New Water Park coming to Universal Orlando?

[Teebin]

I don't get it....Is it goinng to constantly change colors like that sand patent they had??

No no, it was only meant to suggest Polynesia and the somewhat shape of the lava maker. I sometimes attempt humor here.

 

[Cheezbat]

Sounds like a nice theme...and I truly hope the Volcano is as impressive as its sounding.

(Still hoping for a really BIG Watercoaster!)

 

[Teebin]

(Still hoping for a really BIG Watercoaster!)

There will be one at least, with a second to be installed later if it is deemed necessary. The initial coaster strikes me as very very large.

 

[JungleSkip]

By water coaster we mean something like Crush'n'Gusher from Tyhpoon Lagoon and not Journey to Atlantis in SeaWorld, right?

 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

There will be one at least, with a second to be installed later if it is deemed necessary. The initial coaster strikes me as very very large.

Deemed necessary by ridership?

 

[Teebin]

Deemed necessary by ridership?

You know, I am not sure if it they have it in the wings for capacity or that it will be a latter incentive for locals to return. There is another something being held in the wings which is not quite as big and I have no idea which might come first.

 

[DragonSlayer]

By water coaster we mean something like Crush'n'Gusher from Tyhpoon Lagoon and not Journey to Atlantis in SeaWorld, right?

From earlier discussions I think (and hope) it's the former. It would work so well disguised within foliage, tunnels, and driftwood debris with this type of theme; water coasters such as JtA are just ugly most of the time.

 

[Teebin]

By water coaster we mean something like Crush'n'Gusher from Tyhpoon Lagoon and not Journey to Atlantis in SeaWorld, right?

From earlier discussions I think (and hope) it's the former. It would work so well disguised within foliage, tunnels, and driftwood debris with this type of theme; water coasters such as JtA are just ugly most of the time.

Something precisely like this to begin with: http://www.proslide.com/rides/hydromagnetic-mammoth/

Heeees Beeeeeg!

 

[JungleSkip]

Okay. That's what I figured, but with technically two kinds of rides designated as "water coasters" I wanted to make sure.

Would love to see Uni theme one of those badboys to the hilt

 

[Hockeyman55]

BTW, highly stylized Polynesian... :wave:

So that mean we are getting Uni bungalows at a reasonable price versus Disneys?

 

[Teebin]

So that mean we are getting Uni bungalows at a reasonable price versus Disneys?

I dunno know about pricing, but it appears there will be 40-60 of them! Perhaps more...

 

[Hockeyman55]

I dunno know about pricing, but it appears there will be 40-60 of them! Perhaps more...

You're talking about poolside cabana type where people rent for the day right? I was joking about the bungalows Disney is building at the Poly that are $2k a night

 

[Teebin]

You're talking about poolside cabana type where people rent for the day right? I was joking about the bungalows Disney is building at the Poly that are $2k a night

Right, I do not see any houses on stilts.

 

[MrRoamer]

 

[Teebin]

Hmm... I was looking up kinds of silent firework that would work for an erupting volcano and its erupting spurts ect... and I happened on this. Drones being topical lately, have a look. I have never seen anything like it... breathtaking.

[video=youtube;a9KZ3jgbbmI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KZ3jgbbmI[/video]

 

[TJwny]

I am surprised the drone didn't get blasted out of the sky

 

[Cheezbat]

You know, I am not sure if it they have it in the wings for capacity or that it will be a latter incentive for locals to return. There is another something being held in the wings which is not quite as big and I have no idea which might come first.

That's good to know. I'm guessing the second may be the smaller version of the Hydromagnetic coasters? Holiday World and Splashin Safari in Indiana have both types, and they are monsters when it comes to rider capacity and guest satisfaction.

They average between 750-1080 riders an hour. In comparison to other water rides, that's easily about double the capacity!

 

[Teebin]

That's good to know. I'm guessing the second may be the smaller version of the Hydromagnetic coasters? Holiday World and Splashin Safari in Indiana have both types, and they are monsters when it comes to rider capacity and guest satisfaction.

They average between 750-1080 riders an hour. In comparison to other water rides, that's easily about double the capacity!

You know what, sometimes you people make me notice things I hadn't thought to notice. The expansion big LIM ride is bigger than anything proslide currently offers. :stunned: I hadn't noticed that previously. The second expansion option is not LIM at all. Just a dual standard fare slide.

Keep in mind, some of this may have changed in the past year, but I doubt most of it has. The good news is that UC appears to have their hearts in this. It isn't ho-hum.

 

[TheBlackMamba]

I don't post often but I thought about something. Why would Wet'N Wild open up Aqua Drag Racer if they're planning on closing the park in the next couple of years?

 

[Teebin]

I don't post often but I thought about something. Why would Wet'N Wild open up Aqua Drag Racer if they're planning on closing the park in the next couple of years?

To lure more locals for the next couple of years? Otherwise, I have no idea. It is what it is until it isn't, if it isn't. Right?