splashy
If you stand there you are going to get wet…no seriously, don’t stand there unless you want to get wet. Not just wet, you could very well get soaked…like really fucking soaked. For you see sir (or madam) you are now standing in the “Splash Zone”.
The “Splash Zone” is brilliant. You have a ride that creates a big splash to soak the riders…but there is also a shit load of splash going somewhere else…if you make room for people to stand where the extra splash lands…they will. Bingo…you have a new “attraction” and it doesn’t really cost you anything. OK there may be some wasted water, but most of it is recovered and put right back into the “river”.
It is amazing to watch people stand there and get soaked over and over again. I can understand wanting to cool off on a hot day, but walking around a theme park in soaking wet clothes is almost worse than being hot. Of course most of the people (if not all) were kids, but it is still amazing to watch them just get soaked to the bone.
And a bonus….splashed
They have a ride very similar to this at Six Flag in Georgia.
Only… the bridge goes right over the splash zone so you get the full brunt of the frontal assault.
Comment by Mickey — May 19, 2007 @ 10:49 pm
Oh, shit!
I remember that ride, Miki!
I remember when it first came out. SplashWater Falls!
It was the era of the Looping Starship.
And the Free Fall.
Man, I miss the Free Fall.
Comment by JackiOh — May 21, 2007 @ 10:17 am