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Originally Posted by Amadeus
...you might still be allowed in Universal.
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Yep, and someone just wrote me with the latest Universal Horror story. People find my web page and e-mail me. It's the most visited page on my site. Wall of text but basically the lady was shopping in a gift store, bought a book, but had put a keychain in her purse with pennies and didn't realize it. They got thrown out, lady banned for a year, lost 1k of money.
03/10/20 - I found this article googling my experience to see if it was common... Apparently it is.. I was at universal studios today. On a family vacation with my two children and husband. It was day 1 of 4 days and we had been there for 3 hours. We went over to the simspons ride where my son was going on a ride i went into the gift shop and purchased pennies. I bought all four pennies from the inside machine. I started looking for our names on keychains when my husband called me over and found a penny book i was talking about wanting as my kids had gotten 30 pennies pressed. I got so excited about the book i grabbed it and went to the counter to pay for it i was holding all the pennies and put them in my pouch. I talked to the woman at the check out for a second asking her how many it held ect.. I was then trying to get to my 7 yr old as he was in line and didn't want him to get off the ride and get lost when a man and woman approached me and said i stole!!! I freaked out and panicked as i have never in my life been in trouble. I showed them the receipt for the penny book and told them they was mistaken. They then asked about the keychain. I didnt realize during all the fiasco i had it with the pennies.. I instantly realized it and handed him my credit card. He said i had to go with him. I said my two children were there and he said they would be fine as he seen my 13 yr old daughter had a phone.. He said " she has a phone".. They left my two children 7 and 13 bc they had a cell phone i even said my husband was on another ride could we wait or anything.. They said no i needed to walk with them and everything would he okay i would be back with them soon. I instantly started recording on my cell phone bc part of me felt this was a joke. They took me to a room where the woman searched me. I agreed to this bc i did nothing wrong. I had already spent hundreds in the park in the few short hours we were there. Why would i pay for the penny book that costed more but take a 3$ keychain??????? Inside the room i could hear the man and another man making jokes about me and him getting another. ( all on record). They did not want to hear me out i sat there sobbing.. The woman came and asked for my ticket. She took it and they banned me a year. My kids still in the park there dad on another ride not knowing whats going on and my husband not having a phone. Now 1k on a family trip GONE!!! All due to a misunderstanding. I cant believe the way they treated me.