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 ...

Universal Orlando has unveiled additional uses for its TapuTapu, the wearable technology that will be used at its Volcano Bay water park. When introduced last year, the emphasis was on the ...

“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 at Universal’s Volcano Bay will get a waterproof TapuTapu wearable that allows them to store credit card info, open your locker and skip standing in long lines for attractions.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...