that used to be what I would always say - been going since 1998 off and on, always with stay and scream and no express. But I've changed my tune the past 2 years. I just can't wait in those lines anymore and am aging out of stay and scream lol. Still love HHN though.I would rather do two nights at HHN in the future than pay the high price being charged for the express pass.
I'm one of the folks that only went 1 night: so it was interesting to read your notes about what I missed.So just got back from my trip - did 8 nights of HHN.
No issues with express at all - it was reasonable every time - pretty sure I could do all 10 houses every night if I wanted to - but I didn't really feel the need.
Seemed to almost always get bad walkthroughs - seemed to be lots of SAs missing all the time.
For example the one armed ranger in Yeti was almost never there the last few nights.
It was not like I was even missing the scares - people in front and behind me were not getting them either.
Sometimes - especially in Chucky and Stranger things it seemed like an empty walkthrough for entire sections of the house. In Chucky the guy that is between the two sections of the houses (where you exit and reenter) was rarely there and he is one of the best parts of the house - a lot of fun to interact with.
I knew where the SAs were for the most part after several walkthroughs and the behind the scenes tours - but lots off empty boo holes many nights.
They seem to have a lot of issues with switching people out this year - maybe they should stop for 5 minutes then and do a reset? Id rather they do that then send me through with no SAs.
Imagine waiting 90 minutes and half the SAs are not in place. I was able to go multiple nights and I was not happy about it. Most people only get to go once and do each house once so they really need to be consistent even if that means stopping for a few minutes.
The scare zones are way understaffed and then there are the two missing ones - Minions and Simpsons is just a dead area. Vamp was really bad - it was hard to tell the SAs from the guests and really the only thing it had going for it seemed to be the music that people were enjoying.
They also seem to be very lax about the costume rules which does not help the situation. Lots of girls dressed up in 60s outfits or Freddy Kruger etc..
I usually take a ton of photos, I even had a new camera and lens I wanted to test out, and I could not be bothered not worth the effort to carry it. When you think back on Vamp 55, Vamp 85, Killer Klowns or Rob Zombie - there was nothing even close to those. Bring back the overused purge.
Overall it was not great to me.
My last night was the 29th and I almost skipped it. Glad I did not - seemed like all of a sudden the SAs jelled and all the houses were spot on and I really enjoyed it (there were still a few missing SAs BTW), but the 29th of October is a bit too late for that - the season is over and I had 7 nights that were lame.
As for the M3gans - having that random really annoyed a lot of people - including the employees.
They change the times almost every day and no one seemed to know when or where.
More than once I waited an hour to see if they showed up - sometimes with off duty employees who were also trying to catch them and one even texting one of the M3gans to see when they might be there to no avail. Its all very secretive.
That said the guy at the crepes cart said 7:30 one night and they were there at 7:30 so who knows.
I did get to see the full show twice and caught parts three times - one time I just walked into it at as they were pushing the crowd back. Again a total PITA for someone only going one night to luck upon it.
Unfortunately Universal had what seemed to be a very successful HHN so I dont think they will change it other than rase prices and probably revamp the entire ticket structure.
Lastly there was some questions on why Eddie was not playing the guitar in the scene - not sure if its been addressed - but they did not want people stopping to watch the show so they left it out.
Yeah that was the best of them - but that area has been better used in the past - like Trick R Treat (As you pointed out).The SAs did a great job, but they didn't have much to work with zone-wise. Best executed one was the woods area (old Sams/halloween zone) - don't you think? Very eerie/atmospheric.
So I actually got 4 surveys - one for each behind the scenes tour and two for HHN nights - I told them what I thought so that should be popular with them.By the way - I didn't see any survey folks at the entrance when I was leaving and never received one in email - are they no longer doing them? Or just sending to selected guests?
Yup - was not even thinking of that - even the little stage show he does was disappointing - the guy was good but just nothing to work with.Dr. Oddfellow's main one - that should have blown you away as you entered! It should have set the tone for the entire event- he's the icon! But it was really quiet and flat.
Just wondering if you had any luck with this?Though I do have a Q.
I paid for HHN private RIP tour and months later bought an annual pass.
I called yesterday to get the 10% discount applied and now I'm being told it will only apply to the current price which is much higher.
That is not what I was told when I purchased the tour, had I known, I never would have bought the AP.
The gal who arranged the tour is avoiding my calls and I'm getting a bit ticked off.
Has anyone experienced this before?
Sorry to hear that.This has not been a good hhn year for me.
Did you do stay and scream? I started at 6PM with the hotel guest entry line on the 29th and it took till about 10:30 with express to do all of them (I skipped Exorcist and did Yeti twice so still 10 houses)All 10 houses complete before 11pm with no EP & a dinner stop.
https://www.thrill-data.com/hhn/orlando/2023Im not sure if 10/20 was lower than normal crowds (it seemed full to us) or if reports have been over blown,
I received one for approx ever other visitjust sending to selected guests?
Yeah I was thinking this was a big factor in September, but who knows.Interesting that Crowds (wait times) significantly dipped once the RoF passes expired.