Le Scoot Log Flume
Encyclopedia
Le Scoot is a log flume
ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg located in the New France
area. It is themed after mountains and a saw mill.
lift hill. Part of the hill loops underneath of another part of the ride. At the top, the log takes a small drop and takes a sharp turn. Unlike most log flumes, Le Scoot stays high in the air, held by large poles. When passing by treetops, the chute the ride is in expands (although rails keep the log on-track) to give the illusion the log is in a pond. A small conveyor belt then brings the log up a few feet to avoid log collisions, and takes a steep, tall drop. Next, due to the backfiring currents of the previous drop, rapids form. After passing more rails, the log takes a small turn and near a sawmill narrowly dodged by the nearby Alpengeist
roller coaster. A safety recording is played in the sawmill, warning riders to "remain seated". Once in the sawmill, another small conveyor belt takes the logs up a few feet to, again, avoid collisions. The log then takes its largest, most notable plunge over a large pool of water. A last, small water coaster-like hill drains excess water from the ride's chute and takes the logs on a sharp turn extremely close to Alpengeist's track. A pendulum is used on high-business days to separate logs into to different waiting lines, and brings riders back to the boarding cabin.
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Log flume
A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water. These watertight trough-like channels could be built to span a long distance across chasms and down steep mountain slopes...
ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg located in the New France
New France
New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
area. It is themed after mountains and a saw mill.
Ride Experience
Once seated in the "logs", riders are taken up a conveyor beltConveyor belt
A conveyor belt consists of two or more pulleys, with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them. One or both of the pulleys are powered, moving the belt and the material on the belt forward. The powered pulley is called the drive pulley while the unpowered pulley...
lift hill. Part of the hill loops underneath of another part of the ride. At the top, the log takes a small drop and takes a sharp turn. Unlike most log flumes, Le Scoot stays high in the air, held by large poles. When passing by treetops, the chute the ride is in expands (although rails keep the log on-track) to give the illusion the log is in a pond. A small conveyor belt then brings the log up a few feet to avoid log collisions, and takes a steep, tall drop. Next, due to the backfiring currents of the previous drop, rapids form. After passing more rails, the log takes a small turn and near a sawmill narrowly dodged by the nearby Alpengeist
Alpengeist
Alpengeist is a full-circuit inverted roller coaster, built by Bolliger & Mabillard, in 1997 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Alpengeist has an Alpine mountain region theme...
roller coaster. A safety recording is played in the sawmill, warning riders to "remain seated". Once in the sawmill, another small conveyor belt takes the logs up a few feet to, again, avoid collisions. The log then takes its largest, most notable plunge over a large pool of water. A last, small water coaster-like hill drains excess water from the ride's chute and takes the logs on a sharp turn extremely close to Alpengeist's track. A pendulum is used on high-business days to separate logs into to different waiting lines, and brings riders back to the boarding cabin.
See also
- Log FlumeLog flumeA log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water. These watertight trough-like channels could be built to span a long distance across chasms and down steep mountain slopes...
s - Busch Gardens Williamsburg
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