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Ah yes, Ryan... going it alone at Reaper's Realm.. such fond memories. They managed to scare the living CRAP out of me by separating all of us - it narrowed our group down to just me, my partner and my other friend. Of course, they made me go first - and holy hell did those actors have a field day. It was AWESOME. As much as I complained about how long the wait seemed to be for that local haunt because of the pulsing - it definitely paid off. I know Universal can't do it to such a level though because the crowds are too immense. However, I think if they bring the event back up to 8 houses and actually had 2 or 3 decent shows, this might help things and maybe pulsing would work. One of the best experiences I ever had at HHN was in 2011. I was in a group of five, and we were down for the second weekend the event was open. It was a Thursday night, and it was getting close to closing time. Three of my friends were exhausted (yes, cuz we're OLD - SOME of us weren't in "grade school in 2005" - and yes that comment made me feel ancient). Those three friends decided to go sit down by the coffee place near the exit (forget the name). My partner and I were still hyped and raring to go, so we said we'd meet them over there, but we wanted to go through Nightingales just one more time. There was no line, and to our shock, we got to the entrance, and there was no one there at all. It was just us. Talk about an adrenaline rush! We walked in together, and I just knew those actors were thinking "Oh hell yes, look at the bait walkin in the door!" And we definitely were bait. Those actors had a field day with us. It was one of the scariest houses I've ever been in because there was no one to hide behind, nowhere to go. I LOVED IT! I will never forget that experience, and it's one of the reasons we still travel to HHN for that second weekend (and now we come back and go again later in the event). I'm thinking that might've been my once in a lifetime to get a chance like that, but I am SO GLAD at happened at HHN - my favorite place on the planet.