Ever been stuck on the BWV pool slide?

[juju]

I've been down this slide several times in the past, however on my last trip, about half way down, I sat up a little to adjust and stopped flat in my tracks. I couldn't get moving again no matter how hard I tried. I knew my husband was coming down next behind me and I was starting to panic (he isn't small) that we would have a terrible collision. Luckily, he saw me stopped when he came around the bend and was able to move to the side to avoid me and kept going down. Somehow, I was able to get moving soon after that. I'm not a big person, so I don't think size was the issue. Stay flat on the slide!

 

[AJKMOM]

My son had a cotton swim suit, and he got stuck. He's 5'10" and 145lbs., so weight had nothing to do with it. Purely not a nylon swimsuit.

 

[G8RFAN]

5' 10" 190 lbs and I got "stuck" in the middle too because I sat up a little to look for my DS. Had to do the "inch worm" to get going again.

 

[dianeschlicht]

LOL! The visuals from that discription has me laughing out loud!

 

[elgerber]

My son has gotten stuck a few times (so it's not size, my ds is tiny for his age, and he was 9 at the time). He got so spooked, he wouldn't go down it until the next trip. Once we got him to lay down instead of sit, he went down just fine.

 

[Alexander]

"The inch worm"

Okay, considering my feelings (and many others) about clowns, that would just freak me out to be stuck "inside" a clown's mouth, head, whatever!

 

[carol1231]

Ok, I've been down this slide many a times, and not once have I been stuck. But now y'all have me worried. We're arriving in 3 weeks (23 days to be exact), I'm gonna be paranoid.

I'm going to be thinking the whole way down.... So, it's lay down, don't sit up. Or is it sit up, don't lay down..... I may need to visit the bar before my first trip down.

 

[wdwstar]

Oh, No not the scary clown slide........

 

[dopey2]

I have never gone down the slide without getting stuck! Now I don't use the slide. I plan on trying the OKW slide and hope I do not get stuck on that one!

 

[EeyoreJMH]

DH has been stuck on the slide twice and now refuses to gown down it. I on the other hand, love the slide. I'm not sure why he gets stuck and I don't; I'm definately a bit fluffier than he is

 

[Bugeye]

I refuse to go down the path about being caught in the clown's throat. Way too many gross joke possibilities.

 

[ColoradoBelle1]

I only went down it once, and thought it was V-E-R-Y slow. But I was sitting instead of lying down. I probably should have gone up and tried it once more, lying down, because others have said it was a really fast slide??????
I remembered once a very loooonnnggg time ago ( I was pretty skinny then) I went down a water park slide lying down and started to really 'whhoosh' up the sides of the thing during turns...one of my legs actually flew OVER the side and I thought I was going to fall out!!!!! So when people were talking about how fast this slide was, I admit that I decided to sit the first time just to be safe. I can't imagine actually stopping on it, but I sure didnt' feel I was going very fast. I wonder if there is a 'control' for how much water runs down the slide and if that has anything to do with speed? Any engineers out there???

 

[Alexander]

No engineers needed really. Either wax the slide or grease your butt!

 

[JudyS]

I've been down this slide several times in the past, however on my last trip, about half way down, I sat up a little to adjust and stopped flat in my tracks. I couldn't get moving again no matter how hard I tried. I knew my husband was coming down next behind me and I was starting to panic (he isn't small) that we would have a terrible collision. Luckily, he saw me stopped when he came around the bend and was able to move to the side to avoid me and kept going down. Somehow, I was able to get moving soon after that. I'm not a big person, so I don't think size was the issue. Stay flat on the slide!

I got stuck on the slide at Port Orleans Riverside, and a little kid collided with me! Very embarassing! I'm been afraid to go on the resort slides ever since. Maybe the problem was just that I didn't lie down enough. (I was assuming I was too fat for the slide!)