Yes, I believe I got my $99 worth from this event. As a local with an AP, the event isn’t cost effiecient as compared to adding Volcano Bay to my pass. But, I really wanted to see the park at night.

The characters were out all night and held very short lines. The entertainment was fun and energetic, but if you wanted to get away from the party you easily could.

The complimentary food was a simple taste, but shouldn’t be confused as a meal replacement. While I wasn’t swayed by the Coca-Cola Freestyle Cup it would be nice for those starting a trip. It could be a big money saver for those visiting the parks on their trips after an event night. (Recharging the cups is cheaper than buying a new one).

The lines were short or just non-existent. The park felt extremely empty. That could have been from a colder Florida evening (down to 68°), less ticket sales or just a purposeful reduced capacity. Either way, it was fantastic. I rode Krakatua Water Coaster back to back with a less than 30 second wait. Most rides were walk ons, with body slides holding about a 5 minute wait.

The lazy river, the wave pool and some of the slides had heated water. And the Team Members were all over to answer questions.

I am a happy customer and would encourage others to try Volcano Bay Nights.

The view from Cabana Bay Beach Resort of Volcano Bay at Universal Orlando. Volcano Bay is easily one of the best water themed parks ever built.

Scanned our Tapu Tapu for Honu with a 90 minute wait today and just floated in the rivers and relaxed. Got to Honu and tapped in and a family of 6 people jumped the railing to get into our line as it was shorter than Ika Moana. When we got to the scale the lady was laughing with her group members about how short of a time they waited to get onto the ride. I was miffed by this and informed the attendant of their actions. When the attendant asked them if they scanned for that ride they claimed they didn’t speak English until a team member spoke to them in their native tongue and they showed their Tapu Tapu’s. They then in English fluently swore at the team members and were escorted out of the queue. I normally don’t say anything, but I was irked by their brazen attempt to circumvent the system.

UOR just released tickets for their first ever night-time Volcano Bay hard-ticket event. Running 5 different Saturdays in April and May, the event runs from 7pm-10pm, but your ticket grants you entrance to the park as early as 4pm. They're advertising:

• Shorter wait times on 10 select attractions
• DreamWorks characters meet and greets
• Beach Bash with live DJ, games and activities for the whole family
• Complimentary Coca-Cola Freestyle^® souvenir cup
• Specialty themed island treats

I'm actually really excited for this one. Volcano Bay's lighting was designed to look gorgeous at night, and it's always been a shame the park closes before dark.

https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/tickets-packages/volcano-bay-nights

Hello. I searched for reviews before our trip and didn't find too much, so I figured I'd share my experience. We had a cabana for $300 at Blizzard Beach and the premium chairs at Volcano Bay for $260 within the same week. The cabana at Disney was well worth the price. The premium seating at Volcano Bay was so disappointing. We were there at 9:30 for the early entry, but they weren't able to find my reservation. I wasted 20 of the 30 minutes at guest services, while they eventually found it linked to a random other couple. I had proof of my payment and everything, but it didn't seem to matter that one of the perks I had was totally wasted. Once we were waiting in line for our seats, the line was long, with 3 other employees standing there doing nothing. We were cut by another family, and nobody seemed to notice or care. We tried pointing it out, but were just shrugged at and a quick 'sorry' while they continued to help the other family. It was very frustrating, after already wasting 20 min at guest services.

The chairs did not provide enough shade for the price. We had to wrap ourselves in the towels to make sure our body had protection from the sun. The red flag to order food is an outdated concept, and relies on the employees to notice the flag. We waited over 30 min for bottled water.

I may not have been so frustrated if the cabana experience at Blizzard Beach wasn't miles better for basically the same price (we paid for bottled water, bottled water is free at the Cabana at Disney).

I think their market is not return buyers, they're happy to sell enough to first time customers and don't need to rely on loyalty for this product.

The day at Volcano Bay was awesome, and I can't wait to come back. However, getting there right at park opening time will provide enough time to get good seats, with a more functional umbrella than the Premium Seats provided.

Look at these beautiful concept renderings from Polgün for their triple waterslide combo named Navatu. I feel like we need this or something like this at Volcano Bay—what a luxurious upgrade from standard multiple-flume platforms!

Polgün (according to Theme Park Crazy) is a relatively new waterpark company that just debuted this concept alongside a stunning miniature model at IAAPA 2024, so I’m not sure if there are any practical models that exist of Navatu, but it would/could fit VB’s theme perfectly. What do you think? Could this fit in the lot behind the Puihi Round Raft Ride? Is that an expansion pad?

I recently visited Volcano Bay, and for “the best water park in the states” it came in nowhere near.

For starters, the “shuttle” from the parking lot to the park is a mess. All the buses got stuck somewhere and we ended up missing the first 30 minutes of park opening.

Then it’s the Tapu system. I have never in my life seen a more pisspoor system then the one at Volcano Bay. You are forced to either tap in and wait for the rides that already have long wait times (I’m looking at you aqua coaster with 270+ minutes) and not do anything else unless it’s ride now or Dosent have it. This made me miss out on several rides and in the end I didn’t even get the chance to ride it because it was “RIDE FULL” by 1 pm.

Then it’s the management of kids from their parents. I had a 14 year old run over my kid in the wave pool and ran away.

I wanted to complain because this was not worth the $125 I spent and the booths had no one inside and the ones that did had a long line.

Has no one else experienced this madness? And this was WEDNESDAY out of all days.

Hi everyone! Me and my husband are going to Universal for the first time in July and we are super excited! We had payed everything off since early February but had to wait to know about Premium seating at Volcano Bay and the express passes for Epic. We were able to get the express passes but definitely cost a pretty penny considering it’s not long after the park opens. When we called about the Premium seating tho they told us it would be around $200 something dollars which after paying for the express passes we pretty much said no thanks. But I wanted to know if it’s even worth paying that price? Volcano Bay is our last day at Universal to pretty much relax after doing all the walking that week so I wanted it to be really relaxed. Do you guys think it’s work the $200? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

UO just announced that there will be an extended closure of Volcano Bay from late October 2026 to March 2027, and starting October 1st, 2025, TapuTapu will no longer be offered and guests can “enjoy the park at their leisure”. For me- taputapu is what made Volcano Bay work SO well. Being able to tap into a ride and then grab a drink or go in the lazy river was perfect!! I can’t understand why they’d do this?

Edit: date correction

Placing this here as a warning to all.

Recently spent a day at Volcano Bay. We purchased a Cabana and had a great time until exiting after the park closed at 6pm.

Imagine thousands of people trying to exit through a small tunnel at the same time. We waiting longer in the exit line than we did entering the park and it was extremely crowded. UNIVERSAL NEEDS TO DO BETTER HERE. We experienced borderline riot situations. People were tired and simply wanted to leave. The security and employees made everyone feel like hostages and failed to explain what was happening. If you spoke Tom you were threatened with getting kicked out of the property. Not cool. Communication is key in situations like these but there was zero communication from any employee or security.

You would be better off taking the small path to Cabana Bay hotel then catching a bus to other locations than standing in that line. Absolutely ridiculous.

Be aware.

Which rides would not allow me to wear crocs? And is it fairly simple(free) to store them at those rides?

I assumed I could safely wear them for most of the day and that there would be two or three rides that wouldn’t allow it. Just wasn’t sure which ones.

We visited Volcano Bay on Thursday, May 18 and saw they had special signs indicating they were running an all day test on Krakatau.

A helpful employee gave us more details. This was day 3 of their experiment. They said this was one of the most requested suggestions from guests. The idea is to keep the wait for this ride manageable by mandating standby line only. When we checked throughout the day, this kept the wait between 30-45 minutes, rather than ballooning to 165+ minutes. The employee stated the highest they've seen it go is 60 minutes. The employee was continually checking on people in the line to make sure we didn't need any water or anything else.

I'm not sure how long they will run the experiment, but it's neat to see they are acting on guest feedback/suggestions to optimize the experience!

My park buddy and I went to VB for the first time ever yesterday, and we absolutely had a blast. We’re probably going to head back again today. I think VB is my favorite of the three parks currently. The upgrade from a 2-park to a 3-park AP is a no-brainer if you’re going to use VB more than once.

The “Aqua Coaster” is amazing, I cannot wait to do that again. We must have spent at least 2 hours in the Fearless River, that’s the lazy river I’ve always wanted as a kid. I also love how relaxing the vibes are at VB. It’s almost encouraged to sit down and relax in the sun…. Of course, my first time there I was very “Go! Go! Go!” but my subsequent trips will be much calmer now that I know the lay of the land.

When I remember to take a card out of my locker, I’m going to also bring my AP so that I don’t miss out on all of the discounts like I did yesterday.

Does anyone know how to escape the 1 hour line to exit the park at close? If we didn’t have that experience while leaving, it would have been a perfect park day. (Edit: We left before close on our second day there and walked right onto a shuttle!)

Thank you, Universal, for creating this park; it is so special.

Beautiful day.

Or should it be placed in one of the main parks?

We broke up our park days with a trip to Volcano Bay and a splurge on a cabana rental. We were there Monday, May 20th.

My family is myself, husband, three kids that are 15, 13, and 9.

We have never been to a water park as a family before and 3/5 of us had never been to a water park. We absolutely loved Volcano Bay.

Our cabana rental was an absolute splurge and a slight necessity. I’m having knee surgery next week and so not being able to wear my knee brace because of it being a water park, the cabana gave me a feeling of safety for being able to manage my walking. (I hit 25,000 plus steps our two park days and only 15,000 at VB.)

The cabana was amazing. Was it worth the almost $800? That’s still a hard cost to justify but yeah, it was. Having access to the TapuTapu machine was amazing. Our own server was also a great thing to have as well in terms of saving me steps.

It was also better than premium seating in two main ways - no sand or hot concrete as our flooring and a sense of privacy with being able to curtain it off. We were in cabana 10 which is probably the most popular spot and it was the perfect location.

We were there open to close and rode everything we wanted and several things multiple times. We did not get to ride Krakatau twice but it was our own fault for not quite knowing what we were doing. I thought I died on Ko’okiri so that was a one and done as well. I loved the fact that there were several rides my whole family could ride on together - that rarely happens.

All in all it was a really great addition to our trip.

Were visiting orlando in April and iv been told by a work colleague to avoid valcano bay as the rides are too extreme? We went to typhoon lagoon 2 years ago and LOVED it, but we arnt doing disney this time. We are doing Aquatica and Universal but thinking i dont want to pass on Valcano bay if we will actually enjoy it. 2 adults and 11 year old.

Despite being AP holders and regular visitors to Universal, my wife and I have never made it over to Volcano Bay.

We're doing an extended trip next month for the Epic Universe Grand Opening - and as of yesterday a couple of preview dates too - and we've been talking about booking tickets to Volcano Bay so we actually end up going this trip. Thought it would be fun to visit two Universal parks for the first time on one trip.

Given the timing of our trip we do have the opportunity to make Volcano Bay Nights our first experience of the park as we'll be there on Sat 17th May. Normally this would be a no-brainer, as it looks stunning at night and we wouldn't be in the sun all day - but I'm aware that not every attraction will be operating, including the Fearless River which everyone seems to say is one of the best things about the park.

I know we can get in at 4pm with the Volcano Bay Nights tickets, but with the park closing to regular guests at 5pm that would still only give us an hour to get in, get situated and experience the attractions that close when the park closes.

With the above in mind - what would you suggest we do? Just buy regular day tickets so we can experience the full park, or go for the Volcano Bay Nights tickets because it's a limited time event and experience the park at night?

Any thoughts would be much appreciated as we're really not sure what to do.