Team members referring to guests as muggles

[ladybugx]

I know this is nitpicky, but does anyone else think it kind of sucks that the TMs refer to guests as "muggles" rather than taking more of a Disney approach (i.e. referring at least to little children as princesses and princes)?

Both when I went to Hogsmeade in 2012 and when I recently went to both Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley earlier this month, there were numerous times when TMs said things to guests like "Welcome, muggles." or "Hello there, muggles." Even those clearly dressed in Hogwarts uniforms were called muggles.

The parks exist to many to sort of allow them to pretend to live out their fantasy of being a witch/wizard and taking the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts, visiting Diagon Alley, etc. Not to mention, in the stories, the wizarding world is supposed to be kept hidden from muggles at all costs. I just think it would be so much cooler if the TMs pretended guests were witches and wizards for the day.

 

[EvilQueenLiz]

The whole storyline of Wizarding World is that Dumbledore invited Muggles to The castle. However, I overheard a TM quizzically ask another TM why some people were wearing their bathrobes and walking around with sticks.

 

[johde]

The whole storyline of Wizarding World is that Dumbledore invited Muggles to The castle. However, I overheard a TM quizzically ask another TM why some people were wearing their bathrobes and walking around with sticks.

And if you take the time to listen to the conversations in the queue for Forbidden Journey, you can tell that several of the portraits are not happy we're there. And one of the portraits mentions that we don't know if one of the children might get an owl letter one day even though they were born of muggle parents (much like Hermione).

 

[BrinkofSunshine]

Some of them will refer to guests as witches and wizards if they're dressed the part. The last time I was there a TM asked two girls in Hogwarts robes why they were skipping classes!

Keep in mind that a lot is decided by Warner Brothers and JK Rowling. I'd guess that calling guests Muggles wasn't solely a Universal decision.

 

[Planogirl]

I think that being called a Muggle is amusing and definitely fits the stories.

 

[JustCallMeMommy]

DD and I had Ravenclaw (me) and Hufflepuff (DD) shirts one day, and DD wore Hufflepuff robes another. We had lots of in-character interaction, especially DD since quite a few of the employees were excited to see another Hufflepuff since they aren't as common.

 

[ladybugx]

I guess I'm alone on this one! lol. I know my sister was wearing a Gryffindor uniform shirt and kept saying, "Do they not see I'm a Hogwarts student?!"

 

[bumbershoot]

I think that being called a Muggle is amusing and definitely fits the stories.

Agreed. We ARE muggles and we have to stand in line and pay for things with cash or weird plastic cards, not gold. We can't do magic without their special wands. (How they describe the interactive ones is cute...there's a spell on them so you can only do certain spells in certain places, and they won't work once back home in our muggle world) We are muggles.

I wonder if those who call kids wizards etc are also CMs used to saying princess.

DS is referred to as being a Weasley because of his hair. Muggle side of the family though. And that's ok.

 

[lazer]

Agreed. We ARE muggles and we have to stand in line and pay for things with cash or weird plastic cards, not gold. We can't do magic without their special wands. (How they describe the interactive ones is cute...there's a spell on them so you can only do certain spells in certain places, and they won't work once back home in our muggle world) We are muggles. I wonder if those who call kids wizards etc are also CMs used to saying princess. DS is referred to as being a Weasley because of his hair. Muggle side of the family though. And that's ok.

I agree! My son is very very very blonde and someone asked if the Malfoys knew they had muggle cousins!

 

[goofy!]

I know this is nitpicky, but does anyone else think it kind of sucks that the TMs refer to guests as "muggles" rather than taking more of a Disney approach (i.e. referring at least to little children as princesses and princes)?

Both when I went to Hogsmeade in 2012 and when I recently went to both Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley earlier this month, there were numerous times when TMs said things to guests like "Welcome, muggles." or "Hello there, muggles." Even those clearly dressed in Hogwarts uniforms were called muggles.

The parks exist to many to sort of allow them to pretend to live out their fantasy of being a witch/wizard and taking the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts, visiting Diagon Alley, etc. Not to mention, in the stories, the wizarding world is supposed to be kept hidden from muggles at all costs. I just think it would be so much cooler if the TMs pretended guests were witches and wizards for the day.

"This is not Disney, we don't have to be nice to the children." (Line from the Horror Makeup Show)

 

[fabfemmeboy]

It's not all TMs. When we went, my partner wore his whole uniform (sweater and pants and tie and robe) and I wore my hoodie that looks like the top half of a house robe. I was admonished for skipping class when I wandered around the castle taking pictures and, later in the day by a different TM, awarded house points. Personally I've always found the prince/princess thing at Disney a little...much so I don't think all guests all the time should be treated as witches/wizards, but I do appreciate when TMs give a little extra fun for the people clearly dressed for the part of 'hogwarts student'.

 

[ladybugx]

It is true that it isn't all TMs. On our way back to London from Hogsmeade, a TM reminded us to refrain from magic away from Hogwarts, and that was a neat touch. I mean, I don't expect the TMs to constantly be going out of their way to interact with guests in wizard-y ways. Personally, I'm super awkward with that kind of interaction. It just kind of sucks when you're walking onto the Hogwarts Express or into the castle thinking how much it looks like you're in one of the films, and then a TM breaks the illusion by calling you a muggle. Just the way I saw it; it's obviously not that huge of a deal! I do wish they'd at least not call those dressed up as witches and wizards muggles. I didn't think about the possibility that JK Rowling may have requested that guests be referred to as muggles. I could see her doing that seeing how she insisted that there be no opportunities to meet Harry, Hermione, etc. because she wanted no one besides the original actors to get to the be the faces of the main characters. That part is fine with me, though. I think meeting a non-Radcliffe Potter would be strange.

 

[disneyseniors]

I know this is nitpicky, but does anyone else think it kind of sucks that the TMs refer to guests as "muggles" rather than taking more of a Disney approach (i.e. referring at least to little children as princesses and princes)?

Both when I went to Hogsmeade in 2012 and when I recently went to both Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley earlier this month, there were numerous times when TMs said things to guests like "Welcome, muggles." or "Hello there, muggles." Even those clearly dressed in Hogwarts uniforms were called muggles.

The parks exist to many to sort of allow them to pretend to live out their fantasy of being a witch/wizard and taking the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts, visiting Diagon Alley, etc. Not to mention, in the stories, the wizarding world is supposed to be kept hidden from muggles at all costs. I just think it would be so much cooler if the TMs pretended guests were witches and wizards for the day.

Ahhhhhhh, but you ARE muggles, you non-wizarding people, you!

 

[bumbershoot]

I agree! My son is very very very blonde and someone asked if the Malfoys knew they had muggle cousins!

That's awesome. And with both, it's so unlikely that there's a muggle side, since they are, of course, some of the most ancient wizarding families.


Muggle isn't a bad word. It's a descriptive word. If we cannot do magic outside of Wizarding World, then we aren't wizards. It's not breaking magic or anything to call us what we are.

They aren't calling us mudbloods, afterall. THAT would be bad.

 

[littlejimmy]

I know this is nitpicky, but does anyone else think it kind of sucks that the TMs refer to guests as "muggles" rather than taking more of a Disney approach (i.e. referring at least to little children as princesses and princes)?

Both when I went to Hogsmeade in 2012 and when I recently went to both Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley earlier this month, there were numerous times when TMs said things to guests like "Welcome, muggles." or "Hello there, muggles." Even those clearly dressed in Hogwarts uniforms were called muggles.

The parks exist to many to sort of allow them to pretend to live out their fantasy of being a witch/wizard and taking the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts, visiting Diagon Alley, etc. Not to mention, in the stories, the wizarding world is supposed to be kept hidden from muggles at all costs. I just think it would be so much cooler if the TMs pretended guests were witches and wizards for the day.

don't think it sucks. think its kind of cool.

 

[keishashadow]

I think that being called a Muggle is amusing and definitely fits the stories.

"This is not Disney, we don't have to be nice to the children."

or 'condescending'

 

[schumigirl]

don't think it sucks. think its kind of cool.

or 'condescending'

Yep, don't think it sucks either.....I like it.......I don't want the Disney approach at Universal...........

 

[bumbershoot]

I don't want the Disney approach at Universal...........

For some reason, this picture I took on Friday feels appropriate here.

Disney might call people "princess", but the Universal TMs are the deepest into their character employees I've ever run across. And knowing that we're muggles is part of it; just like in Jurassic Park, the events in the movie haven't happened yet and Nothing Bad Will Happen.

 

[goofy!]

Yep, don't think it sucks either.....I like it.......I don't want the Disney approach at Universal...........

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I love the approach Universal takes. If I wanted sugary sweet, I would be at Disney and not Universal.

It is nice that the two places have different feels.

 

[Gina-Gina-Bo-Bina]

Yep, don't think it sucks either.....I like it.......I don't want the Disney approach at Universal...........

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