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Put emphasis on style of water ride. They are not both large flume rides. They are 2 different types of water rides in the industry with one being a chute the chutes and the other being a flume. They both offer different thrill levels as well as different levels of wetness. Also, aside from being the means of transportation in a dark ride, there is a very large reason why there is no 100 percent indoor water rides in all of FLA and not just UOR. As a matter of fact, with the exception of indoor parks, I cannot think of one park that has a completely indoor water ride, period.
As another poster already pointed out, there are numerous indoor water rides in Florida already, and some of them get you wet or have an indoor drop. I get why you want to make the distinction between using water as a means of physical conveyance for the vehicle vs the water actually being used to get riders wet, but I think a ride can use that conveyance for aesthetic and narrative reasons without needing to get riders wet. I'm well aware of the differences between the ride systems of Dudley's and JP River, but regardless of that neither's existence precludes Universal from making another ride with a similar drop at Epic which can differentiate itself from their lineup. I'd even go as far as to argue they need to add water rides to USF as well; it hasn't been the same since Jaws left. Also, bringing the discussion back to my initial post, I was speculating on what style of water ride this hypothetical Black Lagoon ride would be, and I just wanted to say it could work tonally and narratively for a lot of different styles (indoor like Pirates or outdoor like JP).Which is why is said aside from being the means of transport. All those mentioned are using water as a means of transport in a dark ride. You can change water to trackless vehicles or an omnimover system and little to nothing will change about the ride experience as water/boat were merely the means of transport. In my opinion, water rides are meant to get you wet and those are the rides we are talking about here.