Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[Disneyhead]

At $105/day, I would expect sunscreen dispensers in all the bathrooms and possibly free refills on soda all day.

 

[Mad Dog]

From what I'm seeing, it's looking like they really are trying to leverage this park to make people stay on Universal property longer and spend less money at WDW.

Pretty much an extension of what Uni has been doing for years ever since Comcast took over.

I strongly agree. When we were doing our long Universal vacations on site 6 years ago, we rarely ran into anyone staying long like us. Now, we are constantly talking with other tourists who stay on site for quite a few days. And, it appears that the onsite hotels have really high occupancy, per Comcast press announcements, and the scarcity of available rooms whenever I search for vacations far in advance. I used to be able to book good rooms (and that was with only three hotels on site) a couple of weeks before leaving. Now I have to book 6 months ahead to get a decent priced standard room. Looks like the plan is working.

 

[Mad Dog]

At $105/day, I would expect sunscreen dispensers in all the bathrooms and possibly free refills on soda all day.

And personal massages from real cute life guards. Choice of your life style, of course.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

I think the $105 price point is likely set that high as a deterrent. They want to discourage day guests and encourage multi-day guests. 3-Park multi-day tickets are only $40 more than the 2-Park tickets.

 

[tielo]

I think it's great Universal tries to not make their waterpark a kiddy or teenage dumping ground for lazy local parents.
When you want to enjoy Universal's resort investing in that ticket is a no brainer.

When the crowd dies down there will be more affordable ways to enter I guess.

 

[Mad Dog]

I think it's great Universal tries to not make their waterpark a kiddy or teenage dumping ground for lazy local parents.
When you want to enjoy Universal's resort investing in that ticket is a no brainer.

When the crowd dies down there will be more affordable ways to enter I guess.

Yeah. It's kind of like the lazy river at Cabana. By requiring you to bring or buy your own flotation device it keeps the crowds down. CBBR was actually the first lazy river I could relax in and enjoy since it wasn't crazy crowded.....Hopefully Universal will be able to get a comfortable compromise on VB, moderately affordable price packages and keeping the hordes of dumped teenagers from over crowding the park. I don't think we'll see any $50 season passes in this park. They don't want another Wet & Wild of large, young local teenage dominated, crowds that don't spend much money.

 

[wizwit]

I stand corrected, looks like the 3-Park Unlimited is gone now. But I think someone in this thread said a while back that they bought an equivalent ticket in the UK for next year, so I imagine there's a replacement coming.

Yes, they are calling it the 3-Park Explorer Ticket.

 

[Cheezbat]

At $105/day, I would expect sunscreen dispensers in all the bathrooms and possibly free refills on soda all day.

And for half that price you can get those exact things...at Holiday World and Splashin' Safari in Indiana. (Man I love that park!)

 

[NJBrandon]

I highly doubt a one-ticket is $105.

 

[Viator]

I would have to think that they would offer the tickets at around 70-85 USD. Mainly due to that A.) it's a brand new water park, B.) It is more elaborately themed than WnW/Aquatica, C.) The Tapu Tapu being most likely included within admission to the park and D.) It's apart of a massive resort that has two theme parks, a high end entertainment district; and six (counting the upcoming Adventura) hotels that will cater a lot of capacity.

I do imagine that much like what USF and IOA are doing now, they will be offering VB in seasonal ticket pricing; and that could be the most telling on one day admission.

 

[Scott W.]

To give some perspective, a 1 day ticket to Aquatica is $39 and a 1 day ticket to Blizzard Beach/ Typhoon Lagoon is $58.

 

[Kungaloosh1937]

There is literally no way a one day ticket will be that much.

 

[Dan B]

So looks like this maybe the Volcano bay TapuTapu wrist band system? Seems to sound like it.

New 'Prism' bands could eliminate long lines at theme parks - Orlando Sentinel

Product press release:

accesso Unveils Revolutionary Smart Park Wearable | Accesso

Also trademark info on TapuTapu

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/...versal-trademark-hints-at-something-like.html

 

[GAcoaster]

^ I was thinking this may be Tapu Tapu as well. Universal already works with accesso with the Q-bot technology in the parks so they already have that relationship.

 

[UK-Trigg]

So looks like this maybe the Volcano bay TapuTapu wrist band system? Seems to sound like it.

New 'Prism' bands could eliminate long lines at theme parks - Orlando Sentinel

Product press release:

accesso Unveils Revolutionary Smart Park Wearable | Accesso

Also trademark info on TapuTapu

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/...versal-trademark-hints-at-something-like.html

^ I was thinking this may be Tapu Tapu as well. Universal already works with accesso with the Q-bot technology in the parks so they already have that relationship.

Seems pretty likely that this will be the Volcano Bay System, but I do have some doubt as I remember seeing a Uni Exec talking on a recent promo video about how proud they were that the Tapu Tapu system had been designed and produced in house.

Sorry but can't find the video I am thinking about to back this up, I swear I saw it though, anyone?

 

[Mad Dog]

Seems pretty likely that this will be the Volcano Bay System, but I do have some doubt as I remember seeing a Uni Exec talking on a recent promo video about how proud they were that the Tapu Tapu system had been designed and produced in house.

Sorry but can't find the video I am thinking about to back this up, I swear I saw it though, anyone?

Uhhh. You sure you didn't remember "seeing" the video after a long night at Mangos with the gang?

 

[UK-Trigg]

Uhhh. You sure you didn't remember "seeing" the video after a long night at Mangos with the gang?

:tongue:

 

[Disneyhead]

Seems pretty likely that this will be the Volcano Bay System, but I do have some doubt as I remember seeing a Uni Exec talking on a recent promo video about how proud they were that the Tapu Tapu system had been designed and produced in house.

Sorry but can't find the video I am thinking about to back this up, I swear I saw it though, anyone?

I believe they were talking about the software. Who knows about the hardware.

 

[UK-Trigg]

I believe they were talking about the software. Who knows about the hardware.

Ah, knew id seen something, at least Im not going mad. Or was drunk @Mad Dog

 

[Mad Dog]

Ah, knew id seen something, at least Im not going mad. Or was drunk @Mad Dog

Tee hee.