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Nope, I wont go there - Schlitterbahn building the Worlds tallest water slide

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by DFWRocket, Nov 19, 2013.

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  1. DFWRocket

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    #1 DFWRocket, Nov 19, 2013
  2. ItsMyFault

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    Yep, definitely going to have to try this.

    EDIT: damn just saw this is in KC, Why isn't this in New Branufels?
     
    #2 ItsMyFault, Nov 19, 2013
  3. Haymitch

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    Damn. That is awesome. Wish it was in New Braunfels.
     
    #3 Haymitch, Nov 19, 2013
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    Rats! That was my first thought, that it was down there ("down" from Austin), and I was wondering where in the hell they would put it. Looks massive! Well, on the off chance that I'm ever in KC in the summer, I know what will be on my agenda!

    Can you imagine the lines this thing will have??
     
    #4 Deckard, Nov 19, 2013
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    I'd rather have the Google Fiber or the college basketball team.
     
    #5 Ziggy, Nov 19, 2013
  6. Yonkers

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    Makes my insides all jelly just looking at the pictures.
     
    #6 Yonkers, Nov 19, 2013
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    INB4 the first death
     
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    Pass!...:eek:

    I'll wait until they pass the 200ft mark before I christen any of these baby slides....:p
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    #8 BamBam, Nov 19, 2013
  9. Grinds

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    Was hoping Galveston location. Damn.
     
    #9 Grinds, Nov 19, 2013
  10. leroy

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    Not enough money in the world to get me on that.
     
    #10 leroy, Nov 19, 2013
  11. heypartner

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    Looks like the new I45 upgrade proposal that dc2 is complaining a out
     
    #11 heypartner, Nov 19, 2013
  12. LC Rox Fan

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    Damn that looks totally dangerous, and I really wanna try it. Would be cool if there was water completely around it so that once you inevitably fall off it wouldn't be as bad.
     
    #12 LC Rox Fan, Nov 19, 2013
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    Why no new braunfels or galveston?
     
    #13 rhino17, Nov 19, 2013
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    No room? NF just did a giant expansion in late 2012 and made the longest water "ride". It's pretty great.
     
    #14 Brando2101, Nov 19, 2013
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    I wouldn't ride that thing. Too much chit splatter in the bottom of the ride.
     
    #15 ling ling, Nov 19, 2013
  16. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    as bad?


    LOL.
     
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    yeah...no thanks
     
    #17 R0ckets03, Nov 19, 2013
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    Would not ride, just because could you imagine the line? I'm not trying to wait 3 hours on some stairs so I can ride that crap for 25 seconds. Lol I'm more of a fast pass kinda guy!
     
    #18 K-Low_4_Prez, Nov 20, 2013
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    Didn’t see a current thread on this so apologies if I missed it in reopening this old one. The co-owner of Schlitterbahn was arrested and charged today in the death of a 10-year-old boy for this ride on 2016—the ride was allegedly designed without professional engineers or adherence to safety standards, and multiple injuries prior to the death were apparently swept under the rug.

    I’ve been a devotee of the park since going to the New Braunfels location with my family back in the 80s—in fact, I started a family tradition of my own taking my boys there starting four years ago. You’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger Schlitterbahn fan than me—and yet, if these allegations are proven out, I really don’t know if I can ever go back there again, at least under existing management. It’s beyond disturbing that in the quest for publicity and notoriety as “the tallest” that they would be so reckless as to let it get to the point that some family lost their child in what was supposed to be a fun trip together.

    Just horrifying.

    https://m.chron.com/news/article/A-boy-was-decapitated-on-a-waterslide-The-park-12778908.php
     
    #19 Lar, Mar 26, 2018
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  20. el gnomo

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    Holy ****, the 10 year old kid was decapitated??? Why did I read that :(
     
    #20 el gnomo, Mar 26, 2018
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