Kansas City Star
24 May 2014
By DUGAN ARNETT
Schlitterbahn’s record-setting Verrückt waterslide has
garnered plenty of attention in recent months, as it gets closer to opening.
But park officials are learning that attention can be accompanied by rumor and
innuendo.
In the wake of the latest speculation surrounding the
attraction — rumors that riders had gone airborne during a test run — a
spokesperson for the Kansas City, Kan., waterpark on Friday denied any such
occurrence.
“I can absolutely say that no test riders have gone
airborne on the slide, because no test riders have gone down the slide,” said
Layne Pitcher, chuckling. […]