TOPGUN1993 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Why were there two tracks to go down the hill on The log flume ??? http://www.pkicentral.com/parkinfo/history...?album=2&pos=17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Bowser Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 It was sorta like a LogFlume but more intense and longer..I miss Kenton Keelboat goodtimes goodtimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braves0511 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 are you sure about that, I think he's talking about over on the left. plus the track is slanted downward towards where it is split. I don't remember these too well, so i may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvesterofyoursorrow Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 There are two tracks so the boats could shift over to one drop, hold while waiting for the boat that just dropped from the other shute and then drop. This was almost never used if I remember correctly. Thats why they have a ride op at the top of the drop like Thornberries. They make sure that a boat dosnt drop right ontop of another. If you look at the picture you see that the loading platform is just about identical to WWC's. So when somebody gets off a boat, another gets on. If they do this quick enough it can jam things up. Notice the two boats on the lift? I'm pretty sure that if you had about 4 boats on the lift at once then you would need to use the separate drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Right, if they were running the ride at full capacity, they would need to use both drops to allow for safe clearance between the boats at the drop. Naturally, the boats will travel faster at the drop, so it was a safety feature. They almost rarely used both drops the last couple of years, because they weren`t using all of the boats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkiboy Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I did not get to ride Keton Kove. Was it a good water ride? Did you get wet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvesterofyoursorrow Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I rode it 2 times I belive. It was a good ride. You got as wet as you do on Thornberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flightoffear1996 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I only rode it a few times but I'm really not sure if you got really wet or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkiboy Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 How tall was it. It looks like a fun ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 No, you didn`t get as wet on KCKC as you do on Thornberrys. Especially with the added effects of the coconuts and that darn elephant. BTW, it is Kenton`s Cove, not Keton`s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 The ride was just as stated before -- more or less Wild Thormberrie's without the extra squirting effects. The ride was fun, but the most distinct thing I remember was how they had the turntable-style loading platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Yes, that made for some fast loading. The last couple of seasons, the ride was really starting to show its age. I wasn`t surprised to see it removed. I knew that they would either be having to renovate it or remove it soon. Its always sad to see rides go, but we got quite a unique installation with TR:TR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIbabe89 Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 I loved that log flume!!! I forgot about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikewhy Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I miss Kenton's Cove. I loved how high in the air you were during the ride. It was always a peaceful diversion, until the drop anyway! I rode it many times back in the 80's, and I never got really wet on it. I do remember that the Wild Thornberrie's flume, long before the Wild Thornberrie's remake, seemed to get you a lot wetter on at the bottom of the hill than it does now. I really do remember that the splash alone could get you quite wet alone. It seems much tamer now, and the actual drop really does not get you that wet. (It is the darn elephant that soaks you now!) But I do vividly remember that drop on the pre-Thornberries flume was wetter in the past. I do not know if they made the splash a little tamer when they did the Thornberries remake, or if it is a function of age (I remember the wetter drops from the mid-80's!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nemo Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I only remember riding it twice. I remember how shaky it was going up the lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLorean Rider Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I road it several hundred times at least. KCKC was one of my favorite rides and no you did not get very wet because at the bottom of the hill was what is called the hydrolaunch, a small hump in the track. This way the boats would not splash into the water. You would get may some drops but nothing major. They hadnt used both sides in many many years. My brother and I used to ride it time after time because you wouldnt get wet. The exit was right where tomb raiders is, right next to RPW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejoker8388 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 ^Yea, the ride was called the Arrow Hydroplane flume or something like that. It was different from the average flume with the features already mentioned of the revolving loading station, two drop chutes and the ramp that caused the "hydroplane" giving the ride its name, so you didn't get as wet as a normal flume and you traveled further, faster from the momentum of the drop since all wasn't lost as soon as you hit the water. Cedar Point is getting rid of their version this year as well, so it appears that this style of flume, which I enjoyed more is beginning to disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 ^I remember when you had all that speed and you hit that hydroplane ramp it was a pretty rough bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOF/Z 4-ever Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I really enjoyed the ride of it. You were in the tree tops and just a nice peaceful ride, or at least that is what I thought when I 1st rode it............until I saw a huge drop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Great Ride that really should have lasted for ever. Very sad to have seen it removed. Maybe they can remove SOB and put in a flume that is similar to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted October 24, 2005 Author Share Posted October 24, 2005 Do parks make Flumes anymore ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 ^the construction of Flumes was outlawed in most modern day countries after the Thunder Splash accident at Disneyland Moscow two years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOF/Z 4-ever Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 ^the construction of Flumes was outlawed in most modern day countries after the Thunder Splash accident at Disneyland Moscow two years ago. what happen there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 what happen there? Nothing as Disneyland Moscow is not yet opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reclaimer Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 This is kind of off-topic, but I noticed on CP's White Water Landing page, they list the manufacturer as Arrow Huss, Inc. (currently Arrow Dynamics, Inc., Clearfield, Utah). Arrow and Huss used to be part of the same company back in '82??? I never knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vortex Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Yes Cedar Point will be taken their Arrow Hydroplane flume out after this season. So does Kings Island have the only flume in the area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLorean Rider Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Yes Cedar Point will be taken their Arrow Hydroplane flume out after this season. So does Kings Island have the only flume in the area? Nope, Americana still has what I would consider the most AMAZING log flume in the entire world. That and splash mountain. Holiday world also has a log flume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted October 24, 2005 Author Share Posted October 24, 2005 I love Americana's LOG FLUME best over all!!!!! You get so wet so wet !!!! You have brought back good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Rider Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 Yes Cedar Point will be taken their Arrow Hydroplane flume out after this season. So does Kings Island have the only flume in the area? Nope, Americana still has what I would consider the most AMAZING log flume in the entire world. That and splash mountain. Holiday world also has a log flume. Frightful Falls at Holiday World is probably one of the only Log Flumes I have been on that only the Lift and Chute aren't natural looking, should I show in pictures? "Artificial" Alton Towers Notice that this is somewhat how Wild Thornberrys looks like, it is a prefabricated trough placed with supports, Frightful Falls is not like this, rather it has a concrete trough all throughout the underground tunnel and all the way to the lift. the lift and chute are the only portions that were "Pre-Fab" This ride could actually be infinitely many reconfigured... since it is only concrete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nemo Posted October 25, 2005 Share Posted October 25, 2005 That pic is bigger than my Computer screen, you might want to shrink it just a bit. ::Throws a Picture editor at Legend Rider:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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