This is a great answer, although I struggle to call a water slide a "ride". It IS terrifying though, I believe for all involved. I did it once... scared to death as I prepared for my descent. My wife who is a thrill junkie was too scared and waited by the exit. My ride down the slide was terrifying for onlookers too because when I got to the bottom and gathered my witts, I realized that my suit had rode up my backside pretty far terrifying all onlookers.
Evidence of my ordeal courtesy of my wife after having made slight adjustments...
It's an intense ride for sure, and the first time you ride it, it's hard to know how much worse it will get as it continues. Anyway, that gets my vote. Btw, my wife got sh*t for years after that for leaving me to die on the spaceship.
, it's so noisy, it rattles so much, it sounds like it's going to fall apart as I ride it.Don’t have the nerve to ride Summitt Plummet but I’ve seen guys stay at the viewing area ground level because at times bathing suit attire flies off the rider upon free falling at 60mph.This is a great answer, although I struggle to call a water slide a "ride". It IS terrifying though, I believe for all involved. I did it once... scared to death as I prepared for my decent. My wife who is a thrill junkie was too scared and waited by the exit. My ride down the slide was terrifying for onlookers too because when I got to the bottom and gathered my wits, I realized that my suit had rode up my backside pretty far terrifying all onlookers.
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If I had to vote for a "terrifying" ride, I guess I'd have to say Mission:Space. This one also terrified my wife and she is not a weak person when it comes to thrill rides. I haven't been on the ride in a probably 17+ years. When I rode M:S it was when there was no "Green Team" and while in line the constant warnings for pregnant women, or people with health issues scared the heck out of my wife. By the time we got into the simulator and they were about to shut the door, my wife jumped up and said "I can't do this" and bolted. I was already set and was like ***! I couldn't react quick enough and before you know it I'm launched into space.
Saw this happen in the wave pool at Typhoon Lagoon a couple of weeks ago. Caused quite a ruckus lol. People don’t realize how strong those waves are…
From experience, I'd bet there are bathing suit malfunctions every day. My suit rode up where the sun don't shine. It was quite the experience. For those who have never ridden it, and it's been a long time for me, you're not even in the water on the way down. You're sort of ON the water... skimming the top of it and till you reach the bend where it starts to go horizontal. It basically feels like a free fall. As if that's not scary enough, the worst part is when you start to get traction at the end and the water really slows you down. That part is just uncomfortable to say the least.
Yup, very intense. I know some people hate the ride, or resent it because of the loss of Horizons, but it's a very different kind of experience, and experts say it's as close as you can get to being shot into space without actually being shot into space. Never having ridden Horizons, I can appreciate M:S (orange).
