Kali River Rapids 2019 refurbishment

[EricsBiscuit]

I think Kali is underrated. Then again, I don't wear my glasses when I ride it.

 

[_caleb]

Space reasons should've NEVER been a problem in AK. They could've built it right, instead, we get 27 seconds and fire effects that stopped working years ago. Goooo Disney!

Fire effects? I had no idea.

 

[rle4lunch]

Fire effects? I had no idea.

You serious?

 

[_caleb]

You serious?

No. Sorry, just being sarcastic.

 

[matt9112]

Meh. It can go "Seasonal" far as I'm concerned.
Then maybe they can build a rapids ride in it's place.

you mean the one that was planned to be built....but you know budgets....how come mymagic+ didn't have the same fate....thats odd.

 

[yaksplat]

you mean the one that was planned to be built....but you know budgets....how come mymagic+ didn't have the same fate....thats odd.

MyMagic was too big to fail.

 

[dreamfinder]

you mean the one that was planned to be built....but you know budgets....how come mymagic+ didn't have the same fate....thats odd.

Mymagic+ was supposed to help increase revenues and efficiencies. A ride on the other hand costs money to operate without increasing revenues. Kind of the same way how restaurants and gift shops get refurbed lickety split while rides take years to come online.

Although if they made Kali wetter, perhaps they would make bundles of money like Shanghai did selling ponchos right before your boarded their raft ride. I think literally 60-75% of guests were dropping ~$3 for a dollar store poncho they threw in the trash can that was conveniently placed as you exited.

 

[homerdance]

That’s a stupid hypothesis.

It’s a refurbishment.

Well it may have some work done on it, but it is not a full 3 months worth of refurbishment being done. There will be more days were nothing is being done than work is completed.

 

[jt04]

bulldoze and replace with a non-water family attraction?

ah well.. one can hope

I agree with this. And they could still build a proper rapids ride on the giant expansion pad next door.

Kali just isn't up to Disney standards IMO.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I agree with this. And they could still build a proper rapids ride on the giant expansion pad next door.

Kali just isn't up to Disney standards IMO.

IMO leave the water rides to the water parks. So much more they could do.

 

[Almac97]

IMO leave the water rides to the water parks. So much more they could do.

I was on Kali last week, during a pretty cold week in FL. Even though my day at AK eventually hit 70F, I went on in the high 60's and there was still a 20 min line. There's totally a place for water rides in places where the temps are hot as they're even fun when it's just warm. But execution is key, and Kali is not on Disney's level IMHO.

As mentioned earlier, gravity is a hurdle to lengthen the ride, but if you split the river right after the lift hill, you have a departure and return area at the same height. Make the ride 2x as long, and you can design an exact replica 2nd lift hill on the backside to bring you back to the exact same height and basic location where you can ride out the remaining 80% of the original ride. Then you can have extra elements on the first half like a cave, animatronics, or whatnot and actually tell a story... instead of just having a failing tanker truck, a hill, and some rags hanging from some strings and calling it an "expedition". But that's what they should've done, and still should do... thus why it'll never happen.