Last year I went for my annual April visit to Universal, and a couple around my age (late 20s, early 30s) came up to me and asked where the Star Wars section was. When I told them that was at Disney, they said "we're at Disney, or is it at another Disney park."
So, I wouldn't be too confident people know where they're at.
My brother some how managed to buy 5 days at Disney instead of 2 at Disney and 3 at Universal. He said he thought it was all the same thing because I had mentioned to reserve one day at Hollywood Studios so he saw Studios in the name and assumed Universal Studios and Hollywood Studios were both Disney.
Not sure if he got a refund on the extra days or not. lol
How does he function at a job that makes enough money to be able to go to UO and WDW is my question. It takes 3 minutes to figure out they aren’t the same company or park system. I really hope he isn’t a doctor or mechanic or anything with much responsibility.
Haha! He's a traveling salesman. He travels all over to conventions and malls and is one of those people that try to call you over and sell you cheap chinese junk for 10x the actual price and when you decline he offers you a "deal" for half off.
He also smokes a lot of weed so I think his brain is fried.
🤦♀️
But...it's so obvious. I guess 6 Flags is the same too? Can you use your refillable cup at Se World too? And the free shuttles take you to Tampa for Busch Gardens. I mean it's all the same right?🤪
Back when I worked F&B, I had a guest ask where to meet Mickey and Minnie, I informed her it’s two separate parks. Her response will always be the funniest interaction I’ve had… “Well what is there to do here then?” Said with a sneer on the here. And this was at the popcorn stand in front of Rockit. Like ma’am look around you, there’s rides to do, shows to see, food to eat…. 🫠
Met a couple in January from The northeast United States. In line for the Hogwarts Express I overheard her husband tell her he wanted to buy a wand for her and take it back to the room and do freaky stuff with it. My wife and I couldn’t handle it. It was so funny.
The year they had legends collide at Halloween horror nights I was in line in front of two older Spanish speaking women. They were trying to ask me what they were in line for and I attempted to explain that it would be scary but fun. When we got into the house they were pretty much terrified the entire time, trying to wait to see if something was going to jump out at them and ending up securing scares for themselves. After the exit they had to stop and collect themselves.
I often wonder how they ended up at Universal Studios for horror nights without really knowing much about the event.
Saw a large bird swoop down and take a hot dog right out of some poor, screaming lady’s hands outside of Krusty Burger just as the Simpsons theme started to play. My husband and I (and eventually hot dog lady) could barely breathe we were laughing so hard. She was given another hot dog.
This is a Disney story but still theme park related (sorry).
I went on tower of terror and the woman to my right who was on her own asked if she could hold my hand to which I agreed, I got a very funny look from my wife who was sat on my left also holding a hand when she noticed.
To be fair the woman was petrified and thanked me.
Going again in September if anyone needs a hand.
Lol, the amount of people that have side hugged me or grabbed my leg on that ride is pretty high (I'm a taller guy). Makes the experience more fun for me though, personally.
I've heard stories about people showing up to Disney parks in full Harry Potter robes and had wands thinking they were going to Harry Potter world. Like you'd think a hardcore HP fan would know which park the world is in.
My brother also managed to buy 5 days at Disney instead of 2 at Disney and 3 at Universal. I had told him to book one day at Hollywood Studios and the other at Epcot and he said that since Universal and Disney both had 'studio's in the name that they were all the same park. Not sure if he was able to get a refund on the extra days at Disney.
I was watching the Mardi Gras parade once and one of the guests throwing beads from a float saw me at the back of the crowd and whipped some beads straight to me but they were flying hard and fast so I dodged away and they ended up in a tree. As he went to throw more beads to(at) me I lifted my arms above my head and crouched as if I was terrified and we both laughed until he gingerly tossed the beads right to my hands and we both clapped.
Not Universal related but I used to work at a hotel pretty close to Disney as a bellman. One morning a woman comes up and asks if we can print out her Disney tickets. Tell her no problem, have her log in to her email and I go to print the tickets and I see they pretty explicitly say on them they are for Disneyland in California. My bell captain is standing next to me and I give him the slightest of glances and he very subtly shakes his head no, telling me not to say anything. We give her the tickets and tell her to have fun.
After she left my bell captain was like yea let people figure out they screwed up on their own, if we pointed it out she probably would have blamed us or something and it would have been a huge headache.
I still wonder if she ever was able to figure out a way to get into the park that day with those tickets (maybe an exchange somehow? Not sure) or if she had to buy a whole other set of tickets and just basically threw her money away on the Disneyland ones.
I was in line for food and could see someone sitting a bit away with a duck hovering right over his shoulder—unbeknownst to him. Another guy standing next to me in line and I enjoyed a good laugh wondering if the duck was about to yeet some food.
It's the Disney Family Vacation (insert year) shirts that the entire group of 8+ people wear for me. I'll see them during early admission, in the afternoon, and the evening.
I literally want to ask WHY???!!!! You aren't at Disney, and there is no way they were at Disney at any point during the day.
At least one family a trip wears them....
I was on the Simpsons ride as a single rider, and I got put with a family. They were telling me the story of how their dad almost got kicked off for doing something stupid on the ride. I think he was just sticking his hands out of the car, but there was something more to it. Pretty funny though
One experience that ALWAYS sticks into my mind was on a visit to Universal a few years ago. I was preparing to face the Syndicate on the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man when I managed to overhear a family with a kid acting nervous about the possibility of facing the Syndicate. Now, a thing about me: I LOVE to self-insert into anything immersive so I can pretend I am actually there. So I immediately seized the chance to do something I NEVER get to do at the parks: roleplay. Now, my fantastical self, thanks to my real world self having ridden Spider-Man a few times before, has faced the Syndicate before. So, being the hero I was portraying, I told the family, “Yeah, they are dangerous, but not impossible to take down.” To my surprise, the father took the cue to start roleplaying alongside me. And the moment we boarded our SCOOP and zipped off into the night, the father, their young son, and I spent the entire ride roleplaying our reactions to the superpowered chaos going on around us. I immediately warned everyone to stay quiet and stay down when we first encountered the Syndicate, the son was cheering on Spider-Man the entire time he saw him on screen, and I yelled for everyone to duck as Hobgoblin chucked a pumpkin bomb our way. Of course, the father took a particular offense to Dr. Octopus for attempting to singe his hair, and he was also relishing bumping Hobgoblin off his board. (As was I). Man, I really hope I can see that family again. Another time was more recent. It was my 9th visit to Universal Studios and I was climbing into a MIB patrol car, ready to repeat the success of my last visit to the attraction. My squad mates this time were forgettable, well, everyone that is, except for a young couple who were visiting the parks all the way from Barcelona Spain for the very first time. I knew then I had to show the duo how a veteran Universal fan did it…. Or at least that was the plan, because due to a lucky button press at the last moment, the couple came from behind to beat me after a tense battle for the scoreboard throughout the ride. Not being one to take a loss lightly-although I was a good sport about it- I told them the next time I saw them, we’d play again. Of course, I knew I would never see them again, but it was still one of my favorite rides on MIB, and by god, would I love that rematch sometime soon!
I don't think the lockers use any sort of authentication system. So if it reads the barcode in the Disney app it might give them a locker? Then when you go back it just ties your locker to whatever value it read the first time. Now I just want to go try it, hehe.
I think it's really any barcode. I used to have my physical annual pass and hotel key, but realized that I could just use my hotel key and keep my pass in my wallet in my small bag in the locker. If you need two lockers, you can also use your ticket/annual pass for one and hotel key for another.
I saw a confused woman outside Universal looking for “the lion king show”.
Last year I went for my annual April visit to Universal, and a couple around my age (late 20s, early 30s) came up to me and asked where the Star Wars section was. When I told them that was at Disney, they said "we're at Disney, or is it at another Disney park." So, I wouldn't be too confident people know where they're at.
I don’t know how you buy a ticket and not know where you are.
My brother some how managed to buy 5 days at Disney instead of 2 at Disney and 3 at Universal. He said he thought it was all the same thing because I had mentioned to reserve one day at Hollywood Studios so he saw Studios in the name and assumed Universal Studios and Hollywood Studios were both Disney. Not sure if he got a refund on the extra days or not. lol
How does he function at a job that makes enough money to be able to go to UO and WDW is my question. It takes 3 minutes to figure out they aren’t the same company or park system. I really hope he isn’t a doctor or mechanic or anything with much responsibility.
Haha! He's a traveling salesman. He travels all over to conventions and malls and is one of those people that try to call you over and sell you cheap chinese junk for 10x the actual price and when you decline he offers you a "deal" for half off. He also smokes a lot of weed so I think his brain is fried.
You’d be surprised…..
🤦♀️ But...it's so obvious. I guess 6 Flags is the same too? Can you use your refillable cup at Se World too? And the free shuttles take you to Tampa for Busch Gardens. I mean it's all the same right?🤪
I used to work park entry at Disney and theres SO many stories of people being at the wrong park its crazy
Back when I worked F&B, I had a guest ask where to meet Mickey and Minnie, I informed her it’s two separate parks. Her response will always be the funniest interaction I’ve had… “Well what is there to do here then?” Said with a sneer on the here. And this was at the popcorn stand in front of Rockit. Like ma’am look around you, there’s rides to do, shows to see, food to eat…. 🫠
What, don't you buy a ticket to meet Minnie and Mickey and the rides are just a bonus? 🤣
Met a couple in January from The northeast United States. In line for the Hogwarts Express I overheard her husband tell her he wanted to buy a wand for her and take it back to the room and do freaky stuff with it. My wife and I couldn’t handle it. It was so funny.
The year they had legends collide at Halloween horror nights I was in line in front of two older Spanish speaking women. They were trying to ask me what they were in line for and I attempted to explain that it would be scary but fun. When we got into the house they were pretty much terrified the entire time, trying to wait to see if something was going to jump out at them and ending up securing scares for themselves. After the exit they had to stop and collect themselves. I often wonder how they ended up at Universal Studios for horror nights without really knowing much about the event.
Saw a large bird swoop down and take a hot dog right out of some poor, screaming lady’s hands outside of Krusty Burger just as the Simpsons theme started to play. My husband and I (and eventually hot dog lady) could barely breathe we were laughing so hard. She was given another hot dog.
This is a Disney story but still theme park related (sorry). I went on tower of terror and the woman to my right who was on her own asked if she could hold my hand to which I agreed, I got a very funny look from my wife who was sat on my left also holding a hand when she noticed. To be fair the woman was petrified and thanked me. Going again in September if anyone needs a hand.
Lol, the amount of people that have side hugged me or grabbed my leg on that ride is pretty high (I'm a taller guy). Makes the experience more fun for me though, personally.
I've heard stories about people showing up to Disney parks in full Harry Potter robes and had wands thinking they were going to Harry Potter world. Like you'd think a hardcore HP fan would know which park the world is in. My brother also managed to buy 5 days at Disney instead of 2 at Disney and 3 at Universal. I had told him to book one day at Hollywood Studios and the other at Epcot and he said that since Universal and Disney both had 'studio's in the name that they were all the same park. Not sure if he was able to get a refund on the extra days at Disney.
I was watching the Mardi Gras parade once and one of the guests throwing beads from a float saw me at the back of the crowd and whipped some beads straight to me but they were flying hard and fast so I dodged away and they ended up in a tree. As he went to throw more beads to(at) me I lifted my arms above my head and crouched as if I was terrified and we both laughed until he gingerly tossed the beads right to my hands and we both clapped.
Not Universal related but I used to work at a hotel pretty close to Disney as a bellman. One morning a woman comes up and asks if we can print out her Disney tickets. Tell her no problem, have her log in to her email and I go to print the tickets and I see they pretty explicitly say on them they are for Disneyland in California. My bell captain is standing next to me and I give him the slightest of glances and he very subtly shakes his head no, telling me not to say anything. We give her the tickets and tell her to have fun. After she left my bell captain was like yea let people figure out they screwed up on their own, if we pointed it out she probably would have blamed us or something and it would have been a huge headache. I still wonder if she ever was able to figure out a way to get into the park that day with those tickets (maybe an exchange somehow? Not sure) or if she had to buy a whole other set of tickets and just basically threw her money away on the Disneyland ones.
I wonder what Disney would of done. They apparently have very good customer service so I wonder if they'd of just swapped it over.
Yea that’s what I was thinking. I have a hard time imagining they would have just told her tough luck
We were there in May and watched a group of older teen dudes riding the Seuss Trolley like it was Velocicoaster. It was hilarious!!!
That’s the right level of energy for Sky Trolley right there!
A boy who smelled like a dumpster shouting word for word the entire transformers ride dialogue
I was in line for food and could see someone sitting a bit away with a duck hovering right over his shoulder—unbeknownst to him. Another guy standing next to me in line and I enjoyed a good laugh wondering if the duck was about to yeet some food.
It's the Disney Family Vacation (insert year) shirts that the entire group of 8+ people wear for me. I'll see them during early admission, in the afternoon, and the evening. I literally want to ask WHY???!!!! You aren't at Disney, and there is no way they were at Disney at any point during the day. At least one family a trip wears them....
I was on the Simpsons ride as a single rider, and I got put with a family. They were telling me the story of how their dad almost got kicked off for doing something stupid on the ride. I think he was just sticking his hands out of the car, but there was something more to it. Pretty funny though
One experience that ALWAYS sticks into my mind was on a visit to Universal a few years ago. I was preparing to face the Syndicate on the Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man when I managed to overhear a family with a kid acting nervous about the possibility of facing the Syndicate. Now, a thing about me: I LOVE to self-insert into anything immersive so I can pretend I am actually there. So I immediately seized the chance to do something I NEVER get to do at the parks: roleplay. Now, my fantastical self, thanks to my real world self having ridden Spider-Man a few times before, has faced the Syndicate before. So, being the hero I was portraying, I told the family, “Yeah, they are dangerous, but not impossible to take down.” To my surprise, the father took the cue to start roleplaying alongside me. And the moment we boarded our SCOOP and zipped off into the night, the father, their young son, and I spent the entire ride roleplaying our reactions to the superpowered chaos going on around us. I immediately warned everyone to stay quiet and stay down when we first encountered the Syndicate, the son was cheering on Spider-Man the entire time he saw him on screen, and I yelled for everyone to duck as Hobgoblin chucked a pumpkin bomb our way. Of course, the father took a particular offense to Dr. Octopus for attempting to singe his hair, and he was also relishing bumping Hobgoblin off his board. (As was I). Man, I really hope I can see that family again. Another time was more recent. It was my 9th visit to Universal Studios and I was climbing into a MIB patrol car, ready to repeat the success of my last visit to the attraction. My squad mates this time were forgettable, well, everyone that is, except for a young couple who were visiting the parks all the way from Barcelona Spain for the very first time. I knew then I had to show the duo how a veteran Universal fan did it…. Or at least that was the plan, because due to a lucky button press at the last moment, the couple came from behind to beat me after a tense battle for the scoreboard throughout the ride. Not being one to take a loss lightly-although I was a good sport about it- I told them the next time I saw them, we’d play again. Of course, I knew I would never see them again, but it was still one of my favorite rides on MIB, and by god, would I love that rematch sometime soon!
I don't think the lockers use any sort of authentication system. So if it reads the barcode in the Disney app it might give them a locker? Then when you go back it just ties your locker to whatever value it read the first time. Now I just want to go try it, hehe.
I think it's really any barcode. I used to have my physical annual pass and hotel key, but realized that I could just use my hotel key and keep my pass in my wallet in my small bag in the locker. If you need two lockers, you can also use your ticket/annual pass for one and hotel key for another.