[Question] Weight limit on Splash Mountain?

[DrFink]

After my experience on Splash Mountain this past trip I am curious... does Splash Mountain have a weight limit for the logs?

The reason I ask is due to what happened in my log. I was placed in the front with my parents behind me. Behind them were three men who were each 300+ lbs.. My parents are also both heavier people. We kept bumping the sides and feeling like we were getting off track and the log got a little stuck on one inside part because we were so weighed down. When we went down the drops all 6 of us got so drenched. There were giant waves from the front and from the sides. I walked around soaked with wet shoes for about 5 hours. Before going down the giant drop with the picture I remember thinking to myself, does this ride have a weight limit?

I just feel like they shouldn't have put that much weight in one log.

[Garthilk]

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I completely agree. I think they should have a well themed miniture truck scale in the queue area and a little screen for the loader that shows them the weight of the passengers to alert them when there are too many obese people in a log.

Frankly this is a saftey issue, an overloaded log could represent a serious hazard for customers and cast members. Excellent original post.

[DrFink]

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I agree that it is a potential safety issue. I mean no one got hurt on my trip but that doesn't mean people couldn't get hurt in the future.

[bisforbrittney]

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there's pretty much no ride at disneyland with an actual "weight limit." they've tried to create rides that can be fun for anyone, and the only ones that cause any type of turn away for someone who is overweight are those who cant fit behind the safety bar.

because there is no restriction then on free sitting rides such as splash mountain and the ride will still more or less function at a given weight, the loaders can load however they please. i've mostly seen them try to distribute people evenly at the "assignment" area, but when things are busy/they just don't care, they aren't as watchful. once while on it's a small world, our boat was actually tipped slightly to the side because of uneven weight distribution.

i think a secretive device at the loading station could be helpful if they did a few trial runs to find out at which weight capacity causes less than ideal function, as well as a more careful eye from seat assigning cast members.

[DrFink]

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I wasn't necessarily suggesting a device to weigh people or anything. I think the Cast Members should be instructed on how to seat guests to distribute the weight properly. Don't put all heavy adults in the same log. It isn't that difficult.

[PirateLover]

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I see logs filled with "larger guests" all the time, so I don't think they are overloading them. But yes, a heavy log will bump and splash more that a lighter log. Did you really get stuck, or did the lift hill stop for a second like it does once in a while when logs are backing up?

Oh and by they way.......the signs all say "You may get wet".
So if your not prepared to spend the day with wet shoes, this might not be a good day to ride.
The CM's fill logs and expect that you know, you may get wet. Could you imagine guests in line asking for a log with skinny people, so we don't get as wet?

[Druggas]

Re: Weight limit on Splash Mountain?

there's pretty much no ride at disneyland with an actual "weight limit." they've tried to create rides that can be fun for anyone, and the only ones that cause any type of turn away for someone who is overweight are those who cant fit behind the safety bar.

because there is no restriction then on free sitting rides such as splash mountain and the ride will still more or less function at a given weight, the loaders can load however they please. i've mostly seen them try to distribute people evenly at the "assignment" area, but when things are busy/they just don't care, they aren't as watchful. once while on it's a small world, our boat was actually tipped slightly to the side because of uneven weight distribution.

i think a secretive device at the loading station could be helpful if they did a few trial runs to find out at which weight capacity causes less than ideal function, as well as a more careful eye from seat assigning cast members.

I think Space Mountain has one.

[DrFink]

Re: Weight limit on Splash Mountain?

I see logs filled with "larger guests" all the time, so I don't think they are overloading them. But yes, a heavy log will bump and splash more that a lighter log. Did you really get stuck, or did the lift hill stop for a second like it does once in a while when logs are backing up?

Oh and by they way.......the signs all say "You may get wet".
So if your not prepared to spend the day with wet shoes, this might not be a good day to ride.
The CM's fill logs and expect that you know, you may get wet. Could you imagine guests in line asking for a log with skinny people, so we don't get as wet?

It wasn't so much that I got wet. When you go on Splash Mountain you kind of expect to get splashed. That is a no brainer.

Like I said, I was questioning if there was a weight capacity for each log.

[bisforbrittney]

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I think Space Mountain has one.

a few years ago, my friend wanted to take me as a gift, and he is a very heavy dude, so i called disneyland to check about weight limits and was told that as long as he could fit behind the bar, he could go on. so maybe space mountain's limit pertains to its safety restraints?

[Michael808702]

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I heard space mountains is weight limit is so the car wont go down faster then its suppose to and come in close range of another car

[ABW]

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Actually there is a weight limit for Space Mountain, which I find interesting. If a rocket weighs too much, it will go left at the switch track just after the lab-bar check. There used to be a video on youtube showing this happen, but it seems to have been removed since then.

[Malina]

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As others have said, they do weigh the ride vehicles on Space--and I think on Matterhorn as well. I'm surprised they don't have something in place on Splash, as well.

The weight limit isn't the weight of the actual guest; it's the combined weight of the passengers; so if you had someone very heavy you could ostensibly leave other spaces on the rocket/sled/log empty and still be light enough to safely take off.

[mickdaddy]

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I have had the exact same thing happen I will bet our log was close to 2000 pounds ( not an kidding) and the log actually hit bottom coming off the belt. We got soaked to the bone off the first drop and the tidal wave we created was unreal it actually took a second for the water to hit down on the boat enough time for me to actually think how did we not get wet on the big drop then bam wall of water on my head! They really need to set a log weight limit IMO

[DrFink]

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I have had the exact same thing happen I will bet our log was close to 2000 pounds ( not an kidding) and the log actually hit bottom coming off the belt. We got soaked to the bone off the first drop and the tidal wave we created was unreal it actually took a second for the water to hit down on the boat enough time for me to actually think how did we not get wet on the big drop then bam wall of water on my head! They really need to set a log weight limit IMO

YES

My dad estimated our log had to have been at least 1500 lbs. if not more. I felt us hit the bottom and when I looked over the side of the log a majority of the log was underwater with little of the log left above water.

As Malina said, it is the matter of the combined weight of the guests per log. I don't think it's safe to put that much weight in each log.

[Jetlife]

Re: Weight limit on Splash Mountain?

Actually there is a weight limit for Space Mountain, which I find interesting. If a rocket weighs too much, it will go left at the switch track just after the lab-bar check. There used to be a video on youtube showing this happen, but it seems to have been removed since then.

The Video is still there.

Me and my kids are always hoping for a Football team to be in the Queue with us, so that we have a chance to go left.

[bigcatrik]

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SpcM often leaves with an empty back row due to weight concerns. A single rider line would never work since filling every rocket would cause more problems than it would solve.

[PetiteMortKvsh]

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As a Tiny person both height and weight (95lbs) I have been soaked with or without weight issues. Sometimes I feel like if there aren't enough weight in the log that we're going to fly off the drop landing in the 'briers'. I have never been scared of to much weight. Every time I've gone they seem to even out the logs. I am sure the cast try their best to load the logs evenly, I have seen groups of people on the larger side complain when cast try's to slit them up. If you add a scale type device this may slow the line down greatly. I know that on the Matterhorn if a car is to heavy it slows the ride down and sometimes causes the E-stop to activate. Does anyone know if this is the same on Splash?

[ABW]

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The Video is still there.

Me and my kids are always hoping for a Football team to be in the Queue with us, so that we have a chance to go left.

My bad, that never came up in the results. That was, in fact, the video I was looking for. I guess I was just using incorrect search terms. Oh well, either ways, now we are clear on what Space Mountain does when a rocket is too heavy.

As for Splash, I am curious as to where you (DrFink) got stuck during the ride. I have never heard of that happening before.

[bisforbrittney]

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The Video is still there.

Me and my kids are always hoping for a Football team to be in the Queue with us, so that we have a chance to go left.

that video is too funny! "did we weigh too much?" *ignore*
and i'm glad i know about weight restrictions now! i always thought it was strange that there weren't any, and i guess that's because it's not the case.

[DrFink]

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As for Splash, I am curious as to where you (DrFink) got stuck during the ride. I have never heard of that happening before.

We were in the dark section right after the indoor drop. We hadn't quite reached the turn for the big, main drop and our log came to a bit of a stand still. We felt the water jets kick in to push our log forward.