Volcano Bay: General Discussion

[Happytycho]

I figured this doesn't deserve it's own thread.

This is like somebody tried to recreate Volcano Bay in a computer game and just went way over the top.

Meryal (Qetaifan Island North)

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Obviously Universal now needs to put a volcano covered version of this on the VB expansion plot.

More honestly, I think it's really cool how some recent water parks in other parts of the world have added tons of slides and some water and coaster rides that we would traditionally associate with dry parks to create a full day or multiple day experience rather than water parks just being a 1/2 day or 3/4 day sideshow to a larger park as they generally are here in the US.

I think VB is always an ace up the sleeve if they need to use it.

Is there a future timeline thread here? Where we can make a guess about what's going to happen or what we'd like to happen?

I continue to believe that a VB expansion would make a lot of sense as a cheap and easy north campus project right before Epic Universe's opening that would also add some much needed water park capacity.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a future timeline thread, but the let's play being head of Universal Creative thread is about resort-wide blue sky timeline discussion and I imagine talk specifically about VB expansion could go in the Volcano Bay expansion thread.

 

[Scott W.]

Obviously Universal now needs to put a volcano covered version of this on the VB expansion plot.

More honestly, I think it's really cool how some recent water parks in other parts of the world have added tons of slides and some water and coaster rides that we would traditionally associate with dry parks to create a full day or multiple day experience rather than water parks just being a 1/2 day or 3/4 day sideshow to a larger park as they generally are here in the US.


I continue to believe that a VB expansion would make a lot of sense as a cheap and easy north campus project right before Epic Universe's opening that would also add some much needed water park capacity.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a future timeline thread, but the let's play being head of Universal Creative thread is about resort-wide blue sky timeline discussion and I imagine talk specifically about VB expansion could go in the Volcano Bay expansion thread.

It was really more about what's planned for every year.

2022: Escape Room
2023: Villian Con
2024: FF replacement/ VB Expansion / Something IOA
2025: Epic Universe

For example.

 

[Ahmanet]

Love Volcano Bay ... as immersive and fun as anything in Orlando.

It is strange though that they haven't added even one new slide, for how many years it has been open.

Maybe could get its own food festival, ha.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

 

[Ahmanet]

Are these the slides from the top of the volcano? Don't remember an issue when I rode them.

All their budget for new slides is going to tweaking old ones, ha.

 

[JoeCamel]

Are these the slides from the top of the volcano? Don't remember an issue when I rode them.

All their budget for new slides is going to tweaking old ones, ha.

I think proslide is footing the repair for these

 

[Journey_On]

Are these the slides from the top of the volcano? Don't remember an issue when I rode them.

They are.

 

[JunoSynth]

As long as they get green working again I don't mind. It was down all 10 days I was there last year and its my favorite slide!

 

[randompixel]

I'd love to know how they came to be built that way initially. Was Universal like "We want a splash pool" and ProSlide just went "huh, ok then" because it's Universal? Or did ProSlide get their sums wrong? Surely they'd be able to model the forces involved. For such a high profile project there seems to have been a lot of mistakes made.

 

[HandsomePete]

Reef Plunge at Aquatica was also converted from a splash pool to runouts. Runouts are generally safer (if long enough) and it’s one less pool to maintain.

Don’t know where various places draw the line between shallow water and deep water lifeguards, but that’s another potential benefit.

 

[HThomas]

What are the crowd levels like at VB in the evenings. I see there open till 8pm most of the month. Does it get quite at the end of the day. we normally go early but thinking of changing it up.

 

[UNIrd]

It empties out a decent amount by 5pm, even with later closures.

 

[tielo]

It empties out a decent amount by 5pm, even with later closures.

That is where the rumored night time show could help to keep the dinner crowd.
Also never understood why there aren't after hour parties there with a DJ, food and drinks, it's waisted potential.

 

[JunoSynth]

That is where the rumored night time show could help to keep the dinner crowd.
Also never understood why there aren't after hour parties there with a DJ, food and drinks, it's waisted potential.

Yeah waterparks at night are pretty awesome. I used to work at Wet N Wild (before it became Hurricane Harbor) in Arlighton TX and they stayed open late. They always had late private parties and even concerts there sometimes. It was so cool.

 

[Ahmanet]

Volcano Bay really deserves a special event ... from a food festival up to projecting a screening of Jaws one night on the Volcano

 

[Brian G.]

Happy Anniversary Volcano Bay! As 5 years have passed, the landscaping around the park has grown, creating a lush environment - so we thought it would be a good idea to compare locations with photos taken in May 2017 to photos from a recent visit.

Before & After in Photos: 5 years later at Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando

Volcano Bay turns 5 today! Universal Orlando’s “water theme park” opened on May 25th, 2017, marking a big milestone for Universal Orlando's continued growth in the Resort we love today. Spanning 25 acres and featuring 30 attractions, Volcano Bay is a world-class water park. During its first year,

www.insideuniversal.net

 

[Ahmanet]

VB has the best theming in Orlando ... and a great view of Spaceship Earth.

 

[therock]

Happy Anniversary Volcano Bay! As 5 years have passed, the landscaping around the park has grown, creating a lush environment - so we thought it would be a good idea to compare locations with photos taken in May 2017 to photos from a recent visit.

Before & After in Photos: 5 years later at Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando

Volcano Bay turns 5 today! Universal Orlando’s “water theme park” opened on May 25th, 2017, marking a big milestone for Universal Orlando's continued growth in the Resort we love today. Spanning 25 acres and featuring 30 attractions, Volcano Bay is a world-class water park. During its first year,

www.insideuniversal.net

That was excellent. It looks even more beautiful now.

 

[CountDracula]

VB has the best theming in Orlando ... and a great view of Spaceship Earth.

No way. :ears:

Not sure I will ever go to VB as I am more than a little terrified of water slides. I love seeing the volcano from the hotel room though.

 

[OhHaiInternet95]

I'm trained to call BS on anything I read exclusively on Inside the Magic especially when the source is an unverified comment on Reddit but someone claimed that a woman washed out her child's filled diaper at VB and that the section got shut down. Please tell me this is "crap," no pun intended! I like water parks and don't want to lose my enjoyment of them! That South Park episode WAS just a joke, right? :afraid: