VOLCANO BAY.....INFO AND QUESTION THREAD........

[03GirlsMom]

Thank you! $250 is not bad at all. I would say upwards of $300-350 would probably be our max, so I will have to look into it. Did you find it worth the cost? The idea of having a "homebase" that includes some shade really sounds nice.

With 4 kids to chase around, I prefer to have a cabana every time we visit VB. Not having to stand in long food lines, tapping into virtual queues from the cabana, and having a shaded place for the kids to rest throughout the day has absolutely been worth it to us. It is also extremely convenient to have cold bottles of water and clean towels readily available.

 

[mlayman7]

We just got back from our first trip to VB. We rented a cabana and now I cannot imagine ever going without having one. We had cabana 20c, it was an upper cabana with a great view of the park. A few downsides with the cabana though includes; we had early entry but by the time we were brought to our cabana the early entry time period was over halfway over so it cut down on the time we had before the park was open to other guests. It took about 60 minutes to get our lunch after placing the order, not including the 20 minutes it took after putting up our flag. We were okay with it because it was raining so we were not going anywhere at the time but still, plan on it taking much longer than waiting in line and getting it yourselves. Other than that having the cabana was all positive and worth the money we spent. VB easily beat out Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach as our favorite water park in Orlando.

 

[Ladyfish77]

Not sure if this has been asked and I didn't find anything when I searched. Can three people share a two person premium seating. We'd probably not all three be there at one time but it would be nice for the locker and home base aspect. I don't really want to take up two when we really only need one. Three adults who will spend time on rides (maybe 2 riding and one at seating) don't want to break any rules. Thanks

 

[Naomeri]

Not sure if this has been asked and I didn't find anything when I searched. Can three people share a two person premium seating. We'd probably not all three be there at one time but it would be nice for the locker and home base aspect. I don't really want to take up two when we really only need one. Three adults who will spend time on rides (maybe 2 riding and one at seating) don't want to break any rules. Thanks

The Universal customer service lady I spoke to said that the max for 1 premium seating is 4. Their thought is that it would be 2 adults with 2 kids, but she didn’t mention that it had to be like that, so I don’t see why you can’t have 3 adults, as long as you don’t mind not everyone being able to sit with their legs stretched out at the same time.

 

[DLgal]

Can we bring Cabana Bay pool towels to use at VB and then bring them back to the hotel? Or is this a no no? Staying at CB and trying to figure out the towel situation for the waterpark.

 

[georgina]

Can we bring Cabana Bay pool towels to use at VB and then bring them back to the hotel? Or is this a no no? Staying at CB and trying to figure out the towel situation for the waterpark.

It's always been possible in the past to do this. I don't know what the pool towel situation is at CB now, used to be able to just grab a few.

 

[soniam]

Not sure if this has been asked and I didn't find anything when I searched. Can three people share a two person premium seating. We'd probably not all three be there at one time but it would be nice for the locker and home base aspect. I don't really want to take up two when we really only need one. Three adults who will spend time on rides (maybe 2 riding and one at seating) don't want to break any rules. Thanks

I have done this with my husband and teen son. I had one rep who wanted me to get 2 pairs for the 3 of us, but that was the only time. I ended up getting just 1. We have rented them at least 4 times and haven’t had an issue with 3 of us.

 

[yellowfish78]

Having a cabana at a waterpark is game changing imo. It just makes the day so much more relaxing.
We have never been to volcano bay. If you book a cabana is it non refundable ?

Cabana's and premium seating are refundable up to 5 days prior.

 

[mom2clr]

I was wondering if arriving at the park in the early afternoon (1 or 2) with an 8pm closing on a Sunday would still allow my group to get the most out of our day ticket? We are driving down and our only available day to go would be the next day but we would want to have a leisurely morning before going. My thought is that the afternoon showers will have people leaving early and those folks who arrived at opening would hopefully be leaving when we arrive.

We will be 2 adults, (2) 13yr olds, (1) 10yr old and (1) 9yr old. Thanks!

 

[cschaaf]

Called for pricing for our trip next week and premium was $189! I can’t stomach that pricing. If anyone has recommendations for free seating and locker locations, that would be awesome! We will try to get food at odd times to avoid lines.

Yeah, pretty much the same here. We just decided to make a quick trip to Universal next week and spend one of the days at VB - our first time there.

Yesterday morning, we booked Premium Seating for next Thursday (so, 11 days out) and it was $213 with tax. Far, far more than I wanted to spend, but we went for it anyway.

How are you guys getting through for cabana rental? When I call its always 90min or more

I called three mornings in a row and didn't have crazy long waits.
- Saturday around 9:30 AM - the auto response reported a 5 minute wait, an agent answered less than a minute after the initial message ended
- Sunday morning around 9:00 AM - message said 10 minute wait, it took about 6 minutes
- Monday morning at 8:15 - message said 10 minute wait, it took about 15 minutes.

 

[ForceofWill]

Spent the morning there yesterday. The kids area was closed for cleaning from the night before(caddyshack) and the lazy/crazy rivers never opened while we were there. Supposedly they were waiting on lifeguards but it was like 11am when we left and still no go. Seems like an ok place if you have teenagers but the only thing my kids wanted to do weren't even open.

That said, we got there during early entry and had basically pick of whatever chairs we wanted. Even at around 10am there were plenty of chairs around. We got a nice set right in front of the lazy river entrance to the right, accross from the kids area. Can't see paying for premium seating.

 

[nerdboyrockstar]

I was wondering if arriving at the park in the early afternoon (1 or 2) with an 8pm closing on a Sunday would still allow my group to get the most out of our day ticket? We are driving down and our only available day to go would be the next day but we would want to have a leisurely morning before going. My thought is that the afternoon showers will have people leaving early and those folks who arrived at opening would hopefully be leaving when we arrive.

We will be 2 adults, (2) 13yr olds, (1) 10yr old and (1) 9yr old. Thanks!

We mistered yesterday, Sunday, and arrived at noon and pretty much stayed until near the 8pm closing. We were able to do PLENTY, including lots of rest in our cabana during the shutdown for the afternoon storm. Definitely have a plan for that. Then, it was back to having fun.

The waits were SOME of the slides were really long (Krakatau was 150min long when we tapped in; got called in 120min). But in that time we were able to do plenty of loops on the Fearless River, Lazy River, and spend time in the wave pool and the leisure pool next to it.

 

[kaed77]

We mistered yesterday, Sunday, and arrived at noon and pretty much stayed until near the 8pm closing. We were able to do PLENTY, including lots of rest in our cabana during the shutdown for the afternoon storm. Definitely have a plan for that. Then, it was back to having fun.

The waits were SOME of the slides were really long (Krakatau was 150min long when we tapped in; got called in 120min). But in that time we were able to do plenty of loops on the Fearless River, Lazy River, and spend time in the wave pool and the leisure pool next to it.

Does everything shut down when the storm comes through ? Where do people go ?

 

[Sehsun]

Does everything shut down when the storm comes through ? Where do people go ?

Attractions temporarily close when the lightning is a certain distance away from the parks. If it's pouring, I've seen guests hang out in their cabanas/premium seating (if they have it), covered seating at the restaurants, restroom/locker areas, the north beach pavilion.

 

[kaed77]

Attractions temporarily close when the lightning is a certain distance away from the parks. If it's pouring, I've seen guests hang out in their cabanas/premium seating (if they have it), covered seating at the restaurants, restroom/locker areas, the north beach pavilion.

Do the umbrellas over the regular chairs keep you dry or does the water go right through ?

 

[Sehsun]

Do the umbrellas over the regular chairs keep you dry or does the water go right through ?

Have not personally tested them out, but I would think they keep you dry. The umbrella material is pretty solid. Would probably do well in a light-medium rain but probably not during heavy sideways rain.

 

[TheGatekeeper]

The umbrellas will keep you dry, but you're at a water park so imo, keeping your stuff dry is more important than keeping yourself dry. I would toss a garbage bag in your day bag to put your stuff in just in case a downpour comes and it looks like it may be a long one and you want to leave.
Also, while the umbrellas are waterproof, they're not really big enough to make waiting a significant amount of time under them that comfortable. Not to me, anyway.

 

[georgina]

Thats why I pick a chair near the dragon boat bar. I have headed there to wait out rain.

 

[LORIANN]

Does anyone know if cabana rental gives me early entry?

 

[cschaaf]

Anyone have experience wearing swim ear plugs at VB? I had a bad ear infection that I got over about a month ago and, this morning, my ENT recommended using ear plugs when swimming.

I was thinking about these with the string to help reduce the chance of losing them.