Surface Cracks Too Harsh (Possibly add Water, Vines to reduce fall)

With the recent snapshot and surface cracks I feel like this could be a really cool feature but a little bit harsh in its current state. For unsuspecting playing to fall to their death and have to get down sometimes all the way to bedrock to retrieve their stuff, feels really harsh. My suggestion as in the title is to make it so maybe not 100% water at the bottom but maybe a little pool where the rain has accumulated that you could possibly land in. Or vines growing to the surface from lush caves. Or something completely new like a cave version of hay bales to reduce fall damage.