Things have not slowed down over at construction for Universal's Volcano Bay, even after the minor fire last week. The centerpiece of the new park, the large volcano, is now nearly twice as large as it was during my last update. Many new water slides have showed up on property, including some that intertwine with the volcano. The wave pool, lazy river and more features are becoming more recognizable as well. Universal has said that the park will open with 18 different attractions! Hopefully they can keep this mighty pace and get this new water park open within a year, in time for summer 2017. Check out the video as well as complete photo report below. Plus, a new image of Volcano Bay and all its attractions for the new Universal Orlando map is also below. Stay tuned for more theme park updates coming soon!
Caitlin Dineen, tourism reporter for the Orlando Sentinel was lucky enough to get some photos of new Universal Orlando promotional materials at the U.S. Travel IPW 2016, including this map of Volcano Bay. Notice that there are two rivers, one lazy river and one fast river (like they have at Aquatica) that actually travels through a cave at the base of the volcano! Can't wait!
Artwork for the future park map, featuring all three theme parks (USF, IOA, and VB)
Construction Update
The volcano is now much bigger than just a month agoAn area is being covered with sculpted pieces, the next step before rockwork can beginLots of workers in rock climbing gear working on the volcanoLarge group of new slides sneaking in behind the volcanoNew slides added behind volcanoSlides inside the volcano as wellTubes/slides coming out of the left side of volcanoCloser view of tubes on left sideWork continues on wave pool in front of volcanoWider view of wave pool areaLooks like volcano rockwork will continue down along side of wave poolWorkers inside wave pool areaWhere the wave pool meets the beach areaSlides in back of the park are almost ready, and you can see the lazy river running below the slidesThe slide exit pools are already starting to get tiled!Large building to the right of slidesTwo smaller buildings being added near the larger buildingNew slide pieces ready to be installed near Turkey Lake RoadCloser view of these very large slide piecesZooming out to view the areaView of the area with new Cabana Bay tower addition in foregroundOne of two new towers being built at Cabana Bay, adding 400 new rooms to the resortWhat looks to be a water pump station being built in the middle of the parkPipes can be seen leading to the volcano areaSome sort of large structure being builtMore lazy river seen hereTwo buildings being builtThis could be bathrooms based on plumbing placements?More volcano pieces laying aboutMore volcano pieces plus a volcano sculpted cover pieceStill a lot of work to be done, in what one would hope to be a year, to be open in time for next summer
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Things have not slowed down over at construction for Universal's Volcano Bay, even after the minor fire last week. The centerpiece of the new park, the large volcano, is now nearly twice as large as it was during my last update. Many new water slides have showed up on property, including some that intertwine with the volcano. The wave pool, lazy river and more features are becoming more recognizable as well. Universal has said that the park will open with 18 different attractions! Hopefully they can keep this mighty pace and get this new water park open within a year, in time for summer 2017. Check out the video as well as complete photo report below. Plus, a new image of Volcano Bay and all its attractions for the new Universal Orlando map is also below. Stay tuned for more theme park updates 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!