at 900 facilities across the world, with an estimated 30,000 participants involved. An attempt will be made to break last year's Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson ever conducted. Blizzard Beach's event is presented by a group of the nation's leading water safety and training organizations as a way to educate the public about water safety.

Registration will begin at 9 am; the event begins at 11 am. Regular water park admission is required. The park is still operating as normal, but the wave pool will be closed to everyone but registered swimming lesson participants from 10:35-11:45 am. If the Guinness World Record organization declares that a record was set, all registered participants will be official Guinness World Record holders.

Children can participate, but must be eight years or older to swim alone. Children under eight can swim with an adult; families are encouraged to participate together.

This event was held at Typhoon Lagoon last year.