Universal = White Trash

[MakiraMarlena]

The first thing we noticed was how many adults were there without children.

I'd like to see some clarification as to why this is a big deal, or even notable.

 

[Planogirl]

I'd like to see some clarification as to why this is a big deal, or even notable.

That caught my eye too. I used to go to parks with just my DH and now I go with a teen. I wonder if we are just weird or what?

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I didn't think bringing a child was a requirement.

 

[macraven]

= THE TROYAWARD

Kewl...............i hope he appreciates all that we have done for him today.






when we get trolls like this, we laugh about it.
no need to argue.

can't argue with a idiot my uncle always told me.......




i do the motherland and the darkside every year.
i go both ways on the parks.......

 

[ky07]

Kewl...............i hope he appreciates all that we have done for him today.






when we get trolls like this, we laugh about it.
no need to argue.

can't argue with a idiot my uncle always told me.......




i do the motherland and the darkside every year.
i go both ways on the parks.......

 

[RAPstar]

No, please - just one observation!

Why in the world did the OP exit Islands of Adventure via San Antonio, TX?

 

[inkkognito]

I'd like to see some clarification as to why this is a big deal, or even notable.

You're giving Troll Booth too much credit. By wanting clarification, you are assuming that his observation was correct/factual. Given his rantings, I highly doubt it.

 

[damo]

Playing favourites?

I like you too. And I like Jason and David in your sig. My two favourites.

 

[Seahag]

this is funny, i dont care WHO you are!!!

thanks for the laugh troll......errrr, i mean troy.





now where is this riverwalk place, I need to buy a wifebeater......

 

[coastermom]

.. I have never read anything so funny as to the post made by this Tony guy.

Ok Now I am leaving for USF/IOA in a little over two weeks so I need to get a few things to pack . I guess the "man" beater shirts are good and I will have to re -think my bathing suit . I may need a two piece so my fat can hang out as I walk around the parks . I am in need of some missing teeth and as for Drinking I do that pretty well. I will be with teens so the kids are covered . Did I forget something ? Sorry I would start smoking but that would kill my DD on the trip as she gets ill at the smell of smoke . I have to say this really amde my day .

 

[Srantin]

I am in Orlando for 9 days for my kid's school vacation week. We have been to Disney a few times, and unless you are brain dead (or working with a double digit IQ), how many times can you go to the same park? So, to change things up, my family and I went to Universal for the first time yesterday, 4/12/08. All I can ask is; who gave out the free passes to the trailer park and is there anyone in Orlando under 250 lbs, with all their teeth and who doesn't have a tattoo?

The morning started easily enough, we arrived at 10:00 AM and lucked out getting a parking spot at the top of the garage right in front of the escalator. We chose to start out in Universal Studios, had our pictures taken with Lisa Simpson, and in we went. As it turns out, my first interaction with anyone was in line for meal bracelets with a gentleman from England. He was intelligent, well rounded, and we had a nice conversation about world events and politics. (He doesn't think Gordon Brown is any better than Tony Blair, and we both agreed Bush is a moron)

The first thing we noticed was how many adults were there without children. The second thing we noticed was how many of those adults were morbidly obese. I have never seen so many overweight people together since, well, Disney World. It must be the never ending parade of crappy chain and fast food restaurants that litter every road in Orlando. I swear, the people in Orlando wouldn't know good food if they over ate it since their taste buds must have been destroyed by all the processed food they've ingested over the years.

Speaking of food (if you want to call it food), the fare offered through the meal plan is terrible at best, and disgusting at worst. Pizza, hamburgers, fried food, fat, sodium, cholesterol and chemicals, all part of a typical American's diet. But the ultimate in gross food, the giant turkey leg. Are you kidding me? There is nothing like seeing a 450 lb. woman in a motorized cart because she is too obese to walk, stuffing her fat face with a huge turkey leg while she has a huge soft pretzel and a bag of candy in her cart basket. Nice.

While I am on the subject, for those of you who are not particularly intelligent, I would like to point out the universally accepted signs of ignorance (in no particular order). Tattoos, wife beaters or tank tops, jean shorts, cigarettes, chewing gum, stretch pants, T-shirts with stupid slogans on them, missing teeth, don't wash your hands after using the bathroom, wear your baseball cap sideways or backwards, have your child on a leash, wear tight shorts and a bikini top while you are over weight, don't know the difference between "your" and "you're" and mullets. All of which were in tremendous supply at Universal. If you fall into any of these categories then you are a disgusting, ignorant loser, and a proud typical American. Congratulations.

Next topic, beer and cigarettes. As much as I was blown away by the amount of people smoking cigarettes anywhere they wanted, which was confirmed by the amount of cigarette butts on the ground everywhere, I was more disgusted by the amount of beer being sold on every corner. People were walking around with their children, sucking on beer bottles at very attraction. Incredibly, they were actually selling beer in the line to Disaster! I saw empty beer bottles everywhere; on the street, on benches, in bushes, in plants. And where were the park employees to clean up the mess? Either they were invisible, they were disguised as trees, or they didn't exist. There was litter all over the park. And what's with the parents drinking at the bar at Finnegan's while their children waited for them at the table?

Ironically, the best attraction at Universal was Disaster. The volunteer "actors" and filming were entertaining, the ride was good, and the film and Christopher Walken were very funny. I would have liked to see Jaws, but it broke down and never re-opened. Twister was very good, as was Shrek. Men in Black was dated and a waste of time.

We went to Islands of Adventure and really enjoyed the coasters, but enjoyed watching all the thug kids and their outfits better. You have to love the oversized, gaudy jewelry and gold teeth. And what's with the girls and their ridiculously tight shorts and bikini tops? If you have a great body then that's one thing, but needless to say, that was few and far between.

We passed through Riverwalk on our way out and were surprised to see how many bars and drinking you had to pass through with your children. I also saw that a school was having their prom there and that some "lucky" couple actually got married at Universal and was having their reception at the Hard Rock Hotel. I swear I am not making that up.

I could go on, but you get the drift. Although there was one thought my wife and I asked ourselves once we left, "how can all these people afford to come here?"

Even though its bad to feed the troll, I had to bite on this one, this is some funny stuff right here, OK. Lets pick apart this wall of text.

Ok your first statement is that their were tons of obese people in the park. I can look anywhere and see obese people, even the foreigners from other countries have been obese, this is a stupid topic and honestly you know what? im slightly obese and im happy, sure I am on a plan to lose weight slowly, but I am not honestly sacrificing all of the wonderful tasting food ive experienced just so I could be thin quick, ill slowly get to my goal, Thank you.

SECOND, you complain about the way the food is cooked and how unhealthy it is? http://www.fitsugar.com/93729 suck on that one, Universal has been working on trying to become environmentally friendly AND becoming more healthy, thus the options of healthy side choices instead of fries, and if you enjoy fries? more power to you, you can still enjoy them with their severe lack of Trans Fats.

Cigarettes and Beer, two of the most common sold goods on this ENTIRE planet, and why not? Both parks are themed more towards adults and what adult doesn't like to enjoy a cigarette, a beer, both or neither? It's freedom of choice to choose whether you wish to partake in these activity's. The whole point of the theme park is to enjoy yourself and drinking a bit and smoking is enjoyment to some, more power to ya.

Now the whole park employee thing is what gets me the most, I highly doubt your inconceivably small mind could fathom the amount of people needed to run such busy theme parks. Lets try to crunch some numbers shall we tard?

Just yesterday, Saturday we projected an attendance of 22,000 guests, now lets say every guest buys at least ONE soda. thats 22,000 cups that need to be trashed, correct? Now ONE soda is a unfair amount, because obviously people get thirsty and children of course love that soda! so lets say at LEAST two cups per person, 44,000 cups! and THATS JUST CUPS, lets add in plates, wrappers, paper, napkins, bottles, and general trash that was brought into the park by familys, you get the point, ****loads of trash. so please dont comment on the lack of employee's working, when I go out to head to the bathroom and see park services tossing bags of trash by the cart full into the compactor.

Your entire next paragraph is full of so much ignorance it almost jumped out of my computer and reduced me to your middle school education, thankfully I was prepared. Tattoo's do not signify ignorance, your ancestors used tattoo's to represent feelings and events that they experienced in their life, many tattoo's do the same thing today, they represent emotions, ideals, and express the type of person you are. Wife beater etc etc, comfortable clothes, your at a park, dumb point. Chewing gum? what the hell? If your going to tell me that in your entire life you've never chewed gum, you sir are a liar. The End.

The ability to afford a small trip to Universal is NOT hard. I work for 7.25 an hour and a decent amount of hours at work nets me over 200 bucks, a ticket to both parks runs around $73, food costs about 30...and maybe a souvenir? another 20. so $123 about 1/2 a weeks worth of work and thats on my EXTREMELY LOW wage. Any person with a have decent job or the ability to save can easily afford the trip to Universal/IoA, if even for just a day. Im surprised actually that any employer would give your arrogant *** a job.

Im done, k thanks bye.

 

[Troy1288]

Holy Moly! I come back to my condo and find 6 pages of reaction to my post. I wasn't expecting that. Sorry for the mix up between City Walk and River Walk. It just goes to show how little I know about Universal. Coincidentally, I was just at River Walk in San Antonio for a conference and to meet with some of my players. It's a lovely city and the River Walk is great. I highly recommend going if you have a chance.

As for my post, sorry I posted in both forums, I didn't know which one to post to, so I did both. I found it very interesting that so many people took my post so personally. I wasn't referring directly to YOU, but YOU must have thought I was. In fact, I didn't think anyone here fell into my categories, just those great unwashed I had the pleasure to observe yesterday.

I also noticed that everyone referred to the messenger, but not the message. Am I the only one who thinks smoking and drinking around children is bad? I hope not. And please don't tell me you think the food is good at Universal, I know you don't.

Oh, and thank you to the person who asked about the Blues Brothers since I realized after I posted that I forgot to mention them. As it turns out, I was waiting for one of my daughters and son who were on the Mummy ride on the corner across the street. A crowd had gathered and then the music started for the Blues Brothers. I can describe the show in one word, embarrassing. It's not good when my 9 year old daughter turned to me and said, "Dad, this is terrible, they can't sing." She was right. It's not good when John Belushi sings better than you, and he's dead.

By the way, I had the fabulous luck to be driving past Wet n' Wild this afternoon just after the shooting and riot took place. There were kids and cops everywhere. One policeman told me there had been a shooting and a cop had been jumped by 25 kids. I came back to the condo and saw on the news that all of these kids who caused the riot HAD BEEN AT UNIVERSAL YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT!

 

[ChrisFL]

I went to this other place called the "Magic Kingdom" where there is a wide dispursal of this drug...on the street it's known as "pixie dust"...I've heard it causes happiness in varying amounts but is a downer once you leave...

I saw some retched things when I was there...there were these men on this boat ride, who had guns and were shooting them in the air, then I saw they had rounded up all of these women from a town they invaded and they were SELLING them to the other men, I believe they were pirates!

The debauchery doesn't end there...there is also an area that glorifies viewing of DEAD PEOPLE!! I kid you not!

All over the park I witnessed numerous displays of people wearing similar outfits and colors, CLEARLY gang activity going on there...

They were also selling fattening things in the streets like ice cream and funnel cake with no limits on how many you could purchase and eat! Little kids were around, what kind of impression do you think that leaves!

Then there's this show called the Monster's Inc Laugh Floor...do you know what those initials are?...****...if THAT isn't a secret message I don't know what is....

Clearly there are many problems with this "Magic" Kingdom that must be addressed...since this and other parks seem to be so unsafe, I'm going to Cypress Gardens and staying there....

 

[RAPstar]

I went to this other place called the "Magic Kingdom" where there is a wide dispursal of this drug...on the street it's known as "pixie dust"...I've heard it causes happiness in varying amounts but is a downer once you leave...

I saw some retched things when I was there...there were these men on this boat ride, who had guns and were shooting them in the air, then I saw they had rounded up all of these women from a town they invaded and they were SELLING them to the other men, I believe they were pirates!

The debauchery doesn't end there...there is also an area that glorifies viewing of DEAD PEOPLE!! I kid you not!

All over the park I witnessed numerous displays of people wearing similar outfits and colors, CLEARLY gang activity going on there...

They were also selling fattening things in the streets like ice cream and funnel cake with no limits on how many you could purchase and eat! Little kids were around, what kind of impression do you think that leaves!

Then there's this show called the Monster's Inc Laugh Floor...do you know what those initials are?...****...if THAT isn't a secret message I don't know what is....

Clearly there are many problems with this "Magic" Kingdom that must be addressed...since this and other parks seem to be so unsafe, I'm going to Cypress Gardens and staying there....

 

[KathyTX]

This isn't a very helpful trip planning post, and this thread is closed.