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Kali River Rapids reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Kali River Rapids, a flume ride in Asia at Disney's Animal Kingdom. (The minimum height to ride is 38 inches.)

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Posted: November 24, 2006

Raft down the turbulent waters of the Chakranadi River aboard a 12-passenger raft through an enchanting Asian rain forest. A blazing inferno rushes toward you! Escape down a rushing waterfall! Beware of gushing geysers! Get set to get wet! One of the wettest river rapid rides in the Americas.

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52 votes, so far

Worst ride ever wasn't rapids long and had a small drop - Andrew Dougherty

Not good. Too wet and way too short, just one drop, few turns and you are back in. Not Disney worthy. - A. P.

YOU WILL GET WET! I love this white-water raft ride, and the drops are not too steep. The setting is great, and my favorite part is getting drenched. - Matthew Harackiewicz

If compared to another very similar style ride, Popeye at IOA, it really doesn't come close. In its own right, its OK and better than any Rapids ride in the UK but needs to be longer - James McGee

Theme is great, but the line is always outrageous and its only a fun ride if its actually hot and the sun is out, because you get insanely soaked no matter where you sit. Get a fastpass for this. - Arianna Griffel

While the drop and theming are both admirable, the ride is just way too short. - James Rao

Kind of disappointing. Too short and no real thrills. When a Six Flags ride(Thunder River) tops a Disney ride, something is wrong. Also, I didn't really enjoy the political theming with the over-cutting of forests portion. Come on, I don't need a dose of reality at a fantasy park. - James Singleton

Fun ride, but way too short, and not enough chances to get wet. - Abagail Bloodworth

nice drop at the end of the ride and u will get wet - chris cona

Get there early enough and you can ride it again (and again), AND your whole party will end up soaked. It's a fun family ride that members of all ages can jump on board with, and for that reason I give it a 9. Plus, I've always gotten soaked, but maybe I'm just sitting in lucky spots ;) - Stephanie I

I gave Kali River Rapids a 6/10. It's length is the main reason, the other being it just isn't too much fun. Everybody doesn't get soaked, but two people out of the whole raft probably will get VERY wet, not drenched. I went on IOA's Popeye raft ride and... well, that just blew this out of the water. - Nick Dakuginow

OK, could've been longer. - Tyler Bell

This rapids ride excels in only one thing: theme. the theme is great. The rapids themselves are horrible and sad. The only way to get wet is if you get shot at by an elephant gun or get wet on the falls. They should make it longer and increase the quality of the horrible rapids. - David L.

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