Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[Joel]

bus drop-off area overview:





bus drop-off / pick-up area to the left:



bus drop off / pick up area to the right

 

[Disneyhead]

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

^ More pics like this please! Love seeing all that detail close up.

 

[Joel]

All of these updates are making for an incredible Monday! Thanks @Disneyhead !!

 

[Disneyhead]

These are all above, but I thought I would post this too.

 

[Nick]

They have to make the park ADA friendly so I'm not surprise by elevators.

Probably only on certain slides.

Aquatica opened in 2008 and it has stairs only for all of it's slides.

 

[LieutLaww]

That last picture showing CBBR looks like Volcano bay is CBBR's highly themed pool area

 

[Teebin]

So, that lil wave symbol thingy is going to rotate telling guests when to expect the next wave?

 

[Mad Dog]

That one photo of Disneyhead's has a Floating Rock to challenge Pandora's Floating Mountains.

 

[KFCbowlcombo]

So, that lil wave symbol thingy is going to rotate telling guests when to expect the next wave?

I believe that's 100% correct.

 

[Scott W.]

Middle to end of Sept.....We could always use a Scot in the group.

Very interesting. I think I'll be heading on the 12th September for just over 2 weeks.

Scott, did you notice that they have planted a bunch of the palms that you liked in the nursery pic I posted, around part of the VB tram road. They're across from the new Aventura parking garage on the bank of the retention pond. They have blue grey leaves and are called Bismarck palms (Bismarckia nobilis).

Far left just this side of the yellow parking garage. (see full sized image)

I can see myself spending more time looking at the trees when I first visit VB than I would have ever imagined.

The scale and volume of the landscaping is mind blowing.

 

[Disneyhead]

So a few things I noticed.

So, that lil wave symbol thingy is going to rotate telling guests when to expect the next wave?

It seems that at least the 2 inner discs and the spiral connector will spin.

These guys are gonna spit

And these flying fish are hydro-jet powered (not really)

 

[Yabbadabba Doh]

It seems that at least the 2 inner discs and the spiral connector will spin.

Maybe showing the difference between smaller and larger waves being generated, since most wave pools operate in these modes?

 

[amityboattours]

Uniformed Volcano Bay staff members at CBBR bus stop this afternoon. I had a little chat with one of them and asked him how long he was in training for, to which his answer was "2 weeks".
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I'm a bit disappointed that Orlando United shared this image on their twitter account today without at least referencing me as the source of the image, or giving me a courtesy request to duplicate it (which I would have happily agreed to).
I don't post here to seek kudos or make money etc, I do it because I love sharing info and photos on my theme-park passion with others. But c'mon guys, it's just polite and professional to give people credit if you're duplicating their work

 

[Brian G.]

I'm a bit disappointed that Orlando United shared this image on their twitter account today without at least referencing me as the source of the image, or giving me a courtesy request to duplicate it (which I would have happily agreed to).
I don't post here to seek kudos or make money etc, I do it because I love sharing info and photos on my theme-park passion with others. But c'mon guys, it's just polite and professional to give people credit if you're duplicating their work

Honest mistake. Sorry. I should have given credit.

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

It's a pic you took with a cell phone. You wouldn't think twice if someone shared it on social media. But thanks for sharing anyways...

The little details are getting me more excited about this project. Hoping to find these all over the park as that'll be the true bread and butter of Volcano Bay. Keep the super-zoom photos comin'

 

[amityboattours]

It's a pic you took with a cell phone. You wouldn't think twice if someone shared it on social media.

Erm, that's actually exactly what happened?

Anyway, it's settled.

 

[Teebin]

As I have never been to one of these supped up water parks I have a question. How do they keep the beach sand out of the wave pool and the pump intakes? Anyone here know how that works?

 

[Nick]

So is that really their uniforms though? They just looked like T-shirts.

 

[amityboattours]

My wife and I spoke to more Volcano Bay workers this afternoon at the CBBR bus stop (I'm not shy!). I 'fake naively' asked them all if VB would be soft-opening before the official opening date and 3 independent groups of staff have now told us that there will definitely not be any public soft openings at all, that they will be opening only from the day of the Grand Opening.

I know this tallies in with what most people now believe (though feel free to retain some scepticism), but if true.... man, that's a very risky strategy!