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Poncho on water ride
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 6:29 pm
by SysFail
OK, we were having a chat in the IRC channel and it turns out that HappyFunball wears a poncho on water rides. That got me thinking of how many other sissies....errrr.....people do this???
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 6:30 pm
by rdeacon
No.. never.. whats the point.
If you don't want to get wet don't go on the ride.
Only sissy marys where ponchos on rides.
Rich
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 6:30 pm
by YZFDonor
not me!!!! I get soaked when my number is up!
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 6:37 pm
by happyfunball
and its not ALL water rides, just Grizzly River Run
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 8:44 pm
by Lion Sleeps Tonight
No, but I wish GRR had a pouch to put my belongings in.
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 8:52 pm
by YZFDonor
and exactly where is GRR?? West Coast?
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 9:29 pm
by boilerbabe
Why go on a water ride if you don't want to get soaked?! Wearing a poncho takes all the fun out of it!!!
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 9:39 pm
by js3901
from people I've talked to, wearing a poncho does nothing to stop the water from getting your clothes wet on water rides. Sure, it'll work if it's raining and you have the hood up, but that's not alot of water. on some of the water rides, there's quite a few gallons of water being dumped on you all at once...
that said, I don;t wear a poncho on the rides...
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 9:55 pm
by Lion Sleeps Tonight
YZFDonor wrote:and exactly where is GRR?? West Coast?
GRR a.k.a Grizzly River Run at Disney's California Adventure. It's like the Kali River Rapids, but more fun, in my humble opinion.
Posted: Sep Tue 11, 2007 10:25 pm
by FlyingMouse
No, cause you'll be dry in a half hour anyway.
Posted: Sep Wed 12, 2007 12:01 am
by HSolo29
No way! Getting soaked is half the fun!

Posted: Sep Wed 12, 2007 6:55 am
by AKLRULZ
Nope, we don't even wear the ponchos in a thundershower (umbrella fan) - they're hot, sticky and where do you stow 5 (family of 5 here) wet plastic ponchos when it's over?
Posted: Sep Wed 12, 2007 7:23 am
by ritchie56
Just so you know you aren't alone, I have been known to wear one occasionally. Not often, but if the weather is bad, or I have on a white t shirt...
More often I'm known to cover the feet with something. I hate slogging around in wet tennis shoes.
Posted: Sep Wed 12, 2007 11:09 am
by spaulo
Never. Not when it's raining, even (well, in Florida in the summertime, during the day at least).
But definitely not on a ride. If it's too cold or I'm too concerned about soakedness, I skip it.
Plus, at 300 pounds, stick me in the front of a Splash Mountain log... and Splash is maybe my favorite ride, period... and I get way more soaked than anyone who rides GRR. Crrrrrazy soaked.
Posted: Sep Wed 12, 2007 11:58 am
by acp
Nah, I don't see the point in wearing one. You look kinda silly.. like someone put you in a plastic bag, and getting wet is half the fun anyway.
I can't see they do much anyway on something like Kali River Rapids, where you get quite a lot of water just dumped on you (as I did on my first ride on it!).
It always amused me how the little compartments in the middle of the Kali raft things to keep your belongings dry was always full of water anyway
Andy.