10 Secrets Of Universal Orlando's Volcano Bay

10. The Waturi

Prior to Volcano Bay opening we spoke to Universal Creative's Dale Mason about the back story of the water theme park. He told us all about the mysterious backstory of this watery paradise.

Volcano Bay is the home of the Waturi people, the island's inhabitants who travelled across the South Pacific in search of a home of their own. Dale told us;

So they set out in their outrigger canoes, searching across the South Pacific... They went to Tahiti... Bali...New Zealand... Easter Island even. They made lots of friends, they absorbed the cultures. They brought with them some of that culture, music and design. But they didn't find their home.

The Waturi believed that a mythical golden-fin'd fish called Kunuku would one day appear and show them where their new home was to be. Eventually the Waturi journeyed to the edge of the world and they found Kunuku.

The children all dove into the water and played with Kunuku, and she turned to the people and said "You are ready". And she turns and swam away... the Waturi followed...within a day on the horizon they found this amazing smoking mountain, which is the volcano Krakatau.

So they finally found their island and you get to experience it too.