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Water ride Showcase: Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls

Staying in Universal's Islands of Adventure, Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls is a log flume water ride based on the Dudley Do-Right cartoons. Located right before the exit to Toon Lagoon, Ripsaw Falls invites guests to hop in and join Dudley as he goes across the Canadian wilderness to rescue Nell from the dreaded Snidely Whiplash. Along the way, you'll see little punny jokes and cartoon humor along both the inside and outside portion of the tracks.

The ride starts off in the queue as you start to pass through Snidely's hideout, a theater showing poster of movie parodies like Jaws, E.T., Three men and a baby, and silence of the lambs, and a room show casing a talking bear and beaver head. If you listen closely, you can hear the bear making fun of Disney referencing the Country Bears as well as It's a Small World. During the trip through the backstage of the theater, you'll see Nell being taken from her dressing room by Snidely Whiplash setting up the plot of our ride. As you enter the main screening room, you and your party will boarding the logs as old clips from the Dudley Do-Right are shown on the screen a head. On the right side of the log, a short loading video is played to help guests get situated in the log.

As you start your journey through the ride, you will come across many scenes featuring our brave hero's journey to find and save Nell from the evil Snidely. Be on the look out for several references to rides from the Disney parks. Some of the jokes make fun of such rides as Splash Mountain as well as the famous fake out scene from Mr. Toad's Wild Ride which leads to our first drop. (If you're not familiar, right before the final scene of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride you are about to drive right into a train.) After going down the final drop, you see a scene with Snidely trying to trick a beaver into giving him the jail key similar to the final scene of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Tips for this ride:

Just like Popeye, try to go on this ride first thing that day. You will get soaked and at least by the end of the day you'll get dried off.

This is a regular log flume vehicle. If you have long legs and are worried about how comfortable you'll be in the ride, please take advantage of the tester seat located near the entrance. This rule is true for most rides throughout many theme parks.

When preparing an outfit, I would still say no to jean shorts or any other material that will make you chaff after getting wet. My personal go to are bike shorts, but you can wear whatever works for you.

I still stand by my Crocs over regular sandals. They will still get dry by the end of the day, and actually stay on your feet. I would say Hey Dudes would be okay too, but I haven't tried those shoes in the theme parks yet.

If you truly need to have your phone with you on the ride, please get one of those water proof cases. They have cheap ones at Five Below that will work just fine.

If you are trying to get dry quickly, they do have large personal dryers that you can share with your group.

I would also not recommend this ride if the high for the day doesn't reach past at least 85°F let alone start off the day at 81°F or so. You will be cold and miserable for the rest of the day, and if you are of the plus size group it will be difficult to find dry clothes to change into in the park. I know because I've tried.

Dudley Do-Right Ripsaw Falls is another favorite for those who love classic cartoons and the classic feel of a log flume ride. If you are ever worried about getting too wet, it is always okay to bring a poncho, and test seats are your friend.

With one more water ride off the list, who should be next?

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