coaster1000 Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Hmmm... Spacemaker in Italy freaked the hell outta me.. it's the worlds tallest (42 m. / 138 foot) and a 120 km/h. (75 mph) On top of that i was 8 back then, lol. And the turbo-slide@Tropical-Islands in berlin. Going 70 km/h (43 mph.) through a very tight tube is extreme. And the splashdown is crazy too. Waterslides freak me out more than rollercoaster do! Needless to say, it's the one to the right.
ReelBigFish419 Posted July 24, 2009 Posted July 24, 2009 Summit Plummit at Blizzard Beach. One of the few attractions to ever "scare" me. Let's just say it wasn't pretty lol.
LiveForTheLaunch Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Water slides actually have the capability of scaring me more than a lot of coasters. I refuse to go back on any slide that is nothing more than a steep drop into a wedgie-inducing straightaway.. I tried one once and I hated it, so I won't do it again. The other ones I hate are the bodyslides that go into the tunnel/vortex type thing.. I went on one at Kalahari, scraped my back, and the undertow of the pool when you fall out of the vortex is very hard to get out of when you're a bad swimmer. Other than those types of slides, I'm cool with them.
andre8 Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Hill Country Racers (6 Lane Speed Slides) @ Six Flags White Water Bay made me feel like I had to pee. Tornado was also kinda scary.
Kennyweird Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 One of the body slides at Waldameer had several very sharp turns that nearly flipped me over on my stomach, so yeah, I was kind of scared.
some random guy Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 the bomb bay at wet n wild. at the top of slide was a rocket and you would step inside of the rocket onto this platform that was inside and stand there and wait for the slide op to release the the platform and whoosh! my heart was skipping beats after i got off of it.
Huge_Wonderland_Fan Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 The Cliff at Wild Water Kingdom scared the bejesus out of me, and gave me a major wedgie.
redfoot12 Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 The whole "old" section of Schlitterbahn scared me once Robb said the word "parasites" on the Texas trip.
Wathell Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 Alien Invasion at Splish Splash ! ..me and my friends were 200 pounds over the weight limit. Turns out we went to high on the one of the sides of the tornado, leaving all of us to fall out of the raft and fall approx. 25 feet on to hard fiber glass. wow did that hurt.. the surprising part was the life guard on the top never asked how much our total weight was and it was our fault we fell out. According to some 17 year old lifeguard supervisor
paintballer Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 The whole "old" section of Schlitterbahn scared me once Robb said the word "parasites" on the Texas trip. Yeah some of those old tube shoots were kinda scary once someone said they're was a snake in the water. Oh and the tunnel tube shoot were the roof was about 2 inches above my head D:
KnottsDisneyFarm Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 Turns out we went to high on the one of the sides of the tornado, leaving all of us to fall out of the raft and fall approx. 25 feet on to hard fiber glass. Whoa. 25 ft.!? You didn't break any arms, or legs, or backs, or necks? If I fell 25 ft. I think I would break a limb or two.
Wathell Posted July 27, 2009 Posted July 27, 2009 ^ luckily i didn't, but my friend went to the hospital and had to get several shots because he ripped muscles in his leg and was in so much pain.
disneyfan1313 Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 I will second "Bomb Bay" at wet and wild. The floor dropping out from under you is insane!!!
azza29 Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 The Twister at Wet 'n Wild was basically a waterboarding simulator, so I thought it was going to drown me. Magic Mountain (Merimbula) has a couple that are completely underground so it's pitch black and very disorienting. I'm yet to brave one of those speed slides with the almost-vertical drop, not sure if my butt crack can handle the wedgie
Jew Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Only two mentions for The Liquidator (later known as the "edge" and "ledge") at Wild Rivers? That thing was INSANE. You should not have been able to get that much airtime on a bodyslide.
cfc Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Der Stuka at Wet 'n' Wild in Orlando was pretty frightening--it really feels like you could tumble off the slide and plummet to your death!
cfc Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 ^I imagine that one would be terrifying for spectators, too--the riders could be hurled off the slide and into the crowd below!
Moose Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 In the 80's There used to be a water slide at Attitash's waterpark that was a padded buried pipe that then turned and shot you out about 10 feet above the pool. The ride was pitch black and fast and scared the crap out of me. The splashdown pool was a popular gathering place since the entry into the pool claimed quite a few bikini tops.
cfc Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 The old Peppermint Twist at Water Country USA was a bit freaky, too. It was an enclosed body silde, and it really felt like you could drown in it. I have friends who labelled it "The Enema Within." The traditon continues (only not quite as scary) in WC's Jammin' Jukebox slides, which replaced the Twist.
Rai Fox Posted November 30, 2012 Posted November 30, 2012 Lots of them. I'll go on pretty much any dry ride out there, but water slides tend to push my limits. I've always been a little bad with water...I don't even like having my face underwater. I panic very easily in that kind of situation, so even moderately "scary" waterslides often absolutely terrify me. Topping that off, I'm weird about heights. I'm perfectly fine with any ridiculous height when I'm strapped into something. Give me a lap bar or shoulder harness and I'll ride the first coaster to break the 500 ft barrier without a second thought. But if I'm standing, or worse, having to walk or climb stairs, ohhellno. I get horrible vertigo and end up scared half out of my mind. Tall waterslide towers are just -bad. Of course, neither of those stop me from going on most of them. I might be scared of them, but I still have my pride! I've never convinced myself to do Summit Plummit yet, but pretty much anything short of that, I've forced myself on, and usually enjoy, at least once I'm on the ride and not the stairs tower. There are a few exceptions in slides, usually body slides, where I end up with a lot of high-speed water in my face, convincing me I'm going to drown. Peppermint Twist was definitely one of those.
Voxelmatic Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 I hate water slides... Something about a freefall with nothing holding you down is a bit un-nerving to me. Although, Summit Plummet was the only one that has ever truly scared me out of riding it.
sammmmmy Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 If anybody has been to the Atlantis Resort in the bahamas, 'The Abyss' slide actually scared the life out of me! You have absolutely no idea what the slide's layout is until you actually ride it, because it's hidden in the power tower. To my surprise it felt like 90° in the complete darkness, only to leave you crashing through a waterfall in an underground cave at the end. Absolutely insane.
mangoman15 Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 Waterslides probably scare me more than any other kind of ride since you don't feel secure, but thats part of why I like waterslides because they get my adrenaline pumping.
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