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  1. Universal has changed many hands over the years and the event has survived.
    5 points
  2. Don't worry Mr Grim nobody is pissed off with you and nobody is flaming you. Your opinion is as welcome as everyone else's but people love this event so discussions can get ....enthusiastic lol. It is too early to say this year is gonna suck for certain but this is a speculating forum so both sides of the coin must be listened to. The entire point of people expressing concerns on here is so that we avoid having three sucky years in a row and we know Universal keeps an eye on these forums so don't ever say there is nothing we can do about it. You can.
    4 points
  3. Universal Cinematic Spectacular, Despicable Me Minion Mayhem, Spider-man re-do, Superstar Parade, Soundstage 44 project, the reopening of Cafe Labamba, a huge and expensive expansion for Universal Studios Florida, Spongebob Storepants, not to mention countless other projects that haven't been announced yet on top of them dumping 150 million each of the next 5 years into the parks which is 100 MILLION more than their predecessors. Yes, clearly Comcast has no desire to spend money on quality in the parks. The parks are run by Steve Burke, who was a high level Disney Parks manager before leaving for Comcast. The man loves the parks, and with the amount we've already seen, we're not getting a cut in quality here. Now I admit HHN is a bit on the weird side right now, but it's obvious this year is a bit of a wildcard. I'll wait to see how this year and next year turn out before I claim the sky is falling.
    4 points
  4. I think we need to have a pre-event tweet up again, and/or VIP Lounge to get all the answers (or what they can say anyways)!
    3 points
  5. thats not really fair to people out of state, sure the people living here benefit from FFP and stuff, but how many people bring the money from other states or countries? people that are here for one night, I think we might see a decline in costumes and sz, we already did last year, perfect example, sz were barely there, barely any props, last year left a lot to be desired with the zones, now we are only getting 7 houses, so who knows, I always hope for the best and I always love the event, but there is being optimistic and there is being realistic,
    2 points
  6. A) I felt it was a bit of an attack, if not my apologies but I still stick to everything I said. B ) Read back a bit, read other posts. The one post I've been negative is the one you quoted. It's not even that negative. It's just simple facts about comcast's history coming from someone who witnessed it first hand in their offices in Philadelphia which is their headquarters. In other posts I've expressed my disappointment but urge people to wait until they've seen the event to judge.
    2 points
  7. If they can get more profits by lowering the quality and the fans keep coming... yes, they will. HHN use to be only thing that kept Universal somewhat profitable. It's not anymore. Harry Potter and the actual theme parks are doing fine of their own. They don't need to invest as much in HHN because it's icing on the cake.
    2 points
  8. Change is inevitable, I agree that it will be a bit sad to see HHN drift away from its grassroots, but the quality of the event will not suffer in the long run. The overall feel and expectation of number of houses, and types of houses, and all of our traditional HHN things will get facelifts and nosejobs as time goes on. What we love about HHN will always be there, original ideas and approaches, great sets and costumes, the scarezones, the vibe of how HHN and its attendees celebrate all things horror, creative, and the season. IP's being more present is not going to be terrible, after all, some of these IP's started off as people with great creative ideas, why shouldnt they be celebrated or experienced. Rest assured, that HHN Orlando will NEVER completely ditch original ideas, and the event that we have all come to love will always remain and always retain some of what made it special in the first place, no matter who is calling the shots.
    2 points
  9. Now that sounds like irony lol. Never to late to start panicking, boy did everybody take it to heart. Who knows lol.
    1 point
  10. Fair enough and I agree with you on most of your points. While I agree that Alice Cooper was a big hit in Hollywood, I don't believe that house as a whole should come to Orlando. I don't want to see the same house that was in Hollywood. I've seen video of it and I wasn't impressed. I wouldn't mind a similar house but I don't want to see a room by room recreation. One thing you may not know is Hollywood has never had much of an impact on Orlando but Orlando has had impact on Hollywood. Not saying the other way around isn't a good idea. Some people here have a problem with change. It's the unknown and we like to know what we're getting. For all I know it could end up being the best year ever because of an idea from Hollywood. One other small thing: I think it's funny how everyone seems to be panicking about the houses considering the tag line on the site right now is It's Never Too Soon To Start Panicking. The house list sure does have everyone panicking. Makes me start to wonder if we're not falling into a trap of some sort......
    1 point
  11. Some friendly advice. Get off your high horse and read more carefully what Aaron, Legacy and myself are saying to you. They've been on this forum a long time. Aaron worked for Comcast, Legacy has worked for Universal at HHN. Their views as well as everyone else's on this forum are equally valid. Please remember you're not on your blog page now.
    1 point
  12. Well it shows that you just skim through posts. I've been one of the more positive people on here about this year. I'm not one of the sky is falling people. I keep telling people you can't judge the houses by name alone. To wait until they've been to the event and through the houses to pass judgement. In the post you quoted not once did I once mention any of the attractions you've brought up? I was specifically talking about HHN. I made that very clear. In fact I said "When it comes to HHN" so your attack is not warranted. Although it did give me a good laugh because it was easy to see I was specifically talking about HHN. Allow me to tell you how I feel about the rest of the parks and their upgrades since you seem to think I'm not happy with them. They have done a great job in making changes to the parks and city walk. I could do less with HP but understand the marketing of it all. Specifically studios speaking the parade, cinematic spectacular and Despicable Me are all great projects. They bring people into the park. It makes me even more excited to come to Orlando in October. Of course that's even more reason they could cut spending on HHN. They are spending tons of money on everything else. HHN is a special ticketed event they could cut costs on for a few years. If they feel they can make cuts and profit more then they will do it. I'm not even saying the cuts would be drastic. Less spent on costumes, less spent on props and sz's. Just little things here or there. The details that you can only see with the lights on may not be quite as detailed. There may not be as many props in the sz's or as many scareactors on the streets. I do not by any means feel they will destroy HHN. Just cut costs where they can, especially with all of the other projects going on at this time. Next year may be much better, your guess is as good as mine at this point. What I can say for sure is that there have been plenty of curve balls thrown at them this year so I don't expect the quality of years past. Will that last? I don't know, I'd like to think no.
    1 point
  13. nobody goes to the event with the anticipation of next years event, you are there to experience it there and there only..then after its over comes next years
    1 point
  14. I agree that HHN isn't a priority, but so far I don't see it being "scaled" back aside from the SS44 aboration, and for all we know there will be a replacement for that misshap. There are still plenty of places to put scarezones that the parade won't affect. Until we get conformation on what's going on, I don't see a reason to go all "THE SKY IS FALLING!". And even then, the year could still be great, as I expect it to be. And even if it's not, it doesn't mean the year after won't be great. I just think it's funny that we have people yelling to high heaven that Comcast/Uni doesn't care about putting out high quality stuff when they're dumping millions upon millions of dollars into the parks as we speak. And as much as it does suck that the parade might interfere with Scarezones....A&D knew it was coming a long time ago. If they were worried about scarezones or didn't have a quality way of working around the parade, they should have moved venues to IoA or dual parks or something. The Soundstage 44 dilemma was unfortunate, of course, but sometimes **** happens and departments don't communicate effectively. It happens at my company, it happened at Disney when I worked there, etc.
    1 point
  15. Wow, I didnt mean to piss people off. Im just saying keep your hopes up. Every company wants to increase profits, Im just saying I doubt they will DESTROY the event. To say that, is being a little melodramatic, especially since we have not experienced it yet. Even if this year sucked, you still need a couple more years of suckage (is that a word) to attribute that to the new ownership. Just because something is different than you are used to does not mean its bad. Dont get me wrong Im a true old school believer in "dont change the recipe to my favorite food" kinda thing. Im not happy that things will change, I just accept and embrace it bc there is nothing that we can do about it. Please dont flame me guys, Im as avid of a classic HHN attendee as you can get.
    1 point
  16. They're developing the parks so they don't have to rely on HHN. If the parks get to be insanely profitable without HHN (like IoA did with Harry Potter), they'll start scaling back. A new ride has already trumped HHN. A day parade may trump scarezones. HHN is NOT a priority.
    1 point
  17. I've seen many things ruined when new people come on board and it stinks to know that one of my favorite events is in the hand Of a new entity an on top of it one that hasn't done it before, it's easy to say this maybe the most disappointing year lets just hope it's not to disappointing, I mean I so far like the ideas behind the houses besides p&t which everyone is subject to their own opinions but if that's the most disappointing year I'm not to upset, who knows maybe it will be one of the better years and Comcast won't f something up for once...but I doubt it, I'll be there this year but if it is a crap event I'll en up at hos next year plain and simple I they screw it up let em know thy screwed it up
    1 point
  18. Comcast is known for spending the least amount of money to make the most amount of money. When it comes to HHN they will absolutely downgrade the houses and the event itself if they feel it can help their profit margin. This coming from someone who worked for the company for several years and has been a customer of theirs for 15 years. They are all about making more money. Event quality doesn't matter to them, people coming in the gates do. If people still come for a dumbed down event then they will continue to dumb it down. For someone to think that they won't do the same thing with HHN as they do in the rest of their holdings is just absurd.
    1 point
  19. ^^^It should say, "BUILDING 44 HERC & XENA REMOVED FROM EARTH" But seriously...I hope we get the 7th house location soon. Hell, I hope we get the 7th house.
    1 point
  20. It's still a money maker in a huge dead-time for the parks. I'm not worried about it.
    1 point
  21. Possible HHN changes aside, I don't know how youcan't be excited at what Comcast is doing with the park as a whole. They're spending money at Universal Orlando like it's never been spent before. As a theme park fan it's more than exciting.
    1 point
  22. Man I don't understand the dislike of the Gargoyle idea. The blink characters were such a hit and everyone loves them... basically gargoyles. Eveyone liked the In-Between... Albeit bright... but similar to a gargoyle. The living statues are alway a hit too. But it boils down to a monster in a castle or cathedral. Creepy monster... Creppy place. Check and check. Plus you have the ablities to have flyers... glowing friking red eyes... awesome mirror visuals gags... and a ton of mistaken identities (what is an actor and what is a prop). I mean maybe it's just me but this... Is an awesome costume. (From Netherworld)
    1 point
  23. SS 44 was not demolished to make way for a haunted house. Creative went ahead with the demolition without A&D's knowledge. Creative is at the Executive level and can make command decisions like this. A&D is like a part of Entertainment and has really very little power. They design the event but they do not run it at all. Nobody involved with A&D had any clue that the building they had planned a house for was coming down. Fake productions certainly were surprised when they were told to get out and tear down what they had already built of the house. I think it's a very safe bet that right now the folks at A&D are still trying to figure out what exactly they are going to do and how they can expect to accomplish it. They may not even have decided whether or not they are even able to complete a 7th house much less figure out where it could go. Hopefully all of this will be resolved and sorted out in time for any new ideas they come up with to be implemented.
    1 point
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