splash mountain: lap bars now installed

[thewesterberg]

quick question, maybe a bit off topic, but are the seats side by side or in a row?

Splash at WDW riders are side by side. (4 rows; each row holds 2 adults)

Splash at DLR riders are single file.

 

[afwdwfan]

Awesome!!! Another ride with a lapbar to bash my knees against!

 

[whitneyNC]

Oh man...no more squishing three across one row. That was fun. Lap bars seem so unnecessary on this ride.

 

[wendylovesdisney]

Would like a report back on large sized riders for this - now worried I will fit!

 

[keishashadow]

as with the bars on dudley @ Universal...

thank you very much

 

[Poohbear123]

Another thing ruined by stupid people.

Yep, you can't fix stupid....OH, now you can, just adjust the ride FOR THEM!

 

[SaraJayne]

Ugh. Stupid people ruin it for everyone.

 

[keishashadow]

Yep, you can't fix stupid....OH, now you can, just adjust the ride FOR THEM!

since a 'stupid' person could stand up & easily wind up falling on another guest, seriously harming them- or worse - in the process, the jury is out on who the ride is being adjusted to accommodate

 

[Poohbear123]

since a 'stupid' person could stand up & easily wind up falling on another guest, seriously harming them- or worse - in the process, the jury is out on who the ride is being adjusted to accommodate

I, a member of said Jury, find fault with the "stupid" people who STAND UP ON A MOVING RIDE when its clearly noted NOT TO DO SO!!!!

 

[TinkerChelle]

Our Keys to the Kingdom tour guide told us on our tour (Jan 10) that this would be coming with the refurb as too many stupid people were standing up on the ride and reaching out for things outside the boat causing the ride to have to be stopped much too frequently. I really think that it is quite silly I mean come on middle school physics (probably earlier) I learned about gravity! Also I ride all lap bar rides with my DH who isn't even that much larger than I am and the lap bars do nothing for me as they are a good 8 inches away from actually holding me in.

Exactly! The whole idea of the lap bar is irritating. Ugh!!!!! My DP is larger and it certainly won't be safer for our kids who might be on the ride with her. They could easily slide under the lap bar. The whole thing just seems a waste and I agree it certainly will increase time in the queue.

Once again Stupid people are so stupid.

 

[Timmy Boy]

Guys, people do worse than just stand up. Standing up will cause a Cast Member over the speakers to tell them to be seated, over and over and over until they get the message. The real problem is that people would literally get out of the logs, run alongside the logs with all the animations trying to look cool. HUGE safety hazard right there. Sometimes someone who was scared of the drop would get out at the top looking for a way down. A story that happened a while ago was that someone DID get out at the top, slipped and fell and was crushed by the log or something like that.

 

[TinkerChelle]

Awesome!!! Another ride with a lapbar to bash my knees against!

AGREED!

 

[WDWRocksMySocks]

I just hope this doesn't turn out like the lap bars on Dudley Do Right over at IOA. I'm only 6', but I thought they were going to have to use the jaws of life to cut me out of the log! Seriously, SO TIGHT!! Lets just hope Splash isn't the same way.

 

[mom2rtk]

In a world where a woman walking through a mall while texting falls in a fountain and tries to SUE the mall......

........ surely this does not come as a surprise to anyone.

Sad, but not surprised........

 

[kaligal]

Guys, people do worse than just stand up. Standing up will cause a Cast Member over the speakers to tell them to be seated, over and over and over until they get the message. The real problem is that people would literally get out of the logs, run alongside the logs with all the animations trying to look cool. HUGE safety hazard right there. Sometimes someone who was scared of the drop would get out at the top looking for a way down. A story that happened a while ago was that someone DID get out at the top, slipped and fell and was crushed by the log or something like that.

I don't know if that is true or not.

But if it were, fine. Let them fall. A gazillion people shouldn't have to put up with bars just to protect some idiot from himself. If he wants to be stupid and get hurt, let him.

 

[si-am]

I just hope this doesn't turn out like the lap bars on Dudley Do Right over at IOA. I'm only 6', but I thought they were going to have to use the jaws of life to cut me out of the log! Seriously, SO TIGHT!! Lets just hope Splash isn't the same way.

I'm 6'0" too and I couldn't even get IN the log on that ride. My knees just couldn't fit; I had to exit without riding. So embarrassing!

 

[Poohbear123]

In a world where a woman walking through a mall while texting falls in a fountain and tries to SUE the mall......

........ surely this does not come as a surprise to anyone.

Sad, but not surprised........

She was going to Sue because the Security Guard released the tape to You Tube and it got a WHOLE LOT OF HITS!

 

[kamik86]

On a tour I recently took the tour guide mentioned that if someone actually got out of the log the ride would shut down. This happened alot with teenagers who thought it would be cool to get out and get back in for the end. The problem is then the ride has to be completely reset (as opposed to just continueing if the person just stood up) resetting takes around 20 min. By which time someone got bored sitting there and decided to also get out restarting it again... I'm guessing this is the real reason disney did it. To stop idiots from shutting down the ride!!

 

[OldsDr]

On the surface I am not a big Fan of this change, I don't like it when they change things like this.

However, I remember when they went from a lap bar to seat belts on ToT. I thought it would ruin the ride, but I don't think that was as bad as I thought it would be

So untill I try this, as hard as it is for me to do, I will keep an open mind.

 

[Cherinva]

On a tour I recently took the tour guide mentioned that if someone actually got out of the log the ride would shut down. This happened alot with teenagers who thought it would be cool to get out and get back in for the end. The problem is then the ride has to be completely reset (as opposed to just continueing if the person just stood up) resetting takes around 20 min. By which time someone got bored sitting there and decided to also get out restarting it again... I'm guessing this is the real reason disney did it. To stop idiots from shutting down the ride!!

So true...Disney states clearly not to stand up or get out...it's said for a reason.....oh well....we'll just have to deal with the lap bars from now on.....it only takes "1" stupid person to change things.