Official 2018 HHN-28 Thread

[vrajewski10513]

I was just looking at the calendar and noticed that it now says Universal closes at 6:00 for the dates we will be there in October.

With HHN officially starting at 6:30, do the seasoned vets think there will still be any advantage to being in the park ahead of time and staying in a holding area if they will be emptying regular park guests out up to 6:00? We're trying to figure out if we want to spend the whole day straight through at Universal or break up the day with an early dinner outside the park. We will have EP and are staying at the Hard Rock if that makes a difference.

That will be interesting as when they have closed the park to regular guest at 5 pm usually it seems to take for forever for some of those people to leave the park....so unless the staff are going to be really rounding those folks up to get them out quickly this year I don’t see how that will work.

With you staying onsite you can go through the hotel guest entrance to your far right on the other side of
Building. So when you go under the arch entrance to US you will go to your right not straight to regular ticket holder gate entrance.

You having EP will help a lot.

Even if you have EP and you are going on weekend at end of September and October it will be busy. So some do the Stay and Scream just to have a jump on the houses. Having dinner prior to hitting HHN is not a bad idea. They do have select restaurants open inside the park also during the event.

For those who want to stay in the park for STAY AND SCREAM.....go to parks early in the day.....go back to hotel and have a rest and then come to US and be in the park before 5 pm.

I got an email from Touring Plans about that. I wonder if it's a mistake. That's not much time to get people out, unless they are going to start herding people to the exits before 6pm, like closer to 5pm.

What are they thinking?

Runs opposite to official closure re RIP tours starting up slots earlier this year for checkin???

Really hope they think this thru & modify it back to 5 pm closure for studios.

Have lounged in simpsons area last few years. Always scratched my head as to how late the few stragglers are urged out. I’ve often wondered if people try to hide in the bathrooms, etc. to gain access, not realizing that absolutely won’t work.

Surely hope closing @ 6 pm doesn’t mean they will let guests still enter MIB line shortly beforehand. Depending upon how it’s stacked could take a good hour plus for them to circulate thru it. The hounds aren’t released from the pens until park is cleared.

I just got a touring plans notification that closing time for studios was changed back to 5pm.

 

[vrajewski10513]

It’s official!!

 

[soniam]

I just got a touring plans notification that closing time for studios was changed back to 5pm.

Me too. Finally, something that makes sense. It must have been a mistake.

 

[keishashadow]

Carole’s mad-man is baaack!!!

Happy 30th anniversary & all, wasn’t my favorite of the franchise, was a bit fuzzy on details JIK any one needs to brush up here’s plot synopsis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_4:_The_Return_of_Michael_Myers

 

[schumigirl]

Carole’s mad-man is baaack!!!

Happy 30th anniversary & all, wasn’t my favorite of the franchise, was a bit fuzzy on details JIK any one needs to brush up here’s plot synopsis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_4:_The_Return_of_Michael_Myers

I wish it wasn’t about this film too........it’s not the best........but it’s still Michael Myers!!! May need to visit HHN every night we can now.........usually we skip a night or two as I believe we can go around 10 nights.......but since we knew my favourite nightmare was coming back.........well.............

I’m desperate to see the new one coming out October........ I love that it ignores all the others in the franchise! And Nick Castle and Jamie lee are in it........that was enough for me to know I’d love it!

 

[Robo56]

Mikey’s officially back

 

[MikeNamez]

I’m desperate to see the new one coming out October........ I love that it ignores all the others in the franchise! And Nick Castle and Jamie lee are in it........that was enough for me to know I’d love it!

The thing that excites me most about the new one is Danny McBride who helped write it. I loved what Jordan Peele did with Get Out and now I'm curious to see what Danny can do coming from a Comedy background.

 

[andrea4896]

I purchased the BOGO tickets and my husband and I are headed to HHN for our first time ever. We are planning to go October 24th (Wednesday) and November 1st (Thursday). I would love to see everything that HHN has to offer and also possibly ride some rides (especially the Happy Potter ride if it's open) if we have the time since I have never been to Universal. Does this sound possible without buying EP or will it be too much? Based on ticket prices I think the nights we have picked will be less busy and we will plan to arrive well in advance and will stay until close.

Should I just bite the bullet and buy the express pass or do you think this is doable without it?

Thanks!

 

[kylieelizabethhh]

I purchased the BOGO tickets and my husband and I are headed to HHN for our first time ever. We are planning to go October 24th (Wednesday) and November 1st (Thursday). I would love to see everything that HHN has to offer and also possibly ride some rides (especially the Happy Potter ride if it's open) if we have the time since I have never been to Universal. Does this sound possible without buying EP or will it be too much? Based on ticket prices I think the nights we have picked will be less busy and we will plan to arrive well in advance and will stay until close.

Should I just bite the bullet and buy the express pass or do you think this is doable without it?

Thanks!

Depending on crowds, you could possibly see everything. But if I were you, I would buy an express pass for one of the nights, just as a guarantee. With there being 10 houses this year, you want to make sure you see them all! Plus AoV, plus rides, I just think it’s a good idea to have an express pass for one night, then try to do as much as you can on the other night without a pass.

I hope you enjoy your first HHN! Once you go once, you’ll want to go back every year.

 

[schumigirl]

BLAST FROM THE PAST...…….2008

 

[RKS03]

Hi all. We’re planning on flying in 4:30ish to Orlando in the last Friday before Halloween so expecting it’ll be pretty busy. Thinking I should book the R.I.P. public tour so i’ll have time to do all the houses. I’m a little worried about flight delays so thinking I should book the last tour that day (8:30). Will I have express access to rides or any other VIP privileges before the tour or only after? Thanks for any tips.

 

[schumigirl]

4 WEEKS TO GO...……………

 

[bas71873]

I purchased the BOGO tickets and my husband and I are headed to HHN for our first time ever. We are planning to go October 24th (Wednesday) and November 1st (Thursday). I would love to see everything that HHN has to offer and also possibly ride some rides (especially the Happy Potter ride if it's open) if we have the time since I have never been to Universal. Does this sound possible without buying EP or will it be too much? Based on ticket prices I think the nights we have picked will be less busy and we will plan to arrive well in advance and will stay until close.

Should I just bite the bullet and buy the express pass or do you think this is doable without it?

Thanks!

Where did you find the BOGO tickets?

 

[sarahgirl]

Where did you find the BOGO tickets?

Universal had a sale for BOGO HHN tickets but that ended 6/30/18.

 

[OhioStateBuckeye]

So I started my hhn prep last night. We watched killer clowns from outer space.

I'll admit, it's a terrible movie but it's the enjoyable type of terrible.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Now I'm wondering if there will be some Shadow puppets on the walls for the scare zone. I hope one of the clowns has a balloon dog.

Wonder if they'll actually shoot popcorn occasionally.

 

[andrea4896]

Depending on crowds, you could possibly see everything. But if I were you, I would buy an express pass for one of the nights, just as a guarantee. With there being 10 houses this year, you want to make sure you see them all! Plus AoV, plus rides, I just think it’s a good idea to have an express pass for one night, then try to do as much as you can on the other night without a pass.

I hope you enjoy your first HHN! Once you go once, you’ll want to go back every year.

Thanks! This is exactly what I was thinking. I will probably end up buying the EP for the first night in hopes that we can do all/most things and then re-do our favourites on the second night.

 

[RKS03]

I decided to book the V.I.P. Non private tour because of how busy it will be the night I’m going and I really want to go in every house. I got an email confirmation when I booked but it didn’t even say what time my reservation is for or where I need to meet. Does anyone know if that e-mail comes later?

 

[jessicag13]

I decided to book the V.I.P. Non private tour because of how busy it will be the night I’m going and I really want to go in every house. I got an email confirmation when I booked but it didn’t even say what time my reservation is for or where I need to meet. Does anyone know if that e-mail comes later?

i was concerned when i signed up for mine too, because it didn't show in the email, but it DOES show the date/time in the app under "wallet" > "purchases"

 

[RKS03]

i was concerned when i signed up for mine too, because it didn't show in the email, but it DOES show the date/time in the app under "wallet" > "purchases"

Thanks for that! I see the time there along with a message that the order is processing. Apparently it takes a bit of time for them so maybe we’ll het e-mails eventually.

 

[macraven]

You should get the email from Vip Tours once the payment has been processed.

You will totally love this tour!


You will see all the houses guaranteed