Is there a VB strategy? Update

[Tea]

We’ve been twice now and in total in the 7 or 8 hours we have been there, I have only ridden 4 rides- and not for the want of trying. A very bad time:ride ratio for me!
The TapuTapu system seems rather inefficient for guests- you have to walk all the way to the ride, tap in and then just wait in the wave pool or the 2 lazy rivers for 1 hour plus... then walk all the way back.
What are we doing wrong? Is it better to go really late at night maybe? All the wait times are very long and twice we have had to leave at lunchtime due to being stormed out of it (admittedly nothing to do with the park itself)