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This ride chews up a big chunk of real estate, beautifully landscaped like a mountainous pine forest, with waterfalls and stark rockwork. The ride has a good length, and even starts off rather calmly. Then you hit the lift hill and the real stuff begins. On this hill, when you rise up towards the rocks shaped like a bear, the scenery is spectacular. One the real splashing starts, GRR goes quite well; good speed, good sloshing to and fro, good bouncing off the sides, good splashiness, and the caves you go through are a nice touch. Everyone knows that when this kind of ride has a big drop, whoever goes down in backwards is in for a huge drenching. But GRR has a twist - literally; the raft spens going down the big drop. Then, before you reach the end, the raft has to navigate the random (?) geysers, which might get you a little bit wetter, or might absolutely drench you. This one can take its place alongside Thunder Rapids and Bilge-Rats as the best raft ride Ive been on.
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