ToT...that's at Universal, right?

[JillyBean1899]

2. DHS is a Universal park and that's where you'll find ToT - the park has "Disney" in the name!

You wouldn't believe how many times I got asked where Tower of Terror was when I worked at Universal. When you respond "that's at MGM Studios" (which it was still called that at the time), 9 times out of 10 you'd get either "isn't that where we are?" or "aren't they all the same thing?".

I got really fed up one day after answering that a ridiculous amount of times, and when someone asked me how to get to ToT (notice the difference ... how to *GET* there, not where is it), I gave them explicit directions, involving walking down the main street of USF (I worked at Kong), going thru CityWalk, to the parking garage and getting in their car, taking I-4 West to the exit for MGM Studios, going into the park and making the first right, "ToT is at the end of Sunset Blvd, it's a 13 story tall building, you can't miss it". Yeah, they went to GS and complained that I was being "rude and unhelpful". My boss was laughing so hard he could barely reprimand me when he read the comment to me, and told me while technically I was correct, not to do it again.

We also got guests that were mad they couldn't ride "the Jurassic Park ride" that they saw advertised on the other side of the park. Um, you mean the banner on the ET building that says "Universal Studios HOLLYWOOD" on it?

 

[Jfsag123]

You wouldn't believe how many times I got asked where Tower of Terror was when I worked at Universal. When you respond "that's at MGM Studios" (which it was still called that at the time), 9 times out of 10 you'd get either "isn't that where we are?" or "aren't they all the same thing?".

I got really fed up one day after answering that a ridiculous amount of times, and when someone asked me how to get to ToT (notice the difference ... how to *GET* there, not where is it), I gave them explicit directions, involving walking down the main street of USF (I worked at Kong), going thru CityWalk, to the parking garage and getting in their car, taking I-4 West to the exit for MGM Studios, going into the park and making the first right, "ToT is at the end of Sunset Blvd, it's a 13 story tall building, you can't miss it". Yeah, they went to GS and complained that I was being "rude and unhelpful". My boss was laughing so hard he could barely reprimand me when he read the comment to me, and told me while technically I was correct, not to do it again.

We also got guests that were mad they couldn't ride "the Jurassic Park ride" that they saw advertised on the other side of the park. Um, you mean the banner on the ET building that says "Universal Studios HOLLYWOOD" on it?

Ha! This reminds me of the complaints I used to get when working in a book store. I would regularly be asked things like "who wrote Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", then be accused of rudeness when I simply responded "Mary Shelley."

I'm surprised by the number of people who said they would and do intervene in situations like this. I don't think anything's wrong with it, just surprised by it. I will say that I will speak up when it's a friend or a family member. I don't expect people to know everything (or want to know it for that matter!), but a little knowledge of the basics can help. I did speak up once at WDW when a family we'd gotten to know in a character line had the wrong idea about FP-. They were nothing but appreciative!

 

[Planogirl]

At USF the downpayment is $130.46 with monthly payments of $11.80 for the preferred (no blackouts) and you get three months free. You have to pay in full to get the cheap renewal. You don't get cheap renewal with the monthly payment schedule. Comparable WDW pass with no blackouts has downpayment of $106 with monthly payments of $34.22/month with no months free.

For a seasonal pass at USF the downpayment is $93.19 with payments of $8.48. At WDW the downpayment is $106 with payments of $19.48/month.

That still seems less expensive than Disney's passes. Thanks for the info.