Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[Scott W.]

Hey all! I've read the forums for quite some time, but now I decided to finally post. Volcano Bay is quite possibly, in my opinion, the most impressive project I've seen Universal take on, with Kong coming in with a near tie. I've read through a good chunk of this thread, but there's a few questions I wanted to raise and get your opinions on;

• Will Volcano Bay operate year-round? I imagine a park of this magnitude could use some time for maintenance. Maybe close after Christmas season in Mid-January and open back up in late February? Sometimes it isn't even warm enough in those months.
• What kind of hours will Volcano Bay have? I think it'd be really cool to have some late nights where they close at 10. Most other water parks in the area are closed before sunset. Seeing the volcano at night would be impressive.

Welcome!

I think Volcano Bay could look incredible at night time. Throw in some tiki torches and I'll be completely sold.

 

[GAcoaster]

While I like the idea of a night visit to a waterpark, there are additional safety concerns when it gets dark. It's hard enough for the lifeguards to make visuals on everyone in a wave pool during the day, I can't imagine trying to do that at night.

 

[Scott W.]

While I like the idea of a night visit to a waterpark, there are additional safety concerns when it gets dark. It's hard enough for the lifeguards to make visuals on everyone in a wave pool during the day, I can't imagine trying to do that at night.

It really depends on how well lit it is. My concern would be alcohol.

 

[*Q*]

While I like the idea of a night visit to a waterpark, there are additional safety concerns when it gets dark. It's hard enough for the lifeguards to make visuals on everyone in a wave pool during the day, I can't imagine trying to do that at night.

Good thing liquid hot magma illuminates things really well.

 

[GAcoaster]

I agree, lighting it well is the key, but even with great lighting it just seems like a bigger risk.

 

[anihilnation]

It really depends on how well lit it is. My concern would be alcohol.

Lol ... if they did HHN there, they'd have a literal Styx

 

[fryoj]

They could close the wave pool at night and maybe the lazy rivers and just leave slides open. Would make keeping track of guests easier.

 

[Teebin]

^ They could also reduce the wave pool to lake style waves at night. Virtually pond water.

 

[Kungaloosh1937]

Water parks and pools stay open at night all the time. You're theorizing non-existing problems.

 

[Cheezbat]

From MrEpcot on Twitter.

Looking at those greenish poles, I'm curious if those are going to be for the water coaster or for a different set of slides. There are more of them up now...as I drove by today I noticed just how big they are...which makes me wonder exactly what style slide they are for.

 

[Teebin]

^ It probably is the water coaster but the zoom photo is throwing me off on how far south it is. Far south was water coaster on earlier designs.

 

[Nick]

I think ignoring Volcano Bay is kind of a shame. The 3 bigger water parks in Orlando are 3 of the best parks in the town as-is, and VB should be better.

VB should be great, but it honestly isn't going to attract many more per year than WnW does, just a higher class guest who are willing to spend more. It's not an issue of the park being good or not, but it is said to have a fairly small capacity and there's a lot of people that just don't like water parks (or won't add them on as a part of their trip).

 

[Mad Dog]

VB will be nice for us tourists staying on site. Even more choice & diversity. And, like all of the other great stuff at the resort, I don't even have to get in my car & drive anywhere.

 

[belloq87]

I think ignoring Volcano Bay is kind of a shame. The 3 bigger water parks in Orlando are 3 of the best parks in the town as-is, and VB should be better.

I'm sure it'll be great for those who enjoy water parks! For a variety of reasons, they don't excite me, and I have no intention of ever paying to set foot in one.

 

[Scott W.]

VB will be nice for us tourists staying on site. Even more choice & diversity. And, like all of the other great stuff at the resort, I don't even have to get in my car & drive anywhere.

I think the close proximity alone will be a great asset. I kind of assumed that going to Wet n Wild from the onsite hotels would be a bit easier than it is.

 

[Mad Dog]

I think the close proximity alone will be a great asset. I kind of assumed that going to Wet n Wild from the onsite hotels would be a bit easier than it is.

Yeah, all the times I've been to Universal I never once even considered going to Wet & Wild. But I will definitely go to Volcano Bay, and I'm not even a big water park fan anymore.

 

[Scott W.]

Yeah, all the times I've been to Universal I never once even considered going to Wet & Wild. But I will definitely go to Volcano Bay, and I'm not even a big water park fan anymore.

Are you going to Wet n Wild in one of your trips later this year as a final goodbye?

 

[Mad Dog]

Are you going to Wet n Wild in one of your trips later this year as a final goodbye?

No way. I couldn't care less about Wet & Wild. I drove past it a couple of times and it looked like a dump.

 

[Nick]

Yeah, all the times I've been to Universal I never once even considered going to Wet & Wild. But I will definitely go to Volcano Bay, and I'm not even a big water park fan anymore.

But the question is will you just go once to check it out or will it be a once per trip thing. I think that will be the big question for a lot of people.

 

[IzzyB]

I have never been to WnW and I don't plan on going this year either. I have not heard the best things about the crowd or rides there. So I will skip. But I will be trying VB at some point. Probably not opening year, but more when I get Uni AP passes again which will be when my youngest is 40"