WWC Questions

[Browntggrr]

But look at how long WWC has been open, since 1985. To my knowledge no one has gotten sick from the water on WWC, so nothing to worry about.

Chances are, if someone had gotten sick, they would attribute it to food poisoning, sun poisoning, Roto virus etc.

But in all reality, who actually would go on WWC to quench their thirst?

Yuck!

Ok, now here is one that I don't know.

Where does the water come from for AF? I know at CP that the water for SRF is clean (for a water ride anyway), and treated, and certainly not the same water for TC. But I have only been on AF a couple times and cannot recall if the water is clean or not.

[Pagoda Gift Shop]

If it's not green...it's probably clean. Large amounts of water which are not treated, typically are easily recognizable if you really look at them. For this reason, I highly believe that AF uses treated water.

Meanwhile, WWC (and TC at CP) both use untreated water. Maybe this is because the amount of water needed for these rides is vastly higher than for the flume type rides?

For the record, most flume rides also used treated water.

[MarketingExpress]

As someone who has been to pretty much every inch of the park countless times, I have to tell you that WWC is without a doubt one of the most unique areas in the park. To see the ride with water flowing through it on a hot summer afternoon like most of you have seen it is one thing, but to see it on a snowy January morning is completely different. The ride almost takes on the image of a completely different ride. But at the same time it is cool to get that "behind the scenes" look at one of your favorite rides and seeing the gigantic pumps that pump the water to bring the ride to life.

Let me tell you, you haven't lived until you stand above one of those pumps just as they start them and see all the water rushing towards you. It gives you a rush at first as you watch the water make it's way down the unique canyon sketched out of the landscape like it has always been there.

This is what makes WWC so special.

[DeLorean Rider]

Agreed^ I aswell have been fortunate enough to see white water in such states. I've even had the chance to see white water's resivour drained. Talk about eerie.

Also yes, I forgot that freon operates as a gas. The DeLorean has 2.2 pounds of freon in its air conditioning system. lol

[iChase]

As someone who has been to pretty much every inch of the park countless times, I have to tell you that WWC is without a doubt one of the most unique areas in the park. To see the ride with water flowing through it on a hot summer afternoon like most of you have seen it is one thing, but to see it on a snowy January morning is completely different. The ride almost takes on the image of a completely different ride. But at the same time it is cool to get that "behind the scenes" look at one of your favorite rides and seeing the gigantic pumps that pump the water to bring the ride to life.

Let me tell you, you haven't lived until you stand above one of those pumps just as they start them and see all the water rushing towards you. It gives you a rush at first as you watch the water make it's way down the unique canyon sketched out of the landscape like it has always been there.

This is what makes WWC so special.

This is what makes me want to work at WWC.

[WooferBearATL]

And to be honest (I was wating for someone else to point out) very little of the parking lot drains anywhere at all. None of it drains into WWC. The water that drains into WWC is from the park itself.

Yeah, some years back, Paramount had a problem with cars floating in the parking lot (and some that didn't). Instead of fixing the problem, they put up signs that in certain areas you park at your own risk of the car being flooded. Somehow, I doubt seriously any court would uphold those signs. Especially given the parkee paid $10 for the high privilege of parking in a lot where the owner didn't even exercise ordinary care for the vehicles.

The simple fact is that the majority of the parking lot used to be gravel. It was paved in the Mid 80's. When the gravel was paved, no drainage was added. Hense, the pooling of the water.

[The Interpreter]

And at $10 a car, they can engineer a solution. If they CHOOSE to, which so far they have not.

[CoastersRZ]

And I can go into a whole lecture on how pavement is bad for the environment because it prevents rain water from returning to the natural water table, and increases run off, which ultimately led to the flooding problems in the parking lot.

Ironically enough, at the Northern Kentucky Sanitation District 9 offices, located just north of 275, they actually installed permeable asphalt and concrete, which allows rainwater to flow right through the surface and does not produce run off. However, due to the large amount of clay in the Cincinnati area, permeable pavements are not used a lot because they require removing some of the clay to bring in proper medium to drain away the water, which is an expensive proposition.

[WooferBearATL]

And at $10 a car, they can engineer a solution. If they CHOOSE to, which so far they have not.

Well, when the parking lot was done it cost well over 2 Million to do. And that's in 1980's dollars.

If ya remember the gravel, anything was better than the gravel.

[CoastersRZ]

They do need to spend some money on fixing some of the potholes have developed. I don`t care necessarily about the actual rows of parking. But there are some serious potholes and a patchwork of pavement on the 'road' that leads to the south exit from the parking lot.

[The Interpreter]

And they need to fix the exit signs. Some of them currently lead right into the fence for gold pass parking. That's inexcusable.

[DropZone99]

Here is some stuff about Thunder Canyon at CP, which is like WWC.

It says how it works and stuff.

click here!

=]

[PKIVortex]

Congo Falls water is clean.

[Ed Pickles]

Congo Falls is actually a water retention basin which had to be created because there is a natural spring in that area. Many years ago (before Kings Island) there was actually a spring house in which people could drive up and purchase fresh water. If you remember prior to Amazon [Congo] Falls being installed, there was still a natural "lake" under the Screamin Demon which was part of the same water system (just a little more tame now).

Ed.