Phantasialand: General Discussion

[Bowser]

You go through a couple of small caves, but daylight is visible at all times. There's no pitch dark rooms, if that's what you're worried about.

The opposite actually, Bowser Jr loves the darkness so would have been a factor to convince my wife to let him go on considering it will be late October!

 

[Benzin]

Thanks all! Looks like last ride of the day before drying off in the room.

Does it have dark ride aspects? No spoilers please.

Nope, Chiapas is fairly dry. River Quest is the dry off in hotel nonsense ride.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Well, without giving spoilers, I'm sure he will enjoy what's in the caves.

 

[Bowser]

Nope, Chiapas is fairly dry. River Quest is the dry off in hotel nonsense ride.

Oh really? I thought it was an absolute soaker.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Oh really? I thought it was an absolute soaker.

It's about as wet as any other large scale log flume. (I'm not sure if they can vary the water level depending on the weather?)

But as has been said, wetness wise, River Quest is the one to watch out for. It's on a par with Tidal wave and Valhalla for "should be in a waterpark".

 

[RustyRider]

It's about as wet as any other large scale log flume. (I'm not sure if they can vary the water level depending on the weather?)

But as has been said, wetness wise, River Quest is the one to watch out for. It's on a par with Tidal wave and Valhalla for "should be in a waterpark".

River quest is mental but wasn’t a soaker for me! We stayed in the raft for 3 laps and only came off mildly moist (oh err!). Whiplash coming out the wazoo though! The craziest rapids ride out there I reckon…

 

[Llama]

Nope, Chiapas is fairly dry. River Quest is the dry off in hotel nonsense ride.

My experience was the exact opposite. On River Quest I got one little splash to the torso and hopped off the ride more or less dry, while I had one ride on Chiapas that sent me back to the hotel room for new underwear and socks, like "I took a shower with my clothes on" levels of wet.

 

[DiogoJ42]

It would seem that both rides can be quite variable. (I've not been anywhere near as often as some folks have, can only go by my experience).

 

[John]

I'd say Chiapas is moderately wet, I think it's got wetter over the years, in part due to leaks in the rockwork. The boat design means it hard to keep your feet dry too - in a normal log flume the person at the front can protect their shoes in the bow but Chiapas boats are very boxy with limited protection in that regard.

River Quest OTOH is a lottery, you might not get very wet at all but you could get completely drenched.

 

[CSLKenny]

Put your feet in the side slots for the lapbar for the seat in front of yours to keep them out of any water in the Chiapas boat.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Put your feet in the side slots for the lapbar for the seat in front of yours to keep them out of any water in the Chiapas boat.

I don't think I was ever that flexible!

 

[LF22]

I’ve read that on Chiapas they can adjust how wet you get based on the weather/temperatures but not sure if they actually do / it works etc.

It was like a biblical downpour when we went on so I couldnt really tell how wet we actually got from the ride vs the weather!

 

[DiogoJ42]

I’ve read that on Chiapas they can adjust how wet you get based on the weather/temperatures but not sure if they actually do / it works etc.

It was like a biblical downpour when we went on so I couldnt really tell how wet we actually got from the ride vs the weather!

I believe it's as simple as raising /lowering the water level in the splashdown pool. There may or may not be some kind of magnetic braking involved, possibly to prevent overspeeding with lower levels?