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[History Buff]

New Ride for '09!!!

[KBCraig]

Yeah, that looks so much more "accessible" than the green trams. 

[History Buff]

Of course, we all realize you must load from the driver's right side just like the green trams.  It really is more accessible, but there are just two trailers.  The best part of this thing is that I didn't have to "watch my head" getting on and off.  I always had to carry a mirror with me - couldn't figure out any other way to watch my head.

[danjankids]

I just concluded a 3 day spring break SDC trip with the kids. I was told by 2 park employees on different days that they are moving Roaring Falls from CC to the area of Tom Sawyer's Landing.  I don't know how well it will fit, but it is a great ride.  I don't know if it is more fun to ride it or watch unsuspecting people wandering onto the splash deck.

[Tom]

Really. . .ya know- I could see that making sense.  Is it possible that SDC has changed its plans for a third or fourth time?

[Swoosh]

The sad part is, it would take too much to move it and they could actually get it up and running at SDC before the summer hits if they wanted to.

[danjankids]

We were there on Saturday, Sunday and Thursday.  There was no work being done on any of the days.  I might recall one of the employees telling me that they are postponing working on it.

[History Buff]

Do we need two log flumes?

[danjankids]

With some minor tweaking with more scenery on the ride and water canons for the people on the bank(i.e. splash deck) to shoot at the riders, this could be the interactive water shooting ride everybody is talking about.  But the ultimate revenge for the riders would come at the end when they can drench the people who were not paying attention to where they were standing.  I loved this ride at CC.  All they had was a very small warning sign when you walked onto the splash deck.  And if someone was say standing in front of it then people didn't reallize what was going to happen.  Added to that the purposely random waves, it made for some great viewing from afar.

[shavethewhales]

Heh, I would certainly be disappointed if this rumor were true. I don't think an archaic Hopkins ride is any substitute for a full-on family-oriented interactive experience.

I think we can go ahead and put it to bed though, seeing as not only would it not make sense logically (with it being essentially a crappier version of AP), it would not very well fit in the area spaciously and in terms of atmosphere. They would pretty much ruin Midtown for a ride no one would be impressed with.

It still might be true that they've downsized plans for the area in 2010 though, just as they have done with quite a few projects. I was hoping to see some sort of revival of the traditional Landing elements, but they may leave a lot of it as-is for a while now with the Splash Battle thrown in behind. I still think what's left of the Landing play structure could be used in a lot of neat ways.

[Swoosh]

It could actually work though. 

If the top of the flume is hid behind the Carousel Barn, then it really would stick out that much.  Personally they could make this look very nice if they wanted to -- and there could be enough room for both it and the raft ride if they got creative.

[History Buff]

I can't get exited about it, and I doubt it would draw any extra visitors.  It would be a waste of resources on a second class ride in a first class park.

[Swoosh]

However it would be a nice attraction to add to the PPH of the park.

[History Buff]

I can't imagine the pros outweighing the cons with this idea.

[sdcforever]

I certainly do not want to see RF at SDC.  But I can see HFE throwing around the idea of moving it; after all they spent a couple million dollars on the ride and it's only been in operation for one season.  They're probably considering moving it because they'd definitely take a loss if they sold it.