Roaring Rapids

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Roaring Rapids

Roaring Rapids at Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Magic Mountain
AreaRapids Camp Crossing
StatusOperating
Opening date1981
Six Flags Over Texas
AreaTower
StatusOperating
Opening date1983
Six Flags Great America
AreaMardi Gras
StatusOperating
Opening date1984
ReplacedTraffique Jam
General Statistics
Manufacturer Intamin
Lift system 1 lift hill
Restraint Style Seat Belts
Flash Pass Available at all three parks

Roaring Rapids is a river rafting ride located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas[1] and Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.

Roaring Rapids at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Many guests claim it is the best water ride at the park.

History

Six Flags Astroworld and Intamin AG partnered in 1979 to build the world's first river rapids ride in 1980 called Thunder River. The water ride became popular at Astroworld that Six Flags debuted two new river rapids in 1981 at Six Flags Magic Mountain and at Six Flags Great Adventure, 1983 at Six Flags Over Texas, and 1984 at Six Flags Great America. Over Texas version features a dual loading station where boats can be loaded as twice as fast than one loading station. Magic Mountain version doesn't features a dual loading station but is built to feature one. Great America version also doesn't feature a dual loading station, but features a turning station where the station moves in a circle with the boat where rides can depart and get on. All three Roaring Rapids water rides operate from the spring to the end of Fright Fest in October.

Roaring Rapids at Six Flags Over Texas

Ride

Once the twelve riders strap themselves into one of the boats, the boat then leaves the station to the man made river that is shaped like an oval at Over Texas and Magic Mountain. The twelve riders at Great America's version goes through a unique course rather than in an oval. During all three rides, there are different objects that are in the water disrupts the flow of the water that creates the rapids in the river. Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Great America versions features waterfalls at the end of the course of the ride as another way to get riders completely soak. Once riders go through the course of the ride, then the boat will reach to the lift to take the boats back to the station.

Incidents

See also: Incidents at Six Flags parks
  • On March 21, 1999, a 28-year-old woman died at Six Flags Over Texas, and 10 other guests were injured, when the raft they were on overturned in 2–3 feet of water due to sudden deflation of the air chambers that support the raft. The raft then got caught on an underwater pipe, which provided leverage for the rushing water in the ride to flip the boat over.[2] In a subsequent settlement, Six Flags agreed to pay US$4 million to the victim's family, and the company would join the family in a lawsuit against Canyon Manufacturing Co., the company responsible for parts that were related to the accident.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Roaring Rapids". Retrieved May 6, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "'Unimaginable' events led to accident, officials say". Corpus Christi Online. April 21, 1999. Retrieved 2006-07-31. 
  3. ↑ "Six Flags to pay millions to victim's kin". AP. February 23, 2002. Retrieved 2012-05-06. 

Primary sources

  • The Coaster Guy, Roaring Rapids full of information and facts of Roaring Rapids
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