Universal scavenger hunt

David Clendenon

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I want to have a scavenger hunt for my wife while we are in both parks. Just cool things, rare things, and fun things to take a selfie with any ideas?
 
I want to have a scavenger hunt for my wife while we are in both parks. Just cool things, rare things, and fun things to take a selfie with any ideas?

You might want to post this on the Universal Boards. There are plenty of people who know lots about those two parks. This board is mainly about Walt Disney World parks.

Denise
 

Ok. I will get you started with some suggestions as far as Harry Potter things.

1. Hogs head hanging on the wall in the Hogs Head Pub in Hogsmeade.

2. Large cauldron hanging in the fire place in the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley.

3. Parseltongue Snake in Diagon Alley. Side window of Magical Menagerie.

4. Shrunken Heads in Knockturn Alley.

5. Chocolate frogs and Bertie Botts at Honeydukes Hogsmeade.

6. Pygmy Puff Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes Diagon Alley.

7. Death Eaters mask at Filch's Emporium Hogsmeade

8. Hagrid's hut in Hogsmeade

9. Mandrake in window of Dogweed & Deathcap in Hogsmeade


Large hanging shark at Universal studios. In San Francisco area near Chez Alcatraz.

Lard Lad donut statue in Simpsons area Universal.

Hope this helps. There are lots more. Others will give you more ideas. Have a great time pixiedust:
 
That sounds like tons of fun! How about the pressed penny machines, some of the specialty Universal themed candy bars ( Songebob's white chocolate pineapple bar with pineapple bits, Simpson's choco bacon bar) references to Disney in shrek queue, terminator in the terminator gift shop. Some of the characters Betty Bop, Scooby and the gang, Hello Kitty.
 
Toon Lagoon
1. Find the Family Circus cartoon
2. Count how many dogs are in the fountain
3. Take a pic underneath "I'm going to need a vacation from this vacation"
4. Locate the home of the Dagwood
5. Follow the dotted path to see where it goes
 
Take a pic of each other wearing a hat in each area is fun too.
 
There are some cool photo ops at the parks. One thing you can do before you go is go onto googlemaps and "walk" though a lot of the parks. You can find things to include in your scavenger hunt.
 
I downloaded it a few years ago from a now defunct website (thanks to the original poster). Did this with my kids and took a group picture at every one we found. A couple don’t exist any more (like the Spiderman phone number). A couple of years after we did it, I finally stumbled upon Plymouth rock. I’ll never tell. The numbers are point values for team competition. The original pdf was in spreadsheet table format.


Get the phone number for the closed theater in New York City. 30

Team picture at Sneetch Beach 20

Team picture at Plymouth Rock 20

Find the School of Fish. 30

Find the North Going Zax and the South Going Zax. 15

Find a Zamp in a Lamp. 10

Team picture under a Truffula Tree 10

Find a Geeling on the Ceiling. 15

Team picture with a tray of Wimpy’s Burgers 15

Toss change into a fish’s mouth in McElliott’s Pool. 10

Take a picture of at least one dragon near-miss. 10

Find a rock with a Chinese symbol on it 10

Play Popeye’s theme song on a piano while another teammate sings along. 20

Action shot with a superhero. 10 ea

Have your picture taken with one of the locals (in costume). 5 ea

Get a picture of a teammate under a speech bubble. 5 ea

Get a picture of the team on a rope bridge. 15

Snap a picture sitting on Horton’s Egg. 5 ea

Take a picture of a teammate getting sprayed by a fountain. 30

Get your picture with a Triceratops. 10

Show us what a dinosaur would look like with your DNA. 10 ea

Witness the birth of a dinosaur. 20 Ride any emergency vehicle 5 ea

Ride a wild animal. Can be real or imaginary. 5 ea

Get a Butterbeer mustache. 10 ea

Find the Islands of Adventure submarine. 10

Find two dinosaurs fighting over a slice of pizza. 15

Show us what it would be like if you ran the zoo. 15

Find a wrecked Ford Anglia. 10

Get your picture with the Hogwarts Express Conductor. 10

Find the giant chimera. 10

Get a picture while riding a broom. 10

Find the entrance to Dumbledore’s office. 30

Take a group picture with a snowman. 15

Picture with Green Eggs and Ham. 10

Find the Dr. Doom single rider entrance. 20

As a team, test drive one of Dudley’s sleds. 20

Let Marmaduke drag you down the street. 20
 
There are loads of hidden details in both parks, street front windows in the studios in particular, and the entire Port of Entry area in Islands of Adventure, but other areas like Marvel, Potter, Toon Lagoon, and Jurassic Park all have neat hidden references and things to find, these parks are a gold mine for a scavenger type hunt.

A few off the top of my head, the love birds, Cat Balcony, escaped prisoner, "mini-monestary", fire brigade and more in IOA port of entry. Hollywood Blvd shop windows that have cool teddy bears and doll houses, outfits, and more.

Piano that plays Popeye's theme song. word balloons in Toon Lagoon. Amber mine caves in Camp Jurassic, Horton's Egg, Once-ler's House, Dr. Suess himself, and Zax By Pass in Suess, Dragon Eggs in Harry Potter, donut on a reporters desk (marvel), Island medallions on the front gate of Islands.
 
Spider=Man ride...Count how many times do you see Stan Lee

Large Super-hero displays, the artist hid his first name (Adam) in every one...those can be tricky to find.
 














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