On Tuesday, we spent the day at Volcano Bay. The kids had never been before, and Matt and I had been impressed with the park, so we were excited to introduce it to the kids. We enjoyed a lazier morning since the water park didn't open until 9:30. I must have been exhausted from our previous days because I slept until 8:30, and I never sleep that late. I was shocked when I looked at my watch and saw what time it was.
These kids were ready to ride some water slides!
The theming of the park is fun. The volcano at the center of everything really adds to the ambiance.
Our first stop of the day was the water coaster. We knew it was the most popular ride in the park, and the line would get long quickly, so we headed there first.
Unlike other water coasters we've ridden this one uses magnets to propel the rafts instead of water jets. There were several big drops and twists. Other than the water constantly being sprayed in our eyes, it was a great ride.
After we exited we scanned our tapu tapus to reserve a time to ride it again. The kids were thrilled to have their little tapu tapus to reserve spaces in lines. I do think they were disappointed to realize that there was still some waiting involved. Those watches aren't that magic, ha!
While we waited for our return time, we rode some tube slides.
And then rode the water coaster one more time. By lunch time the return time was 180 minutes, so I'm glad we got two rides in in the morning.
Other than the water coaster, another favorite ride was the Honu ika Moana- especially the blue side. I remembered losing my stomach on it during the last visit, and that's rare for a water slide.
Katherine wasn't tall enough to ride the blue slide, but she was living her best life riding the green side- and since it always had no wait, she'd usually ride it twice while the big kids rod the blue slide.
The park has to lazy rivers. One is a traditional lazy river with tubes, and the kids named the other river, the crazy river because it had a fast current and waves. They loved it, but Matt and I had a hard time keeping track of all the kids with the fast moving current.
We spent the next several hours catching all the big raft slides in the park and rode the racing slides- which weren't our favorite.
Then we walked back to our room for lunch. Our resort was right next to the water park and we had our own private entrance/exit which made heading back to our room for sandwiches an easy decision. We ate, and reapplied sunscreen and then walked back over to the park.
During the afternoon we took turns riding the volcano slides. It is a trek to get to the top of the volcano. They even warn you with signs that there are 200 plus steps to the top. The trap door slides make it worth the climb (at least a couple of times). Drop slides aren't really my favorite water slides, but the anticipation of the trap door opening and the music playing makes for a fun experience. The kids definitely looked scared standing there waiting for the door to drop.
As we walked through the volcano, they have some interactive water elements that the kids played with using their tapu tapus. They had them in the pools too- just a fun extra. Some of the them sprayed water, or played music under water.
We spent a fair amount of time in the big wave pool by the volcano. Since Katherine wasn't tall enough for the volcano slides, we camped out at the pool, and took turns riding the slides.
The back of the volcano was a cool view. There is one clear body slide that drops straight down, and then there are two serpentine body slides that alos have a trap door.
This silly thing was always up for more water slides. The stairs never bothered her.
We ended the day riding the Honu Ika Moana slides a few more times.
The big kids also wanted to try the ohno and ohyah slides. They usually had a wait, so we saved them for the end of the day. For me they rank as one and done, but Samuel thought they were fun.
We closed the park down at 6:00 that evening.
I was thankful for another awesome day at Universal.
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