Wes Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Building the World's TallestGo behind-the-scenes of the making of the world's tallest water slide - Schlitterbahn's Verruckt in Kansas City, KS. At 168-feet, 7 inches, Verruckt is the Guinness World Record holder for the tallest water slide on the planet. http://www.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/xtreme-waterparks/episodes/building-the-worlds-tallest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 ^Well that was some real air, there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaykethekid Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Schlitterbahn posted a pov too. There is some serious air right before the trims on the first drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiMiT Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Well, at least with this one there's an appropriate amount of airtime. Where was the airtime slide that TPR rode a while ago? Also, take a minute to proofread the title if you please. I'm just slightly bothered by the spelling of a particular word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Where was the airtime slide that TPR rode a while ago? Italy, Caneva world waterpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 The airtime on that prototype is insane, but the actual POV doesn't look nearly as intense. http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2014/06/26/verruckt-worlds-tallest-water-slide-exclusive-ride-video/11421473/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aCoasterStory Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Just finished watching the episode. It was good to see why they reprofiled it, but it looks like it nearly completely stalls out at the top of the 2nd hill now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilrider Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 ^They just barely made it over with the additional thrust, and I hope they will not have issues with some riders not making it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aCoasterStory Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 I will say, I don't understand how the prototype had an 80ft initial drop and a 50ft 2nd hill, but they thought a 168ft initial drop with a 50ft hill would work for the real thing... (and how much do they have to be slowing it down so that it can barely make it back up said 50ft hill??) They probably could reduce some of their trimming to make it go a bit faster (looks like there is a black padding at the bottom of the first drop, plus the 'trims' near the top). But the fact that they say it produces 5G's at the bottom makes me think this is unlikely. (How many G's would it have pulled at the original 65mph??) The other thing (which obviously won't change now) is that they could have kept the 2nd hill the same height (but still changed the slope up it) and then also flattened out the top of it going down towards the 2nd drop so it wasn't so steep there. That way you'd still get some air, but the raft wouldn't have as far to fall back to the slide (inches vs feet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 man, that slide is pretty Xteme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 The travel channel's Xtreme Water Parks is the free video download of the week at Starbucks. You can go to your local starbucks to pick up a card with a free 1-time code to use on iTunes. I have a few extra cards, so if you can't make it to a store this week send me a PM and I can give you a code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 As though I needed an excuse to go to Starbucks! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Yea I damn near went Bankrupt when Starbucks were introduced to Target stores back in '02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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