Lockers at Orlando’s Universal Studios

​Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure have some thrilling rides. With those thrill rides come some safety features that people new to the Universal Orlando Resort probably don’t know about. 
If a ride is particularly wild, you need to lock up lose items as there is no secure place to put them in the ride.

Next to those rides are a few rows of small lockers to place your items that offer a certain amount of time free of charge and then charge $3 for every 30 minutes beyond the time. Most of them use your fingerprint to secure the doors.

For example, we rode Revenge of the Mummy. In front of the ride doors leading in are three rows of lockers. Each locker has enough room for one medium sized backpack and a few items around it like a mug or wand. You approach a screen and follow the instructions to be assigned a locker. Remember your locker number. Maybe even take a picture of the screen before you place all your stuff into it and go have fun on the ride. Once you are done, go back to the screen follow the instructions and the door to your locker will open.

The time amount for each locker varies based upon the standby time, ride time and a little buffer to get back to the locker to retrieve your items. If the standby line is 45 minutes, the ride time 10 and a buffer of say 15, then you get the first hour and ten minutes free. The screen where you get your locker will tell you the amount of time you have until you will be charged for the locker. If for some reason the ride takes longer because it broke down, see a locker attendant to override the charges.

For most rides I kept my phone in my pocket and had no problems with it falling out.  The Incredible Hulk Coaster I would have put it in a locker because they have metal detectors in place to prevent you from bringing it on, even in your pocket. We tucked our lanyards into our shirts for the rides, so they wouldn’t fly off. On one ride I forgot to tuck mine in and the safety snap in the back came undone. Luckily my arms were over the lanyard and it didn’t go anywhere, but this is why they don’t want lose items with you on the ride. Eye glasses are also allowed to stay on your face, but I found myself at times putting a hand up to keep mine on.

Rides that have lockers for lose items include:

• Hollywood Rip Ride RockIt
• Revenge of the Mummy
• Men in Black Alien Attack
• Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
• The Incredible Hulk Coaster
• Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey

While this may seem like a hassle, these rides are well worth riding and the small inconvenience of locking up lose items. This is for your safety as well as others, so lock it up and go have a great time!

For more planning information for your Universal Orlando vacation, be sure to contact the team at Whitney World Travel!