Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[Mad Dog]

Stellar shots awhen!

Seeing everything at once is the only way to appreciate how huge the site, and the pit / water tank, actually are. Makes you realise this is totally enough space for a park like this. With some creative work on the park layout and sight lines, this will feel huge once it's built up and divided into smaller areas.

Yes. And once the finished product is built, it will seem even larger.

 

[Viator]

A little panorama taken on 9-18 (original image is 10119x2845).

vb_pano_1 by awhenUO, on Flickr

...This caught my eye on something..theres a path in there, could that possibly be for the lazy river?

 

[Teebin]

...This caught my eye on something..theres a path in there, could that possibly be for the lazy river?

Historically, there was a lazy river on the western side of the volcano that skimmed both north and south. The second river also did north and south but more center of the volcano with one part traveling through the volcano. There were no rivers on the eastern side of the property.

 

[martymcflyy85]

Are you saying there will be 2 lazy rivers? What will be the difference between the 2 rivers?

 

[*Q*]

There shall be 4 rivers, and it shall be delicious.

 

[Nick]

There shall be 4 rivers, and it shall be delicious.

I hope one of them is made to be almost like a Disney dark ride... animatronics/interactive elements alongside the waterway to really theme up the river.

 

[anihilnation]

Are you saying there will be 2 lazy rivers? What will be the difference between the 2 rivers?

Thinks Teebin said, in the past, there would be two lazy rivers, one of which will partially go through the volcano. It has also been said that lazy rivers might be used to connect different rides.

 

[anihilnation]

Would be nice if they could have a really wild section in one of them

 

[Disneyhead]

There shall be 4 rivers, and it shall be delicious.

I4R

 

[craigt]

Wow, great pictures awhen!!!

Notice the massive water intakes on both ends of the building. It appears they are building a massive underground tank on the far left, probably for the wave pool. Note what appears to be the wave tank "baffles?" to the immediate right of the intakes. The opposite end also has smaller water intakes, presumably for the rivers. What an engineering marvel!

I love your insights, but I would love it even more if you drew it over the pictures.

This wasn't so difficult, but sometimes I find it difficult to see the location of what is being described

 

[Teebin]

^ Will do!

BTW, Have they begun going vertical yet? That should be happening any day now I would guess.

 

[UK-Trigg]

Yes, you can clearly see brick work rising from the out. I posted a pic on Twitter earlier today, not sure if you can see on there or not though.

 

[Teebin]

Yeah, it is a wide shot so details are unclear.

"rising from the out", is that British phrasing? Not sure what it means.

 

[UK-Trigg]

Should have read pit, sorry lol. Pesky predictive text

 

[Teebin]

Should have read pit, sorry lol. Pesky predictive text

NP. I assumed it was similar to "truth will out" where the Brits seemed too lazy to put the word "come" in the phrase. :saywhat:

 

[awhen]

From October 8th.

A panorama from the other tower this time (original is 14,136x2716).



This is the same angle as the previous panorama. I especially like the workers huddled against the wall in the lower right. I apologize for the bad reflection in this shot. Maybe I should get a polarizer.

 

[anihilnation]

Is this the base of the volcano?

 

[anihilnation]

Great pic awhen! That panorama really makes one appreciate the organization that goes into construction. How does one begin? It is really amazing how things get organized, constructed and finally give rise to something great.

 

[maxairmike]

Is this the base of the volcano?

Yes.

Looks like there will be two main pump locations, under the volcano for the wave pool, its slides, and maybe the lazy river. The other location in the other corner of the property...no clue, maybe a 2nd lazy river (there's supposed to be 2, right?) and the other slides?

 

[Macfr3ak]

Amazing pictures guys thank you for keeping us posted!