The new Disney cruise ship, the Disney Dream, currently being built will be the newest in over the top attraction for cruise passengers to enjoy – a water coaster. Disney Cruise Lines has announced the addition of it’s newest ride on their ships as a high speed flume ride.
This ride will be billed as a ‘water coaster’, the flume ride will be 765 feet long and is like nothing ever seen before on a cruise ship! The ride will be called the AquaDuck. The ride will use the same technology used at Disney theme parks to shoot riders upward and forward as they twist around turns and drop while riding an inflatable raft through an clear acrylic tube. This ride will wind itself around a good portion of the top deck of the Disney Dream.
The AquaDuck will rise 4 stories off the top of the ships and there will be height limits for riders because of the intent for it to be a fast water coaster ride as well. Part of the ride will take passengers through a loop that will actually swing out over the water on the side of the ship 150 feet below, so riders will have an unobstructed view of the ocean surface to give riders an even more heighten sense of thrill. Riders will then be sent whooshing through a funnel of the ship and actually travel through parts of the ships indoor children area before reemerging again outside on the top deck for a 335 foot long stretch of river rapids.
Disney has disclosed that there will No charge for this AquaDuck ride for cruise passengers.
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