Attraction Saw Mill Log Flume
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That ride had the roughest lift hills I have ever experienced on a log flume. That’s been a few years ago
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Anyways I think it’s a very nice flume that goes out into the woods I got to do it at 11pm last year during thrillathon ERT bc el toro big broke 2 days before last years event, and on that topic there’s zero news on thrillathon this year so I think it could be cancelled
Anyways I think it’s a very nice flume that goes out into the woods I got to do it at 11pm last year during thrillathon ERT bc el toro big broke 2 days before last years event, and on that topic there’s zero news on thrillathon this year so I think it could be cancelled
Of all of Great Adventure's opening day rides, the Log Flume was the biggest hit. Like so many of the park's attractions it laid claim to the "World's Longest Flume Ride", and the crowds loved it, standing on long lines in the hot sun for hours to ride it.
Initially the ride had no queue building, with the huge area of switchbacks in the sun, and spilling across the pathway into an overflow queue. The ride also had an "uphill" section in the back section which was exciting but impractical and was removed over time.
The ride was such a hit that the park immediately ordered a second, even bigger flume for the 1975 season.
Fifty years later, the Flume is still one of the most popular rides in the park appealing to a wide variety of guests, and for the 2024 season will be getting a much needed rehab for it's golden anniversary.
Click to see the entire Log Flume spotlight:
Initially the ride had no queue building, with the huge area of switchbacks in the sun, and spilling across the pathway into an overflow queue. The ride also had an "uphill" section in the back section which was exciting but impractical and was removed over time.
The ride was such a hit that the park immediately ordered a second, even bigger flume for the 1975 season.
Fifty years later, the Flume is still one of the most popular rides in the park appealing to a wide variety of guests, and for the 2024 season will be getting a much needed rehab for it's golden anniversary.
Click to see the entire Log Flume spotlight:
Here's a look at the uphill section which was located in the back area, out of view of the guests:
![gallery_2_43_116602[1].jpg](https://www.greatadventurehistory.com/GARides/LogFlume/Dip/gallery_2_43_116602[1].jpg)
Hearing rumblings of this section coming back, spillway and all.Here's a look at the uphill section which was located in the back area, out of view of the guests:
Doubtful, it was apparently problematic with boats getting stuck.
That’s the primary issue with spillway drops—without a high power flow of water behind the boat, it’s much more likely for a boat to valley there.
Essentially they'd have to give it a real makeover with a LIM/LSM system to make sure the boats make it up the hill like Catapult Falls at SWSA. Those boats are heavy, and guests are heavier than they were back when it opened.
Spillway drops also had a big problem with things like tree debris from what I've read/understand. Just an all-round maintenance nightmare.
Folks are building log flumes with gravity-fed, uphill segments again now, but they're nothing like the old Arrow spillways. Only way such a thing would make its way to an existing log flume would be alongside an enormous, probably full ride system-scale, renovation/replacement.
Folks are building log flumes with gravity-fed, uphill segments again now, but they're nothing like the old Arrow spillways. Only way such a thing would make its way to an existing log flume would be alongside an enormous, probably full ride system-scale, renovation/replacement.
I interpreted @Crunchewy ’s question as asking why they didn’t give it a coaster-style drop, like Family Kingdom’s log flume has (shown below). By using coaster-like track, it seems like the flume avoids the issues related to valleying and water pressure that these Arrow flumes (Saw Mill, Le Scoot) had. But maybe the required totally new boats, and the cheaper solution was just removing that element?
Edit: Typed my reply before Zachary’s post.
Edit: Typed my reply before Zachary’s post.
Boats also chewed through the fiberglass ridiculously quick in the spillway, would end up getting 4 times the amount of maintenance as the rest of the ride would.
The second drop right now is in pieces in the northern star arena according to coilwood studios, as he details in his opening day vlog.
On the Sunday after opening day I saw flume pieces in the drop off area by the driveway.
In makes sense the uphill section would have wear issues.
In makes sense the uphill section would have wear issues.
Better late than never!
Of course it will still probably close on Labor Day…
Of course it will still probably close on Labor Day…
Great to have this open and operating again! I saw a bunch of employees in the station on Thursday so I figured we might see an opening over the weekend - I'm really glad they opened it sooner with Autumn closing in. Apparently the wait time was over an hour yesterday, while the nearby coasters had relatively little in the way of lines.
They're also offering a nice looking complimentary pin for passholders tomorrow:
They're also offering a nice looking complimentary pin for passholders tomorrow:
