Originally Posted By tiggertoo Not to mention that the water itself is used in the evacuation process of these attractions. They cannot simply evacuate guests at any location along the flume; there are “landing†throughout both attractions for that purpose and the guests need to be floated to these locations.
Originally Posted By tangaroa I'd imagine the situation for Pirates or Small World would be different than Splash though. Since splash is a gravity powered ride, there has to be a pump system in place to pump the water to the highest point, and then the water travels down the flume (powered by gravity). If the power shut off, then the pumps would also shut off, and the water would automatically drain to the lowest point. But it certain wouldn't take 3 seconds.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Last July I was on Small World when a power outage hit. The water most definitely does not drain.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^ Clack, clack, clack, CLACK! CLACK! CLACK! CLACK CLACK CLACK! ;-)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think the biggest flaw with that idea, is where the water would go. They can drain the flumes slowly, because they gan gradually dispose of the water, but if it all went out at once, they would have to have tanks that could hold all of the water in the entire attraction at once, and that just isn't a logical solution. As for Splash being gravity driven, they could have certain places where the flume drains along the route, so it wouldn't have to wait for all the water to get to the end. It's still really illogical, but it could be done.
Originally Posted By avromark <<Last July I was on Small World when a power outage hit. The water most definitely does not drain.>> Maybe it drains in the "Duff World" version Duff Beer for me, Duff beer for you...
