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Well, here be me. Sorry for the sickly pic, most recent one I have. I'm not actually a poser...

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Jaws Taryn!

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Jungle Taryn!!


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Bloody Jaws Taryn!
(That's right folks, the siggy's the real deal :lol:)

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HHN/Froyo Taryn!

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So yeah. That's me :wave:
 
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What the heck happened to your head? That's real? lol

Haha, yeah. I was doing my Jaws show (with a full boat, might I add,) in the part where you first see him, right after the sinking tour boat. I grab my grenade launcher and shoot at him- but I got a little overzealous, and somehow managed to conk myself in the head. With a lifeless piece of plastic. Yeah. So I drop my lines for the rest of the scene because it hurt like a MOTHER. I started crying as we entered the boat house (again, it hurt) when I noticed a strange happenstance- why were the tears going OVER my eye? I touched my (very wet) cheek and looked at my finger- blood. I looked down at my console- splattered with blood as well. My shirt? Yup, a bloody mess. So then I started freaking out because I though I needed stitches, and they would have to shave my hair for that. In the end, it turns out head wounds bleed quite a bit, and once I was healed up, the scab was about the size of a scratched off mosquito bite :thumbs:

I know I had you as my skipper once in 07. Good ****! Do you still work there?

Sweet! Yeah, I still work there- I went seasonal over the summer so I could work at Jungle Cruise, but I'm back full time now =)

Haha! Great pics! We love CMs! Jaws must be a blast to work on!
And tell me you have some super cheesy jokes on Jungle Cruise. haha

Jaws is amaaazing. It's kind of the love of my life :love:

Haha, oh, my Jungle show was as cheese-tastic as could be. :thumbs:
 
You were my captain the last time I rode I believe, My profile pic is from HHN 98. They actually say they did 3 houses in 97 but there were 5 because they only named 3 of them. They were not as fancy back then but the crowds were lighter and they had THE PARADE, the worst thing they ever did was quit the PARADE. I always put bring back the parade in the survey.
 
Haha, yeah. I was doing my Jaws show (with a full boat, might I add,) in the part where you first see him, right after the sinking tour boat. I grab my grenade launcher and shoot at him- but I got a little overzealous, and somehow managed to conk myself in the head. With a lifeless piece of plastic. Yeah. So I drop my lines for the rest of the scene because it hurt like a MOTHER. I started crying as we entered the boat house (again, it hurt) when I noticed a strange happenstance- why were the tears going OVER my eye? I touched my (very wet) cheek and looked at my finger- blood. I looked down at my console- splattered with blood as well. My shirt? Yup, a bloody mess. So then I started freaking out because I though I needed stitches, and they would have to shave my hair for that. In the end, it turns out head wounds bleed quite a bit, and once I was healed up, the scab was about the size of a scratched off mosquito bite :thumbs:

Omigosh what was everyone in your boat doing??
 
Omigosh what was everyone in your boat doing??

They didn't really know what to do, hahaha. When I first came out of the boathouse, I knew I couldn't resume my show because it would be really bad if my sluggishly bleeding wound splattered on anyone, so (with my back to the audience, there were lots of kids who were already traumatized by the fake shark, let alone the very real blood) I told everybody that I had injured myself, and wouldn't be resuming the show. I ended up just kind of standing there, holding the steering wheel, while the gas dock managed to blow up itself...when all of the sudden I felt a *tap tap tap* on my back. I turned around (there were a few gasps :lol: ) and it was this sweet, old hispanic man holding out a napkin. I took it gratefully and tried to stop the bleeding- that's the blood soaked square I'm holding to my forehead in the picture. Once the guests recovered from the shock, they sounded like they still enjoyed the show- gasping and screaming and laughing at all of the right spots. Made me feel reeeeaaaally usefull as a skipper :look:

In the end, I was kind of in shock (I don't like blood, especially when it's MY blood) but I somehow managed to rush out: "Ladies-and-gentlemen-if-you-want-to-ride-again-go-to-greeter-and-tell-them-what-happaned-and-you-can-ride-again-have-a-nice-day" and then I got rushed off the boat by health services with a ton of people (guests and skippers alike) staring at me like I had grown a second head.
 
Dang girl, you are a trooper! Good for you!

Haha, thanks! It kind of sucked when it happened, but now I always laugh when I think of it. :lol:

I definitely had you by myself one night last year in March. Pretty sure.

Well I was going to, then 4 more people came on.

I was Row 1, but then climbed back to Row 4 =]

Sweeet. I don't remember your tour specifically (I did the math, I've done around 5k shows in the last year :yikes:) but I'm glad that I got to save you from the big, mean fishy =)
 
Wow, new Taryn, that is a crazy story! I love hearing stories about rides where something weird happened and how the guests reacted. Sorry you got hurt though! Just think, what if you had whacked yourself in the head, lost your balance, then fell into the drink. The kids would have really freaked out then thinking you were shark bait.