raptor Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I used to love water rides back in the day where it wasn't a requirement to get drenched. On the log flume you might get a little wet but now everything has to get you soaking wet and I really don't want to walk around for the next hour with drenched clothes. They go out of there way now to make sure you get wet, I must be in the minority because that's the way things keep going but I say bring back the log flume, bring back gulliver's travel, bring back the enchanted voyage, I use to love those old water rides. Does anyone agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Yes. Just one of many reasons I love Monster Plantation at Six Flags Over Georgia so much. If I wanted to get soaked, I'd go to Soak City... (A wonderful name if ever there was one...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 Yes. Just one of many reasons I love Monster Plantation at Six Flags Over Georgia so much. If I wanted to get soaked, I'd go to Soak City... (A wonderful name if ever there was one...) exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOPGUN1993 Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 White Water Landing and the Log Flume at Americana were my favorite log flumes but now there both closed/Gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 I, too, loved the flume at Americana. But, boy oh boy did you get soaked on that one! It had rapids better than many rapids rides! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Butcher Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Ah, the GREAT Raging Thunder! I too loved it, at least there is a very very slim chance that she will be brought back to life in the next couple years. As long as the wood still stands....there is a chance. It was my first ever flume ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'd love to see a hybrid water ride on Coney Mall somewhere around the Euro-bungee. A water coaster with a themed building with characters inside and a drop like Rip Saw Falls at IOA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleHenry Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 The river adventure doesn't get you drenched... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I used to love water rides back in the day where it wasn't a requirement to get drenched. On the log flume you might get a little wet but now everything has to get you soaking wet and I really don't want to walk around for the next hour with drenched clothes. They go out of there way now to make sure you get wet, I must be in the minority because that's the way things keep going but I say bring back the log flume, bring back gulliver's travel, bring back the enchanted voyage, I use to love those old water rides. Does anyone agree? Funny that you say that. When Arrow was developing the first log flumes Karl Bacon, Ed Morgan as well as the designer Bud Hurlbut wanted to build a ride that would get you drenched but Six Flags Over Texas wanted them to design the ride so that you wouldn't get wet at all. After several tweaks and several guest surveys they asserted that most people wanted a ride that would get you "a little wet." Looking at rides like Congo and WWC, I'm guessing that assertion has changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I used to love water rides back in the day where it wasn't a requirement to get drenched. On the log flume you might get a little wet but now everything has to get you soaking wet and I really don't want to walk around for the next hour with drenched clothes. They go out of there way now to make sure you get wet, I must be in the minority because that's the way things keep going but I say bring back the log flume, bring back gulliver's travel, bring back the enchanted voyage, I use to love those old water rides. Does anyone agree? yes 100%! i cant stand how on white water canyon you get DRENCHED! i mean come on, ive usualy got a phone, car keys, and other electronics with me, i dont need to get soaked! just cool me off a little would ya? i miss the old flume before it turned into the wild thornberrys. it was just a nice relaxing water ride, and now its got a kiddy theme and that = long lines all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIDelirium Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I used to love water rides back in the day where it wasn't a requirement to get drenched. On the log flume you might get a little wet but now everything has to get you soaking wet and I really don't want to walk around for the next hour with drenched clothes. They go out of there way now to make sure you get wet, I must be in the minority because that's the way things keep going but I say bring back the log flume, bring back gulliver's travel, bring back the enchanted voyage, I use to love those old water rides. Does anyone agree? Funny that you say that. When Arrow was developing the first log flumes Karl Bacon, Ed Morgan as well as the designer Bud Hurlbut wanted to build a ride that would get you drenched but Six Flags Over Texas wanted them to design the ride so that you wouldn't get wet at all. After several tweaks and several guest surveys they asserted that most people wanted a ride that would get you "a little wet." Looking at rides like Congo and WWC, I'm guessing that assertion has changed. I've never gotten more than slightly damp on Congo. Then again, I always wuss out. I always sit in the front row and duck during the splash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomTheater Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 The river adventure doesn't get you drenched... When the elephant is turned off, that thing soaks ya when you think youve come out dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Yes. Just one of many reasons I love Monster Plantation at Six Flags Over Georgia so much. If I wanted to get soaked, I'd go to Soak City... (A wonderful name if ever there was one...) Besides, Monster Plantation is about the closest thing that I can think of to the old Enchanted Voyage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplehaze Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 How I long for the Enchanted Voyage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 How I long for the Enchanted Voyage. Don't ya mean the days when theming worked? <G> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplehaze Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Yes however I just woke up and my brain wasnt functioning well yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureExpresser Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 When it comes to Log Flumes, the Shenandoah Log Flume at Kings Dominion is a very good ride and wouldn't get you that soaked if they hadn't installed those water guns at the end of the ride to let other guests soak you down. If you don't want to get wet, just ride White Water Canyon at Kings Dominion. I rode it 3 times last season and barely got any water on me any of those times, you used to get soaked at the end with the waterfalls in the building but they haven't worked for like the past 2 seasons. My favorite water log ride is now gone and it was a good one in my opinion and that was the Log Flume at the Myrtle Beach Pavilion. You didn't get soaked, it had a very long tunnel, 2 lift hills, and even fog effects. Was a great ride. Of course I loved the old Kings Mills Log Flume, my sister and I rode it many many times when we were youngsters, she always said she felt like Marcia Brady when we came over the final hill, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKIVortex Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I rode River Adventure last Saturday and got soaked, it just depends on how many people you have in the boat, and how much weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 AdventureExpressor, the old Kings Mills Log Flume is now the Wild Thornberrys River Adventure. The park simply renovated the ride for the 2001 season and added some thematic elements (including a pesky elephant). Most of the trough, except for the station, lift hills and final drop was completely removed and replaced with stainless steel by O.D. Hopkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastermike Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I've got a great idea for a log flume ride called the Keelboat Canal. They could get rid of TRTR and build it there. Mike B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 How I long for the Enchanted Voyage. so do I, the original one that is before the smurfs took over, but even the smurfs look good now! ("I'll get you smurfs") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 I've got a great idea for a log flume ride called the Keelboat Canal. They could get rid of TRTR and build it there. Mike B. What a great idea. They could actually build it in the tree tops and it could be a nice and relaxing ride with a big splash down at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 And maybe this time around, someone will ride it? (There IS a reason it was removed, after all...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Bombay Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ^You know darn well Interpreter that people would ride it if they brought back the cart supervisor team from the 80's to market it and run it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Butcher Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 Grizzly River Rampage at Good 'ole Opryland USA was one of my favorite water rides! And by now, we all know how much I love Splash Mountain, great theme, and I have never got toowet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WooferBearATL Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 ^You know darn well Interpreter that people would ride it if they brought back the cart supervisor team from the 80's to market it and run it! If you're talking about me I think that I'm well out of their pay range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Raging Thunder at Americana/lesourdsville Lake was the best it had rapids, you splashed in a tunnel water fall ,and a great drop, It was rated way high on a ranking out of the usa one year that is a great past ride: best current water ride hands down the Log flume at Knotts just rode it about a 2 months ago themed, its in a mountain great Ride, great drop too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 Well, if we are going there, I must say I much prefer Dudley Doright's ride at Islands of Adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TombraiderTy Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 AdventureExpressor, the old Kings Mills Log Flume is now the Wild Thornberrys River Adventure. The park simply renovated the ride for the 2001 season and added some thematic elements (including a pesky elephant). Most of the trough, except for the station, lift hills and final drop was completely removed and replaced with stainless steel by O.D. Hopkins. AdventureExpressor? And where are you getting this information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 No, no, no. I was replying to a post by AdventureExpressor. He had stated that: Of course I loved the old Kings Mills Log Flume, my sister and I rode it many many times when we were youngsters, she always said she felt like Marcia Brady when we came over the final hill, haha. So I was telling him that that ride is still there just called the Wild Thornberrys River Adventure. I thought that was relatively apparent in my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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