What’s up dev. I was the guy with the long beard that you spoke with briefly by the lazy river when this incident happened right in front of us. My family is still in shock from this. I went to guest relations before we left to tell them what had happened and the most they were willing to do was giving us tickets to come back which I told them we were not returning after this. I didn’t get an apology until the very end of the conversation. You are so right when you said there is no order at this water park. For anyone reading this don’t waste your time or money.
Dev Bro yes that place for my family. They didn’t give it to considering I live in Pensacola fl. They owed me and family a rain day. I had the paper that gave me a free day for us all. But they wouldn’t make good on this rain check. I said keep it and went to volcano bay it’s the best water park in Orlando. Thanks for all your reviews they are knowledgeable and helpful. There is a reason you don’t go here it’s because they are horrible.
As someone who works for Universal and spends some time with team at Volcano Bay…that is not tolerated AT all! That mortifies me! I know in the kiddie pool…accidents do happen. When they do, Universal closes that whole area down, turns off the water, and cleans the mess. That’s part of safety is sanitation. Don’t even get me started at the ones who’ll go off to a bush in a ride queue at one of the regular parks!! I get not wanting to get out of line but for crying out loud…
Yeah I used to work for them at the entrance and when a lady came to complain about a kid pooping the answer was they could leave and get a ticket for another day but no refunds, when I asked the lifeguards they said they can't close the pools bc they have to drain the pools
Again, large groups of ghetto families flood into these parks and cause trouble. These are the same people who act like someone owes them something. I see it everyday. You either have strict civilized rules and bar them for life so it is a privilege to. Be there, or let them ruin everything bit by bit.
Great comment and I agree. I thought this situation was handled with class and the information needed to be given. Most of us don't want to go to a dirty water park where someone taking a dump in the water is seen as ok and staff does nothing
Thank you for being real with us throughout the evolution of your channel. I have so much respect for your channel for this reason alone. If you’re paying 100$ per person for a water park you should be getting a proper experience.
We were at Aquatica probably 12 years ago. It was a great experience back then. It’s a shame that something like this happened! I understand that the associates should have done something, but what about the dang parents?! Thanks Dev for your honesty!
Yes the parents are useless scumbags that don't deserve to have children but that's why employees are around especially when you're on vacation so you don't feel uncomfortable with your visit. Sounds like a lose lose to me. Clearly the visitors here are trashy and so are the employees
Your honesty about places you visit is the single reason I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work and continue to share your honest opinions. 👏🏻
I’m so happy that you did mention this! It’s a serious problem!! It’s a violation of health code! The health department needs to be aware of this because it puts people at a higher risk of contracting a serious disease 🦠!! I just want to say thank you for getting the scoop on the 💩 poop ! Love you so very much you truly are a scholar and a GENTLEMAN!!❤️ 💯 % respect!
You’re definitely right that this situation was mishandled. Pre-pandemic there was a toddler ‘issue’ near the shore of Typhoon Lagoon’s wave pool. A life guard was alerted, guests were evacuated and they shut down the wave pool immediately to follow proper cleaning procedures. I feel terrible for the guests at Aquatica that day, so disappointing. I wish the lifeguards would have alerted management if they were unsure how to address the situation.
I get that it can happen anywhere but the fact that the staff did nothing is unacceptable! Not only is it disgusting but it's a huge health hazard... just the fact that staff did nothing shows me that going to aquatica is not worth my time...thank you for telling us about what happened...you saved me from making a big mistake for my vacation this summer!
Thank you! Videos like this are so appreciated! I truly appreciate your honesty and candor. It saves us time and money when content creators like yourself do your due diligence and speak on the truth. We pay a lot of our hard earned money to go and have a great time and when we do we expect to get quality. Keep these videos coming! My wife and I met you and Bianca last year in October while you guys were doing your resort hopping video. We love your videos. Thank you!
My sister did technical writing for Disney for 12 yrs and she said she was always tasked with writing assignments pertaining to contaminants in the Disney water parks (feces and urine) She has actually never been to either of the Disney water parks because the things she read and had to write about (internally for Disney) grossed her out. It happens alot more than you think industry wide. I am very disappointed in "Seaworld Parks" employees for not doing something about what you witnessed. I would (personally) make a formal complaint to the company to bring it to their attn. I think as a whole honestly the entertainment industry has declined in quality since the pandemic. but yes, I hear you when you say that experience makes you "re-appreciate" Disney, and that is saying alot considering Disney is a bit of a mess at the moment (100% agree). Always appreciate your candidness and honesty.
Wow!!! A serious health hazard. Health dept should’ve been called but worse yet, there are protocols for this. The area should’ve been shut down. Obviously, some SERIOUS training needs to happen. OMG!!!! These parks are a mess! I applaud you for reporting. ITS SERIOUS BUSINESS, PERIOD!!!! I agree re Seaworld. They’ll e been having issues management issues for a very long time. Thank you again Dev for reporting this incident!
Thanks for the info! You are absolutely right in your decision to not visit that water park ever again! You have a lot of courage to tell the truth. You’re a wonderful person!
Thanks for the feedback, Dev. My wife and I have never been to Aquatica, but always thought about it on a future visit. We will definitely remove this one off the bucket list. Thank you!
Looks like most people have had some bad experiences at this water park, seeing how empty the park was. Thank you for being open and honest about what you saw.
It’s been like that since the pandemic and plus Orlando theme parks are high look at theme park of Disney a family of four you’re going to spend about $626 on food. I live in Florida but in Tampa. The pandemic messed up everything it’s sad because normal families can’t go to the theme parks anymore. Look up the price online
We had a annual pass this past year. It literally just expired and we didn't go much but everytime we've gone it's been super busy. But it's just getting pretty trashy. My girls and I just went last weekend and it was busy and we didn't stay long bc it was just gross.
Former lifeguard here! You are correct. I was a lifeguard at WildWater Kingdom before they closed. Our policy when someone went number 2 in any of the attractions was to blow 4 short whistles and a lead would come over and we tell them what’s going on. They then would contact a supervisor and the attraction would get shut down for 2 hours after the poop was cleaned out and new chemicals was put in.
@@jnorton8402 They certainly should have been asked to leave. If you can't raise your child any better than that, they have no business there. I would think they would have cameras throughout the park also.
Thank you for sharing this video, it has made our decision NOT to go there , I think that is disgusting 🤢 and no one doing anything about it ! I would have approached them lifeguards and told them if this wasn’t shut I would have reported them !! I hope someone from aquatica sees this video !!!
That’s vile. So glad you did decide to tell us about these incidents so that we can make informed decisions ourselves. Please don’t be afraid to give us the honest truth no matter how ugly it is. It’s what people come to this channel for because you keep it real.
I had SeaWorld and Aquatica annual passes prior to and after COVID. I recently canceled due to customer service. It saddens me because I really love all their parks. I am now an annual passholder at Universal/Volcano Bay and couldn’t be happier. Thank you for your class act honest review.
I was also a pass holder pre and post COVID. Post COVID we only went two or three times. No desire to go despite the kids loving the coasters. It was chaotic, dirty, unorganized, etc.
See I haven’t had a whole lot of issues my passes I will say though checked out adventure island this past weekend and only rode 2 slides apparently they were not prepared for the amount of people they had Saturday so we dipped out and went and spend the day at Busch gardens
I appreciate your honest review because I am not from the area, and we want the facts so we know what places we’d like to spend our valuable vacation time doing! You’re the best, Dev!! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you Dev! That was a public service announcement! We are very, very grateful for the second half of your video as we would have never known. Thank you Dev!
We live relatively close to Orlando and visit quite often. We were at Aqautica the year it opened and it was great. It has declined significantly since. We don’t do Disney as much either now. We are at Universal a few times a month. They have it together. After this I can’t imagine we would ever go back to Aquatica or SeaWorld.
Thank you for being so honest about your experience. I don't feel I get that on other channels. You definitely fill a niche in this market. Very few channels really tell it like it is. Everything seems to be all sunshine and rainbows... it's hard to get the real story. I don't think I'll ever go to Aquatica...the fact that they never bothered to get people out of the water to clean up. Unbelievable!
Hey Dev, man I have been watching you do videos for 3 years now this is the most honest review I’ve ever heard from a UA-camr. Because of this video, I will be a part of your Patreon page. Please keep calling balls and strikes! Much love bro! P.S. where did you get that Nike Mickey polo from? Another P.S. please head back to cedar point. It was a bad day when you was there.
I am so glad to see this video! I am disabled and have my own gripes with this park. I've been once and won't go back. Guest services never even contacted me to address my concerns. Thank you for speaking up! Sure would be nice if they cared enough to address the issues!
Oh wow, been to Aquatica loads over the years, would class it as my favourite water park. Never seen anything like this, I certainly hope you or one of the other adults that witnessed this challenged the lifeguard's that were present and asked them why they weren't dealing with the situation, or at least mentioned it to a team member or manager on the way out of the park !!
Thanks for sharing this video. I would at least say something about what you witnessed to guest relations or management. Accidents like that happen at every water park or public pool but typically they shut down, clean up and disinfect when that happens. Imagine being in that lazy river and seeing that float next to you...yikes!
You are 100% correct! I worked at Busch Gardens back in 2002-2009 in management and was laid off when Anheuser Busch sold the parks. It was a different world back then, we took pride in the parks and were like family. There are still a few left from back then so that may be why the park is ran better than sea world/aquatica. Mr. Busch would visit at least once a month and shake everyone’s hands, we also got 2 free 24 packs of beer a month so that wasn’t bad haha
Thank you PC Dev for being honest. I am going to FL in a few months and watch all of your videos to get tips for theme park spots. I appreciated your review and transparency every place you go....it does matter!
It’s good that you put this sort of info up ,If your visiting from another country the last thing you want to hear as when it’s taken a couple of years hard savings to go you don’t want to end up poorly and spoil your holiday ……
Thanks for sharing this experience and really appreciate your honest views. We were on the Disney Fantasy a few years back when a similar thing happened in the Mickey pool. They closed the pool, emptied the pool, and then did a full clean before refilling it and opening it back up again. That’s how it should be dealt with. Really enjoy your uploads and appreciate you deciding to show us your honest experience of this water park. 👍
Thanks for sharing Dev. I know that must have been so uncomfortable to witness. And you’re right, this is your job to inform us and just share your experiences and we appreciate that. Can’t wait to see your office development and your channel continue to grow! Tell my fellow Bianca hi for me! 👋🏾
Wait, wait, wait! Dev...you're telling us that some kid that was DEFINATELY old enough to know better, took a #2 in the lazy river?? The whole time I was listening to you, I was thinking, "Man, a kid just started peeing in the water like a urinal? That's just uncalled for." But, had I known from the beginning it was straight up "the unforgivable no-no in the pool" action...man if I had been you I'd have raised that flag up to the highest level of management. Props to you for keeping your cool, as someone who paid $100 dollars to go to a WATER PARK only open till 5pm (another rant for another day).
Thank you for posting! My family was thinking of going, so glad I found this before we bought tickets. But we’ll definitely be visiting Discovery Cove! Your videos there are always amazing. Thankful for you and all that you do!
Aquatica was very nice when it first opened. The last time we went before CV, we noticed that the clientele was very different than Disney’s. Love that fast lazy river, but we vowed never to go back. Love Discovery Cove. We’re planning on going again in the summer-but I hope it hasn’t declined!
This reminds me of our trip to Vermont last year…we stayed at a Waterpark resort and their main feature was a lazy river and it was closed. It turned out that there was not enough staff to maintain it. I really think there was staffing issues everywhere and maybe this park is having this issue. It’s really too bad 😢
Thank you so much for posting and being honest! I got a fun card to aquatica for my daughter and I 2 years ago. It came with a couple of guest passes and the first time we went was the very end of January in 2021 (we got lucky with a Rouge warm day). We had a nice time, it wasn't very crowded and they didn't appear to have many staff issues (yet). I took my daughter back twice more that year, and each time we stayed less and less. The last time we stayed maybe an hour... it was so crowded and clearly understaffed and I just wasn't comfortable being there alone with my daughter... we haven't been back and I wasn't planning to, but even more-so now... the last time we were there I left thinking "I have never felt this way at Disney or Universal"... Also, I HAVE been at Disney when something like this has happened, and the lifeguards got everyone out of the pool, they cleaned it, tested the water and they didn't let anyone back in until it was safe to do so... I believe the incident I'm remembering involved a baby and a leaking diaper, so also different, but clearly they actually handled it, and I think that is the point... of course things happen and kids can misbehave (though, as a parent-I can say there are a TON of things I would absolutely not tolerate in my daughter, certainly using the bathroom anywhere other than the bathroom is at the top of that list) but watching the parents AND staff not do ANYTHING is absolutely super disturbing! I'm surprised the health department hasn't shut them down because that has to be in violation of (I would assume) more than one health codes! Thank you again for the honesty, I do think that it's important for people to know what they are getting into if they want to go here!
As a former lifeguard, poop in pools happens way more frequently than people think. But, yes...should have been closed immediately upon seeing that and then cleaned out with nets that then get sanitized. That being stated, I still have my annual passes to Sea World, and Aquatica, to at the very least support their conservation and animal rescue efforts, and SeaWorld has great festivals! Sorry that experience happened to you at Aquatica. I've been there 100s of times and never once seen anything remotely like that there. Too bad for you that on the one day you happened to go there it was also a rare off day for Aquatica. Hope you decide to give it another shot some time.
This is soo disappointing 😢 I’ve been to aquatica a few times and always had a great day! It’s lazy, disrespectful parents that are mainly to blame! A very heavy worded email would have been sent to head office if that was me
Last May, we visited Aquatica on the day before we left to go home. The next day, we were about 1-2 hours outside of Orlando when my grandson started throwing up. By the time we got to Macon, he had a very high fever. I've wondered if his illness was because of our visit to Aquatica. I noticed that it wasn't the cleanest water park that I've visited.
Accidents happen, but what’s disturbing besides the fact that they didn’t close down the lazy river to clean up, is the parents just standing around watching! What’s wrong with some people?
We were at Sea World two full days and part of a third this week. We had a fabulous time! Crowds were low and the weather was amazing. At one point on our second day, at least 6 rides were down. Also, a significant part of the park doesn’t open until an hour after the rest of the park. I spoke at length with a local mom who said she’s heard Sea World is having significant staffing issues. We did interact with some awesome employees, while others were were disinterested and didn’t seem to love their job. Of course, you can find that anywhere. My son begged to go to Aquatica, but we didn’t go, and I’ ok with that! Yours is the second video I’ve seen saying you won’t go back any time soon. I was a lifeguard & pool manager for years and the first thing you do is remove all patrons from the area!
Thank you for all of your information. My wife and I depend on your advice in choosing the parks and other places we decide to go. Keep up the excellent work.
Dev we couldn’t agree more with you. We were so disappointed with SeaWorld during our visit in October. The staff were so disinterested, there was a notable lack of them (e.g. no one at the end of a queue line to allocate you to a row of the coaster, just a free for all), the food was some of the most expensive, but worst quality, we had the whole time we were there. It saddens me as SeaWorld reminds me of being a kid but we won’t go again. We were going to go to Aquatica during our trip, but after our day at SeaWorld we didn’t bother and did Volcano Bay again, thank god we changed our minds! Discovery Cove however was awesome, we loved it.
Thank You so much for sharing your disappointing experience at Aquatica in such a professional way. It's not easy to talk about disturbances like that but you did a fantastic job putting the right words. My opinion only, Aquatica should have protocols specifically for those situations. Dealing with toddlers and/or kids and pools situations are not easy BUT they should have limits and rules on these unfortunate "nature" causes. First, Lifeguards should whistle, get ppl out of pool, call for management and let them handle situation. Second, Is Aquatica allowing parents to come back again? . Parents should be the example to their children and they should be with the children at all times. Very sad situation... Again, thank you for addressing that bad experience such in a peaceful way. Keep doing what you do best, You are awesome!!! Keep smiling and visiting the parks. Blessings
That's disgusting. No one would want to witness this. What a bad reputation this water park will be associated with. I am so glad you shared this information and didn't just quit the park without highlighting its lack of duty of care for other unsuspecting visitors. I really hope this situation is followed up and they behave in a much more professional way by not tolerating such inhuman instances by turning a blind eye to it.
how would we know if they are doing anything to correct this if they don't comment here which Im sure they don't sit and watch videos all day. For all we know the turd is still floating in the pool.
This happened when we stayed at cabana bay, immediately we were taken out the pool whilst it was cleaned. You would hope this place would of done the same
I was at a YMCA water park 23 years ago and thought I was picking up a penny form the bottom but it ended up being poo as well and the shut the whole place down right away, can’t believe that they didn’t respond at a place of this level
Something similar happened to me at Magic Kingdom. 2005...a little kid (maybe 6 or 7) was standing on the bridge that goes over Tomorrowland Speedway track with his pants down and peeing onto the track below. His parents were standing there and cast members saw him as well. I honestly think that the cast members were just stunned that this was happening and they had no idea what to do in the situation. Other guests were actually screaming at the kid's parents. Management finally came over and escorted the parents and kid away.
What kind of parent thinks it is acceptable for their child to drop his pants and urinate in public, especially at a busy place like a theme park? I sure hope that family was told to never return to a Disney park again. Even if the kid had some kind of cognitive impairment, well, it just doesn’t matter. Lord, what a world we live in.
Don’t apologize for calling out things that need to be called out! Seeing those two things on the same visit is a sign that they aren’t doing things right - to say the absolute least. In fact, they are being completely negligent. Those are safety and health concerns! You don’t seem like someone who exaggerates or have a vendetta for no reason. Keep speaking truth. You have nothing to worry about.
I'm a Passholder with SW and I will say the parks are enjoyable if you require nothing from the park staff. Once you need help or service, forget it. Not to mention how they purposely slow everything down to save on cost when they are a growing business hitting record numbers. They just don't care about their employees or guests
The difference I seen at Disney is they shut down the ride and did clean up and physical inspection. Then they ran the chlorinated water for 20 minutes before they let anyone back in the area. So I seen it happen but your right Disney reacts immediately. I think Universal would have done the same thing.
I'm sorry you had to go through this. I've been to Aquatica numerous times especially pre covid. Breakaway falls, omaka roka, and roas rapids are my personal favorite water rides in Orlando.
You need to contact the management for the park and inform them of what was witnessed immediately. Truly you shouldn’t have left the park without doing this. This is a major issue that is an infectious disease risk. I wish you would have immediately approached one of the lifeguards and informed them of what you saw and ask them what the process is when something like that happens. Please reach out to the park management and inform them of what was witnessed not just come on here and share. People can become severely ill and the park needs to be aware incase there is an outbreak in the area of any illnesses from contaminated water that could have been contracted from exposure in their park. Please please please contact them!!
Hey Dev, We saw a father lift his young girl over the rail in the line to Kilimanjaro Safari so she could use the restroom in the foliage there, it was right after the Lightning Lane joins the regular line in the switchback area prior to being assigned a lane for boarding. Maybe its something in the water this year?
Thanks for letting us know, Dev. We're visiting in May and were in 2 minds if to got to Aquatica and Seaworld. We definitely won't be now. I'll be looking at Volcano Bay instead. I like your honesty.
I hear ya! My son loves animals and kiddie rides. Thought sea world parks would be perfect. Then found they are still doing the orca shows, still taking animals from the wild and in general haven’t made some changes that would make them a much more desirable family spot. We are going to universal instead too!
I think you should go back and do "inspections visits" from a guest point of view while you still have an active pass (if you can). It would be interesting to see if you sense the same patterns of this behavior from the staff on different days at the park.
Pass holders here. I took my kids...which is very rare that I do and we all got sick 😫 turns out my 8 year old son was having a great time drinking the water. Of course we had a NICE talk about it and why it's never good to take in that water. I'm glad you shared this and i definitely had my kids watch this video.
I am glad you shared this experience because I was thinking in the start of the video that I'd love to take my Granddaughter there....but not now. Agreed, if they did nothing with something that I would say is a huge deal, I wonder what goes on that we don't see....like in the area of food, etc...Thanks for sharing!
I am shocked! Thank you for reporting on your experience. Absolutely unacceptable. I can see why this was a hard video to make. I will not visit this waterpark. And honestly it opens my mind up to things that can happen. Sorry you went through this.
Thanks for sharing even if it made you uncomfortable. We went to aquatica a few years ago while in Florida and said we’d never do it again. We felt it was unclean, unorganised, incredibly over crowded and over priced on this particular day and we left after a couple of hours as it was bringing everyone’s moods down.
Shame on the staff for not getting involved or doing something. I cant stand a staff that just stands around and does nothing!!! I hope you spoke to management. I used to work at a club that had a swimming pool, and we had to have a document in a book to log those type of incidents. Thank goodness we never had to use that log. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Thanks for showing us the park.
The same sort of incident happened when my family were staying at Disney’s Polynesian Resort, the lifeguards immediately got everyone out of the pool and it was closed until it was fully cleaned.
Seaworld should be ashamed of themselves (as well as the parents). Not only do they not allow you to take your own food in and then charge a fortune for terrible food but to ignore something as serious and such a health risk to others. We visited in November from the UK after not coming since covid and were so disappointed. But that evening my son was really really ill after we left and I am now putting 2 & 2 together if things like that can happen without being correctly dealt with. Thanks for bringing this to light Dev, keep up the great work 👍
What’s up dev. I was the guy with the long beard that you spoke with briefly by the lazy river when this incident happened right in front of us. My family is still in shock from this. I went to guest relations before we left to tell them what had happened and the most they were willing to do was giving us tickets to come back which I told them we were not returning after this. I didn’t get an apology until the very end of the conversation. You are so right when you said there is no order at this water park. For anyone reading this don’t waste your time or money.
The apology should've come from those lazy, disrespectful parents
Wow! That’s really disappointing. We had annual passes there prior to Covid and it was great.
What you said is true you get what you pay for
Dev Bro yes that place for my family. They didn’t give it to considering I live in Pensacola fl. They owed me and family a rain day. I had the paper that gave me a free day for us all. But they wouldn’t make good on this rain check. I said keep it and went to volcano bay it’s the best water park in Orlando. Thanks for all your reviews they are knowledgeable and helpful. There is a reason you don’t go here it’s because they are horrible.
I use to work at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor and it would happen often. We would have to refund all the guests. It was a pain in the butt. 🤦🏾♀️
Dev you are a class act. You kept it real while still being very professional about this unfortunate situation. Thank you for this.
As someone who works for Universal and spends some time with team at Volcano Bay…that is not tolerated AT all! That mortifies me! I know in the kiddie pool…accidents do happen. When they do, Universal closes that whole area down, turns off the water, and cleans the mess. That’s part of safety is sanitation. Don’t even get me started at the ones who’ll go off to a bush in a ride queue at one of the regular parks!! I get not wanting to get out of line but for crying out loud…
I work for universal too ❤
Yeah I used to work for them at the entrance and when a lady came to complain about a kid pooping the answer was they could leave and get a ticket for another day but no refunds, when I asked the lifeguards they said they can't close the pools bc they have to drain the pools
I used to work for a Cedar Fair park, same thing. It's disgusting what park guests do.
Again, large groups of ghetto families flood into these parks and cause trouble. These are the same people who act like someone owes them something. I see it everyday. You either have strict civilized rules and bar them for life so it is a privilege to. Be there, or let them ruin everything bit by bit.
@@baewulflatina9092thats totally false. You dont need to drain the pool to treat the situation..
Thank you for your honesty. I know you were trying to be as kind as possible, and I feel you handled reporting this in a very professional manner. ❤
Great comment and I agree. I thought this situation was handled with class and the information needed to be given. Most of us don't want to go to a dirty water park where someone taking a dump in the water is seen as ok and staff does nothing
Agreed!
Thank you for being real with us throughout the evolution of your channel. I have so much respect for your channel for this reason alone. If you’re paying 100$ per person for a water park you should be getting a proper experience.
We were at Aquatica probably 12 years ago. It was a great experience back then. It’s a shame that something like this happened! I understand that the associates should have done something, but what about the dang parents?! Thanks Dev for your honesty!
I used to have Aquatica passes back in 2016 and 2017 and it was great back then. It's a shame what happened
Yes the parents are useless scumbags that don't deserve to have children but that's why employees are around especially when you're on vacation so you don't feel uncomfortable with your visit. Sounds like a lose lose to me. Clearly the visitors here are trashy and so are the employees
I truly appreciate your water park week tour. It's important ALL of the information that you share. Cleanliness is extremely important to me.
I agree with you Dev! Good for you to share with your audience. I trust your honesty and appreciate you! 🤗
Thank you for your honesty and insight, I am glad you were able to share your experiences and we appreciate you!!
Your honesty about places you visit is the single reason I subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work and continue to share your honest opinions. 👏🏻
I’m so happy that you did mention this! It’s a serious problem!! It’s a violation of health code! The health department needs to be aware of this because it puts people at a higher risk of contracting a serious disease 🦠!! I just want to say thank you for getting the scoop on the 💩 poop ! Love you so very much you truly are a scholar and a GENTLEMAN!!❤️ 💯 % respect!
You’re definitely right that this situation was mishandled. Pre-pandemic there was a toddler ‘issue’ near the shore of Typhoon Lagoon’s wave pool. A life guard was alerted, guests were evacuated and they shut down the wave pool immediately to follow proper cleaning procedures. I feel terrible for the guests at Aquatica that day, so disappointing. I wish the lifeguards would have alerted management if they were unsure how to address the situation.
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We were at a Great Wolf Lodge where something similar happened and they cleared the wave pool and immediately shut it down.
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I get that it can happen anywhere but the fact that the staff did nothing is unacceptable! Not only is it disgusting but it's a huge health hazard... just the fact that staff did nothing shows me that going to aquatica is not worth my time...thank you for telling us about what happened...you saved me from making a big mistake for my vacation this summer!
Thank you! Videos like this are so appreciated! I truly appreciate your honesty and candor. It saves us time and money when content creators like yourself do your due diligence and speak on the truth. We pay a lot of our hard earned money to go and have a great time and when we do we expect to get quality. Keep these videos coming! My wife and I met you and Bianca last year in October while you guys were doing your resort hopping video. We love your videos. Thank you!
Dude! Thank you for your honesty, we rely on your unbiased opinion to make our vacations matter.
My sister did technical writing for Disney for 12 yrs and she said she was always tasked with writing assignments pertaining to contaminants in the Disney water parks (feces and urine) She has actually never been to either of the Disney water parks because the things she read and had to write about (internally for Disney) grossed her out. It happens alot more than you think industry wide. I am very disappointed in "Seaworld Parks" employees for not doing something about what you witnessed. I would (personally) make a formal complaint to the company to bring it to their attn. I think as a whole honestly the entertainment industry has declined in quality since the pandemic. but yes, I hear you when you say that experience makes you "re-appreciate" Disney, and that is saying alot considering Disney is a bit of a mess at the moment (100% agree). Always appreciate your candidness and honesty.
Wow!!! A serious health hazard. Health dept should’ve been called but worse yet, there are protocols for this. The area should’ve been shut down. Obviously, some SERIOUS training needs to happen. OMG!!!! These parks are a mess! I applaud you for reporting. ITS SERIOUS BUSINESS, PERIOD!!!! I agree re Seaworld. They’ll e been having issues management issues for a very long time. Thank you again Dev for reporting this incident!
Glad you put this information out there, it really will help your viewers make an informed decision. That situation is a heath hazard to everyone.
Thanks for the info! You are absolutely right in your decision to not visit that water park ever again! You have a lot of courage to tell the truth. You’re a wonderful person!
Thanks for the feedback, Dev. My wife and I have never been to Aquatica, but always thought about it on a future visit. We will definitely remove this one off the bucket list. Thank you!
Looks like most people have had some bad experiences at this water park, seeing how empty the park was. Thank you for being open and honest about what you saw.
It’s been like that since the pandemic and plus Orlando theme parks are high look at theme park of Disney a family of four you’re going to spend about $626 on food. I live in Florida but in Tampa. The pandemic messed up everything it’s sad because normal families can’t go to the theme parks anymore. Look up the price online
We had a annual pass this past year. It literally just expired and we didn't go much but everytime we've gone it's been super busy. But it's just getting pretty trashy. My girls and I just went last weekend and it was busy and we didn't stay long bc it was just gross.
Former lifeguard here! You are correct. I was a lifeguard at WildWater Kingdom before they closed. Our policy when someone went number 2 in any of the attractions was to blow 4 short whistles and a lead would come over and we tell them what’s going on. They then would contact a supervisor and the attraction would get shut down for 2 hours after the poop was cleaned out and new chemicals was put in.
But crap people were not kicked out?
@@jnorton8402 No
@@jnorton8402 they were lil small kids that didn’t really like telling their parents they had to poo so relax!!
@@jnorton8402 They certainly should have been asked to leave. If you can't raise your child any better than that, they have no business there. I would think they would have cameras throughout the park also.
Thank you for sharing this video, it has made our decision NOT to go there , I think that is disgusting 🤢 and no one doing anything about it ! I would have approached them lifeguards and told them if this wasn’t shut I would have reported them !! I hope someone from aquatica sees this video !!!
Mine too
Honestly glad you spoke up. It really made me look at things different now when choosing where to spend my money. Silence is very deafening.
That’s vile. So glad you did decide to tell us about these incidents so that we can make informed decisions ourselves.
Please don’t be afraid to give us the honest truth no matter how ugly it is. It’s what people come to this channel for because you keep it real.
I had SeaWorld and Aquatica annual passes prior to and after COVID. I recently canceled due to customer service. It saddens me because I really love all their parks. I am now an annual passholder at Universal/Volcano Bay and couldn’t be happier. Thank you for your class act honest review.
I was also a pass holder pre and post COVID. Post COVID we only went two or three times. No desire to go despite the kids loving the coasters. It was chaotic, dirty, unorganized, etc.
See I haven’t had a whole lot of issues my passes I will say though checked out adventure island this past weekend and only rode 2 slides apparently they were not prepared for the amount of people they had Saturday so we dipped out and went and spend the day at Busch gardens
I appreciate your honest review because I am not from the area, and we want the facts so we know what places we’d like to spend our valuable vacation time doing! You’re the best, Dev!! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you Dev! That was a public service announcement! We are very, very grateful for the second half of your video as we would have never known. Thank you Dev!
We live relatively close to Orlando and visit quite often. We were at Aqautica the year it opened and it was great. It has declined significantly since. We don’t do Disney as much either now. We are at Universal a few times a month. They have it together. After this I can’t imagine we would ever go back to Aquatica or SeaWorld.
Its Aquatica that had this issue. Its not Sea World which is a great place.
Thank you so much for being so honest about what you had seen. We enjoy your videos please keep them coming, they are very informative.
Thank you for being so honest about your experience. I don't feel I get that on other channels. You definitely fill a niche in this market. Very few channels really tell it like it is. Everything seems to be all sunshine and rainbows... it's hard to get the real story. I don't think I'll ever go to Aquatica...the fact that they never bothered to get people out of the water to clean up. Unbelievable!
Hey Dev, man I have been watching you do videos for 3 years now this is the most honest review I’ve ever heard from a UA-camr. Because of this video, I will be a part of your Patreon page. Please keep calling balls and strikes! Much love bro! P.S. where did you get that Nike Mickey polo from? Another P.S. please head back to cedar point. It was a bad day when you was there.
I’m so happy I had other plans this day babe! 😂
I am so glad to see this video! I am disabled and have my own gripes with this park. I've been once and won't go back. Guest services never even contacted me to address my concerns. Thank you for speaking up! Sure would be nice if they cared enough to address the issues!
Oh wow, been to Aquatica loads over the years, would class it as my favourite water park. Never seen anything like this, I certainly hope you or one of the other adults that witnessed this challenged the lifeguard's that were present and asked them why they weren't dealing with the situation, or at least mentioned it to a team member or manager on the way out of the park !!
It's not the same. It used to be my favorite as well and I'm local and we just went last weekend and just decided to be done with this park.
You said loads.....lol
@@Gen-x-press 🤭
Thank you for sharing this so I can be better informed for when I ever make it back to Florida
I used to work for Aquatica, and the management is awful. I was a lifeguard and was refused bathroom breaks which led to cause medical issues.
Thanks for sharing this video. I would at least say something about what you witnessed to guest relations or management. Accidents like that happen at every water park or public pool but typically they shut down, clean up and disinfect when that happens. Imagine being in that lazy river and seeing that float next to you...yikes!
So true it’s a no for me for sea world parks
Universal top notch
Thank you for your honesty Dev!! This is a must know! 🤯😬
You are 100% correct! I worked at Busch Gardens back in 2002-2009 in management and was laid off when Anheuser Busch sold the parks. It was a different world back then, we took pride in the parks and were like family. There are still a few left from back then so that may be why the park is ran better than sea world/aquatica. Mr. Busch would visit at least once a month and shake everyone’s hands, we also got 2 free 24 packs of beer a month so that wasn’t bad haha
Thank you PC Dev for being honest. I am going to FL in a few months and watch all of your videos to get tips for theme park spots. I appreciated your review and transparency every place you go....it does matter!
It’s good that you put this sort of info up ,If your visiting from another country the last thing you want to hear as when it’s taken a couple of years hard savings to go you don’t want to end up poorly and spoil your holiday ……
Thanks for sharing this experience and really appreciate your honest views. We were on the Disney Fantasy a few years back when a similar thing happened in the Mickey pool. They closed the pool, emptied the pool, and then did a full clean before refilling it and opening it back up again. That’s how it should be dealt with. Really enjoy your uploads and appreciate you deciding to show us your honest experience of this water park. 👍
Thanks for sharing Dev. I know that must have been so uncomfortable to witness. And you’re right, this is your job to inform us and just share your experiences and we appreciate that. Can’t wait to see your office development and your channel continue to grow! Tell my fellow Bianca hi for me! 👋🏾
Thanks for the info. I’m planning what parks to visit for spring break and this is helpful.
Wait, wait, wait! Dev...you're telling us that some kid that was DEFINATELY old enough to know better, took a #2 in the lazy river??
The whole time I was listening to you, I was thinking, "Man, a kid just started peeing in the water like a urinal? That's just uncalled for." But, had I known from the beginning it was straight up "the unforgivable no-no in the pool" action...man if I had been you I'd have raised that flag up to the highest level of management. Props to you for keeping your cool, as someone who paid $100 dollars to go to a WATER PARK only open till 5pm (another rant for another day).
We appreciate the honesty Dev !
Thank you for your honesty!
Thank you for posting! My family was thinking of going, so glad I found this before we bought tickets. But we’ll definitely be visiting Discovery Cove! Your videos there are always amazing. Thankful for you and all that you do!
Aquatica was very nice when it first opened. The last time we went before CV, we noticed that the clientele was very different than Disney’s. Love that fast lazy river, but we vowed never to go back.
Love Discovery Cove. We’re planning on going again in the summer-but I hope it hasn’t declined!
This reminds me of our trip to Vermont last year…we stayed at a Waterpark resort and their main feature was a lazy river and it was closed. It turned out that there was not enough staff to maintain it. I really think there was staffing issues everywhere and maybe this park is having this issue. It’s really too bad 😢
Thank you so much for posting and being honest!
I got a fun card to aquatica for my daughter and I 2 years ago. It came with a couple of guest passes and the first time we went was the very end of January in 2021 (we got lucky with a Rouge warm day). We had a nice time, it wasn't very crowded and they didn't appear to have many staff issues (yet). I took my daughter back twice more that year, and each time we stayed less and less. The last time we stayed maybe an hour... it was so crowded and clearly understaffed and I just wasn't comfortable being there alone with my daughter... we haven't been back and I wasn't planning to, but even more-so now... the last time we were there I left thinking "I have never felt this way at Disney or Universal"...
Also, I HAVE been at Disney when something like this has happened, and the lifeguards got everyone out of the pool, they cleaned it, tested the water and they didn't let anyone back in until it was safe to do so... I believe the incident I'm remembering involved a baby and a leaking diaper, so also different, but clearly they actually handled it, and I think that is the point... of course things happen and kids can misbehave (though, as a parent-I can say there are a TON of things I would absolutely not tolerate in my daughter, certainly using the bathroom anywhere other than the bathroom is at the top of that list) but watching the parents AND staff not do ANYTHING is absolutely super disturbing! I'm surprised the health department hasn't shut them down because that has to be in violation of (I would assume) more than one health codes!
Thank you again for the honesty, I do think that it's important for people to know what they are getting into if they want to go here!
Oh my! Hopefully the establishment will see this video and make steps to improve thanks for all the videos.
As a former lifeguard, poop in pools happens way more frequently than people think. But, yes...should have been closed immediately upon seeing that and then cleaned out with nets that then get sanitized. That being stated, I still have my annual passes to Sea World, and Aquatica, to at the very least support their conservation and animal rescue efforts, and SeaWorld has great festivals! Sorry that experience happened to you at Aquatica. I've been there 100s of times and never once seen anything remotely like that there. Too bad for you that on the one day you happened to go there it was also a rare off day for Aquatica. Hope you decide to give it another shot some time.
Love your honesty and integrity
Reef plunge isn’t new. It was one of the original slides when the park first opened.
That’s very disturbing. We will be giving aquatica a miss in June. Thank you for the update we appreciate your information 😊
This is soo disappointing 😢 I’ve been to aquatica a few times and always had a great day! It’s lazy, disrespectful parents that are mainly to blame! A very heavy worded email would have been sent to head office if that was me
Girl wtf an email gonna do
@@WowitzkayLMAOOO
Last May, we visited Aquatica on the day before we left to go home. The next day, we were about 1-2 hours outside of Orlando when my grandson started throwing up. By the time we got to Macon, he had a very high fever. I've wondered if his illness was because of our visit to Aquatica. I noticed that it wasn't the cleanest water park that I've visited.
Accidents happen, but what’s disturbing besides the fact that they didn’t close down the lazy river to clean up, is the parents just standing around watching! What’s wrong with some people?
Dev, did you say anything to guest relations on your way out? Has SW reached out to you at all since?
Thanks for your honest content 🏆
Thank you for your honest review. Its totally shocking of those lifeguards to do nothing!
I will not be visiting Aquatica in the future x
We were at Sea World two full days and part of a third this week. We had a fabulous time! Crowds were low and the weather was amazing. At one point on our second day, at least 6 rides were down. Also, a significant part of the park doesn’t open until an hour after the rest of the park. I spoke at length with a local mom who said she’s heard Sea World is having significant staffing issues. We did interact with some awesome employees, while others were were disinterested and didn’t seem to love their job. Of course, you can find that anywhere.
My son begged to go to Aquatica, but we didn’t go, and I’ ok with that! Yours is the second video I’ve seen saying you won’t go back any time soon. I was a lifeguard & pool manager for years and the first thing you do is remove all patrons from the area!
Thank you for sharing! I’m so sorry you had to see that!
Thank you for sharing, and honestly I’m glad you did. People need to see the Good, Bad & Ugly of things. And unfortunately this was it.
Thank you for all of your information. My wife and I depend on your advice in choosing the parks and other places we decide to go. Keep up the excellent work.
Dev we couldn’t agree more with you. We were so disappointed with SeaWorld during our visit in October. The staff were so disinterested, there was a notable lack of them (e.g. no one at the end of a queue line to allocate you to a row of the coaster, just a free for all), the food was some of the most expensive, but worst quality, we had the whole time we were there. It saddens me as SeaWorld reminds me of being a kid but we won’t go again. We were going to go to Aquatica during our trip, but after our day at SeaWorld we didn’t bother and did Volcano Bay again, thank god we changed our minds! Discovery Cove however was awesome, we loved it.
Thank You so much for sharing your disappointing experience at Aquatica in such a professional way. It's not easy to talk about disturbances like that but you did a fantastic job putting the right words. My opinion only, Aquatica should have protocols specifically for those situations. Dealing with toddlers and/or kids and pools situations are not easy BUT they should have limits and rules on these unfortunate "nature" causes. First, Lifeguards should whistle, get ppl out of pool, call for management and let them handle situation. Second, Is Aquatica allowing parents to come back again? . Parents should be the example to their children and they should be with the children at all times. Very sad situation... Again, thank you for addressing that bad experience such in a peaceful way. Keep doing what you do best, You are awesome!!! Keep smiling and visiting the parks. Blessings
That's disgusting. No one would want to witness this. What a bad reputation this water park will be associated with. I am so glad you shared this information and didn't just quit the park without highlighting its lack of duty of care for other unsuspecting visitors. I really hope this situation is followed up and they behave in a much more professional way by not tolerating such inhuman instances by turning a blind eye to it.
how would we know if they are doing anything to correct this if they don't comment here which Im sure they don't sit and watch videos all day. For all we know the turd is still floating in the pool.
I was literally about to buy tickets to Aquatica for spring break. Definitely not going now. So glad I watched your video first.
Something similar happened in Ragin Waters in San Dimas, CA. They pulled everyone out and closed the water section.
This happened when we stayed at cabana bay, immediately we were taken out the pool whilst it was cleaned. You would hope this place would of done the same
I was at a YMCA water park 23 years ago and thought I was picking up a penny form the bottom but it ended up being poo as well and the shut the whole place down right away, can’t believe that they didn’t respond at a place of this level
Something similar happened to me at Magic Kingdom. 2005...a little kid (maybe 6 or 7) was standing on the bridge that goes over Tomorrowland Speedway track with his pants down and peeing onto the track below. His parents were standing there and cast members saw him as well. I honestly think that the cast members were just stunned that this was happening and they had no idea what to do in the situation. Other guests were actually screaming at the kid's parents. Management finally came over and escorted the parents and kid away.
What kind of parent thinks it is acceptable for their child to drop his pants and urinate in public, especially at a busy place like a theme park? I sure hope that family was told to never return to a Disney park again. Even if the kid had some kind of cognitive impairment, well, it just doesn’t matter. Lord, what a world we live in.
Don’t apologize for calling out things that need to be called out! Seeing those two things on the same visit is a sign that they aren’t doing things right - to say the absolute least. In fact, they are being completely negligent. Those are safety and health concerns! You don’t seem like someone who exaggerates or have a vendetta for no reason. Keep speaking truth. You have nothing to worry about.
I'm a Passholder with SW and I will say the parks are enjoyable if you require nothing from the park staff. Once you need help or service, forget it. Not to mention how they purposely slow everything down to save on cost when they are a growing business hitting record numbers. They just don't care about their employees or guests
The difference I seen at Disney is they shut down the ride and did clean up and physical inspection. Then they ran the chlorinated water for 20 minutes before they let anyone back in the area. So I seen it happen but your right Disney reacts immediately. I think Universal would have done the same thing.
I'm sorry you had to go through this. I've been to Aquatica numerous times especially pre covid. Breakaway falls, omaka roka, and roas rapids are my personal favorite water rides in Orlando.
The Aquatica parking lot is practically a 3rd world county/refuge camp. Spend the extra money and go to volcano bay
You need to contact the management for the park and inform them of what was witnessed immediately. Truly you shouldn’t have left the park without doing this. This is a major issue that is an infectious disease risk. I wish you would have immediately approached one of the lifeguards and informed them of what you saw and ask them what the process is when something like that happens. Please reach out to the park management and inform them of what was witnessed not just come on here and share. People can become severely ill and the park needs to be aware incase there is an outbreak in the area of any illnesses from contaminated water that could have been contracted from exposure in their park. Please please please contact them!!
Wow. Thanks for the video and the warning. Wasn’t planning on going anyway but definitely will not go for sure now. You’re the best. Thanks!
Hey Dev, We saw a father lift his young girl over the rail in the line to Kilimanjaro Safari so she could use the restroom in the foliage there, it was right after the Lightning Lane joins the regular line in the switchback area prior to being assigned a lane for boarding. Maybe its something in the water this year?
Thanks for letting us know, Dev. We're visiting in May and were in 2 minds if to got to Aquatica and Seaworld. We definitely won't be now. I'll be looking at Volcano Bay instead. I like your honesty.
I hear ya! My son loves animals and kiddie rides. Thought sea world parks would be perfect. Then found they are still doing the orca shows, still taking animals from the wild and in general haven’t made some changes that would make them a much more desirable family spot. We are going to universal instead too!
You’ll love Volcano Bay! It’s the superior water park in Orlando in my opinion. It’s so immersive and relaxing ❤
You should definitely go to volcano bay. It’s awesome
Did you report this to guest services? I certainly would of
I think you should go back and do "inspections visits" from a guest point of view while you still have an active pass (if you can). It would be interesting to see if you sense the same patterns of this behavior from the staff on different days at the park.
Pass holders here. I took my kids...which is very rare that I do and we all got sick 😫 turns out my 8 year old son was having a great time drinking the water. Of course we had a NICE talk about it and why it's never good to take in that water. I'm glad you shared this and i definitely had my kids watch this video.
I am glad you shared this experience because I was thinking in the start of the video that I'd love to take my Granddaughter there....but not now. Agreed, if they did nothing with something that I would say is a huge deal, I wonder what goes on that we don't see....like in the area of food, etc...Thanks for sharing!
OMG! thanks for sharing your experience AND i'm sorry you experienced that.
We’ve had Aquatica built into our Discovery Cove tickets, but never used them; after this realization, we never will. Thank you for the honest review
I am shocked! Thank you for reporting on your experience. Absolutely unacceptable. I can see why this was a hard video to make. I will not visit this waterpark. And honestly it opens my mind up to things that can happen. Sorry you went through this.
Thank you for your honesty!! I have never been to Aquatica, and now it's as if i may not ever.
Thanks for sharing even if it made you uncomfortable. We went to aquatica a few years ago while in Florida and said we’d never do it again. We felt it was unclean, unorganised, incredibly over crowded and over priced on this particular day and we left after a couple of hours as it was bringing everyone’s moods down.
Shame on the staff for not getting involved or doing something. I cant stand a staff that just stands around and does nothing!!! I hope you spoke to management. I used to work at a club that had a swimming pool, and we had to have a document in a book to log those type of incidents. Thank goodness we never had to use that log. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Thanks for showing us the park.
Thanks for this video.
Thank you for your honest reporting. It is very disturbing and hope that Sea World gets its act together.
I was wondering about your voice. Thanks for explaining. Always love your videos Dev.
The same sort of incident happened when my family were staying at Disney’s Polynesian Resort, the lifeguards immediately got everyone out of the pool and it was closed until it was fully cleaned.
Thanks for posting this ❤
Seaworld should be ashamed of themselves (as well as the parents). Not only do they not allow you to take your own food in and then charge a fortune for terrible food but to ignore something as serious and such a health risk to others. We visited in November from the UK after not coming since covid and were so disappointed. But that evening my son was really really ill after we left and I am now putting 2 & 2 together if things like that can happen without being correctly dealt with. Thanks for bringing this to light Dev, keep up the great work 👍