explain this mystery

[rotag]

i was at the park today, me, gigga, justin m-17, & pkiruler are on db. me & gigga get back seat{i on the left, gigga on the right}. i slightly lean out to get db splash. my right arm, back, neck, & back of head get wet. my left arm is completly dry. it is still baffleling me.

[Fear the Four]

Did you put your left arm to far out?

[rotag]

i think i did, but still the thing is baffling me beyong belief.

[mtl2013]

well of course, the splash only goes so far out. So, you probably did just lean too far out.

[KIfan1980]

I don't think it is possible to lean out so far as to get your left arm beyond the spray. You'd have to be as tall as Tom(Random #'s), have a double jointed back, and not be properly restrained.

What can actually happen is if you lean over too far (i.e. your body/head is in a horizontal position parallel to the ground) and you also bend back toward the spray - your leading arm (in this case your left) gets too low and too far forward to get hit with the water, but your trailing arm gets soaked.

[violakat03]

I don't think it is possible to lean out so far as to get your left arm beyond the spray. You'd have to be as tall as Tom(Random #'s), have a double jointed back, and not be properly restrained.

What can actually happen is if you lean over too far (i.e. your body/head is in a horizontal position parallel to the ground) and you also bend back toward the spray - your leading arm (in this case your left) gets too low and too far forward to get hit with the water, but your trailing arm gets soaked.

I think you've got it exactly. I've had this phenomenon happen before too when I tried to get my entire upper body wet. I was also sitting in the left seat of row 16 and my left arm did not get wet, though my right arm, back and head did.I believe I had my left arm too far down and in front of the scoops.

[DropZone99]

I used to always put my Arm and head out and get soaked while in row 16. Until RWCW ERT when it was probably 50º and I was freezing, than I stopped and haven't tried since.

[Coaster Kid]

I stick my hand all the way into the spash.

[Fear the Four]

It's funny to sit in row sixteen and get your arms soaking wet then get the lap bar all wet and when people sit down there like what the?

[Coaster Kid]

One time when I was waiting for row 16 there was on seat wet on the seat and lap bar they were all wet. And the other one was dry I tricked my freind who hates getting wet in the wet seat.

[violakat03]

I think it's hilarious when I've gotten myself thoroughly soaked and then come back into the station to see the people next in line with a horrified look on their face, usually quickly followed with a complaint about not wanting to get wet.

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[KI Kevin]

I used to get wet on this ride until the water started looking disgusting. Have they cleaned it out yet?

[Fear the Four]

I used to get wet on this ride until the water started looking disgusting. Have they cleaned it out yet?

Nope it hasn't been touched it since opening day.

[Ki Man]

^There are filters. You think KI would let some nasty dirty water hit people while they ride? Naw.

The water shoots up and out. It could have hit you plainly; it could have hit off your hand and on you; off Giga's hand; it's no Mythbusters.

I've gotten water up my nose one time. No lie. Brown train, left side, row 16 is where the best place to get wet is.

[The Interpreter]

Thank heavens they haven't installed an elephant on it.

Yet.

[KIfan1980]

Thank heavens they haven't installed an elephant on it.

Yet.

I hate that elephant - used to ride the flume a lot more before it was added. My kid works as a pretty good shield sometimes though.

[The Interpreter]

Heaven help us if Mr. Kinzel & Co. figure out said elephant would generate mucho business for the family drier, at 100 nickels a pop.

[Justin_M17]

Heaven help us if Mr. Kinzel & Co. figure out said elephant would generate mucho business for the family drier, at 100 nickels a pop.

The family drier doesn't really work that well to tell you the truth. Even it was at a decent price i'd much rather walk around for a couple hours and let the sun do it's job.

[CedarPointer]

I rode WTRA once. Didn't get wet in the least. How bizzare...

[Colonel_SoB_fan]

Thank heavens they haven't installed an elephant on it.

Yet.

I hate that elephant - used to ride the flume a lot more before it was added. My kid works as a pretty good shield sometimes though.

It a water ride your suppose to get wet

[The Interpreter]

Arrow didn't think so...at least not that wet...

[KIfan1980]

Thank heavens they haven't installed an elephant on it.

Yet.

I hate that elephant - used to ride the flume a lot more before it was added. My kid works as a pretty good shield sometimes though.

It a water ride your suppose to get wet

Really - I rode it for many many years without getting wet. A little splash - maybe, but not wet.

[Fear the Four]

Thank heavens they haven't installed an elephant on it.

Yet.

I hate that elephant - used to ride the flume a lot more before it was added. My kid works as a pretty good shield sometimes though.

It a water ride your suppose to get wet

HAHA I got a funny story. This lady I was riding with on White water canyon thought she wasn't going to get wet the whole time I was standing in line she was telling her kids we wont get wet at all. They got soaked we got hit with like all the cannons lol and I think her camera got wet too.

[XGatorHead 8904]

The elephant has been much better this year than in years past. This year it's spray is like a light drizzle, whereas every other year since it was put in you got soaked.