Robb Alvey & Shane Huish on the Jeff Rubin Show!

[robbalvey]

Listen to Robb Alvey & Shane Huish on the Jeff Rubin show talking about water parks, water slides, and Cowabunga Bay!

http://jeffrubinjeffrubinshow.com/episode/117-water-slides-everything-you-always-wanted-to-know/

Edited April 15, 2014 by robbalvey

[_koppen]

Awesome guys! You just made a 7hr train trip a lot more interesting!

[urzishra]

Loved the podcast. Would love to hear more actually, but I realize that scheduling them sucks. Thanks Robb and Shane. (Also can't wait to finally go to Cowabunga Bay this year, both sites.)

[RCjunkie]

Learned insider information like Code 6-0-7 (backwards and upside down) is LOG. This was fun to listen too even for someone like me who really does not care much for water parks because Shane and Robb give you background information from the operational and development aspect. Robb, too bad there is no money or personal interest in doing podcasts for your site because your a wealth of knowledge about parks and rides and fun to listen too.

[robbalvey]

You know, we have considered doing a podcast, but I have to be honest that I don't really listen to them myself, so I have to have some personal interest to get behind something, and then the other factor is... where is the time?!?!? I'm already TWO YEARS behind on some photo and video updates!

[Midgetman82]

Some people may also have the problem with attention spans. Many times I'd only listen to podcasts when I'm busying myself on an unrelated task.

 

Apart from that, I really enjoyed listening to this and hearing about the info you and Shane shared about the water park industry. Shane's insight on him coming up with the Cowabunga parks was very enlightening, and I'm on the same boat with you, Robb, on the preferring good twisting body slides over many other types!

[robbalvey]

^ Ha. Thanks. It's all about the thrill!

[urzishra]

There are a few things about water parks that I don't like.

 

1. The ones where you can't wear sandals and they have mostly paved areas gets super hot in the summer.

 

2. (And this is unrelated to Cowabunga Bay from what I've been told) Tube rentals (which I don't mind too much to be honest.) But I don't like carrying the tube up the water towers. I like the ones that have the conveyer belt tube slides and I realize it is not necessarily economical to do something like that.

 

3. The food. I also realize that this is something that can't be helped. But waterpark food seems to be on average a step below amusement park food.

 

 

Somethings about the podcast I wanted to respond to.

 

1. I typically like the Lazy Rivers. My wife usually spends most or all of her time in them when we go. She'll go around it a bunch of times. It is pretty relaxing for the most part.

 

2. I typically avoid "wave pools" I know why they are popular and why they exist. I think it has to do with my small town growing up we had a pretty decent wave pool and I was there every day every summer growing up. So I just might be wave pool'd out.

 

3. I like "enclosed" slides more than "open" slides. even speed slides. Maybe I just feel safer inside a fiberglass tube then I do with "the top shaved off" but it seems that way to me.

 

I also miss those slide and hit a small pool slides that used to be very popular. I know Lagoon still has one, and they are probably a nightmare to staff (because you have to have lifeguards on each 'pool' section.) But they were my favorite kind of water slide growing up I love multiple splash pools.

[Midgetman82]

I kinda enjoy carrying my tube up a flight of stairs, but that might be because I prefer walking around while holding something (this doesn't imply towards large rafts). Other than that, I can agree with most everything else you said, including enjoying lazy rivers more than wave pools, and despising walking barefoot on scorching pavements.