Yoshi Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 It's a shame to see another park removing a log flume. There are not too many full size log flumes left in England. I'm glad Great Adventure chose to refurbish Saw Mill Log Flume so it can continue to operate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 I have to wonder whether all the removal of in-theme park water rides is just a way of getting guests to visit their water parks. It looks like Carowinds last remaining theme park water ride, a rapids ride, is also being removed this year. I think theme park water rides and visiting a water park are vastly different experiences and shouldn't be considered an alternative to removing water rides from a theme park's ride lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted February 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 I agree, especially at parks where it is warm enough to run some water rides in the spring and fall. So many water parks have a few month schedule and then there is no way to cool off on an 80 degree April or early May operating day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 I think the flumes are all at a point where they need a lot of upkeep and many parks are deciding it's time to let them go. It's a shame because they are still popular and fun rides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Apparently the ride has been closed for the last few years so it's glad for them to announce something. Also their Waterpark at Thorpe is basically North American Towers + Koala Canyon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Wonder if it has to do with safety and how other parks like Disney and Universal having issues with foreign guests standing up and even attemping to disembark logs in the middle of the ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 I think that's part of it, but more than anything I think the original Arrow log boats are wearing out and need to be replaced, along with the fiberglass trough. Just look at all the rebuilds of the trough on the Log Flume at GA over the past few years. And I know several parks have either purchased used flume boats from other parks or had new ones built in the past few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 On 2/22/2019 at 6:05 AM, GAcoaster said: I think that's part of it, but more than anything I think the original Arrow log boats are wearing out and need to be replaced, along with the fiberglass trough. Just look at all the rebuilds of the trough on the Log Flume at GA over the past few years. And I know several parks have either purchased used flume boats from other parks or had new ones built in the past few years. Pretty funny that down the road, from the same company, Chessington is refurbishing their log flume from Dragon Falls to Tiger Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 They may be connected, using one for parts for the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted March 7, 2019 Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 One other thing, Loggers Leap is a Mack Flume, Not an Arrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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