SlateSlabrock wrote:Speaking of which, the fanfic author who does the Cadance of Cloudsdale series
was frustrated that they picked Twilight's mom to be the daredevil.

That person makes an interesting point:
After hints in "Three's a Crowd" and in the comics canon that Cady is a closet adrenaline junkie, we had the chance to show it once and for all, but the script veered off and gave the trait to Velvet instead. Apparently what Cadance wants to do on her vacation cruise is be at playgroup with Flurry. Daring character choice, folks.
Maybe Cadance, being one of the two VIPs of this cruise, was less willing to do something quite so wild in this situation? When you're under pressure to appear as a good princess, riding a barrel off of a waterfall is not exactly dignified.