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I don't mean to offend anyone on here, but, it has been my experience that the costumes at Universal Orlando are far more thought out then the ones from Hollywood. Even though both parks are doing Silent Hill houses, you have to remember that each park actually designed their own house and costumes based of the franchise. Hollywood has always relied more on make-up than mask. Orlando typically has a good mix of mask and make-up, more so than Hollywood. That's just been my experience and my opinion of course. Having visited both events in the past. Just wait till the event starts. I am willing to bet that you will be pleasantly excited about the nurses you run into in Silent Hill. Of course, that is pending your survival by some bad dude with a murderous hammer...

It's hard to say exactly what makes me like and want an icon so much. I think it rounds the event off for me having a host of sorts. I like backstory and depth and I always wished that each year the icon would have their own show (like a miniature movie) explaining their motives and methods. Part of the fun in watching shows like Dr Who or the X Files was seeing what new monster or villain would appear each week and I think the same can be said of HHN icons. I think last years Lady Luck was a token gesture that they didn't bother doing much work fleshing out but I'd still rather have her than nothing. I'm hoping that Uni didn't misunderstand the criticism of her last year. People were not complaining about the idea but the way they didn't follow through with much background or effort (do I have to remind you of the masks?). To be honest the more I think about it the more that I'm convinced that marketing wanted her to fail so that they had justification to dump the icon altogether. Poor quality costumes, drab scarezone, unoriginal idea and no real story wasn't ever going to get the fans excited was it? Is it coincidence that this year we have no icon? I know it sounds like a conspiracy theory but I honestly think A&D and marketing are in disagreement over the addition of an icon. Didn't someone say A&D's original icon idea for last year was scrapped by marketing to be replaced by their idea? Anyway, I for one want to see a proper fully rounded out icon next year and I'll be making my view known on the exit poll. For those of you who love the icons too I suggest you do the same.

The rest of us avoid HHN's facebook for the sake of our sanity.

It's not about the icon per se. It's about immersion. It's about feeling excited beyond the knowledge that you're going to a cool halloween event and actually stepping into a story. If I had it my way the hype would start early in the year in the form of an alternate reality game (think 2008's legendary truth) that worked it's way slowly to a reveal. It's just that much more exciting when you actually feel involved and connected to the event on a personal level. When you can suspend your disbelief just that much easier. I realize that not everyone cares about these kinds of things, so a balance is hard to strike. You don't want to make the casual goers feel locked out of the loop by the time the event rolls around. Thus, the designation of an Icon with accompanying theme is usually the most efficent way to establish immersion.

Can you do an Alice Cooper Goes to Hell and Welcome to My Nightmare so I can choose which one I want?

That's all I can say. NDA

My head feels like it's going to explode even when I just read the random posts on that page sometimes. I wonder how some of the posters manage to figure out how to even turn their computer on considering how completely moronic their commentary truly is....

Yeah, when they said he couldn't come that seemed suspicious to me.

If he's a superfan due to being on facebook and making lots of comments, I wonder what they consider any of us!

Seriously... this whole thing irks me. HES a "superfan" ? I don't even know the guy! I hope its a plant... another failed maketing ploy.

The walkers will be there just not as we originally thought.

Just to clear some of this up, I've heard that the walker horde is still part of the event, it's just not listed at all.

Again...lagoon should be playing into the street experience. Won't have it's own show.

Bobble Head Nurses from the Hollywood media event

What if its all normal chainsaw scareactors who get cast every year, but this year they are all in drag !!! Yowza, now thats scary lol

A slider is simply a scare actor who slides. That can be very complex or very simple. Typical sliders run with smooth metal shin guards and slide across the ground on these guards. Sometimes draggin a spoon or other metal object make noise/sparks. Here is a video of some crazy sliding

I am completely and totally down with this concept. The event is going to evolve folks, whether anyone likes it or not. The old traditional scarezones, yeap, we've seen those for what, the past 20 years? Moving the concept to something different like this switches things up...and in my book, change is ALWAYS a good thing. I like the idea of having the streets being labeled as "experiences" instead of scarezones, makes it seem a bit more interactive and involved than the usual scarezone we are all used to.

The Forsaken was my favorite. Scared the living s#@t out of me. lol