Anyone hear this? Kali river rapids where to sit and not get wet

[Boopuff]

overheard in line at Kali - is you enter the raft stay to the right and try to sit right and directly opposite of where you entered. The family I overheard swore that the rotation of the raft was deliberate and that the seats to the left of entry were the "doomed" seats ( the one seat that goes downhill first every...single...time) now to test the theory in summer you'd need a wet suit! I call bunk on this one (although I'm always in the doomed seat!) anyone heard this or can prove/disprove? I thought the things were semi free floating! Then again I believe in magic too!

 

[5kidsmommy]

I can't imagine this would work due to so many variables such as the size of all the guests which would make a huge impact on what way the raft went. The key to staying dry is don't get on it.

 

[Alesia]

It's absolute nonsense.

 

[dfb]

Proved it wrong this past summer. Seats opposite the entry and to the right of entry got the worst on our trip!

 

[Bullseye]

If only that were true... I'd try for those seats every time. I feel kind of bummed if I wait in line for a water-ride and then barely get wet.

 

[larryz]

I think they were funnin' the folks around them... all seats are doomed.

 

[MataHari22]

No way that is going to work. I've ridden that ride 3 times, sitting in different spots each time, and I was saturated each time. I don't ride it anymore. I think someone was just trying to yank someone's chain, or trying to get them to ride the ride.

 

[larryz]

If only that were true... I'd try for those seats every time. I feel kind of bummed if I wait in line for a water-ride and then barely get wet.

I see what you did there...

 

[dfb]

On this trip the camera is where the entrance was...



Looks like they'll all get it!



Then the water moves in!



To the right of entry are the winners and completely soaked!

 

[Boopuff]

LOL love those pictures! My SIL was the doomed seat last time!

 

[whiporee]

Out of all the missed opportunities at WDW, Kali is the biggest. It should be a lot longer. I know it was planned to be longer but animal habitats got in the way. It's an expensive, intensive ride, but it would be better as a truer white water ride -- run some rapids, take a break, run some more and then the big drop, have the whole thing a few minutes rather than a few seconds. Kali's promoted as AK's co-headliner, and it's so short that it's just an experience in getting wet, nothing more.

 

[Dis703]

Nope. I've sat in the same seats and had multiple levels of wetness and ended up on different sides when going down the drop. Our last time on every single person on the raft was completely soaked. Nobody escaped it. I don't believe they could control this as there are too many factors that could influence how and when it turns and how fast.

 

[Praying Colonel]

The place to sit and not get wet is as far away from me as possible. I get soaked every single time.

 

[hdnwaters]

LOL.....this is so funny! We rode it once with barely a drop....stayed in the same raft, in the same seat, for a second go (CM let us stay on, after a fellow rider says, "you have to ride 'til you get wet" this was early morning before the lines formed) Second trip....DD and I got totally DRENCHED! Dripping from head to foot! It was a very warm day so no big deal except for being a little chilly waiting for Dinosaur to get started due to some sort of malfunction!

I will say if you go to IOA and ride Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges.....you will get wet no matter where you sit!

 

[dtoren2033]

I want to sit in the seat where I get the most wet lololol!

 

[Bullseye]

Out of all the missed opportunities at WDW, Kali is the biggest. It should be a lot longer. I know it was planned to be longer but animal habitats got in the way. It's an expensive, intensive ride, but it would be better as a truer white water ride -- run some rapids, take a break, run some more and then the big drop, have the whole thing a few minutes rather than a few seconds. Kali's promoted as AK's co-headliner, and it's so short that it's just an experience in getting wet, nothing more.

I like Kali but you're completely right about a missed opportunity. If you've ever ridden "Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges" at IOA, it puts Kali to shame. It's the same style round raft ride, but it is twice as long and almost impossible to not get wet, in fact soaked on that ride!

 

[Heidi Lou]

On this trip the camera is where the entrance was...

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Looks like they'll all get it!

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Then the water moves in!

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To the right of entry are the winners and completely soaked!

I am literally crying laughing over here! these pics are hilarious!!!! and my office is very quiet so I look crazy but man, that is funny!!!

 

[lugnut33]

What I have found, and I hope it doesn't offend anybody, is the heavy side of the raft will generally be the one to get the wettest on the big drop. Meaning... sit opposite the pooh sized people like myself.

 

[Boopuff]

I agree the message of the ride (deforestation?) is totally lost if not entirely missed by the average person. I'd love to see the ride longer and have more drops, water cannons, waterfalls! Then everyone could get wet! Another odd thing I did notice on my last trip was the center of the raft. Am I mistaken or didn't the raft center used to be waterproof storage for bags and packs? Maybe I'm thinking of another ride/park

 

[Heidi Lou]

it was waterproof storage at one point...what is it now? I remember one trip this family filled it almost all the way but I could have easily fit my purse and they held it shut and wouldn't "allow" me to put my bag in!!!! needless to say, I hoped the whole ride that they didn't want to get soaked but did anyway!