Originally built as a concession run by Hurlbut Amusement Company, most of the ride is inside a manmade mountain. One of the first elaborately-themed flumes was Timber Mountain Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm.
Additionally, the exit path from the ride may cross over or go near to the flume, such that departing riders are drenched by the boat currently en route. Water cannons (typically coin-operated, like The Flume at Alton Towers, by passersby) aimed along the path are sometimes installed alongside the flume. To increase the chance of being soaked, the flume can be designed to be turbulent, or to run underneath waterfalls. The amount of splash can be controlled by using rubber belting of differing widths and differing heights. A second lifthill then culminates with an exciting drop and a splashdown finale. In a typical course, the boatful of riders floats through a small section of channel upon leaving the station, then engages a lift hill that takes them on a winding course in the water-filled trough. The flume is usually made of fiberglass, concrete or galvanized steel. Log flumes are generally out in the open, though some may contain enclosed or tunneled sections. Other manufacturers eventually followed with Intamin building its first log flume in 1986 and Mack Rides in 1987.
In 1976, the French company Reverchon Industries started building flumes and In 1979 Hopkins Rides entered the flume building business. In the 1960s and early 1970s Arrow had a monopoly on the log flume business, producing over 50 flumes by 1979. When Six Flags Over Mid America opened in 1971, it featured twin flumes. Cedar Point added Shoot the Rapids in 1967, and Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia both added second flumes in 1968. The ride was so popular that some parks started adding second flume rides to help reduce the long lines. Log flumes proved to be extremely popular and quickly became staples at amusement and theme parks throughout the world. The Mill Race, Arrow Log Flume number two, opened just a few weeks later at Cedar Point. Much appreciated.The first modern day log flume amusement ride constructed by Arrow was El Aserradero at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, which opened in 1963 and is still in operation. So if anyone can explain what's what and why. At the top of the lift on Daredevil Falls at Dollywood there wasn't even water just track and it rolled on that track all the way around and down the drop till it hit water and floated again.
Flume rides only roll on wheels when they bottom out, hit the sides and for the drop. To me a flume ride uses a conveyor to lift the ride vehicles and a coaster uses a chain. What makes the one at Dollywood a flume ride and the others water coasters? All three have 2 across seating, wheels w/up-stops and chain lifts. Rode Journey to Atlantis at Sea World in Florida, its a water coaster, rode Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls at IOA and it ended up a water coaster, rode Daredevil Falls at Dollywood and it somehow is a log flume. The reason I am asking is my confusion as to why some are considered what they are. What makes a water coaster a water coaster and a log flume a log flume? After trying the search button looking up "water coasters" and having over 1400 results I am going to go ahead and just ask.
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