Wild West Falls
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Wild West Falls Adventure Ride (formerly "Wild Wild West") is an 8-seater flume ride
at Warner Bros. Movie World
on the Gold Coast
, Australia
. The ride features geysers, mine shafts, a ghost town and an inevitable drop as the climax of the ride. The drop is the largest of its kind in Australia.
starring Will Smith
and Kevin Kline
. The name was changed to Wild West Falls Adventure Ride in 2001 due to a licensing dispute.
The ride was closed in December 2003 when an after hours fire caused significant damage to the top of the ride. After repairs and modifications, it was reopened a few weeks later.
. The conveyor belt can be stopped for those who need assistance in boarding. Guests are loaded into one of several 8-person boats which seat pairs of riders across 4 rows.
. At the top of the lift hill riders are slowly rotated on a turntable. A surprise backwards drop takes riders into a faster section of whitewater
rapids. This heavily themed section includes an Indian settlement, a wild-west ghost town and a graveyard, before taking guests into the Rio Bravo mine. The boat ascends the second lift hill to the top of the mine. A distressed miner warns the riders to escape before the mine explodes. A second turntable rotates riders to face the final drop. As the doors open the raft is slowly pushed out of the mine and down the drop. Riders can reach speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour (43.5 mph) as they descend the 20 metres (65.6 ft) drop. A on-ride photo is taken of the riders near the top of the final drop. A turn to the left takes the riders into the unloading station. Riders exit via the Rio Bravo shop where ride photos are displayed.
Water ride
Water rides are amusement rides that are set over water. For instance, a log flume travels through a channel of water to move along its course...
at Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World is a popular movie related theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia. It is owned and operated by Village Roadshow since the take over from Time Warner and is the only movie related park in Australia...
on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The ride features geysers, mine shafts, a ghost town and an inevitable drop as the climax of the ride. The drop is the largest of its kind in Australia.
History
The ride originally opened as Wild Wild West on 26 December 1998. Despite having little to do with the movie's content, the ride was opened and named after the film of the same nameWild Wild West
Wild Wild West is a 1999 American steampunk action-comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, and starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline , Kenneth Branagh and Salma Hayek.Similar to the original TV series it was based on, The Wild Wild West, the film features a large amount of gadgetry...
starring Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood...
and Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline is an American theatre, voice, film actor and comedian. He has won an Academy Award and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.- Early life :...
. The name was changed to Wild West Falls Adventure Ride in 2001 due to a licensing dispute.
The ride was closed in December 2003 when an after hours fire caused significant damage to the top of the ride. After repairs and modifications, it was reopened a few weeks later.
Summary
Queue
Riders enter a queue next to the Rio Bravo merchandise shop. The indoor queue weaves around a series of wild-west-themed items. During peak periods, an undercover queue can be opened which is located south of the normal queue. With or without the extended queue, riders then pass through an unused pre-show room before arriving at the ride station.Station
Throughout the load and unload station riders must mount and dismount the boat while it is moving at a slow speed along 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...
. The conveyor belt can be stopped for those who need assistance in boarding. Guests are loaded into one of several 8-person boats which seat pairs of riders across 4 rows.
Ride
The first section of the ride is slow water channel the weaves its way towards the first lift hillLift hill
A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point or peak in the roller coaster ride...
. At the top of the lift hill riders are slowly rotated on a turntable. A surprise backwards drop takes riders into a faster section of whitewater
Whitewater
Whitewater is formed in a rapid, when a river's gradient increases enough to disturb its laminar flow and create turbulence, i.e. form a bubbly, or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white...
rapids. This heavily themed section includes an Indian settlement, a wild-west ghost town and a graveyard, before taking guests into the Rio Bravo mine. The boat ascends the second lift hill to the top of the mine. A distressed miner warns the riders to escape before the mine explodes. A second turntable rotates riders to face the final drop. As the doors open the raft is slowly pushed out of the mine and down the drop. Riders can reach speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour (43.5 mph) as they descend the 20 metres (65.6 ft) drop. A on-ride photo is taken of the riders near the top of the final drop. A turn to the left takes the riders into the unloading station. Riders exit via the Rio Bravo shop where ride photos are displayed.