Talk:Shoot the chute

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"It is the first and currently the only water-based amusement park ride in the world to utilize an adjustable electromagnetic braking system to control the volume of the splash." - This may have been true in 2000, when "Perilous Plunge" was installed. Since then Mack Rides (Germany) alone installed five "SuperSplash" models - all of them feature adjustable electromagnetic brakes. I do not know about other manufacturers. 217.28.107.11 23:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Vekoma uses magnetic brakes on the two Universal Jurassic Park rides, and magnetic brakes have recently been added to the Arrow-built Snake River Falls at Cedar Point.JlACEer (talk) 16:04, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Since the opening of Jurassic Park predates Perilous Plunge, I have removed the reference to it being the first.JlACEer (talk) 14:55, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Name Change

Although multiple Chutes do occur, typically the ride only involves one chute. Arrow Development, who brought back the modern-day version, and Hopkins, who has more of this type of ride than anyone else, both refer to these rides as Shoot The Chute (not plural, and no hyphens). Ride guides by Tim O'Brien and most trade publications also refer to the ride as Shoot The Chute. The text in the actual wiki article also uses "Shoot-The-Chute" (not plural). I would recommend that the name of this page be changed to Shoot The Chute (no hyphens, not plural).JlACEer (talk) 15:45, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

I would support the change. Is the "t" capitalized though?--Astros4477 (talk) 16:35, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

I'd support it also, however, the "t" probably shouldn't be captialised if we are talking about the general ride model. If we are talking about the specific model from Hopkins maybe it should be capitalised. Themeparkgc  Talk  01:02, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

'Modern' and 'historical' titles?

I wonder if these should be changed? It's not clear where to put extant rides which are 'historical'. Is 'historical' intended to include only rides which are all defunct? It's not clear. In my case, I am wondering where to put this ride (the lower pictures, not the red one at the top!) It was built in 1926 and recently refurbished. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark76uk (talk • contribs) 23:36, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

To me the turning point is 1984, when Arrow built a fiberglass shoot the chute for the Louisiana Worlds Exposition (moved to AstroWorld in 1986). That started a revival with Intamin introducing its version in 1985 then Hopkins in 1986. From there they became theme park staples. Anything prior to 1984 should be historic, anything after should be modern, regardless of whether it is operating or defunct. I moved the SFGAd Shoot the Chutes over to modern.—JlACEer (talk) 03:49, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

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