Aquatica crowd levels

Pans · 7 Jul 19, 06:49 PM

Given the closure of Blizzard Beach when we are there in mid Sept we thought we would pay a visit to Aquatica. We would avoid the weekend and were just wondering what the crowd levels would be like? Will we be able to do everything in a day?

Any advice or tips are most welcome.

Drino · 7 Jul 19, 07:19 PM

Dont want to burst your plans on this but we went for the day a yr or so back... spent most of the day on lazy river it was honestly a complete waste of a day...loads people just waiting around for rides i wont be going back ever...

Moorlandman · 7 Jul 19, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by Drino

Dont want to burst your plans on this but we went for the day a yr or so back... spent most of the day on lazy river it was honestly a complete waste of a day...loads people just waiting around for rides i wont be going back ever...

Probably because a lot of people purchase express passes

Caz182 · 7 Jul 19, 07:38 PM

We were there last week. Queues were huge. We spent most of the day in the wave pool or the lazy river as couldn�t face the queues. We much preferred typhoon lagoon.

Moorlandman · 7 Jul 19, 07:45 PM

I would highly recommend Volcano Bay as a park that has addressed all the failings of Aquatica - better rides, more loungers in shade, tapu tapu virtual queuing system so you don�t spend all your visit watching express pass people wandering past you while you queue

SophieLou · 7 Jul 19, 10:24 PM

We were there a week ago and easily managed all the slides, some more than once and longest q was half an hr. Lots of time for crazy river n play area too. We got there for opening, got a seat in the shade n hit the slides first...had a great day, no express passes. Go midweek in September and should be even quieter. We did it October 2017 n it was a little quieter then.

Dazza · 8 Jul 19, 01:04 AM

We were there a few days ago for the first time. Arrived around 10.30, queues were horrendous, parking overflowed and as mentioned seemed loads of people had express passes. We left after two and half hours, IF we try and go back will be for opening time

Jimsdadhalifax · 8 Jul 19, 07:30 PM

We went twice a couple of weeks ago. The first time we were there for opening and after a couple of hours the queues were huge for all the main slides.

The second time we went in the evening just after a storm. It was almost empty and we went on everything apart from the new slide which was closed.

We have been to Aquatica quite a few times in August over the last few years and it was always really busy after a couple of hours.

Get there for opening if you can - first hour is quiet.

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	7 Jul 19, 07:19 PM Drino Excited about Disney
Drino Excited about Disney Join Date: Aug 17 Location: kettering	Dont want to burst your plans on this but we went for the day a yr or so back... spent most of the day on lazy river it was honestly a complete waste of a day...loads people just waiting around for rides i wont be going back ever...

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	7 Jul 19, 07:38 PM Caz182 New Poster (3)
Caz182 New Poster (3) Join Date: Apr 19 Location: Ayrshire	We were there last week. Queues were huge. We spent most of the day in the wave pool or the lazy river as couldn�t face the queues. We much preferred typhoon lagoon.

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	8 Jul 19, 07:30 PM Jimsdadhalifax Very Serious Dibber
Jimsdadhalifax Very Serious Dibber Join Date: Jul 10	We went twice a couple of weeks ago. The first time we were there for opening and after a couple of hours the queues were huge for all the main slides. The second time we went in the evening just after a storm. It was almost empty and we went on everything apart from the new slide which was closed. We have been to Aquatica quite a few times in August over the last few years and it was always really busy after a couple of hours. Get there for opening if you can - first hour is quiet.