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Tuesday 27 July 2010

RipSaw Falls & Bilge Rat Barges Review (4/5)



These two water-based rides at Islands Of Adventure are based around the classic Dudley Do-Right animated series (no, I haven't heard of it either!), RipSaw Falls presenting you with some steep and soaking drops admist a fun log flume romp and Bilge Rat Barges allowing 8 riders to hurtle down a twisty, wet canyon of rapids via a large circular raft. Both attractions offer light-hearted fun provided its a hot day (luckily, in Orlando, these are very common!), with RipSaw Falls in particular having a massively steep drop which culminates in big splashes and likely groans for previously dry goers. It's easy to criticise the queue corridors for not making as much use of the comic theme of Dudley Do-Right as other rides at Universal always do (see Harry Potter and Marvel Super Hero Land for evidence of this, amongst others), and there's not even a hint of storyline present in either attraction, but other than this both of these will cool you off in the baking heat, and so be welcome intervals in the long days at Islands Of Adventure.

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