Pompeii Removal/Replacement?

[warfelg]

In the good old days you could ride it without getting drenched. Now you stand a good chance of being soaked by someone manning the water cannons at the end. One of the biggest improvements they could make would be to remove them, or at least disable them when the temperature is below a certain level.

Maybe just angle them differently to allow less of a full on assault from water, or change the pressure levels to make it more of a misting.

 

[halfabee]

Remove the only fiscal benefit of having Pompeii? Unlikely.

Hey! I have sunk many a quarter into Remote-O-Boat, thank you very much.

 

[Ghost of Pretzel Kaiser]

I love those boats, mainly when the volcano is working.

 

[Jacques]

Step 1: remove the jets and make them volcanic geysers.

Step 2: add some of the original theming back, maybe not where it was before but elsewhere in the immediate area around the ride.
Step 3: update the old effects and add a few new ones such as seeing a volcano eruption through a "crack" in the wall or ash falling through the ceiling.

And before you can say step 4, we take our 2 million and go to Rio!


Wait... that last bit is from The Producers but you get the idea!

 

[CastleOSullivan]

While I struggle to see how the park can ignore a ride the way they sometimes do, I think I can understand it more in the case of Escape From Pompeii. The show action equipment is so complicated. I can't imagine an add on without a complete overhaul of the system.

 

[tursiops]

I like the ride, it's just way too short. Which can't be changed. Maybe you can keep the building but do more of a journey to Atlantis ride.

 

[deacfan31]

I think we can agree the Pompeii isn't going anywhere, at least not for a long while. The only way I see it leaving is if it needs repairs that will cost more than something new or ridership drops to next to nothing.

 

[GoHokies87]

some would argue ridership is already there. The thing rarely has a line. Personally I appreciate these type of ride for the intermediate level of soakage. You get more wet than the flume, but not completely buckets of water drenched like the rapids.

 

[Merboy]

In the summer months I've seen quite extensive lines. I personally really love Pompeii.

 

[James]

It's fate will be the same as BBW. We just don't know when that is.

 

[Eric]

If thats true, then we will have something like pompeii but not as good to take its place but I actually think pompeii is gonna stay awhile.

 

[Mushroom]

I know I've said this before, but I'd ride Pompeii so much more if they removed the damn water blasters. I'd imagine other riders would do the same.

Before the blasters, it was possible to decide how wet you got based on your seat: you could choose to get soaked or just a little misted. But with the geysers relentlessly dumping buckets of water on everyone, now it's just a crapshoot.

 

[Zimmy]

^This
As if male adolescents needed another way to annoy people.

 

[The Hessian]

^This
As if male adolescents needed another way to annoy people.

Just pointing this out but its not just males you know.

 

[JUmelSA]

^This
As if male adolescents needed another way to annoy people.

Just pointing this out but its not just males you know.

Just pointing this out but its not just adolescents either.

 

[MAZ]

My experience has usually seen larger, sleeveless men hanging out on one cannon for an hour at a time. The kids usually slide a quarter in, hit the button at the wrong time, then walk off. I would ride this so much more if the cannons weren't there.

 

[CastleOSullivan]

The water cannons at the end of the ride have ruined almost every POV that I've tried to make. I almost always have profanity from other guests or something else that I wouldn't want to publish on YouTube. One film has me asking a kid to please sit down at the water cannons.

I either need to find an empty boat or do lots of sound editing.

 

[Merboy]

The water cannons at the end of the ride have ruined almost every POV that I've tried to make. I almost always have profanity from other guests or something else that I wouldn't want to publish on YouTube. One film has me asking a kid to please sit down at the water cannons.

I either need to find an empty boat or do lots of sound editing.

Is there someone you could have stand at the cannons and pretend like they're going to use them while you take your video?

 

[Eric]

I bet some of us can help you out

 

[netdvn]

The water cannons at the end of the ride have ruined almost every POV that I've tried to make. I almost always have profanity from other guests or something else that I wouldn't want to publish on YouTube. One film has me asking a kid to please sit down at the water cannons.

I either need to find an empty boat or do lots of sound editing.

I thought cameras weren't even allowed on Pompeii or flume. Getting them wet would be a problem for water rides unless you've got a GoPro.