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10) 2013 - Round 1. The worst trip I ever had. We did everything right
too, but the company just wasn't great. It was my girlfriend & I and
two high school girls (a relative & her friend). The two girls
complained the entire time that it wasn't scary, that Knotts was better
(this was their first time), would constantly ask when we were leaving,
and then we eventually left early once we were done with everything
(like at 1:00 AM). On top of that, alot of the mazes just weren't up to
par yet (Evil Dead, El Cucuy) while BS13 just flat out sucked (and
still did my second time but I could forgive it that time). Oh, and it
was the second worst Bill & Ted we ever had; infamous for shutting it
down permanently for the rest of the year and not having it at all this
year. There were glimpses of fun, like going through the backlot for
the first time, but this trip made me second guess my love for Horror
Nights.

9) 2012 - Round 1. This trip is easily forgotten in comparison to the
trip that came later that year. I usually go with a big group of
friends but this time it was just my GF and I (no offense to her or
anything, but the more people, the more fun) and the lines were
unbearably long. Not to mention, the mazes weren't that great on their
first run throughs. This is a major reason why I'm no longer going to
Opening Nights... the mazes are often LAME and things feel disjointed.
I'm hoping SECOND NIGHT will be a better option this year. Silent Hill
was dead, TCM had many missed scares, and ACGTH was just bad. The best
moments of the night came from The Walking Dead & La Llorona, which
bookended the night in my gameplan, so there was a lot of dead space in
between.

8) 2007. This literally was just me by myself after a break up; however
it was exciting to do a solo venture to a place I had never been
before. The mazes were top notch, Bill & Ted was a major surprise, and
this was my first HHN in general. Even though I was by myself, so many
great things happened, as if it was destiny for me to love the event
more. I got there late, like at 10 with the park closing in 2 hours. I
had time for only one maze after the Terror Tram, and I picked TCM and
got the biggest scares of my life still to this day. Then after, the
park remained open an extra hour so I got to experience the other 2
mazes, and then I was treated with what felt like an inspirational Bill
& Ted at the time. This is the one that started everything and I would
do it again in a heartbeat.

7) 2008. Going back with a friend was great redemption, especially with
a friend who loved these horror icons as much as I did. The mazes were
just as great, Bill & Ted was even better, and it was good just to have
company with me. I remember wishing the event would never end, but I
had this weird feeling it'd only last for those 2 years with the Big 3
and that'd be it. Thankfully, I was very wrong. Also, this was Terror
Tram's best incarnation. This is the one that started the chainsaw
brigade, the first time going into the hills, the sheets maze, and the
best video package/story that had a great ending. I got so many great
scares that night.

6) 2011 - Round 2. This was my first time going for a second time and
realizing that things improve greatly throughout the run. It was fun to
see all the differences. I was in a group of all girls until I ran into
Freak at some point of the night. I remember getting one of my favorite
scares this night in La Llorona, but realizing it's hard to capture
lightning in a bottle on my second run through that night and the maze
felt more dead. It was a fun trip, just didn't have many priceless
memories.

5) 2011 - Round 1. This was a very fun trip, but I felt like the event
itself wasn't up to par. Only mazes I was digging that night was The
Thing and La Llorona. Plus I was majorly disappointed by the Terror
Tram. However, my friends and I had the best of times! The long lines
were fun because we'd attack each other as we were going through the
switchbacks. We interacted with the Hostel girls and tried to get
pictures of us getting scared. Great night and would probably be my
favorite, but the event itself brings it down a few notches.

4) 2010. Went on a semi-double date this year and we met up with some
friends later on in the night. My buddy had always wanted to go to HHN
and he took this girl he liked but she was in a relationship and was
obviously un-interested. It was still fun nonetheless. I remember the
event itself was rocking very hard with everyone on their game. The
good times were rolling once our other group of friends met up with us.
They then split off while 2 of their group stayed with our group. We
then met up again at the end of the night with everyone taking pictures
in City Walk. This was the year that semi-started the tradition of the
group of people I would go with at least once starting in 2011.

3) 2012 - Round 2. I wish I remembered more of what happened but nobody
took pictures! I remember one of my well-poised friends fell in Silent
Hill when Pyramid Head attacked. I remember my scareactor friend walked
us through The Walking Dead and they harassed him in each room, scaring
one of my friends who did not know he worked there, so she was
legitimately terrified she would get touched. I remember this was
easily the BEST Bill & Ted we've ever had. I remember all of us
practically filled Parisian Square when we were eating dinner. Other
than that, I just remember that it was a lot of fun.

2) 2009. After going by myself in 07 and going with 1 friend in 08,
things were about to get multiplied big time. My group on this night
was at least 15 people, and we got separated into three smaller groups
on multiple occasions. It was madness trying to keep people together.
We'd be heading down the starway at one point, only to realize 4 people
walked off to do The Simpsons. It was madness, but this trip taught me
alot about how to keep the group together and why it's important to
make sure everyone is on the same page. There are so many priceless
memories that I'll remember for all time: our friend's BF who ditched
her and ran into the stores the moment the chainsaws started revving at
the entrance, when he cried from seeing the T-Rex on Jurassic Park,
taking pictures in the Shaun of the Dead scarezone, sharing our food in
Mel's Diner, it being my GF's first time at HHN and her actually being
scared, everyone staying in one group so we could do Terror Tram,
watching my friend skip and hop away after a Miner popped out of an
outhouse (I think that's what it was), and ofcourse, Halloween was just
an amazing maze in general. One of the best events and one of my
favorite memories.

1) 2013 - Round 2. I didn't realize it at the time until I thought
about it after, but this was hands down the absolute best trip I had
ever taken to HHN. I was peeved about Bill & Ted being gone, but it was
still such a delightful journey. It started with a very funny car ride
as our friends who followed us to LA drove horribly slow, so we had to
slow down so they would catch up. Our two friends in the back made fun
of them the whole way and one of my friends swear they saw one of the
guys from LMFAO in a dog park near the Forest Lawn exit. We finally got
there, a bit late, but the park opened early, so we raced down and met
up with our friend who got there before us (the same thing happened the
year before - bugged him to get there early enough for Early Access,
and we're the ones who got there late -- I hope that doesn't happen
again this year haha). Our new friends who hadn't gone before loved it,
and our old friends were having a grand ol' time like always. We then
met up with another group of friends who got there later. Some clowns
were harassing me in the scarezone which I have filmed, we had a friend
terrified of Chucky as he raced by on their scooter, and all the mazes
were rocking that night (except for BS13... ugh). No pictures were
taken this night either, but nearly every moment was memorable for me!

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