Sam
TS Member
Come the morning of September 4th, Hydro at Oakwood will be an only child. Knott's Berry Farm have confirmed they plan to remove Perilous Plunge after Labor Day, the only other Intamin River Plunge in the world.
I absolutely adored Hydro when I rode it, and was eagerly looking forward to PP. But for some reason, when I rode it in 2009, it was just incredibly painful and boring - nothing at all like I remember Hydro.
Maybe it's because I'd grown (I visited Oakwood in 2005) and the restraints didn't fit me anymore. Or maybe it was something different with the ride. It did have a different layout.
Anyway, bon voyage Perilous Plunge, don't speak ill of the dead and all that.
Screamscape reckons they'll replace it with a giga coaster, similar to Skyrush.
I absolutely adored Hydro when I rode it, and was eagerly looking forward to PP. But for some reason, when I rode it in 2009, it was just incredibly painful and boring - nothing at all like I remember Hydro.
Maybe it's because I'd grown (I visited Oakwood in 2005) and the restraints didn't fit me anymore. Or maybe it was something different with the ride. It did have a different layout.
Anyway, bon voyage Perilous Plunge, don't speak ill of the dead and all that.
Orange County Register said:Knott's Perilous Plunge's days are numbered
By MICHAEL MELLO / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Knott's management said Monday that the ride will shut down for good following Labor Day.
"Perilous Plunge has carried thousands of visitors over its 12-year tenure at Knott's," park General Manager Raffi Kaprelyan said, "so we wanted to invite guests out to give it a proper send-off."
A brief release about the closure did not detail why the ride will be shut down except a teaser: "Future plans for the site are scheduled to be released shortly."
Unconfirmed reports of a new ride have worked their way around the park in recent weeks.
Perilous Plunge is a three minute-long ride that ends with a 115-foot drop, thoroughly soaking up to 24 riders at a time.
The ride will close just short of its 12th anniversary; it opened in mid-September 2000. Though a popular ride, it has had its problems.
About a year after it opened, restraints failed to keep an obese woman in her seat, resulting in her falling to her death. After the accident, state regulators forced Knott's to redesign the ride; it re-opened eight months later.
Screamscape reckons they'll replace it with a giga coaster, similar to Skyrush.