Questions

What is it about water slides that makes them so much less scarier than roller coasters?  They have almost the same features (sudden drops, fast turns, heights to shake about), but yet have none of the same stomach dropping moments that roller coasters are so infamous for.  True, I have yet to see a water ride that reaches the heights that coasters are these days, but that is besides the point.  Water rides really should be scarier.  You aren't harnessed, there is the possibility of actually falling out of some tubes, and there is the possibility of drowning.  I'm never ever scared of water rides (well ok, besides the super drop plunge rides, but that's because I'm scared of falling out...and body slides, but that is just my rational fear of getting stuck and embarrassing myself).  I've never felt the heart pounding, breath-stopping moments that I always feel when climbing a hill of a roller coaster or even waiting in line.   I really need to get out more.