halloween horror nights for next year (2014)

[PDJPrinceCharming]

....I still say that that's not fair....I am paying good money for a full day at both parks and I won't be able to do so.....that just plain STINKS!

From a marketing standpoint I do understand, why would you give away your newest attraction for a whole lot less when you don't have to? Sure it would be nice to have DA open for the event & people would just pay the cheaper stay & scream price to have the access to a nearly empty Diagon but that's not the point of HHN. I guarantee people would just hang out there & some would not come out until park closing so from that standpoint it would work but there's no way Universal would give this away.

The park is closing at 5 for HHN nights so that is a factor known right now, you can still go to IOA until 7 then there is always stuff to do at CityWalk.

 

[kimmar067]

From a marketing standpoint I do understand, why would you give away your newest attraction for a whole lot less when you don't have to? Sure it would be nice to have DA open for the event & people would just pay the cheaper stay & scream price to have the access to a nearly empty Diagon but that's not the point of HHN. I guarantee people would just hang out there & some would not come out until park closing so from that standpoint it would work but there's no way Universal would give this away.

The park is closing at 5 for HHN nights so that is a factor known right now, you can still go to IOA until 7 then there is always stuff to do at CityWalk.

.....I'm not too naive to not get that it's all about the money, but there's a little more to it in my case. We are staying at WDW [on-property] but we will not have a car; our friends do, but they have a time-share off-property, so we kinda have to depend on them. Typically, they sleep late, so I am anticipating that we won't arrive at US/IoA until later. As you can see, it'll really shorten the day being spent at a park....

 

[kimmar067]

...to be honest, if it weren't for the recent addition of DA and the HE at US, I wouldn't even bother going there.... We are going to WDW specifically for F&WF, and I'd kinda rather be there....unfortunately, our friends don't. so this is our compromise....

 

[PDJPrinceCharming]

.....I'm not too naive to not get that it's all about the money, but there's a little more to it in my case. We are staying at WDW [on-property] but we will not have a car; our friends do, but they have a time-share off-property, so we kinda have to depend on them. Typically, they sleep late, so I am anticipating that we won't arrive at US/IoA until later. As you can see, it'll really shorten the day being spent at a park....

In that case, I completely understand. You could just use the early Mears shuttle to go to Universal. It picks up from your WDW hotel & its about $20 per person. I do this every time I go over to Universal & it works very well. They drop off at CityWalk parking & pick up the same place. You have to let them know about 3 hours prior to when you want to leave so they can set up a pick up time but if there is room on a shuttle, there's a good chance they'll let you on anyways.

I don't drive at all, by choice so i'm always depending on Mears. If it were me in this situation, i'd arrive before park open, get through the gates. Head directly to Diagon Alley & do everything there, take HE to IOA right before the park close at 5, well the last train leaving for Hogsmeade & enjoy IOA for the 2 hours after. Catch a meal at CityWalk or head back early to your resort & go to Epcot for more Food & Wine.

 

[kimmar067]

In that case, I completely understand. You could just use the early Mears shuttle to go to Universal. It picks up from your WDW hotel & its about $20 per person. I do this every time I go over to Universal & it works very well. They drop off at CityWalk parking & pick up the same place. You have to let them know about 3 hours prior to when you want to leave so they can set up a pick up time but if there is room on a shuttle, there's a good chance they'll let you on anyways.

I don't drive at all, by choice so i'm always depending on Mears. If it were me in this situation, i'd arrive before park open, get through the gates. Head directly to Diagon Alley & do everything there, take HE to IOA right before the park close at 5, well the last train leaving for Hogsmeade & enjoy IOA for the 2 hours after. Catch a meal at CityWalk or head back early to your resort & go to Epcot for more Food & Wine.

...great advice, one problem [in two words] - DH!

 

[macraven]

....I still say that that's not fair....I am paying good money for a full day at both parks and I won't be able to do so.....that just plain STINKS!

lets put the shoe on the other foot.

i'll be at the motherland before i switch to the darkside hotel.


while at the motherland, MK will close early, 7:00 for 3 nights i will be there for a party.
those that have tickets for the party get in at 4:00.
completely crowds the park then.


and dhs is losing the early entry on the 4th and closing at 6:00 due to an event.


i pay the same amount of money as every other park goer and 4 of the days will not be a full day for me.
i don't say what you do that "it stinks" and that i "pay good money for a full day"


i live with it
i know how it will be going into the situation and make the best of it.
you might want to do the same for your day at the darkside.

you have the option of switching parks at 5:00.
it's just next door and you won't have any down time for transportation.

depending on the month/night you do the dark side, some of the nights at IOA close at 8:00 rather than 7:00.
check the calendar to see the hours for the date you will be there.

 

[macraven]

I've known the lineup for a while & knew this would be the one announcement that might be a tad mixed. I hated the movies don't get me wrong but just seeing the pic they posted on Twitter of what one of the hallways is gonna look like very much excites me. But people have been complaining a lot this year, more so than usual. I just want to go to the event, have a great time & enjoy the mazes, zones & shows. I am a YouTuber & I do have my opinions too but I actually am excited for this year. It has a lot to live up to after last year but I think it will succeed. Sometimes people seem like they just wanna complain to complain.

Oh ya Raven, just call me Owen

ok, Prince Owen or should i knock off the title and just go with Owen?

i am completely and totally addicted to HHN so i go yearly for quite a few nights no matter how the event is running.
i missed the first 5 years of it and have seen it grow and change over the years.

do you read CSW, Chainsaw Wolf?
it was a private board for a long time then went to fb.
i started with them their first year and learned a lot from the members.

i hope this house won't turn out to be like the alien house that was done years back.

still waiting for unmasking the horror tours.
i like to do the tours in advance, see the insides with the lights on and take pictures of it.
the details inside the houses are fantastic, but you don't get to see some of it when going thru the houses in the dark.


later, Owen.....

 

[Marquibiri]

I am a bit disappointed with the announcements made... From Dusk till Dawn TV Series, which I'll start watching just for the event, where I imagine a lot of the Llorona facade and props will be reused...

Alien vs Predator, another meh... but hopefully they will built the aliens (as they did the wolves in American Werewolf in London house)..

The Purge Anarchy... I just can't see how well that will do with no actual monsters....

... and as usual, I am crazy for the TWD, and so far, looking forward to that the most from the other options (although zombies? 3 consecutive years now)....

Nonetheless, I KNOW I will have a blast and many of these houses will turn out to be great and quite a surprise (such as Gothic and Dead End were back in 2012)...

I'll throw in this question as well.... When in the world are the UTH Tour dates coming out!

Cheers!

Marquibiri

 

[Chumpieboy]

It has not been announced on the HHN website yet but when I bought my Rush of Fear pass I was told AP Event Nights were happening again this year & the nights are September 19, 20, 26 & 27 which are the first two Fridays & Saturdays. You have to RSVP for yourself & you can bring one guest. If you go you can see 2 houses(Parade Building & a Sprung Tent) at 5:00 then the other tent will open a little later. Plus great seats for the first showing of Bill & Ted. The whole thing runs about an hour & a half & you can hit 3 mazes, see B&T then be headed towards Disaster & the Soundstages before some people get into the park. It's definitely worth it.

Dang. We're going first week of Oct. Oh well. Thanks for the reply.

 

[Mikkimús]

Your opinion would be greatly appreciated.
We are 3 kids.... ok ok adults
We will be staying at the HRH from the 18th to the 20th of september. We plan to attend HHN on both the 19th and the 20th.

Would you recommend for us to get express passes?
Note we are from Iceland and tho we have been to the Darkside we have never attended to HHN before.
We visit the states often in my opinion but there is 3 or 4 years at least between each visit. I am a horror make up freak and my brother and fiancé(yes we just got engaged last weekend ) like a good scare.

 

[Rip]

Your opinion would be greatly appreciated.
We are 3 kids.... ok ok adults
We will be staying at the HRH from the 18th to the 20th of september. We plan to attend HHN on both the 19th and the 20th.

Would you recommend for us to get express passes?
Note we are from Iceland and tho we have been to the Darkside we have never attended to HHN before.
We visit the states often in my opinion but there is 3 or 4 years at least between each visit. I am a horror make up freak and my brother and fiancé(yes we just got engaged last weekend ) like a good scare.

Speaking only for myself, I wouldn't even dream of doing HHN without express anymore. Years ago it was doable but it has gotten so popular and I have gotten so spoiled that there's just no way.

 

[Marquibiri]

Your opinion would be greatly appreciated.
We are 3 kids.... ok ok adults
We will be staying at the HRH from the 18th to the 20th of september. We plan to attend HHN on both the 19th and the 20th.

Would you recommend for us to get express passes?
Note we are from Iceland and tho we have been to the Darkside we have never attended to HHN before.
We visit the states often in my opinion but there is 3 or 4 years at least between each visit. I am a horror make up freak and my brother and fiancé(yes we just got engaged last weekend ) like a good scare.

First off Mikkimús, congratulations on your engagement!

As Rip also mentioned, I cannot picture myself attending HHN without the express pass. As simple as this: if you can afford it, get it!

I've been to HHN during opening weekend from 2008-2011. In 2012 went the second weekend, 2013 the third weekend (as well as this year's plan).

Crowds aren't bad during opening weekend, but are still heavy if you don't plan well. You can manage seeing all with Stay and Scream in two days, but keep in mind you will be doing some heavy queuing as it gets later in the evening. For the first two years, I did not use express pass and was able to see everything in a single night. I would literally sprint from house to house and after doing all of them, would catch the shows and street experiences. In two days you can definitely do everything, but once again, express pass gives you that stress-free experience.

Cheers!

Marquibiri

 

[patrickpiteo]

Speaking only for myself, I wouldn't even dream of doing HHN without express anymore. Years ago it was doable but it has gotten so popular and I have gotten so spoiled that there's just no way.

totally agree FP get it...

 

[PDJPrinceCharming]

ok, Prince Owen or should i knock off the title and just go with Owen?

i am completely and totally addicted to HHN so i go yearly for quite a few nights no matter how the event is running.
i missed the first 5 years of it and have seen it grow and change over the years.

do you read CSW, Chainsaw Wolf?
it was a private board for a long time then went to fb.
i started with them their first year and learned a lot from the members.

i hope this house won't turn out to be like the alien house that was done years back.

still waiting for unmasking the horror tours.
i like to do the tours in advance, see the insides with the lights on and take pictures of it.
the details inside the houses are fantastic, but you don't get to see some of it when going thru the houses in the dark.


later, Owen.....

Haha, actually its officially Sir Owen. Well at least that's what I go by & have since 1995. I'd switch my board name to SirOwenDisney if I could but I don't wanna start over with post count so I can't.

I'm very new to the HHN scene, I went in 2012 just because of Penn & Teller & had an absolutely terrible night. I went opening night which rained all night so I got into 2 mazes & B&T & that was it. I saw a few hoards but not many because of the rain.

When I decided to go I wanted to throw myself into everything completely. So I did spec for my YouTube channel then predictions & finally reviews.

I never was able to check out CSW but I did connect through Horror Night Nightmares. Met a lot of really cool & knowledgeable people that way too.

Interstellar Terror was more Event Horizon than Alien & they have wanted to do this property for a while so I know it will turn out great.

I'm also waiting for the tour info, I did UTH last year actually & loved it. It was great seeing everything up close & personal without worrying about someone jumping out at me for gawking too long. I went opening night last year then did the tour the next day, probably the same thing i'll do this year.

Later, Raven

BTW: Raven is actually the name I use when I play NTN/Buzztime Trivia.

 

[PDJPrinceCharming]

I am a bit disappointed with the announcements made... From Dusk till Dawn TV Series, which I'll start watching just for the event, where I imagine a lot of the Llorona facade and props will be reused...

Alien vs Predator, another meh... but hopefully they will built the aliens (as they did the wolves in American Werewolf in London house)..

The Purge Anarchy... I just can't see how well that will do with no actual monsters....

... and as usual, I am crazy for the TWD, and so far, looking forward to that the most from the other options (although zombies? 3 consecutive years now)....

Nonetheless, I KNOW I will have a blast and many of these houses will turn out to be great and quite a surprise (such as Gothic and Dead End were back in 2012)...

I'll throw in this question as well.... When in the world are the UTH Tour dates coming out!

Cheers!

Marquibiri

Sorry you're not finding the announcements to your liking. Still 2 IP's left & still 3 originals left to go. Once the final reveal is done, my guess being end of next week. They will release the tour info, trust me i'm waiting for that as well.

 

[macraven]

I am a bit disappointed with the announcements made... From Dusk till Dawn TV Series, which I'll start watching just for the event, where I imagine a lot of the Llorona facade and props will be reused...

Alien vs Predator, another meh... but hopefully they will built the aliens (as they did the wolves in American Werewolf in London house)..

The Purge Anarchy... I just can't see how well that will do with no actual monsters....

... and as usual, I am crazy for the TWD, and so far, looking forward to that the most from the other options (although zombies? 3 consecutive years now)....

Nonetheless, I KNOW I will have a blast and many of these houses will turn out to be great and quite a surprise (such as Gothic and Dead End were back in 2012)...

I'll throw in this question as well.... When in the world are the UTH Tour dates coming out!

Cheers!

Marquibiri

Marco, i have the same thoughts as you do.
i'm counting on HHN being strong and the scare zones and houses blow us away.
i read that this could be the last year for TWD house.
it was a 3 year contract, don't know if another contract will be in the works for next HHN season.

the purge will be in the new york streets.
and, will have chainsaws.

i do love those chainsaws and the smell of gasoline..............

i'm thinking that HHN this year will be great.
i love going in the 3rd week of the event as all the loose ends are tied together and the scare actors have everything down pat.

tell me you are still in for the 5th.
the gang will get together again.
woohoo.....!!!

Your opinion would be greatly appreciated.
We are 3 kids.... ok ok adults
We will be staying at the HRH from the 18th to the 20th of september. We plan to attend HHN on both the 19th and the 20th.

Would you recommend for us to get express passes?
Note we are from Iceland and tho we have been to the Darkside we have never attended to HHN before.
We visit the states often in my opinion but there is 3 or 4 years at least between each visit. I am a horror make up freak and my brother and fiancé(yes we just got engaged last weekend ) like a good scare.

you are engaged??!!

i'm telling the homies over on the sans thread.
you better get over there soon so you can share the news before i do....

CONGRATULATIONS...

you are going on opening weekend.
crowds will not be huge and the event closes at midnight.

once the media leaves on that first night, friday, you won't have issues with crowds.

i would wait until you are there before deciding to buy the ep's.
you can go to the stay and scream holding area and get a head start on 3 of the houses before the park officially opens.

what you don't see/do on friday, you can concentrate on saturday night.

 

[macraven]

came back to add that i usually recommend buying the ep for hhn but i'm hesitant to say it's a necessity for opening weekend.

Mikkimús you will be at the darkside the day before you do HHN.
you can buy the ep's that day prior to hhn or even at one of the stores while doing hhn on that friday.

after you do the first 3 houses before opening, make the decision then.
if house waits are running 45 minutes and you want to cover the entire park that night, spring for the ep's then.

(the ep for bill and ted's show is only valid for the first show of the evening.)

i have been at hhn on some nights that it was pouring rain.
people in lines ran for cover.
i stayed in the lines, already wet, how bad could it get....

i buy the pass for the hhn season with express.
i think of it as car insurance.
i might not need it but if i do, i'm glad i have it.

 

[Marquibiri]

tell me you are still in for the 5th.
the gang will get together again.
woohoo.....!!!

So far, all's good for the 5th!
I haven't purchased anything yet!

A soon as UTH Tour info comes out, I will call and get my RoF+EP and book a morning and afternoon tour for Saturday Oct. 4th...

October 2nd, I should be over in Busch Gardens for Howl-o-Scream... will post a reminder on the date thread to get that changed...

Looking forward to seeing the gang!

Cheers!

Marquibiri

 

[schumigirl]

i usually recommend buying the ep for hhn but i'm hesitant to say it's a necessity for opening weekend.

We certainly didn't need it last year on opening weekend, and I thought it was busy.

We got through all the houses over two nights with plenty of time to spare. I think we were done with the houses by around 8.30 the second night. However if someone was going for one night I would definetely say get it. But for 2 nights or more at the beginning of the event it's not a necessity..........nice........but not essential.

 

[TaylorsDad]

I know many are unhappy with TWD again for the third year, but I loved it last year and its actually the main reason my group and I are planning a return trip Oct 3-5th. After AWIL which was our favorite last year I have high hopes for AvP. I am keeping my fingers crossed that work obligations do not prevent my trip this fall.