I have a question about these two rides, well not so much the rides but the riders. Why do people go and buy those rain poncho things? Isn't part of the fun getting wet? I just don't get it. Anyone else ponder this? :confused:
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I don't mind getting wet, either, but there's a matter of degrees. When you ride Splash Mountain, yes, you're going to get wet, but it dries off pretty quickly. It's basically one big splash that does you in.
On GRR, though, you're not so much going to get wet as much as you're going to get soaked. Saturated. Your socks and shoes will splosh around. As some folks on MiceChat will tell you, your feet can be wet most of the day. So it's a matter of degrees. I've always wondered if they heat the water on GRR in winter.
In the end, they're both a blast!
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Exactly...Splash is one of the best rides Disney has ever built, but some people don't want to get wet--they still want to see Disney at its best, though. Grizzly, on the other paw, is a great raft ride but doesn't have much story...they should have at least put a grizzly bear animatronic in the caves...-Kyle, Member of the DCA Lovers Alliance
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Well, the new logs on Splash really seem to get you more wet, I was drenched on Splash mountain last trip. I sat in front, and a MASSIVE (what seemed like) a tidal wave came pooring over me. I was completely soaked from head to toe, not one dry spot on me.. and I'm really not exagerating. That was the BEST ride I'd ever had on the thing!
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Originally posted by Disneylandrocks55Well, the new logs on Splash really seem to get you more wet, I was drenched on Splash mountain last trip. I sat in front, and a MASSIVE (what seemed like) a tidal wave came pooring over me. I was completely soaked from head to toe, not one dry spot on me.. and I'm really not exagerating. That was the BEST ride I'd ever had on the thing!
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I don't mind getting wet...except for my jeans. Wet jeans are not comfortable to walk around in all day, which is why I have one of those ponchos. Plus, sometimes people have to go on those rides with their children while not particularly enjoying water rides in the first place. So I think the ponchos are a good thing to have available. Of course, on an extremely hot day, I may be tempted to forego putting the poncho on and revel in being drenched from head to toe!
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I have a funny poncho story.
I usually bring along those 99 cent ponchos you can get at discount stores, in case we are riding on a cold day. I was getting off of GRR, and as usual everyone getting off the ride was soaked...A women waiting to get on the ride freaked out and grabbed my poncho and just started pulling it off me. She just kept saying, "you give me that","you give me that!" It was so funny that of course I gave her my poncho. I'm glad I brought a cheap one instead of buying the nicer Disney ponchos...
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In the summer my daughter and I are disappointed if we don't get wet enough on either ride, so we have to ride them again and again until we are completely soaked, I mean dripping! In the winter, won't do GRR, but we take our chances with SM!Mom, remember, it's not what a person is like on the outside that counts,it's what they are like in their HEART!
- Wolfette
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When I was at DCA a couple of years ago, GRR was one of the first rides I went on. I spent the next couple of hours drying out, and didn't ride it again on that trip just because I didn't want to spend another couple of hours extracting wet underwear from uncomfortable crevices. Next trip I plan on wearing swim trunks to the park to avoid this.
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Originally posted by VWSpawnI have a question about these two rides, well not so much the rides but the riders. Why do people go and buy those rain poncho things? Isn't part of the fun getting wet? I just don't get it. Anyone else ponder this? :confused:
It only get's in the way.
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Although I've never worn a poncho on either ride (absent rain, so I was wearing one anyway), I can understand the desire to. I usually try to "plan" on getting wet and dress accordingly in fabrics that dry quickly. Sometimes I'll even change from socks and shoes into sandals ..... I've even brought dry underware (or gone "commando") to change into if necessary.
I'll never forget one time when we rode GRR and my daughter (5 at the time) got soaked to the bone (I believe she was wearing a Minnie dress .... take note). Well, she was still soaked by the time evening rolled around, and as we were walking up Main Street headed to Splash with Fastpasses in hand, her chilled-to-the-bone sobs convinced us that we needed to go home right then.
I then experienced something of a flashback to my youth when we proceeded down Mainstreet in the other direction, toward the exit. I recalled a time when I was 10 or so, walking up Mainstreet (probably having just returned from an afternoon swim at our hotel), and having this guy with long brown hair, a moustache, his arms around the shoulders of a young lady friend, shove a handful of tickets (A thru D) into my hand. SWEET!
So, in a manner of "paying it forward", within yards of the very site where my windfall happened to me, I gave my 5 Splash fastpasses to some stranger whose appreciation was outweighed only by his excitement.
Fortunately for my Daughter, she had dry PJs in the car for the ride home ...."She's taking everything. She's taking the house, she's taking the kid, she's taking the dog. IT'S NOT EVEN HER DOG. IT'S MY DOG! SHE'S TAKING . . . MY DOG!"
- Ron Livingston, "Band of Brothers"
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Giant Panda - a wee bit too much info on that whole "going commando" thing, LOL. :monkey:
So, in a manner of "paying it forward", within yards of the very site where my windfall happened to me, I gave my 5 Splash fastpasses to some stranger whose appreciation was outweighed only by his excitement.
In August I went to the park with my roommate who had tickets and a parking pass from his place of work. Since I have a Premium AP and can park for free anyway, we pulled to the side right after the entrance to the parking structure and gave his parking pass to the next car, which happened to be a van with parents and easily five-six kids. They were very grateful to not have to spend the $9 on parking. I'm sure their visit that day was not gonna be a cheap one.
On this same trip we got a complimentary 2 person pass for Splash Mountain, but decided that it was not within our timeframe. While leaving the Critter Country area, we passed the Splash line, and saw a young teen couple walking back out of the line. I asked them why they were getting out of the line and their response was that it was too long. I gave then the pas, and they were ecstatic.
I gave a Buzz Fastpass to a kid who was about 12 back in March. Him and his mom were visiting Disneyland for the first time since she was his age. They were behind me in line for ice cream at the Gibson Girl when I decided I wasn't gonna go on it again, so I gave it to him. He had no idea that it had opened, and was excited to go.
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Originally posted by MichelleIt's been a long time since I've gotten uncomfortably wet on Splash.
GRR, however, I just don't go on. You get wet beyond the point of fun.
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Originally posted by pyrateslife4me84Exactly...Splash is one of the best rides Disney has ever built
IMO, the new logs have ruined the experience and the modification of the seating on the old logs was just as bad.
Fortunately, we have the one in Florida still, since California's is a wreck.
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people are silly, i've always wondered that too. But my boyfriend doesnt like to go on the ride late cause he doesnt want the inside of his car to get wet.
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