Any changes to the Stargazers Cavern?
It's a lot better looking in person, but still a bit upsetting that it's not cavernous. Effects still off - but I'm thinking the concept art we saw was during the night hours of the lazy river.
Any changes to the Stargazers Cavern?
It's a lot better looking in person, but still a bit upsetting that it's not cavernous. Effects still off - but I'm thinking the concept art we saw was during the night hours of the lazy river.
Is the "everyone-must-have-a-tube-in-the-river" Rule in place purely for safety reasons, or is it a way for them to control the number of people in the river?
I'm just really surprised that Universal got this far without realizing that you need to compensate for people not being in queue lines.
Don't think this will really be such a problem in a few weeks. (Well, we'll partially see tomorrow when there's low-to-moderate crowds.) They were kinda in a nightmare scenario with no softs and a grand opening on a holiday weekend. So, just hold out criticism for a few more weeks. Don't think it'll be that bad.I'm just really surprised that Universal got this far without realizing that you need to compensate for people not being in queue lines.
Crap. I've been calling Stargazer's Tavern... (Guess that just sounded better in my head. Lol) I WISH there was a tavern in there!
There's a certain point where you can't blame guests for not planning well enough.I know a couple that were there today, arrived early, had a cabana chair reserved, did the coaster twice early and spent the rest of the day having a blast. It is like any park, if you come at noon on a holiday on opening weekend you are not going to have a good time. You could have spent 5 hours in hot Pandora waiting for FOP with the same plan.
Yikes, what did I step into?!
Universal's Volcano Bay (Orlando) - All You Need to Know Before You Go - TripAdvisor
Yikes, what did I step into?!
Universal's Volcano Bay (Orlando) - All You Need to Know Before You Go - TripAdvisor
first weekend opening on a holiday? some people create their own misery and lash out when they end of feeling stupid for a wasted day and money.
I love the one where the guy was mad after admitting he didn't arrive till after noon, he was mostly mad for being an idiot blaming the park was convenient.
I took a girls trip last August and knew it was going to be miserable hot, crowded etc. If I had not gone into it with tempered expectations I could see being one of those disgruntled people.
I feel bad they lost a vacation day, that sucks, but they chose unwisely.
^ Exactly.
As much as some of you want to defend Universal to the grave, sometimes it's okay to take a step back and acknowledge that maybe the folks that paid $72 bucks at the gate have a point. Hopefully the entire resort operations team learned their lesson this time and will reevaluate how they treat their guests. Mind you, this isn't a fluke, Universal has been inconveniencing guests for years and has always had their blemishes protected by their strong brand. Time to adopt a more service friendly approach and become more like (dare I say it) Disney. From sloppy ride openings to TSA screenings in ride queue lines, to over zealous security and pr team members, it's about time they reset their strange behavior if they want to deliver a product of quality instead of quantity. It's really quite amazing to see how much lackluster operations can spoil a land of world-class theme park technology.
^ Exactly.
As much as some of you want to defend Universal to the grave, sometimes it's okay to take a step back and acknowledge that maybe the folks that paid $72 bucks at the gate have a point. Hopefully the entire resort operations team learned their lesson this time and will reevaluate how they treat their guests. Mind you, this isn't a fluke, Universal has been inconveniencing guests for years and has always had their blemishes protected by their strong brand. Time to adopt a more service friendly approach and become more like (dare I say it) Disney. From sloppy ride openings to TSA screenings in ride queue lines, to over zealous security and pr team members, it's about time they reset their strange behavior if they want to deliver a product of quality instead of quantity. It's really quite amazing to see how much lackluster operations can spoil a land of world-class theme park technology.
See the problem with that theory is that 95% of the paying guests didn't monitor the construction of the park like you or I did. It's to be assumed that a well established destination resort (as stated on trip advisor) will have their ducks in a row prior to showing it off to the paying customer. Volcano Bay isn't a case of hiccups, it's an infrastructure problem that someone at Universal making important decisions shrugged off at the expense of the guest.
Notice how people accepted the hysteria when it came to the record breaking lines at WWoHP on opening day. This isn't even remotely the same scenario.