Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[snayberry]

Yeah, I'm not riding that. :yikes:

 

[12th Man]

According to UO's Twitter, you will have to take a bus (or water taxi) to the transportation hub in CityWalk, and then hop on the shuttle if you want to get to Volcano Bay from any resort hotel except Cabana Bay. Sucks that there isn't direct transportation, but I can see why.

 

[epcyclopedia]

With the wave wall I'm surprised they don't just put in some padded bumpers. The occasional raft would hit them and bounce off but most would miss it, but certainly no one would be going over.

 

[12th Man]

New update from OrlanDave featuring a look at lighting tests for the grand opening!

Also, a vid from ThrillGeek!

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

Exactly. They should curl the wall in such as it's done at its crown. That one video on the last page is a little bit unnerving.

 

[Evan]

My friend who works at Universal has told me that none of the Volcano slides will be up opening day, not even the aquacoaster... Apparently that hasn't even been fully signed off on yet. They are already preparing for a lot of compensation.

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

I'm shocked... *rolls eyes*. Tried to tell ya folks a month ago that this would happen. Save your tickets for June.

 

[12th Man]

My friend who works at Universal has told me that none of the Volcano slides will be up opening day, not even the aquacoaster... Apparently that hasn't even been fully signed off on yet. They are already preparing for a lot of compensation.

Oh boy, this week is gonna be... fun. :bolt:

 

[Evan]

Oh boy, this week is gonna be... fun. :bolt:

I'm actually so nervous for them. I hope my friend is wrong, and they get more stuff ready to open before then.

 

[Scott W.]

According to UO's Twitter, you will have to take a bus (or water taxi) to the transportation hub in CityWalk, and then hop on the shuttle if you want to get to Volcano Bay from any resort hotel except Cabana Bay. Sucks that there isn't direct transportation, but I can see why.

That seems poorly thought out. I imagine you'd be faster walking from SF and RPR by the time you pass through security.

 

[Happytycho]

Introducing Volcano Bay: The next generation waterpark where you don't have to carry tubes up stairs but you do have to carry all your stuff through CityWalk.

 

[therealscotty]

I doubt they keep the water stored, that would be a huge tank. I also doubt it was because of dirty water. there were workmen under the wave outputs yesterday, maybe theres areas that can only be accessed via the wave pool outputs?

 

[LJGonz]

....

Wow it goes right to the edge @ 1:14. Looks like an incredible ride but yikes thats a little scary and that's with the new edge ... Thanks for the video Dave !

It's not even going that high, just really diagonal.

 

[Teebin]

I doubt they keep the water stored, that would be a huge tank.

Huge like 100'x60' by 25' deep? When I say tank I don't meant some big plastic thingy tank. I meant a massive concrete underground pool. At lease, that is what it appeared to be to me...

 

[Andysol]

That seems poorly thought out. I imagine you'd be faster walking from SF and RPR by the time you pass through security.

Very poorly thought out. Why, exactly, can they not run a bus loop to the other 4? They have the shuttle that takes you to and from the parks in case of inclement weather, etc. How would this be different? Get 2-3 more of those things up and running and do pickups every 10-15 mins.
A little confused here why they're making it inconvenient for the on-site deluxes. Boat to Bus is not a short distance or convenient by any means (lots of stairs and/or ramps). Guess all we can do is respond to surveys on this one

 

[Scott W.]

Very poorly thought out. Why, exactly, can they not run a bus loop to the other 4? They have the shuttle that takes you to and from the parks in case of inclement weather, etc. How would this be different? Get 2-3 more of those things up and running and do pickups every 10-15 mins.
A little confused here why they're making it inconvenient for the on-site deluxes. Boat to Bus is not a short distance or convenient by any means (lots of stairs and/or ramps). Guess all we can do is respond to surveys on this one

I can understand Universal not wanting their buses leaving the resort which they would have to if they went from the hotels to the main entrance (not the bus drop off area for parking) but this whole thing baffles me. There is about 2 or 3 better ways to do this.

Maybe it's a temporary thing to try and lower the people heading there.

 

[BAC]

Very poorly thought out. Why, exactly, can they not run a bus loop to the other 4? They have the shuttle that takes you to and from the parks in case of inclement weather, etc. How would this be different? Get 2-3 more of those things up and running and do pickups every 10-15 mins.
A little confused here why they're making it inconvenient for the on-site deluxes. Boat to Bus is not a short distance or convenient by any means (lots of stairs and/or ramps). Guess all we can do is respond to surveys on this one

Agreed, we'll be there in June and I asked several pages back if you could walk from any resort to VB. Most people assumed the answer was yes. BTW, I know its a long walk, but we were prepared to do it. The great thing about Universal is the convenience of walking between the hotels, the Parks and City Walk. I think this was a huge miss on their part. Who knows, maybe they're working on something that's not ready yet.

 

[darkridelover]

Very poorly thought out. Why, exactly, can they not run a bus loop to the other 4? They have the shuttle that takes you to and from the parks in case of inclement weather, etc. How would this be different? Get 2-3 more of those things up and running and do pickups every 10-15 mins.
A little confused here why they're making it inconvenient for the on-site deluxes. Boat to Bus is not a short distance or convenient by any means (lots of stairs and/or ramps). Guess all we can do is respond to surveys on this one

This is the test and adjust period. They will adjust.

 

[Scott W.]

Agreed, we'll be there in June and I asked several pages back if you could walk from any resort to VB. Most people assumed the answer was yes. BTW, I know its a long walk, but we were prepared to do it. The great thing about Universal is the convenience of walking between the hotels, the Parks and City Walk. I think this was a huge miss on their part. Who knows, maybe they're working on something that's not ready yet.

You can definitely still walk.

 

[MagicMagicMagic]

Here's a crazy alternative theory: Maybe whoever was replying on the UO Twitter is simply misinformed.