My first trip ever back in September when it was just my 6 yr old daughter and I was great. Stayed 3 nights at Royal pacific. Upgraded to an annual pass. Had a very nice guy who managed forbidden journey let us go to the front as many times as we wanted (which was 4 over the course of the stay), my 6 yr old got picked for animal actors, and also for the olivanders show. Really felt they went above and beyond for us.
Fast forward to this time- And I now have my wife and 2 yr old coming for the first time. Not a ton for a 2 yr old to do, but she enjoys just looking around. Stayed at the Royal pacific for 2 nights. This time, I made a joke to a very nice team member who was at the grinch show entrance saying "let me know when you need me to be in the vip area". What's he do? Says- "are there 4 of you? Come with me" And escorts us right to it. But the icing on the cake (literally) was at emerils at Royal pacific. I ate there in September with my daughter as a "date" and we met the chef (which my daughter aspires to be). He is a native of Oahu and we talked about Hawaii quite a bit as I have a small environmental lab there with a few employees. When we came this time I asked if he still worked there- he came out- met my wife. Remembered what I ordered, where we sat, and where we were from. Then- after lunch- we get this. Compliments of the chef.
Chef Ryan- you are the best! It's stuff like this that made my wife say "you know our (Disney) trip in January? We could come back here for a couple of nights". Universal is really doing it up right. Love it.
Anybody else had some cool stuff happen at Universal? Thought this would be a good thread to hear about some stories. I've had luck with "magic" at Disney- and while both are unwarranted, unexpected, and completely genuine- I feel like Universal cares just that much more. Almost as if they're more sincere because they really value your business.
Note- Tchoup Chop is incredible. Consistently my best meal at universal. Only Jiko rivals it IMO- although ETC is half the price and includes a free appetizer.
Fast forward to this time- And I now have my wife and 2 yr old coming for the first time. Not a ton for a 2 yr old to do, but she enjoys just looking around. Stayed at the Royal pacific for 2 nights. This time, I made a joke to a very nice team member who was at the grinch show entrance saying "let me know when you need me to be in the vip area". What's he do? Says- "are there 4 of you? Come with me" And escorts us right to it. But the icing on the cake (literally) was at emerils at Royal pacific. I ate there in September with my daughter as a "date" and we met the chef (which my daughter aspires to be). He is a native of Oahu and we talked about Hawaii quite a bit as I have a small environmental lab there with a few employees. When we came this time I asked if he still worked there- he came out- met my wife. Remembered what I ordered, where we sat, and where we were from. Then- after lunch- we get this. Compliments of the chef.
Chef Ryan- you are the best! It's stuff like this that made my wife say "you know our (Disney) trip in January? We could come back here for a couple of nights". Universal is really doing it up right. Love it.
Anybody else had some cool stuff happen at Universal? Thought this would be a good thread to hear about some stories. I've had luck with "magic" at Disney- and while both are unwarranted, unexpected, and completely genuine- I feel like Universal cares just that much more. Almost as if they're more sincere because they really value your business.
Note- Tchoup Chop is incredible. Consistently my best meal at universal. Only Jiko rivals it IMO- although ETC is half the price and includes a free appetizer.
Last edited:
