Guide to Adventure Island 2021 - Tampa, FL
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Күн бұрынIn this week's video we visited the waterpark Adventure Island in Tampa, FL. Having not been there in well over 20 years, Nicole and I decided to see how much had changed since we had last been. This video covers our reactions and discoveries while exploring the park and few pieces of advice to possibly mitigate the costs if you're on a budget. We also show a few of the waterslides and even grab a bite to eat. 😎 This is a longer video than we normally produce but we wanted to capture what we could. We plan to do a couple more videos to help others decide if and how they want to see the park. Come along as we re-discover this place!
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Timeline for this video:
0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Tips and Info
2:45 - Entrance and First Look
3:49 - Lockers and Explanations
4:57 - Rambling Bayou (Lazy River)
6:17 - Solar Vortex Slide
8:11 - Water Moccasin Slide
8:41 - Calypso Coaster/Aruba Tuba
10:03 - Colossal Curl
11:36 - Caribbean Corkscrew
12:02 - Lunch and Prices
13:36 - Kids Area and Endless Surf Wave Pool
15:03 - Paradise Lagoon
15:37 - More exploration
16:30 - Closing Remarks
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@headbanger1428 2 жыл бұрын
This was informative. We don’t like nit-picking parks, where every-single-thing has a fee. We’re not going. Thanks for your honest and well-paced video. It was surprisingly the first hit.
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
We have a video coming out Saturday that shows you how to spend 0 dollars at Adventure Island besides cost of admission and parking. Unfortunately with theme parks they charge for everything. It is worth a trip at least once but you really don't have to spend a ton of money if you don't want too. Thanks for watching!
@Me-dl5rh 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video it has been very helpful 👍
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
They have updated a few things since last year. We did a Pov of the 2 new slides. The Wahoo Racer is a lot of fun! I am glad it helped!
@adam15214 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow. I totally forgot about adventure island. Hahaha. This July birthday vacation week is going to be EPIC. I can’t wait until that time comes. Thanks for the video
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Enjoy your birthday week! Adventure Island is a lot of fun! Go during the week and beat some of the crowds. Thanks for watching!
@OffOurCouch 3 жыл бұрын
Colossal Curl looks like too much fun! Ouch on the the theme park prices, Lol! Great job as usual! ($10 dollar beer, LMAO!!!) Thanks for posting ~ London
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
We want to do a video on how to save money.
@OffOurCouch 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond That would be awesome!
@jmfilamvlog3244 3 жыл бұрын
I love every moment of this video, that's what I hate waiting for hour to go on the ride
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
Some of the lines were fast. The longest line was on the solar vortex. That lines was like an hour.
@noahkessler5500 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond not even the best rides either too not worth that line imo
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
@@noahkessler5500 we like the flashing lights but yes the better slides are vanishing point which is Mike's favorite and colossal curl which is my favorite.
@jessiechappell324 2 жыл бұрын
About to take my two toddlers here thank you for this video. Very helpful :)
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Glad we could help! Enjoy your trip!
@richardpowell2633 3 жыл бұрын
Very informative. Thanks.
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@brettmacdonald9006 3 жыл бұрын
This has to be one of my favorite parks ever it is so fun and all the rides are amazing
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
We have had a really good time going with our pass. Mike's favorite ride is the vanishing point. I like the Colossal curl and the lazy river. What is your favorite ride?
@jaybeers5758 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond The lazy river that is cloudy and filled with mulch? That is one of your favorites there? With not enough tubes? with people just using multiple life jackets under them to float around? That is your ONE of your favorites?
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
@@jaybeers5758 I love lazy rivers whereever we go. Unfortunately I do know what you are talking about with the mulch/tree leaves. They are trying to make it shady and tropical and it unfortunately gets in the water. There also needs to be more tubes because they can be hard to find. We never said it was a great park but we were able to have a good time with the family. It has it positives and negatives. Both Mike and I before this video had not been to this park in over 20 years so we wanted to see the changes. Do you have a waterpark you could recommend? Always looking for new adventures!
@jaybeers5758 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond We made the best of it and had fun but I wished we’d driven the extra hour to Aquatica. Same owners so Idk why such an atmosphere difference but aquatica is for sure nicer overall. My favorite water park is Typhoon Lagoon so it’s bummer that Disney hasn’t opened it yet. The wave pool is amazing and lots of fun slides that are spaced out to avoid over crowed areas. Volcano bay is great, it has it’s annoying quirks like you can’t walk from the parking lot, have to get on a bus, but it’s new and themed beautifully. The wrist bands help everyone wait if shorter lines without extra coast plus 1 long lazy river and 1 fast rapids like river. Hope this helps!
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
@@jaybeers5758 Aquatica is on our list to check out. Maybe we will do a pass for them next year. Volcano Bay looks awesome! We have never been to Disney's Typhoon lagoon. Thanks for the suggestions!
@turret_sindrone 2 жыл бұрын
great video. About to splurge on the bush gardens platinum pass and this is one of the included parks. Can't wait to check it out, we've done basically everything Disney and Universal have to offer and are looking to mix it up.
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Right! You have to mix up and try all the places Florida has to offer. Adventure Island is fun but smaller than Volcano Bay and Aquatica. We had a fun summer with the kids there. It can be expensive for food and drink so we figured out ways to save money. Have fun with your new pass!
@Luca-wi7cl 2 жыл бұрын
amazing video! this video is so underrated! can‘t wait to go in a few weeks
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! We have two more videos coming out in 2 weeks about more stuff we did there. As we have been telling people, we have had fun there, but there are some issues. We wanted to visit this park because we had not been there in like 20 years. As people have mentioned there are better water parks. It is worth trying at least once though to form your own opinion. I would visit again sometime down the road. Thanks for watching and hopefully you have a fun time. When do you plan on going?
@Luca-wi7cl 2 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond We are going in like a week! My parents got us season passes bc we are visiting from Germany and we are going to go like 3 or 4 times there I am really excited and the tour was rlly cool!
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
@@Luca-wi7cl hope you guys have a good time! Lunches can get expensive there so if you need to save money bring a picnic lunch one of the days. They have picnic tables in the parking lot. The lockers are 25 a day so to save money there get a waterproof phone pouch for your phone and credit card/tickets. Find a chair to put towels. Check out Colossal Curl and Vanish Point which are our favorites! Safe travels!
@Luca-wi7cl 2 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond thank you sadly we are probably not being able to go bc of this tropical storm but maybe we are able to go for a day or so
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
@@Luca-wi7cl looks like as of now Wednesday or Thursday are the best days to visit the park. Weather in Florida changes from one minute to the next so keep checking the forecast. 🤞
@sergiopereira341 2 жыл бұрын
Thx for shearing,
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
@shawnaustin8957 2 жыл бұрын
👍👍
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😊
@edisam212 3 жыл бұрын
Nice place to be here. Thankyou for sharing, I just joined to your channel. Greeting from Indonesia🇮🇩✋
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for joining us on our adventures!
@VenusFlyy 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love Busch Gardens! I just uploaded a video of my first time riding Cheetah Hunt and found your vid! Subbed as well. Continue to grow your channel.
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for Subscribing! We have never been on cheetah hunt but are hoping next year to get to Busch Gardens. We used to go all the time when we were younger. After having kids they asked to go to Disney all the time. They are older now so we will check it out again.
@mycuprunnethover8655 2 жыл бұрын
Great video
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@fgeiger41 3 жыл бұрын
Great vid. I'm Florida native and have never gone 😪. Must've been created by porsche because the nickel and "diming" is professional grade! Still looks fun. 😁
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
It had been a long time for us. It was definitely fun to do at least once. Thanks for watching!
@fgeiger41 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond haven't missed an episode yet. Keep'm coming!
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
@@fgeiger41 thank you so much for watching every episode! We have some beach trips and spring trips coming up soon. We glad you enjoy them.
@gamershow5944 2 жыл бұрын
Is this a weekend or week day with all those people? I'm thinking of going but dont want to tons of people. Are the Tubes free to use on slides and lazy river?
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
We noticed it is more packed on the weekends. This was during the summer too. When they open in March it might not be as bad. All tubes are free on the rides. Some of the rides require tubes. Our favorite tube ride was the Colossal Curl. It is so much fun! Hope you have a great trip if you go!
@brita48 2 жыл бұрын
What time of year were yall there? I really enjoyed the video.
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
We were there last summer from June to August. We just did our last visit in May to check out the new slides. Thank you for watching!
@filetofish7688 2 жыл бұрын
Good video. For a locals water park it’s definitely pricy. Being right next to Busch Gardens probably plays a part but for how much they charge you might as well take the long drive and go to Aquatica or Volcano Bay
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
We ended up by 3 fun passes and 1 silver pass. Tampa is close for us so we went like 5 times and saved by not having to pay for parking each time with the silver pass. This was a place we had not been to in over 20 years and wanted to experience it again. We definitely had fun, but want to branch out to the other water parks too. Both Aquatica and Volcano Bay look amazing! Thanks for watching!
@filetofish7688 2 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond That’s good that you found a way to still have fun. I’ll probably visit during the summer along with Busch Gardens so I can get on iron gwazi
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
@@filetofish7688 you have to look for deals to make it worth it.
@wondaria 2 жыл бұрын
8:28 i went on that middle part like 10+ times it was so fun lol my mom had to drag me away from it
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
We went on both of the green slides. Pink slide looks fun. Great thing about those slides is they have short waits. Thanks for watching!
@jiminfla5951 3 жыл бұрын
Do you think purchasing the quick que passes would be worth the price?
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
We had thought about getting the quick que pass but than we saw it only covers Aruba Tuba, Calypso Coaster, Riptide, Colossal Curl and Solar vortex. The only line that seemed long was the Solar Vortex. Everything else is under 15 minute wait for the most part. For us I would say no it is a waste of money.
@jiminfla5951 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond thanks
@jaybeers5758 3 жыл бұрын
I just went yesterday and even though it killed me to pay for the quick Q it definitely was worth it the least worth it out of any park but worth it for this one due to the weekend lines being so long. It’s frustrating because it only works on a few rides and you still have to wait once you get your tube or until you get your tube. We rode on slides about 10-12 rides So the pass ended up being around 4 to 6 dollars a ride and I would’ve paid that much to skip the line so in the end it ended up worth it. Still super frustrating but If your going on a weekend do it.
@travisj8490 2 жыл бұрын
@@jaybeers5758 how much are the quick que passes
@jaybeers5758 2 жыл бұрын
@@travisj8490 The price changes depending on the day & expected crowd- weekends are going to be $40-$60 a person. Week days will be cheaper of course. The unlimited always seems to be only 10$ more so of course that upgrade is a no brainer. Check the web site and they will have the price on each day. The earlier you buy the cheaper I believe. Hope it helps.
@jaybeers5758 3 жыл бұрын
Someone really needs to get their dining menus out so you can better decide if you want to do the all day dining or not even though I know all water park food is basically blah. Still. I really need a review on the quick cues. Is it worth it or is it not? am I getting to go straight through the line or am I having to eat with everyone else to get a tube and then going?
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
We have a food tour coming out next month. The food was not that great. We looked into the quick que pass. It only covers Aruba Tuba, Calypso Coaster, Riptide, Colossal Curl and Solar vortex. The only slide that has you wait more than 15 minutes is the solar vortex. We felt at least for us the add ons are not worth it. Thanks for watching!
@jaybeers5758 3 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond hey I ended up going to the park yesterday! You guys should totally dive into this because I had a really hard time finding information or videos on this place as of recently. I’m sorry you bought the passes besides going there for content. I don’t think I’ll be back. We did get the quick Q and even though the system is shoddy and we were still waiting up to 20 to 40 minutes using it I would’ve lost my mind in the regular lines. All day dining cannot possibly be worth it with how long the lines are. Leave your main valuables in the car Because the lockers are expensive. Lots of people wearing just street clothes to swim and slide. Diapers changed While kid still standing in the wave pool. People throw trash all over, lazy river needs a serious filter. SOOO much line cutting with no staff help. My sad final review:Cloudy water, Overcrowded, run down ,trashy and overpriced.
@mycuprunnethover8655 2 жыл бұрын
How much was admission?
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
We got 3 fun passes for $69.99 each and one Silver Annual for $132. We got the silver because it comes with free parking. That was last year so deals change all the time. Parking at Adventure Island is 25 dollars but free with silver pass so if you go 5 times it almost pays for its self to buy the Silver pass plus you get money off on food and merchandise. It fun to get a pass for the year to a different park and enjoy them for the summer.
@mycuprunnethover8655 2 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond thank you
@mycuprunnethover8655 2 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond $23 each isn’t bad and like you said the silver with the parking is great to have
@user-if4qw1ee3c 2 жыл бұрын
Man they really made the wave pool weak. The waves used to be really big
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
I think due to liability they had to make it weaker. We remember it being bigger and stronger. We also thought they allowed rafts.
@zaneo2037 3 жыл бұрын
Are you allowed to bring those mini surfboards and goggles?
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
According to website flotation devices and scuba mask are prohibited from the park.
@jaybeers5758 3 жыл бұрын
Lol The water is so cloudy and crowded you can’t see anything with goggles So that will just be Eye protection and there would be nowhere to put this float without hitting 10 people
@MarcM143 3 жыл бұрын
10 dollars for a beer at every theme park in FL
@FloridaandBeyond 3 жыл бұрын
Lol not worth it.
@freddiesandoval5047 2 жыл бұрын
$25.00 for parking/ $4.00 water bottle/😂 $$$$ they charge you to park in THIER PARKING LOT THATS LIKE WALMARTS CHARGING YOU TO USE THIER FOOD CARTS AND PARKING LOTS 😂 😂 ANOTHER $25.00 TO LEAVE THE PARK 😂
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
All theme parks and hotels charge you now to park at their places. Hotels have gone as far as also charging you a resort fee. We live in an expensive world to travel. Thanks for watching!
@cle5823 2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't watch the whole video due to the terrible pulsating music. It would have been more enjoyable without any music at all.
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry you feel that way. 🤷♀️
@diananichols4942 2 жыл бұрын
@@FloridaandBeyond great , learn some. new. things.
@FloridaandBeyond 2 жыл бұрын
@@diananichols4942 glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
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