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OK, a few things to address... Yes the check-in and departure point for Unmasking the Horror Tours has changed. You can check-in for your UtH Tour 15-30 minutes prior to your departure time at the Blue Man Group Theater located between Universal Studios Florida and the Hard Rock Cafe. Just look for the tours representative who will be located in the courtyard just outside (most likely with some sort of signage or podium). They will have you sign in and then direct you to the space where everyone will be waiting that day (either the Blue Man Group VIP Room or the covered area just outside the theater entrance). At the scheduled departure time the guide(s) will greet everyone, give a brief event overview and then take their group into the park. Houses visited during an UtH Tour are determined day of depending on availability so no one will be able to tell you in advance exactly which houses will be visited on which tour or the order they will be visited in. Again, NO ONE can guarantee you a specific house is part of the tour or which tour time a certain house will be visited. There are a variety of reasons for the decision to be made daily as to the houses visited which include, publicity photo shoots in a house, repairs going on within a house, video footage being shot in a house during a portion of the day, work lights not functioning in a particular building or even the fire alarm system being inspected. The guides who do UtH Tours go through an extensive training and learn the details of all 9 houses so no matter which ones you visit they are able to talk (at length) about them. Generally, a determination is made as to what the 6 primary houses will be, which will be back ups and on rare occasion which will not be visited at all. This determination is made just before the training for the guides takes place, just a couple weeks before the event starts. The reasons for choosing the houses that will be a part of the UtH Tours include, which houses are more visually rich and provide great opportunities for photographs, which ones are viewed to be more interesting to the fan base, houses that are more accommodating to groups of 15 guests following a guide, visibility (houses that are better lit during the day than ones that remain dark), etc. If a certain house is visually rich, but overly claustrophobic or not have areas a guide can address their entire group, it will (sometimes sadly) usually not be a part of the tour. If a house is more scareactor/creature driven and not overly detailed visually, it will usually not be a part of the tour as those scareactors/creatures aren't in there during the day. Also keep in mind that if you were to book a Morning Only Tour one day and an Afternoon Only Tour on a separate day, you may repeat a house or two. If you would like to see six houses you are far better off booking a Combo Tour, this is the only guarantee you have of not repeating a house. On another note, guests who booked their tour online; unfortunately you are provided with very little to address your arrival time and check-in process. As mentioned above, once you have picked up your tickets or have printed them at home, please arrive 15-30 minutes prior to your scheduled tour departure time in the courtyard in front of the Blue Man Group Theater. There will be a tour rep out there to assist you once you have reached the courtyard directly in front of the theater. Finally, at the conclusion of your UtH Tour the guides will be required to walk their group to the park exit and make sure all guests exit the park appropriately. Since their inception, the UtH Tours have never required park admission in order to take part, but it is getting harder and harder to justify this, especially when guests have been seen staying in the park following their tour (and openly posting about it online) and not exiting the park. As the guides giving the tour do not have a ticket scanner on them to check annual passes or event admission tickets to ensure they are active they can no longer allow their guests to just go off into the park on their own following the tour and will have to take them to the exit at the end of the tour. A minor inconvenience, but if it helps prevent admission being required to take part in the tour it's certainly worth the walk back up to the front of the park. At any rate, have fun out there and enjoy your tour

Non-Private Tours with mixed parties depart at different times throughout the evening. As admission is separate, you can arrive and check in once the park has opened for the night and then go into the park on your own until closer to your tour time. Generally 20-30 minutes before your tour time you should check back in. At that point you will receive the title of the group you have been assigned to and can relax in the lounge until it time for the tour to depart. If all members of your party booked together in one order you will not be separated, but if you were to book separately then there is no guarantee you would all be in the same overall group. Once the tour departs you are guaranteed to visit all 9 haunted houses (one time each) and have reserved seating for the Bill & Ted show. The guides will usually try to work in one or two bar stops along the way as well, and of course restrooms stops whenever needed. Once the tour has ended, park hours permitting, your RIP Tour credential will get you express access to any of the regular park attractions that are open that night. The express access only applies to the rides, it will not work at any of the haunted houses. Private Tours begin at 6:30pm and last until park closing that night. They can have up to 10 guests per tour guide and are tailored to interests of the group. You can visit the houses and any available park attractions as many times as you would like while with the tour guide and can also visit the Bill & Ted show with reserved seating as well. Private tours are far more flexible and longer in duration, but can be costly if you have a smaller party (which is why a lot of people will get a group of 8-10 together and split the cost).

Should be a Harvest Moon too!

I just saw on my calendar that opening night there is going to be a full moon. I'm sure nobody cares, but I thought it was cool

I know I haven't been through the house, hell, nobody has... But reading about the house from the Universal Blog, if you take out the 3D crap, it sounds like an amazing house. I love anything to do with asylums. But i hate 3D houses. I think they are a cliche. Vibrant colors and mind tricks. In my opinion, if you gone through one 3D house, you've been through them all. With all that being said, I don't have high hopes for this house. I'm really hoping this house completely surprises me and I enjoy it. I guess I will find out on opening night.

It's probably obvious but you can see the bottom of the car is designed for a fork lift, as well as the barrels, so these are props that will be driving out to Survive or Die on a nightly basis.

I liked your response because I see inner turmoil. You don't want to see spoilers but you are still quite curious. The beauty of HHN and this board.

I hope scarezone construction keeps up the brisk pace it's on. One of my favorite things to follow each year.

You have no idea what you're talking about. It's not "lazy" at all. Some of us got to experience a bit of this at the end of last year. It was part of the LT thing. It was AMAZING. Absolutely AMAZING! As soon as I saw this announced, and I saw what day I could buy the tix, I was on the phone and booked. I think this is awesome, and it's a terrific new experience that only we get. Until you actually know what it is, it may be more prudent to STFU.

Probably just be a dummy. That or a full body black unitard. They hold up well and, while a little hot, not bad. Here is a pic of one I made a few years back as the rake. had a metallic white sheen which I sprayed over with a flexible dance costume paint.

Greetings from Japan! Want to see whats happening at HHN out here? Get filled in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwvUgg27Ac8

Another BTS photo as an apology for lack of an announcement recently.