Volcano Bay, Universal Orlando’s water park, will abandon its wearable technology called TapuTapu later this year, the company announced Tuesday. The complimentary wristband devices, used since ...

Universal Volcano Bay is ending their TapuTapu wearable device and virtual lines, and closing for five months starting next fall. The Universal Orlando Resort website states, “Starting October 1 ...

Volcano Bay, Universal Orlando’s water park, will abandon its wearable technology called TapuTapu later this year, the company announced Tuesday. The complimentary wristband devices, used since ...

Photo Credit: Bilanol/Shutterstock Universal Orlando Resort's waterpark, Volcano Bay, will sunset its TapuTapu wearable device and virtual line system on Oct. 1. "This will allow guests to ...

“Then you walk right onto the ride,” Mason says. Volcano Bay’s other major slides also will use TapuTapu, he says. The band will activate special effects within the park, including the ...

Guests can find “tap-to-play” experiences around Volcano Bay using TapuTapu. The technology can trigger special effects “like controlling streams of water spurting from whales in Tot Tiki ...

Technology plays a major role in the guest interface at Volcano Bay. Guests wear a waterproof wristband called a TapuTapu, lent to them at the turnstile, that is linked to the barcode on the ...

With the use of the TapuTapu bracelets ... who spent Friday at Volcano Bay with a group of friends from Ecuador. Universal spokesman Tom Schroder said the complaints have been heard but insisted ...

Photo by NBC 8 Staff The best part is you don’t have to wait in line to ride the coaster and other rides, thanks to the TapuTapu wristband. Volcano Bay guests can also use their TapuTapu ...

On the technology side, exclusive TapuTapu wristbands enable guests ... Orlando welcomed a record 68 million visitors in 2016. And Volcano Bay already made a splash in the local economy by hiring ...

The system TapuTapu is built on is very reliant on ... For now, guests will have to be patient as Universal works out the kinks in Volcano Bay and gets it running as envisioned.