Volcano Bay: General Discussion

[UniversalRBLX]

RIP

 

[Teebin]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they killed a cabana and rebuilt the bridge wider. Universal is pretty good at doing stuff like that when they can.

 

[Mad Dog]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they killed a cabana and rebuilt the bridge wider. Universal is pretty good at doing stuff like that when they can.

Makes sense. Who would want to rent that bridge edge Cabana(s) with so much traffic walking by , anyway.

 

[joelbryant11]

Here's a zoomed in look at the area that connects the existing plot to the expansion.

Do you think they could (or should) expand the fearless river into the new plot? That might open up enough space for a larger connection between VB and the expansion. It would also help it to feel less segregated as you've been saying.

Might not be something they could do in practicality, but I'd endorse it.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Do you think they could (or should) expand the fearless river into the new plot? That might open up enough space for a larger connection between VB and the expansion. It would also help it to feel less segregated as you've been saying.

Might not be something they could do in practicality, but I'd endorse it.

No need for them to do that.

 

[Andysol]

Do you think they could (or should) expand the fearless river into the new plot? That might open up enough space for a larger connection between VB and the expansion. It would also help it to feel less segregated as you've been saying.

Might not be something they could do in practicality, but I'd endorse it.

I brought that up earlier. It would increase the fearless river capacity by around 50%. And we know they're needing more capacity for "non-Tapu" things. So I, too, would fully endorse it.

 

[Brian G.]

I'd prefer them to give us the lazy river we were promised in the concept and fix the Fearless views under the volcano.

 

[UK-Trigg]

I'd prefer them to give us the lazy river we were promised in the concept and fix the Fearless views under the volcano.

I'm still holding out for the night show too, by Sept would be good @Uni

 

[Mad Dog]

I'm still holding out for the night show too, by Sept would be good @Uni

Heck, you'll be there the slowest week of the year. No way you see a VB night light show.

 

[Mad Dog]

And I can see why the VB management has been so careful with their changing weight limits on a few slides..... On Friday, the Kansas Attorney General's office filed criminal charges against Schlitterbahn Water Park and Tyler Austin, former Director of Operations, in the 2016 death of a boy riding the 170' tall Verruckt waterslide. They've been charged with involuntary manslaughter, several conts of aggravated battery, endangering a child and interference with law enforcement. Contributing to the filing of those charges is that riders had been reporting injuries on the slide since it opened, but the management ignored those injuries and continued operation without adjusting or correcting the issues.

 

[Scott W.]

And I can see why the VB management has been so careful with their changing weight limits on a few slides..... On Friday, the Kansas Attorney General's office filed criminal charges against Schlitterbahn Water Park and Tyler Austin, former Director of Operations, in the 2016 death of a boy riding the 170' tall Verruckt waterslide. They've been charged with involuntary manslaughter, several conts of aggravated battery, endangering a child and interference with law enforcement. Contributing to the filing of those charges is that riders had been reporting injuries on the slide since it opened, but the management ignored those injuries and continued operation without adjusting or correcting the issues.

Didn't Schlitterbahn design this themselves though? If something similar happened at VB, would Universal or ProSlide be liable?

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Didn't Schlitterbahn design this themselves though? If something similar happened at VB, would Universal or ProSlide be liable?

I think Schlitterbahn had help from a design firm, but from my understanding it was an in-house project. For your other question, if the incident occurred because of operations or horrible upkeep, it'll be on Universal, but if an accident were to occur because of an Engineering/Design issue, it's ProSlides fault.

 

[Mad Dog]

Yes, it was mostly designed by the owners, with assistance. One of the major issues though is that they were having issues with injuries and just kept running it....In regards to Universal, I would imagine if injuries are being reported, and no adjustments are made, not only the manufacturer, but also the operator, would be liable criminally & civilly, and that's why they're being so careful with the slides that were having issues, before they have a tragic accident.

 

[12th Man]

On a different note...

 

[Teebin]

This is astounding to me... that they build a new waterpark and in under a year they tear parts of it up and re-imagine it.

That said, why was this necessary? What was the old system of exits lacking?

 

[NJBrandon]

This is astounding to me... that they build a new waterpark and in under a year they tear parts of it up and re-imagine it.

That said, why was this necessary? What was the old system of exits lacking?

I think the built-in Tapu Tapu detectors.

 

[fryoj]

I know this is off topic, but for those who want to read the Schlitterbahn indictment:

https://localtvwdaf.files.wordpress...21_indictment__miles_swkc__filed_redacted.pdf

It's long, but worth a read just to see really how bad of a deal that was. Your jaw will drop reading it.

 

[Mad Dog]

I know this is off topic, but for those who want to read the Schlitterbahn indictment:

https://localtvwdaf.files.wordpress...21_indictment__miles_swkc__filed_redacted.pdf

It's long, but worth a read just to see really how bad of a deal that was. Your jaw will drop reading it.

It doesn't look good for them. The cover ups are glaring also.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

This is astounding to me... that they build a new waterpark and in under a year they tear parts of it up and re-imagine it.

That said, why was this necessary? What was the old system of exits lacking?

Tapu Tapu theft. They needed to make a nicer looking exit so that they can detect tapu tapu still with guests.

 

[Nick]

Weight limits for Kala and Tai Nui should have increased from 230 to 275 as of a few days ago.