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What else made flume two different from the original? It featured a tunnel that spanned down the final drop. This character would swing his ax towards riders, also creating a dramatic effect. Flume two’s first lift hill had its own giant lumberjack animatronic character. As logs went up the lift hill, Snidely would saw away at a log, creating the effect that it could fall onto riders at any moment. Atop flume one’s first lift hill sat a villain animatronic named Snidely Whiplash. Sid and Marty Krofft, whom produced shows in the Krofft Puppet Theatre at the park, used their skills to create characters for the two flume attractions.
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Though both rides share the same drop heights and speed, Six Flags added a few elements to create two different ride experiences. The Flume Trail itself traverses above several steep sections, so those afraid of heights be forewarned. Sharing the same queue, riders could decide if they’d rather ride the first log flume or the newly-constructed second version. The Flume Trail Mountain Bike Ride is a moderately difficult one way 14 mile ride at 7000 to 8000 feet in elevation with over a 1000 of climbing in the first four miles and 4.5 miles of single track.
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In 1968, Six Flags Over Texas installed a second log flume, right next to the first, to increase rider capacity. Six Flags eventually reached back out to Arrow so that the attraction could be reconfigured to transition back to water splashing guests. However, this decreased the overall popularity of the ride. They did not want guests getting wet at all! Changes were made so that the logs would push water away from the guests instead of onto them. Once constructed, Six Flags management was reportedly unhappy with the large amount of water thrown onto guests. What did Arrow do? They deepened the splash pool and reconfigured the boat’s nose, pushing water away from the ride unit and therefore helping it slow down quicker. The Flume Trail Mountain Bike Ride is a moderately difficult one way 14 mile ride at 7000 to 8100 feet in elevation with over a 1000 of climbing in the first. Once testing began, engineers discovered that the runout at the bottom of the final drop was not long enough to slow down the ride units. $52,000 of this money was spent on engineering and research alone. Teaming up with Arrow Dynamics, Six Flags spent around $300,000 on the new attraction. This ride is featured as a combination of flume ride and virtual technology.The passengers in the boat will go through designed story scenes,and experience. Wynne, Jr., the founder of Six Flags, led the way for the development of innovative attractions and the log ride was no exception. El Aserradero was quite the engineering feat at the time.