Carowinds announces new Log Flume ride Rip Roarin Falls

Are log flumes making a comeback?

All for it but can’t help but think about the mistakes of the past on the big flumes. The turntables give me some Typhoon Sea Coaster vibes.

That looks fun, though the turntables look like something else to break. I wonder if Whitewater is doing these? Saw them at IAAPA last year.

Has this changed in any way since last year’s announcement?

It's looks to be a great addition. I'm hoping to see a few more sent to other parks in the chain. Cedar Point?

Seen on Facebook it is a Whitewater West(OD Hopkins.)

https://www.whitewaterwest....log-flume/

As I mentioned in the IAAPA post, they own all of the Hopkins IP. That's a great portfolio... if they can sell it.

It's really nice to see a log flume being built, rather than being removed. The world needs more of them.

That 100 foot drop looks insane.

Very nice to see a modern log flume being built. Should be a fun ride. Will be curious to see how wet you get.

Going forward, could we see more of these being added, thinking like a potential re-birth of a ride that genre that has been declining in years?

Outside of coasters, log flumes are my favorite amusement park ride. I always appreciate their uniqueness.

Sea World San Antonio added a launched log flume just a few years ago. It’s decent family fun. And yes, sometimes you can get quite wet.

Multiple points:

• Glad to see FUN investing in a log flume. full stop.
  • Tampa could benefit from a similar effort
• As mentioned, turntables are a maintenance concern, but they're not uncommon anymore.
• To Jeff's point about Whitewater and "can they sell it". Well they sold it, now let's see what they deliver.
• Has anyone seen the restraint mechanism? I can't believe that a new flume ride would exist without a locking restraint.
  • Maybe this is the key to a flume rebirth, restraints designed from the start and not horrible add-ons like Dudley
• As always, I'm nervous when I see FUN hype theming, as that's not their strong suit, especially upkeep.
  • However, the raccoon mischief looks good

My first thought upon watching the video is that we need more rides themed to raccoons.

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Also huge win, log flumes are great!

I’m maybe slightly underwhelmed by this announcement. All I can think of is Pilgrim’s Plunge, and without the best part, the thrilling elevator lift.

Certain parks have had great success with modern, more extreme river raft rides and I’d think something like that would have been the obvious choice for Carowinds.

As for Cedar Point, I’ll join the list of fans clamoring for a new Frontier Town water ride but I kind of hope this isn’t it. (With five feet added to that long lift for a world’s record, right?) I’ll go to my grave lamenting what I consider to be one of CP’s greatest failures, Shoot the Rapids II, and this ride smacks of it- at least in appearance.
So I‘ll beat the dead horse and envision a ride similar to Knott’s Timber Mountain Log Ride. They have the space and it’s perfectly doable.

I love Knott's flume, but if the choice at CP were either that, or something along the lines of Mission: Bermuda...I'd take the later. That looks really fun.

It does. But first maybe we should see what the good folks at Dollywood have to say about theirs.

RCMAC:

I’ll go to my grave lamenting what I consider to be one of CP’s greatest failures, Shoot the Rapids II, and this ride smacks of it- at least in appearance.

This.

I was unfortunately unlucky enough to be selected to be part of the commercial shoot for STR, and I remember calling my wife at the event telling her how embarrassingly terrible this ride was, and how sad I was that the park would be stuck with this piece of absolute **** for years to come. Thankfully it was arrested for attempted murder and cancelled. To this day I will never understand how a park as awesome as Cedar Point let Shoot the Rapids (2) be built and functional as-is for the years it did.

And I agree with RCMAC; I got total STR vibes from the appearance of this ride. I hope I'm wrong.

I still can't believe that accident wasn't the biggest catastrophe in modern amusement park history. The park, Intamin, and most importantly the riders in that boat all got extremely lucky.

As far as the ride sucking, Holiday World could have told you that. Theirs was a lot bigger, and as "meh" as can be.

Agreed. But the first time I rode it I didn't know/notice that halfway up the elevator lift there was that slight tilt to the side. Four minutes of boredom with about five seconds of sheer terror thinking I was about to experience Six Flags Great America Edge: The Sequel.

Hahaha, yeah, that was kind of weird. I remember talking to Will about the ride, and one of his frustrations was that the splash action was so lame. Not his words, because he had a way of being kind even when it came to people and situations that were clearly not optimal. He wasn't a Sandor fan either, and I guess there were words between HW maintenance and Sandor. There have been various CP folks who have described similar situations, only in far less diplomatic ways than Will did.

People ask, "How is Universal getting along with them then?" My understanding is that they deal directly with the European bits of the company, whereas Sandor was more of the NA agent. That doesn't make the engineering better, but it definitely seems to hold them to a higher standard.