Midgetman82 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) What was the worst water slide you have ever ridden. Hints for choosing: *Scratched your back *Scared you to death *almost injured you *Too much airtime *Too fast *etc... What is mine you ask?! My worst water slide experience was my first time on the Dragon's Tail body slide at Six Flags White Water in Atlanta, Georgia. It was my first time on a slide with three bumps on it! I thought I went too fast and caught too much air! Edited March 24, 2010 by Midgetman82 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Not mine, but for those unfortunate enough to have experienced it, I'd imagine Action Park gives this topic a run for its money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Twisted Fang & Coiled Cobra @ SFHH would be my worst as these two always constantly scratch my back on those two slides. My current least favorite waterslide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 ^ When I rode those two slides, Coiled Cobra was the only one that hurt me. Twisted Fang I thought was awesome! Slush Gusher at Blizzard Beach: that thing does not deserve to exist, I had a huge cut down my back from that thing. No me gusta. ---Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek_lentz Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Pipeline Peak at Kings Domion While I was sliding down the Night Slider, my wedding ring broke off of my finger and disappeared into the inner workings of the drains. Ended up having to get a new one. Not a very good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Water World has several body slides called White Lightning that I'd say are my least favorite of any slide I have ridden. They are double down body slides that are meant to go fast, but whenever I ride them there's not enough water pushed down and several times I have come to a complete stop half way down and have to push my way to the next drop. Seems to happen to thinner people like myself as when at the top of the nearby Jetstream slides I often see other people get stuck in the same place and have to push themselves like me. That also leads to terrible capacity since only one person could go down at a time and they often get stuck so the lines to it went VERY slowly. I just skip it whenever I go now. I've had my share of times of getting my back shredded by slides, but nothing out of the ordinary that made me hate a slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atem122 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 That tall white twisty one at Magic Mountain's Hurricane Harbor (excuse my lack of name). Oddly enough, not breathing is NOT fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreditCrazy Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 One of those freefall slides at Raging Waters San Dimas. Going down the slide, my first instinct was to sit up and not lay down like you're supposed to, so at the bottom the force of the water caused my head to fling back and hit the slide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nln00b Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The orange-red one. I heard it pulls like 3-4 g's. It hurt SOOOOO bad. I couldn't breath the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holidayworld08 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 This one waterslide at Big Kahuna's in Destin was awful. It was short and painful. There was also about a 6 foot drop from the slide to the pool. It sucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 I'm going to say this one slide called Cape Fear at this small waterpark called Sun Splash. It's one of those pitch black slides, its fun, but of course there's the rule about having to stay in your innertube. However, most of the time there's always some really good pop of air that would eject me out of the tube or whip me around that I can't stay in the tube. I hate getting yelled at over the laws of gravity, because some of those laws were meant to be broken. Problem, Newton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintballer Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 God...I hate dark, small body slides. Theres this one at NRH20 here in Texas thats pitch black and the airtime launches you up, smacks your head on the top of the slide and the slams you back down onto the slide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Two friends and I were almost killed on Zoombabwe at Holiday World (OK, not literally, but figuratively). When we hit the splash pool at the end, the front end of the raft dipped straight down into the water and launched all three of us forward. I knocked heads extremely hard with one of them, and the third hit his temple on my knee and was almost knocked out cold. While it was a great slide, the ending wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgetman82 Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 Okay, I'm going top have to say oww to Credit Crazy, Paintballer, and SkyCoastin' Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrakenKing Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Scraped my back coming off the tall indoor waterslide at Mt. Olympus on the '07 Midwest Trip... the scar is still clearly visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdude Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I've got a few: -Bazooka Bowls at Wild Rivers because the bowl section is very uncomfortable on your back. Oddly, I haven't experienced this sensation on any other bowl slide I've been on (and I have been on a couple other body bowls). -Serengetti Surf Hill, also at Wild Rivers. This is one of those head-first mat racer slides, but the mats aren't very good and often stick to the slide, causing you to go down without one. In additon, the ride has a very bad transition at the bottom of the last drop. -One more from Wild Rivers, the Bombay Blasters. Inside the tube, there is a bump that causes you to get sudden mandatory air. Unfortunately, this is right into a curve and I have hit the side wall directly several times. Not very fun. -Drop Out at Raging Waters because it scratches your back and gives you a wedgie. -Tidal Wave Tower at Knott's Soak City Palm Springs for the same reasons as Drop Out (both are identical rides). However, the absolute worst waterslide I have been on was the Cliffhanger at Waterworld California. Not only did that ride scratch my back more than any other ride I've been on, but the whole tower felt unsafe. The platform swayed with the wind and shook every time somebody went on any of the six slides (two on top, four on a lower deck where the shaking wasn't as obvious). I seriously thought that thing would topple over if enough people were on one side at the top. I was crazy enough to ride twice, and that is one of the few waterslides I will never ride again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintballer Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Not only did that ride scratch my back more than any other ride I've been on, but the whole tower felt unsafe. The platform swayed with the wind and shook every time somebody went on any of the six slides . Actually, I thought the towers were designed to sway a little bit from side to side? Am I mistaken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScooterGuy Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Remember 'Wet Willy's Waterslide' in Fenton, MO (Missouri)? Wet Willy's closed down, not because of the competition from Six Flags new water park but because of the splashdown pool. Supposedly someone came down the speed slide too fast and the splashdown pool wasn't big enough to slow them down and they slammed into the stairs head first and passing away as a result of the injuries. It's now graffitied all over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhman93 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Remember 'Wet Willy's Waterslide' in Fenton, MO (Missouri)?Wet Willy's closed down, not because of the competition from Six Flags new water park but because of the splashdown pool. Supposedly someone came down the speed slide too fast and the splashdown pool wasn't big enough to slow them down and they slammed into the stairs head first and passing away as a result of the injuries. It's now graffitied all over! Never been to the slide but here is a great update on the slide's current condition http://www.negative-g.com/WetWillys/Wet-Willys-1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I don't really have have a 'worst waterslide' but have had unpleasant experiences. The Cliff Hanger slide at Waterworld Concord gave a nasty wedgie, and I think I had like a slide burn or something on the elbow. So the aftermath wasn't so fun. Also, at the same water park, a 230lb friend and I rode the double slides (enclosed) and when we hit the catch pool at the end, the nose of the tube dipped under water sending me flying, and my friend also flying and landing on top of me as I was submerged. I smacked him a few times under water to get him off and told him what just happened. We were pretty much laughing about it the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Remember 'Wet Willy's Waterslide' in Fenton, MO (Missouri)?Wet Willy's closed down, not because of the competition from Six Flags new water park but because of the splashdown pool. Supposedly someone came down the speed slide too fast and the splashdown pool wasn't big enough to slow them down and they slammed into the stairs head first and passing away as a result of the injuries. It's now graffitied all over! Never been to the slide but here is a great update on the slide's current condition http://www.negative-g.com/WetWillys/Wet-Willys-1.htm Those remains of Wet Willies have now been demolished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyinpeace Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Definitely Venom drop at SFHH/SFMM. I usually chuckle/yelp when I'm having fun. When I'm a little startled, I scream a little with the occasional "woah!" due to the intensity. On Venom Drop though, I'm more than confident that as I began to hydroplane across the splash down, I screamed bloody murder due to the constant rivets scraping against my back. I wish I would've took a picture due to the fact that my back was as red as a tomato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Twister at WnW Gold Coast - if you rode in the correct position (flat on back) it was basically a waterboarding simulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropzonefan Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 The orange-red one. I heard it pulls like 3-4 g's. It hurt SOOOOO bad. I couldn't breath the whole time. Have to agree... That slide's one of the worst for me too!.... Scratched my back so badly on that tight turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheel1231 Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Pipeline Peak at Carowinds. It's a fun ride, but it HURTS your head and back after you get off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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