Worlds highest water slide coming to KC

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CYEATHAWK

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"Besides, it's more fun if someone is screaming in your ear". How about blowing chow in your face? How fun is that because I see a whole lot of chow being blown on this. No way!
 

Clonefan32

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Well, this news gets a resounding "**** That" from Clonefan32. Getting on a ladder to hang Christmas lights was enough of a thrill for me.
 
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tman24

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I went down the summit plummet in Orlando. It was pretty fun. I don't think I could do it again.

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boone7247

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I did this one. The dropout is freaky:

[video=youtube;qF7haVJBACU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF7haVJBACU[/video]

This one nearly drown me, though, not even exaggerating there:

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That is what I road at Six Flags Great America, it is nervous wait, but it was fun as all hell. Verruckt looks freaking scary considering you are on a tube, it is way easier to fall off a tube than to just slide down a slide.
 

3TrueFans

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**** this so much. When that tube gets a little air at the drop off? No way, Jose.

[video=youtube;NG-uY2wze2Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y[/video]
 

Cyclones_R_GR8

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**** this so much. When that tube gets a little air at the drop off? No way, Jose.

[video=youtube;NG-uY2wze2Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y[/video]
Can that even be classified as a waterslide anymore if they have to strap you into some sort of inflatable kayak?
 

cowgirl836

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**** this so much. When that tube gets a little air at the drop off? No way, Jose.

[video=youtube;NG-uY2wze2Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-uY2wze2Y[/video]


I could hardly watch when they showed it looking over the drop. If I could get past that part, it'd probably be fun. But that first drop? No f-ing way.
 

Wesley

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The show was on Travel Channel two nights ago. The first design by all able water engineers ended up with the sand bag raft going fifteen feet up in the air at the first hump. They decided to cut the slope down by one half on the first hump and spent a million bucks. They then tested at night after helicopters were buzzing the site. The co owner and designer survived the test run. They were scared to test.
 

twocoach

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Sign me up, I am all over that. Hopefully I can get a weekend off this summer and run down there. That looks fantastic!
 

OPButtrey

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I drove right past it just the other day and slowed down to take a good look. No thanks.
 

cycloneted

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The show was on Travel Channel two nights ago. The first design by all able water engineers ended up with the sand bag raft going fifteen feet up in the air at the first hump. They decided to cut the slope down by one half on the first hump and spent a million bucks. They then tested at night after helicopters were buzzing the site. The co owner and designer survived the test run. They were scared to test.

Here you go!
[video=youtube;R8J1HYqGF94]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8J1HYqGF94 [/video]
 

chuckd4735

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KC stations reporting a death occurred today at Schlitterbahn...if what is being said on Twitter is true, this ride is not going to have a god rap.
 

3TrueFans

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The rumor, and it's just a rumor at this point, is that a child was decapitated on that really tall waterslide. Press conference coming up at 4:30.
 

SC Cy

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I can't imagine being the employees there or eyewitness people in the area. More than that, it sickens me to think how the parents and people in the ride with the poor boy will live life from now on. Simply awful.