Stuck on The Ultimate Abyss?

[stevendom57]

Whenever I try any of the waterslides on cruise ships I  stop partway down. I have to push myself along until I can get moving again. It's embarrassing and I always lose the waterslide races.

The Ultimate Abyss looks like it is so steep that I won't get stuck. Is that true?

Steven

[TXcruzer]

I believe it would be difficult to get stuck, but just to clarify, The Abyss is not  a waterslide, it is dry. i always get a "rug burn" on my elbow coming down but never came close to slowing down or getting stuck.

[WannaCruise]

It goes pretty quick. Can't imagine anyone would get stuck. It's lots of fun.

[twangster]

You need some of the super lubricant from Christmas Vacation.  

On the Abyss you sit on their mat that is calibrated for the ideal friction coefficient.  I can't imagine getting stuck, it's pretty steep but their mat is engineered for the proper speed.

[Matt]

I had same issues of getting stuck on water slides, but no such issue riding Abyss. The mat helps.

[sk8erguy1978]

[DunkelBierJay]

I had no issues getting stuck on the Abyss aboard Symphony...very fun slide and it seemed longer than I anticipated.

 

[RBRSKI]

One thing tall people have to be aware of is the small diameter of the tube.  Us tall people have to lean waaaaay back so you don't hit your head!

[stevendom57]

17 minutes ago, RBRSKI said:

One thing tall people have to be aware of is the small diameter of the tube.  Us tall people have to lean waaaaay back so you don't hit your head!

I don't need to worry about height, just width and weight.

All of y'all have convinced me to do it. Mar 2022 on Symphony OTS.

 

[Jason12]

I raced a you lad on the water slides he went twice to my one yep I got stuck, maybe I need more weight to go fatster (fatter)

[bossdog421]

Tips to go faster in a waterslide:

 

Try to have as little of your body actually touching the slide as possible. Cross your ankles, cross your arms, lift your butt completely off the slide with all your weight on the heels of your feet and your shoulders. Try to keep your legs, butt, back and head off the slide as much as possible. The less body touching the slide the faster you go.

 

That's how you get 3 plus spins around the toilet bowl... i mean champagne bowl... on the  Supercell slide.

 

EDIT: Since this is a topic about the Abyss. I want to add to NOT do this on the abyss. 

[stevendom57]

2 minutes ago, bossdog421 said:

Tips to go faster in a waterslide:

 

Try to have as little of your body actually touching the slide as possible. Cross your ankles, cross your arms, lift your butt completely off the slide with all your weight on the heels of your feet and your shoulders. Try to keep your legs, butt, back and head off the slide as much as possible. The less body touching the slide the faster you go.

 

That's how you get 3 plus spins around the toilet bowl... i mean champagne bowl... on the  Supercell slide.

I'll have to try that.