Volcano Bay - Yay or Nay?

cambsno · 23 May 18, 10:00 AM

Keeping our US tickets to 2 parks will save a fair chunk, at the moment I am not convinced by VB. We will have spent the previous 9/10 days at Disney incl. BB and TL so will have done waterparks. At VB the queues look quite long so not really seeing the point?

chmurf · 23 May 18, 10:13 AM

well, first of all there are no queues at VB, they are virtual.
so while you're in line for your return time you can enjoy the 2 rivers, wave pool, or any attraction which are "ride now" (go at opening time)

then it depends on what kind of tickets you get for US

a 14 days universal ticket is often cheaper than a 2 or 3 days park to park on the USF site, and many vendors do the 3 parks for the price of 2

Gezzs · 23 May 18, 10:16 AM

I'm curious. With the virtual queue system at VB, does this make the lazy river and wave pool more busy? I'm assuming all the people 'virtually' queuing are now somewhere else.

Moorlandman · 23 May 18, 10:32 AM

We went last August. The park is great but there are massive virtual queues for the majority of the slides. The lazy river was rammed and the wave pool cold. It was a bit boring waiting for our turn to ride a slide

Stay at a Universal hotel and you get early access but going to a water park at 7.30am is no fun imo

crowie · 23 May 18, 01:15 PM

If you have done the Disney waterparks then probably not but I loved VB.

We were there 2 times last October, rode everything we wanted to. Tip, like many parks, be there for opening (10am) and ride the water coaster first (20 min wait). We had all the other rides done by lunchtime and did a few more again in the afternoon. The virtual queue is great and we often found where rides were side by side, one was "ride now" - so in effect a 10-15 min queue, the other was come back in 15 mins. We would book a ride on that one, queue in the ride now lane for the other ride, do that, by time we came off was time to go and do the one we have booked in for.

Out of it and the 2 Disney water parks its my favourite but if I had already done those two and it was going to cost me an extra �100 a head (so for me �500) over including it or doing just normal Uni parks, I would do just the normal parks and save the money. I have Uni 14 day passes this year and no Disney so for me its a given to do it.

novocastrian · 23 May 18, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by chmurf

well, first of all there are no queues at VB, they are virtual.
so while you're in line for your return time you can enjoy the 2 rivers, wave pool, or any attraction which are "ride now" (go at opening time)

then it depends on what kind of tickets you get for US

a 14 days universal ticket is often cheaper than a 2 or 3 days park to park on the USF site, and many vendors do the 3 parks for the price of 2

speaking from last august you still have top Q up when your 'ride now' time comes... you end up killing time in the wave pool / lazy river along with 100's of others as you can only virtually Q for one ride at a time

they may have refined things now but in august literally every ride was +120 virtual wait... with no ride now anywhere ...we gave up in the end

as i say hopefully its better now, maybe not as busy?

Mazascouser · 23 May 18, 05:41 PM

We got it free, but I would not pay just to go there. Too cramped too expensive and long waits even with the tapu tapu band. We went Easter week. Enjoyed Aquatica better.

23 May 18, 10:00 AM	#1
	23 May 18, 10:00 AM cambsno Serious Dibber
cambsno Serious Dibber Join Date: Oct 13	Volcano Bay - Yay or Nay? Keeping our US tickets to 2 parks will save a fair chunk, at the moment I am not convinced by VB. We will have spent the previous 9/10 days at Disney incl. BB and TL so will have done waterparks. At VB the queues look quite long so not really seeing the point?

23 May 18, 10:13 AM	#2
	23 May 18, 10:13 AM chmurf Imagineer
chmurf Imagineer Join Date: Dec 12	well, first of all there are no queues at VB, they are virtual. so while you're in line for your return time you can enjoy the 2 rivers, wave pool, or any attraction which are "ride now" (go at opening time) then it depends on what kind of tickets you get for US a 14 days universal ticket is often cheaper than a 2 or 3 days park to park on the USF site, and many vendors do the 3 parks for the price of 2

23 May 18, 10:16 AM	#3
	23 May 18, 10:16 AM Gezzs Imagineer
Gezzs Imagineer Join Date: May 13 Location: 4200 miles from WDW	I'm curious. With the virtual queue system at VB, does this make the lazy river and wave pool more busy? I'm assuming all the people 'virtually' queuing are now somewhere else. __________________ Gez Florida: July 2009, Aug 2011, Sept 2014, Sept 2018, Sept 2024 Disneyland Paris: Dec 2023

23 May 18, 01:15 PM	#5
	23 May 18, 01:15 PM crowie Trying for More Ears
crowie Trying for More Ears Join Date: Mar 12	If you have done the Disney waterparks then probably not but I loved VB. We were there 2 times last October, rode everything we wanted to. Tip, like many parks, be there for opening (10am) and ride the water coaster first (20 min wait). We had all the other rides done by lunchtime and did a few more again in the afternoon. The virtual queue is great and we often found where rides were side by side, one was "ride now" - so in effect a 10-15 min queue, the other was come back in 15 mins. We would book a ride on that one, queue in the ride now lane for the other ride, do that, by time we came off was time to go and do the one we have booked in for. Out of it and the 2 Disney water parks its my favourite but if I had already done those two and it was going to cost me an extra �100 a head (so for me �500) over including it or doing just normal Uni parks, I would do just the normal parks and save the money. I have Uni 14 day passes this year and no Disney so for me its a given to do it.