Why a double drop?

Why are their two tracks on the final drop on White Water Landing? I've never seen cars race, and my car always seems to drop on the same track.
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If they were to race how do you suppose they'd go when the two chutes join back together?

It's a capacity thing. Two chutes lets you move more boats.

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To elaborate...
The Hydro-Jump is the only place on the ride where block spacing is critical. It is also the only place on the ride where the boat's progress time is not predictable...the loading of the boat makes a big difference in how far and how fast the boat makes it to the end of the run-out.

So the boats alternate chutes. One can start down the second chute before the first one clears the end of its chute. Then the third boat can go once the first chute is clear. The result is more boats down the drop, just as Jeff said. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Speaking of log ride drops...have any of you been on Dudley Doo Right's at IOA? The drop itself is pretty great but the run out has a "bump", for lack of a better word, that gives the closest thing to airtime I have ever felt on a log ride. It is a great ending.

Yeah, there is a small bunny hill at the bottom of the IOA drop.
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I think that's fairly common on the standard log flume rides. Kennywood's Log Jammer is set up the same way, as is (I believe) Zoom Phloom at Wildwood.
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Perhaps, but trust me when I say that no ride I've been on gives air time like Ripsaw Falls at IOA. That has to be the wildest water ride drop I've been on. It was very cool.

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Yes, the 'bump' at the bottom of the drops do provide some nice floating air. The 'bump' also eases the transition of the boat into the water so the deceleration is not as sudden like on Snake River Falls, resulting in less splash. It seems this may also be related to the lack of restraints on the boats?

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Less "splash", maybe. But, they have water guns spraying at you while you go over the hump. You get wet before you really hit the "splash".

I enjoyed it more that Splash Mountain, and I don't say that about too many IOA attractions.
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From what I've seen isn't Ripsaw Falls a water coaster, and not a log flume? Whenever I go that ride is always closed and the rapids on the bunny hill turned off and there's no flume, just what looks to be coaster track.

No, Dudley is most certainly a log flume.

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Jeff
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hey, what about Splash Mountain? That has an interesting bunny hop as well, and it's in the middle of the ride It's definately the best part of the ride.

I think at Ripsaw Falls, you get the most wet on that airtime hill. I was expecting to get more soaked at the end, but I wasn't...

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Jeff said:
No, Dudley is most certainly a log flume.

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If people call Journey to Atlantis a water coaster, then Ripsaw Falls is just as much a water coaster. You don't remember the little dip in the dark heading towards the train light? That was coaster track and the drop as well, and the rideout. If anything it's a hybrid..but not just "a log flume"

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Hey, I'm from Florida.

I believe the difference is that JtA uses turns/drops not possible using a simple flume trough.

Though I'm not positive, I also believe that there are many water rides that use a hidden track to control movement (for lack of a better description) down drops and through corners, so the log won't scrape up the sides of the flume.

Basically, I'm saying that there's not enough 'coaster' for a 'water coaster' description.

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I got the most wet on the 2nd lift on Dudley, actually. The scary part of the airtime is that it happens when you are under the bridge. Head-choppers on a flume is a really nice touch.

No, I wouldn't call the "track" coaster track. What it basically is is that they have added an upstop bar (metal bar running the length of the flume in that section) to keep the logs from "popping up".

That makes it different than say Atlantis where there is actually coaster track with tubular steel and helixes. Also, the Atlantis vehicles have upstop wheels, side guide wheels, and of course wheels above the track.

The Splash Mountain effect is more of a dip than a bunny hop. Similar to the one on Kennywood's log flume.

The dip on Dudley is covered with water. Essentially every flume has water on the drop more for decoration than anything else (this is seriously true for Perlious Plunge). Atlantis most certainly has no water on its "coaster" section.

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