Wow, what a difference a few months can make. The volcano, named Krakatau, has reached its incredible 200-feet-high goal and it can be seen for miles around. Around the open backside we can get a good view of many of the main attractions for Volcano Bay, including the highly anticipated water coaster, named Krakatau Aqua Coaster. The water coaster will use 4-person canoes as its ride vehicles taking riders throughout the volcano before plunging through a waterfall at the end. I cannot wait! In addition to the volcano, work is moving on to the park entrance, pedestrian tunnel (that leads to Tram drop-off,) and of course the two Cabana Bay expansion towers that border the new water park. The views from those rooms' windows of a towering volcano are going to be impressive. Check out the update video as well as snapshots and more details below. And stay tuned for a Universal Studios update coming soon!
Construction Update
Pedestrian tunnel under construction, will lead to tram drop-offView of pedestrian tunnel leading to what will be the park entranceFuture Volcano Bay park entranceClose up of future park entrance roofView from Cabana BayThere were dozens of workers on the volcano while I was thereView of the open back of volcanoDrop slides, you can see that they're covered in white plastic to protect their color while work continues around themSo many slides!Conveyor belts can be found for every attraction so you never need to carry your raft up the stepsSide view of volcano topSlides weaving in and out of volcanoWorkers inside volcanoWater coaster leaving volcanoFun looking water coasterWater coaster going back towards volcanoWater coaster beginning and ride endingWater Coaster load/unload platform behind volcanoWide view of water coaster behind volcano
Workers and port-a-pottys on mountain sideWater coaster poking out of volcano frontActual rockwork beginning around base of volcanoLarge section of volcano base complete and scoffolding removedWave pool area still being used as staging area for volcano piecesTremendous amount of volcano pieces still left to be installedStructures being constructed left side of volcanoNew large slides being constructed in back corner of lotSome of the first slides to go up now getting stairs and roofBack view of these slidesFamily slides near Cabana Bay looking more completeSlides are butted right up against Turkey Lake Rd.Closer view of family slide and blue funnel slideLazy river on right side of volcanoRoof structure in foreground and more lazy river in backgroundCabana Bay Tower expansion progressView of Krakatau from new Cabana Bay tower
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Wow, what a difference a few months can make. The volcano, named Krakatau, has reached its incredible 200-feet-high goal and it can be seen for miles around. Around the open backside we can get a good view of many of the main attractions for Volcano Bay, including the highly anticipated water coaster, named Krakatau Aqua Coaster. The water coaster will use 4-person canoes as its ride vehicles taking riders throughout the volcano before plunging through a waterfall at the end. I cannot wait! In addition to the volcano, work is moving on to the park entrance, pedestrian tunnel (that leads to Tram drop-off,) and of course the two Cabana Bay expansion towers that border the new water park. The views from those rooms' windows of a towering volcano are going to be impressive. Check out the update video as well as snapshots and more details below. And stay tuned for a Universal Studios update coming soon!
See all Volcano Bay updates, including concept art and building plans here. Stay tuned to the feed for breaking theme park news and more Volcano Bay updates!