I almost always wear my Ponchos and Goggles to ride it.
and as you stand in the line, people point at you and laugh, and ask you if you get wet on the ride, and I say, no, not much. like others say, it depends on the logs wieght with people. if tall people sit in front of me, I lean foward to use them as a water break. sometimes I do forget my "riding" gear thou. some of my favorite comments after the drop are: hey you up front, thanks for the shielding, or wow, was that a wall of water or what? or after a hacking and coughing session, geez, they sure did put a lot of clorine in the water today... hmm, and sometimes when I get just before the little drop in the dark, I do the goofy yell real loud, if you do it right, it freaks people out.