Me too, loved that show! The final seemed to be almost rigged to be so hard, I only remember seeing a handful as a kid win the thing. Such fun!
Volcano Bay: General Discussion
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- Apr 7, 2010
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Is this what people wanted for Vol?
nailed it. UOR should hire you.
We were talking about slide theming the other day and wondering why the rockwork doesn't go all the way up to the Ohyah and Ohno slides. It's so water can spray under the slide to aid in the person moving forward into the pool.
This picture shows the slide with the slide water off but the underneath water between the rockwork on:
This picture shows the slide with the slide water off but the underneath water between the rockwork on:
To be fair if they had wanted to (and they still could) the rockwork could go up to the lip of the slide and not interfere with the spray
- Jan 24, 2015
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They need to change the soundtrack and add some rumble when it does that. The islandy music completely threw it off for me.
I haven't watched any videos, but maybe the non lava colored lights are just evening lights and the 'lava' effect is limited to the eruption and lava flow afterward?
So I missed it. Are the two slides that dropped Fromm 300 to 200 pounds temporary or permanent. Because that is a little low? And why?
- Jun 24, 2017
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I agree. I get that they are going for a Polynesian island vibe, but when I think of a volcano erupting I think of the ground shaking while a loud thunderous roar erupts reminding me to fear for my life like I'm running away from Pompeii.
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Keep in mind the volcanic eruption is not complete yet.
You seem to be the only person here that "gets it".
Because the park wasn't built by the ancient Waturi people, the temples, which are now ruins, were.
The park is supposed to be an ultra modern hi-tech luxury resort built by the descendants of the ancient Waturi civilization rooted in their beliefs and customs that "Water is Life".
The theme isn't that it was a magically built water playground the ancients stumbled upon. The theme isn't that the ancients discovered a water oasis and they built a rickety bamboo water park that the locals have kept up for eons. The theme is the modern descendants of the Waturi people have decided to cash in on their ancient beliefs and package it for rich latte sippin', craft beer/craft cocktail/craft taco (well basically craft anything) consuming, tiki lovin' hipsters. Trust me, Chloe likes the resort style lazy river over the icky dirty river over at the other place. It just goes better with the luxury cabanas and the concierge.
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You seem to be the only person here that "gets it".
Because the park wasn't built by the ancient Waturi people, the temples, which are now ruins, were.
The park is supposed to be an ultra modern hi-tech luxury resort built by the descendants of the ancient Waturi civilization rooted in their beliefs and customs that " Water is Life".
The theme isn't that it was a magically built water playground the ancients stumbled upon. The theme isn't that the ancients discovered a water oasis and they built a rickety bamboo water park that the locals have kept up for eons. The theme is the modern descendants of the Waturi people have decided to cash in on their ancient beliefs and package it for rich latte sippin', craft beer, craft cocktail, craft taco, well basically craft anything consuming, tiki lovin' hipsters. Trust me, Chloe likes the resort style lazy river over the icky dirty river over at the other place. It just goes better with the luxury cabanas and the concierge.
So it's really just the Waturi people selling out. Universal did a pretty bad job conveying that
I'd still have preferred the bamboo supports.
So it's really just the Waturi people selling out. Universal did a pretty bad job conveying that
Yep, just like a Florida developer to plow everything under for human enjoyment. Poor and homeless jungle animules...
So the story all along is that Universal built a modern water park and adopted the customs of the people who supposedly lived there prior? Who would have thought? Lol.
The "It's THEMED to a water park plopped down in the middle of a nice tropical location, and the exposed supports and slides sitting on top of rocks rather than well integrated into them, was all part of the plan!" is such a cop out to me.
- Apr 28, 2017
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Cop outs are common support of theme, that doesn't really bother me.
What bothers me a little bit is this was billed as not only something that would change the game and blow all other water parks out of the water but that it would be essentially the equivalent to a full blown theme park - thus the moniker Water Theme Park. The park was a blatant oversell. It is awesome and maybe the best, but... even defenders are comparing to TL and BB, each have their pros and cons and all are debatably the best park based on personal preference, but this was suppose to un-questionably be the best, end of story. It's not.
Full disclosure - I have not been so it is understandable if you completly discount this.
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If nobody gets it, then does it work?
