Tackleberry Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 The new water slide is named RipCurl Racer. http://www.darienlake.com/splashtown/ripcurl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach2012 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Does anyone know where this slide might go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Does anyone know where this slide might go? The back of it will be to the parking lot, the end of the slides will be near the old Splashtown gate. So it runs from the parking lot towards Hooks Lagoon, next to the lazy river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterkid124 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I like the name. This will definitely be a good fit now that the 42" height requirement is a definite. Hopefully we'll see some renderings or pics of the new RoS trains soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 The new water slide is named RipCurl Racer. Aw man, I hoping for the "Rainbow Mountain" name for it, but "RipCurl Racer" sounds better, but I hope that Darien Lake gets the slides in the colors of teal, blue, yellow and, lime green so that the slides can be a little bit of a "throwback" to Barracuda Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 The new water slide is named RipCurl Racer. Aw man, I hoping for the "Rainbow Mountain" name for it, but "RipCurl Racer" sounds better, but I hope that Darien Lake gets the slides in the colors of teal, blue, yellow and, lime green so that the slides can be a little bit of a "throwback" to Barracuda Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastcoast Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Defunct rides are what DarienLaker's wet dreams are made of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Defunct rides are what DarienLaker's wet dreams are made of. Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Okay, I'm just going to get this out of the way now... Maybe Cedar Point is selling Shoot The Rapids to Darien Lake so they can put it in the old Cuda Falls spot and have two log flumes next to each other? You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestreak Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Okay, I'm just going to get this out of the way now... Maybe Cedar Point is selling Shoot The Rapids to Darien Lake so they can put it in the old Cuda Falls spot and have two log flumes next to each other? I know this post is very sarcastic but this post requires more shots than just 3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterkid124 Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 ^^Post of the day right there! Maybe in memory of the ever so missed Barracuda Bay they'll name it Floodgate Falls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam826 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Personally, I think that the "Ripcurl Racer" name sounds awful. I don't really like how the word "Ripcurl" sounds.. But that's just me. Aside from that, does anyone know when they might update their map on the parks website? I'm always intereted to see the new maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk610 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like the name alot. I am hoping for a good color scheme. I also like the 42 inch height requirement and the fact that this will be in a separate area in the park to spread out the crowds. My 5 year old son is even excited to try this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rydel Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 The new water slide is named RipCurl Racer. Aw man, I hoping for the "Rainbow Mountain" name for it, but "RipCurl Racer" sounds better, but I hope that Darien Lake gets the slides in the colors of teal, blue, yellow and, lime green so that the slides can be a little bit of a "throwback" to Barracuda Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Okay, I'm just going to get this out of the way now... Maybe Cedar Point is selling Shoot The Rapids to Darien Lake so they can put it in the old Cuda Falls spot and have two log flumes next to each other? Three next to each other.... kind of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SbSteveZ Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like the name alot. I am hoping for a good color scheme. I also like the 42 inch height requirement and the fact that this will be in a separate area in the park to spread out the crowds. My 5 year old son is even excited to try this! I'm assuming the color scheme will resemble that of the one within the rides logo itself. Looking at that though, the logo only shows 4 lanes. But I'm assuming the one at Darien is going to be the 6 lane model so I'm not that sure how accurate the logo actually is... Also, I can see where the name of this ride would make sense according to a quick Google search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluestreak Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like the name alot. I am hoping for a good color scheme. I also like the 42 inch height requirement and the fact that this will be in a separate area in the park to spread out the crowds. My 5 year old son is even excited to try this! I'm assuming the color scheme will resemble that of the one within the rides logo itself. Looking at that though, the logo only shows 4 lanes. But I'm assuming the one at Darien is going to be the 6 lane model so I'm not that sure how accurate the logo actually is... I'm actually really digging the logo. Simplistic but not *too* simplistic. I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Rex Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I haven't been on for a long while... Anything new for Darien this year?? Has the Ranger been removed?? Has anyone cleaned up the junk out of the park ie.. Cuda falls, and junk coaster pieces?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Rex Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I haven't been on for a long while... Anything new for Darien this year?? Has the Ranger been removed?? Has anyone cleaned up the junk out of the park ie.. Cuda falls, and junk coaster pieces?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 I haven't been on for a long while... Anything new for Darien this year?? Has the Ranger been removed?? Has anyone cleaned up the junk out of the park ie.. Cuda falls, and junk coaster pieces?? I believe that Ranger has been removed from the park by now, Rolling Thunder Super Loop ride and Brain Drain slides were new last year, but so for the only thing that's new this year is RipCurl Racers water slide going in the former SplashTown Entrance that was located outside the park. So far 'Cuda Falls, that rusted pile of roller coaster tracks from Six Flags Astroworld, and Floodgate Falls are still rotting away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I haven't been on for a long while... Anything new for Darien this year?? Has the Ranger been removed?? Has anyone cleaned up the junk out of the park ie.. Cuda falls, and junk coaster pieces?? Those pieces arent in the park, theyre across the street in the fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaraAB87 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Logically speaking why would the park spend money to clean up something that is not used for the park and that 99.9% of the guests dont care about? Wouldn't you want to see the park put money into new attractions and overall improvements inside the park instead? If its in the park and on viable land like Ranger sure, but it takes money and manpower to remove junk at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Rex Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Just my opinion.. I think the Ranger should have just been converted to a Rainbow.. The Great escape in lake George did the same thing with their Ranger. Rainbow parts are more easy available than the Ranger, and the park wouldn't have to spend too much on construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Just my opinion.. I think the Ranger should have just been converted to a Rainbow.. The Great escape in lake George did the same thing with their Ranger. Rainbow parts are more easy available than the Ranger, and the park wouldn't have to spend too much on construction. Might I ask, does Huss still make Rainbow rides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatescapelover Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Just my opinion.. I think the Ranger should have just been converted to a Rainbow.. The Great escape in lake George did the same thing with their Ranger. Rainbow parts are more easy available than the Ranger, and the park wouldn't have to spend too much on construction. Might I ask, does Huss still make Rainbow rides? No they don't. Great Escape's Rainbow has been gone for 7 or 8 years now. It turned into a maintenance nightmare toward the end of it's life. It's not even an option to convert a Ranger to a Rainbow. Great Escape did that back in 1986/1987. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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