Traffic lights on water slides?

[KCRoadFan]

As someone who loves waterparks (as can be seen from my avatar description), I have this traffic light question: have you ever seen traffic lights on water slides? If so, where? I know that here in KC, some of the slides at Oceans of Fun have traffic lights to control rider flow.

What other waterparks might use traffic lights at the top of the slides? I'm eager to hear from any fellow waterpark enthusiasts on this forum (and I'm sure there are some).

[Amtrakprod]

Ha I'm a water park guy too! I filmed this park in NY and they had traffic lights too, some didn't work: https://youtu.be/KQyZpLubSlU


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[paulthemapguy]

I love that you decided to make this a thread. LOL. I have seen them somewhere at one of the huge indoor waterparks at the Dells, but I can't remember which.  Maybe the Kalahari?

[Roadrunner75]

I'm pretty sure I recall one at the top of the water slide at the Port Orleans Riverside island pool at Disney World.  You're probably more likely to find them at the smaller slides (like resort pools) that don't have staff controlling access.

For a bigger challenge, find water slide signals that also have left turn arrows.

[1995hoo]

I seem to recall there may have been a light system at the top of the Nags Head Surf Slide, but I don't recall for certain, it was 40 years ago, and it's long-since defunct.

[Brian556]

These are the equivalent of ramp signals. They space out users

[epzik8]

I went to Worlds of Fun in August 2009 on one of the last days of an RV trip, and we stayed at the RV campground there.

[GaryV]

These are the equivalent of ramp signals. They space out users

And like ramp signals, I imagine they have the susceptibility of being ignored unless an authority is watching.

[Joe The Dragon]

These are the equivalent of ramp signals. They space out users

And like ramp signals, I imagine they have the susceptibility of being ignored unless an authority is watching.

Lot's of places have an life guard right there.

[1995hoo]

The water park in Naples, Florida, has red and green lights at the tops of the slides, especially because a couple of them are enclosed tubes, per my relatives who were there last weekend. I don't remember any lights at the tops of the slides when we went there, but that doesn't mean they weren't there. There was also at least one lifeguard up there.

[jeffandnicole]

These are the equivalent of ramp signals. They space out users

And like ramp signals, I imagine they have the susceptibility of being ignored unless an authority is watching.

The light is mostly there to inform the lifeguard it's safe to send the next kid down due to visibility issues. I don't think I've ever seen a slide where there *wasn't* a guard at the top of the slide.

[1995hoo]

These are the equivalent of ramp signals. They space out users

And like ramp signals, I imagine they have the susceptibility of being ignored unless an authority is watching.

Sounds like you must have visited Action Park! 

[ErmineNotyours]

Walt Disney World Port Orleans Riverside Resort.

[Roadrunner75]

Walt Disney World Port Orleans Riverside Resort.

Yup - Went down that slide last summer.  I don't remember a guard at the top - just the light.