POV of World's Tallest water slide

I don't get how it works... you go down, then up? then down?

I assume you'll have to drag a fair bit of water up with you so you don't burn your underside!!!!! :eek:
 
Awesome. :cool:

Having to share a boat with larger proportioned folk would be 'interesting'. On the plus side if they were big enough you might get some air of the hump with the extra momentum they provide.
 
I've done Summit Plummet before - but I wouldn't touch that with a barge pole, no way, no how, no chance.

Sod that.
 
Surprised nobody has clocked on that you don't go down on your own, there's obviously some sort of cage thing you'll all be in. There's a conveyor to the side of the slide which is there to bring it back up and it points out in the video "you and three friends". Also the hump at the bottom has strips at the side, presumably to slow whatever contraption your sitting in down.
 
Nearly right-

"Rather than individual riders hurtling to the bottom, four-person inflatable rafts will be used.

“At Schlitterbahn we love rides that encourage people to share the experience,” the company said in a fact sheet. “Besides it’s more fun if someone is screaming in your ear.”

And that trip down?

The company says it will be faster than the thrill that riders now experience on the Brazilian slide — clocked at 65 mph — although like the height, they are not yet saying what that number will be.

At the bottom of that initial plummet, riders will confront a five-story hill. They will be propelled up and over that hill for the final descent to the ride’s finish.

That uphill push required new technology, according to the company. It also had to design and build the conveyor system to transport the rafts to the top of the tower.

The ride was designed by Jeff Henry, a Schlitterbahn co-owner who has designed a number of water park innovations like the uphill water slide technology that will be used on the Verrückt.

Thanks to the recession, Schlitterbahn has not achieved its goal of becoming $750 million vacation village. But ambitions remain strong for the water park itself, which has doubled in size, with the slide part of a major expansion.

A mile-long river allows visitors to reach any part of the park without leaving the water. Two huge screw pumps push more than 20,000 gallons of water every 16 seconds for the rapids and wave pools."
 
You can tell from the slide its one of those 'master blaster' type rides you get at Butlins. Looks fun!

Went on summit plummet in Florida and that was bad enough!
 
A GoPro was out of the question then? **** video, POV? Pfftttt.

I'd have a go :D
 
I'm suddenly reminded of the infamous Action Park:

Surf Hill: This ride, common to other water parks at the time, allowed patrons to slide down a water-slick sloped surface on mats into small puddles, until they reached a foam barrier after an upslope at the end. Barriers between lanes were minimal, and people frequently collided with each other on the way down, or at the end. The seventh lane was known as the "back breaker," due to its special kicker two-thirds of the way down intended to allow jumps and splashdowns into a larger puddle.[2] Employees at the park used to like eating at a nearby snack bar with a good view of the attraction, since it was almost guaranteed that they could see some serious injuries, lost bikini tops, or both.[2] Mountain Creek kept this attraction open through 2005, then reopened it in 2012.
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