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FLUME RIDE DESIGNER UPGRADE

I must admit I haven’t actually ridden Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls, despite having visited IOA numerous times.

In terms of some of the other highly-rated ones

Logger’s Leap at Thorpe Park a controversial choice, I know, but I did really enjoy it, and it’s probably the defunct attraction I miss most! For me, it got you wet without being excessively wet, it had a decent ride duration without feeling too tedious, and I also thought the double drop at the end was a brilliant and novel element! It’s definitely my all-time favourite UK water ride!.

I also thought the boats were very comfortable.

Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World, which was quite a nice level of wetness with a real feel-good, happy vibe about it and nice theming, as well as having a long ride duration without feeling tedious.

Reach out to usto find out more about how we can help you get the water ride advantage through an underutilized area of your park.Out of the log flumes I’ve ridden, I’d personally go with one of these two: Next time you visit a different park, look at the length of the queue line for the water ride, it speaks for itself that families ‘love’ sharing the simple pleasure these rides provide. Offering good throughput and capacity, the extra benefit is that these classics are a fraction of the cost of a roller coaster or dark ride and is certainly worth considering in your expansion plans, if you don’t already have one.

With immersive tech-driven attractions gaining popularity, log rides offer a break from the bizarre, entertaining guests with their simplicity and effortless ease.

The water ride component has been an industry staple for decades and log rides are some of the few rides for cross-generational family entertainment that appeal to the young and old, alike.

While most of the other rides soak you down with water, water rides continue to be a guest favourite enabling just the right amount of splash with their clothes on.

An icon of the rich heritage and past of theme parks, flume rides like Daredevil Falls offer the unique opportunity to preserve the classic log ride experience people continue to seek out.

FLUME RIDE DESIGNER UPGRADE

But if given a choice to upgrade the ride, I would like to increase the duration making it longer, add more boats and may be also add a splash element.”Īn iconic super flume, Daredevil Falls exemplifies the need for water rides for parks and why every park must have one. In the words of Barry Stiltner, Director of Rides Maintenance, Dollywood, “ Besides the regular maintenance work to prevent wear and tear, we haven’t made any changes to the ride ever since it was installed. A guest favourite, the water-ride continues to entertain guests young and old, across generations, even today, twenty years since it was installed. The timeless pleasure of this ride experience continues to satisfy guests as it always has, unchanged and true to the classic water-ride journey.

Next, you make a free-falling plunge at a heart-racing 50 mph as you hurtle down from the top of the slope.Īmidst so many new-age immersive attractions, Daredevil Falls stands out for the classic water-ride experience allowing guests to sit in a log flume together and enjoy the journey through the old west narrative, Dollywood has created. You voyage your way up to the top of the ride in the recreation of the lumber mill with old disused machinery. As you exit the cave with bat wings flapping around you, there’s a bear which comes out of a tent to scare you away. Quite literally standing the test of time, the water ride has witnessed the changing trends of the industry.Ĭreated by Hopkins Rides, Daredevil Falls takes you through a journey in an abandoned logging camp, where you get into a log flume and begin your boat expedition by passing through a cave. Today, two decades later, it continues to thrill park guests with it’s iconic freefall drop at Craftsman’s Valley, Dollywood.

In 1998, when Daredevil Falls, the super flume water ride in Dollywood was installed, it was billed as the highest and fastest waterfall ride in America at 60-feet tall with speeds up to 96 km/h. New rides have come and gone, parks have been visited and re-visited, stories have told and retold, and guests have grown-up. From new attractions and parks to new stories, settings and characters, there is a lot that has changed in the industry.