To: samiam1972
In order to prepare for the opening, the slide needed some adjustments. The rafts, which were originally intended to hold four people, now hold three. The slope of the hill was changed to a "more gentle" 22 degrees, but was heightened by 11 feet. The structure is 168 feet tall. They made it safer, put nets up, you'd be crazy not to go on it.
6 posted on
07/10/2014 12:46:38 PM PDT by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: wagglebee
I live close by....in less than an hour I could be on that ride.
I fairly confident I never will, though.
Sadly, I don’t think it will stay open for very long...somebody will get severely hurt or killed.
13 posted on
07/10/2014 1:03:10 PM PDT by
lacrew
(Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
To: wagglebee
Did you see my last response? There is not a chance in this world that I will ever get on that thing. For starters, the climb up there alone would kill me. The wait during that climb would kill me if the climb hadn’t already. I’m not a big fan of long lines. We already have Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun that we’ll never go to because I just can’t handle stuff like that. I’m a puker. It’s not happening. Never never never.
18 posted on
07/10/2014 1:29:01 PM PDT by
samiam1972
("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
To: wagglebee
A 12-year old boy died this afternoon when the craft went airborn. It isn’t in the news yet but rumors of decapitation are all over the place. I don’t think this park will survive the lawsuit.
23 posted on
08/07/2016 7:58:00 PM PDT by
samiam1972
("It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish."-Mother Teresa)
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