![]() ![]() Once at the top, you go straight down to the water with a big splash. Then the flume will take you to the highest part of the ride at 30-foot (9.1 m). Once at the second highest part of the ride, you dip down and curve through turns, back and forth along KIDZOPOLIS and over the ride below it. After the small first drop, then flume makes an almost complete circle to the right, and then takes you up to the second tallest section of the ride. Once riders get on Bugs' White Water Rapids, the flume takes a right coming out of the station where the ride begins traveling towards the first lift hill. The ride was manufactured by Hopkins Rides and constructed by Martin & Vleminckx. It then opens back up until the end of the season. During Holiday in the Park, the ride is closed, as the queue building is transformed into "Santa's Castle" until Christmas. The ride is the longest operating water ride in the park each season, operating from opening day through Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park. It will effectively double the capacity of the ride by allowing passengers to unload and load one train while the other one is on the tracks.Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam theming on the rideīugs' White Water Rapids has two lift hills and two drops. In the intervening years, Six Flags decided to add a second train and install a turntable in the loading station. “It will be a great way for guests to beat the heat this summer.”Īquaman was supposed to open in 2020, but was delayed by the pandemic. “The most technically advanced thing about this ride is how much water will be pumped into the splashdown pool,” says Malone. It will create a huge plume of water, and it’s likely that passengers will get positively soaked. While it hangs momentarily on the tower, the water level will quickly rise in the pool under the tracks so that the train will make a big splash when it drops into the water. For the final launch, the train will hit its top speed of 63 mph and head backwards up the tower with enough momentum to make it to the top. Each time it stalls on the towers, passengers will experience airtime. The train will drop down and rev up a second time heading forwards up the opposite tower. It will first launch backwards, rising partway up one of the towers. The attraction is a curious mix of buccaneers, aliens, and Lone Star State ambiance that is distinctly Six Flags Over Texas. Guests then enter the speelunkers’ cave for the second half of the ride experience. There are also encounters with mermaids and sea monsters. The first part of the story introduces pirates that are trying to find and pillage the speelunkers’ treasure. The facade of the attraction includes nautical touches that gives it a coastal, Galveston-like vibe, befitting its location in the Texas section of the park. “The projections and technology make it seem like the scenes are larger and more immersive,” Malone adds. The animatronics are considerably more sophisticated, and the physical sets include projected media that depict roiling seas and other effects. “We wanted to make sure would pay homage to the original, but also brought it up to the 21st century,” says Brad Malone, spokesperson for the park. ![]() Pirates of Speelunker Cave, as it is now known, brings back the funky aliens, but gives them some contemporary love. The attraction remained until 1991 when it was replaced by Gold River Adventure, which gave Yosemite Sam, Bugs Bunny, and other Looney Tunes characters the opportunity to bring their silliness to the park.Ī couple of weeks ago, the attraction returned to its roots with yet another makeover. Built in house, it featured “speelunkers,” goofy-looking alien creatures that dwelled in the cave and mined its gems. Like “ it’s a small world ,” The Cave used boat vehicles. (And don’t start yelling at me about those lower-case title letters they are intentional on the Mouse’s part.) The bright, cheery “it’s a small world” attractions at the Disney parks are dark rides, for example. They are not necessarily dark in tone or light level. ![]() A dark ride, by the way, is an industry term for any attraction that moves passengers through an indoor show building in a vehicle. With the 1964 opening of The Cave, it can also lay claim to one of the first modern-day dark rides. Inspired by Disneyland, it is hailed as the first regional theme park and is the home of the first log flume ride as well as the first mine train coaster (both of which are still operating). Opened in 1961, the original Six Flags park still has some echoes of its early days. There’s a certain authentic je ne sais quois at Six Flags Over Texas. The new Pirates of Speelunker Cave dark ride (Six Flags) ![]()
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