Volcano Bay: General Discussion

[UNIrd]

I've seen so many people wearing shirts on the slides in the pics and video from the past few days. I'm starting to feel self-conscious about NOT wearing a shirt. Is this a new thing?

 

[quinnmac000]

 

[sonoma15]

Very busy today...

 

[Cheezbat]

Very busy today...

Time to start on that five acre expansion I think...

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

^They're the closest slides to the entrance on opening day. They're also single body slides with lower capacity than the family slides. These slides are the equivalent of Minion Mayhem at Volcano Bay.

 

[Beeble]

Very busy today...

So how does this work? If I want to ride on this, that's the only ride I can ride for the next four hours?

 

[quinnmac000]

So how does this work? If I want to ride on this, that's the only ride I can ride for the next four hours?

That and the water coaster. You can do wave and lazy river and all that other stuff though.

 

[Beeble]

That and the water coaster. You can do wave and lazy river and all that other stuff though.

What happened to the rumor that the water coaster would be preloaded on your Tapu Tapu and you could have two rides at a time?

 

[adjjb]

Ohno 235m currently.

Oh no is right name for that ride time.

 

[wizwit]

Oh no is right name for that ride time.

They should rename them to "Oh, My!" and "Hell, No!" for the next few days....

 

[P@n!K_Sw1tC#]

In looking at some of the pictures on Twitter, it still looks like there's a lot of construction barricades & materials still up around the park, on the borders of the lazy rivers, and around the slides. Glad they've managed to get some of these slides up and running but man-oh-man does Universal cut things close. I imagine they'll need another two weeks to finish up these finishing touches.

Any reports from the mat racer slides? Those seem to be the only ones missing from anything I'm curating on social media.

 

[Andysol]

Very busy today...

Hearing that several slides have "no wait" or much smaller waits. These two are just low capacity slides. These will be "Ride at rope drop or get express" slides.

Also hearing lots of issues with Tapu Tapu, like we expected- not working at pay stations, etc. But Staff is being super cool and understandable- even letting people have the food who say their credit card is in locker and to just pay later.

 

[Lisastevo88]

Hi I'm new here We are travelling over from the Uk and have a single river cabana booked for June 25th and Express passes. Worried about our cabana not being ready

Do we have any reports on how Express is running yet?!? Will it be linked to TapuTapu?! Also can you still join the virtual line for the coaster?!

TIA

 

[Andysol]

Hi I'm new here We are travelling over from the Uk and have a single river cabana booked for June 25th and Express passes. Worried about our cabana not being ready

Do we have any reports on how Express is running yet?!? Will it be linked to TapuTapu?! Also can you still join the virtual line for the coaster?!

TIA

Whats up Lisa- welcome!

I'd keep your eye on this thread for the next several weeks so you can plan accordingly.

The Cabanas will be worked on likely every night until they get them all done. I'd be surprised if it took a month, but you never know.
As far as express- you don't queue with your tapu tapu- you just walk up and get in line. From the looks of today, though, the lines are still really long. Looks like 15-30 mins in many cases- so they clearly have some significant ironing out to do- whether thats through less express passes, increasing the amount of people are estimated to be in queue, etc.
There will be a lot of the kinks worked out over the next 30 days when you take your vacation- so keep an eye on here and you'll be able to stay up to date on the latest- particularly the week before you go.

Bottom line: this is Day one- so it is, quite literally, the worst example of normal operation

 

[Joel]

So how does this work? If I want to ride on this, that's the only ride I can ride for the next four hours?

Yup, just like waiting in a normal line (unless your water coaster time comes up in between then). Unlike a normal line, you can eat, do the lazy rivers/wave pool/play areas/drink while you virtually wait.

 

[tyro]

So if you're in line for another slide, can you go on a slide that is "no wait" or do they still check your tapu tapu?

 

[darkridelover]

Bottom line: this is Day one- so it is, quite literally, the worst example of normal operation

Say that again for the people in the back!!!!

 

[Joel]

So if you're in line for another slide, can you go on a slide that is "no wait" or do they still check your tapu tapu?

That's a great question, I'm guessing you can go right on the "no wait" slide, there's no reason why they would stop you (until a virtual line is needed).

 

[sonoma15]

So if you're in line for another slide, can you go on a slide that is "no wait" or do they still check your tapu tapu?

If a slide is no wait you can just go in without scanning your taputapu, at least that is what it was yesterday.

 

[IOAGuy]

What happened to the rumor that the water coaster would be preloaded on your Tapu Tapu and you could have two rides at a time?

It's there

So if you're in line for another slide, can you go on a slide that is "no wait" or do they still check your tapu tapu?

I'm sure you can. You have to go to a touch point with the Tapu Tapu for that.