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If you locked CNYHHN and CA in a room for an hour it would look like Thunder Dome.

Yep completely agree with everyone on here - the build up to this has been incredibly poor. I get the impression either there's been a lot of issues this year outside of Universals control meaning the marketing side of things has gone completely off track, or just poor project management. Lets just hope hope it was all worth it in the end which I'm sure it will be (the event, not the marketing).

Im just kidding.... he is all doom and gloom and you are optimistic and excited!

Lack of info may mean lineup shakeups... Happens every year. But then again, I don't even know what has been announced this year so...

A welcome like minded person and been going nearly as long as I have to HHN. Hmm.

But they dont owe you any of that stuff, You are just spoiled by past HHN's that gave info early. I also travel from NY every year. What houses does not make my decision to go. I know UNI will deliver. Not alot of info but here you are speculating. Info no info, good houses bad houses you and everyone else are STILL going to attend

Yall freaking out and im just over here loving the anticipation. Back when I first started HHN we didnt get any info on ANYTHING until mid august. Never ANY early house releases. Love not knowing anything personally. I have full faith in Uni. Just building the hype

I am not at this point since they would be relaying on IP holders for two unlocks.

TBH I'm not.

There was a massive IP scheduled to make an appearance, however haven't heard anything else about it in quite some time. It may have gotten the axe. I actually enjoy not knowing what originals and scarezones we are getting. It leaves some element of surprise. There's ALWAYS a shakeup.

I have confidence, I got tickets yesterday. I love all three IPs announced so far, and there are potentially more originals then last year. Worst case sinario I'm spending time at one of the best theme parks in the world with cheaper than normal tickets and with lower wait times for rides, when the weather is signifigantly cooler.

I disagree on a coasting year. Your expecting too much in JULY! Info this early should not be expected. The year is gonna be great And taking people for granted is not new for UNI. They run a buisness And yes the twitter was fun

There will absolutely be originals. Always is and always will be. Sad you have a bad outlook thus far because theyve kept you in the dark. This is normal so I wouldnt worry too much. They have given us plenty of info. People are acting like they have given nothing. Its pretty funny actually. They dont owe us info. ITS AUGUST If you are mad dont go. I doubt uni will care

If Orlando was to be 100% IP, I'd skip it unless one of the IP particularly intrigued me, as I live 30 min from Hollywood. I go to Orlando for the originals. So what they present makes all the difference to me. Given the leaks, I'm confident there will be three originals, so I'm moderately happy. But I still haven't booked travel or bought tickets, and the reason, honestly, is the complete lack of hype. This year really feels like a coasting year. That they are taking the attendance for granted and they can scoot by with no hype. Sad that Ifrit's twitter has built far more anticipation (for me) than anything the official site has. It's going to take A LOT of surprises from marketing to get me excited for this year. Seriously considering doing some bucket list haunts around the US and skipping Orlando for the first time in 13 years.

My original thought was that for each social network you shared the "Your Soul is Requested" thing on, you would unlock a box but clearly that's not the case. It's almost like marketing had an idea but didn't actually follow through with it.

First of all: Hi, long time lurker (since 2014 and my first HHN), first time poster, so please don't flame me too badly! I think this is actually a pretty inadequate analogy, it's not so much that we don't know who's playing, more that we don't know what they're playing - which is usually the case with gigs. We know that it's the same guys that gave us a good HHN26 and a great HHN25 (purely imho ofc) so personally I'm giving them a little faith. That said, in an increasingly social media savvy age, where innovative marketing, viral engagement and massive competition abounds, Universal's efforts have been pretty lacklustre. I guess what I'm trying to say at 0030 halfway through a 12 hour night shift (so please forgive my incoherency) is that a poor marketing campaign doesn't necessarily equal a poor event.

And we havent booked our HHN tickets just yet (just bought a car, gonna wait for the next paycheck) but we booked plane tix and our 3rd year in a row at Cabana Bay months ago!

This year hasn't been too shaky, besides The Conjuring getting purged and all the confusion about Ash vs Evil Dead

Agreeeeeed. I do not need teasers or games or puzzles for a great event. Ive learned to enjoy a surprise. Im going to have a blast no matter what. I love this event

From the looks of it that would be more exciting to people than HHN CA is good people, no problems on this end

This year's announced houses are The Shining, AHS: Asylum, Coven, Roanoke, and Ash vs Evil Dead. Technically if people want this event to be like older events this year is similar to 09 where they had the three characters/mazes(Saw, Chucky, Wolfman) advertised and nothing else had been announced.

So funny what people "expect" Already talking down on the year cause they dont know all the houses by August 1st. Before HHN XX we never got any info before august. And we already know 3 houses. Cause we dont have any puzzles or teasers means its a crap year...... Just enjoy the event. Have fun

There's 4 originals this year and 5 IP's. The originals are Bayou of Blood, Harvest of the Souls, Gothicombs/Angels vs Demons or whatever it is now, and whatever the vampire/black eyed kids/whatever the hell it is house

The Soul Collectors counter hit 25k today, no changes to the site. What even are these little locked boxes??!!

There's much better ways of building the hype though. Cryptic puzzles, construction photos, etc. Things that promote speculation and positive discussions, and build the hype up that way. A vacuum of information gives people nothing to speculate on, therefore more likely to be taken as negative. Plus for people travelling from from afar to the event it makes it very difficult. I knew I was always going to go to Orlando this year to go to HHN for the first time regardless, but if I was toying with the idea of going to Orlando for a holiday I'd probably have put off going back for another year or two. Not just over lack of HHN info, but other factors as well (I miss the days of £1:$2 - blame Brexit haha). Had I been more engaged by the HHN buildup then maybe that would have helped sway my decision to go.

All night Die In was my second house ever and boy was it amazing. Senses overload. And yes can confirm two michaels

*Breathes in the air in ecstasy* Ahhhh I've been waiting for this....

not trying to brag or anything hut this picture that i took seems very promising on having a good idea about what house is gonna be here....this is the tomb of the acients tent. Any ideas on what house this could be ???

yes i took this and it was the tomb tent...i was shocked at what i found and i knew everyone in here would love this!!! so does this basically confirm a scarecrow house ????

Plus one would hope that the general public that has attended the event in the past few years will continue to come back regardless of the big name IP's because they had so much fun the first time. I honestly hope we get to the point where we have only 2-3 big name IP's to draw in people and then make the rest original. Original mazes tend to be the better houses...except for a few that fall so far below the "good quality" level (i'm talking about you Chance house I can't even remember the name too). In fact, Original houses have been the most memorable for me. Dollhouse in 24, Jack Present and Shadybrook from 25, and then last years Tomb (which still freaks me out...those dang dropping wall!) and Ghosttown were all major highlights. So excited to see what the originals are like this year!

OMG! Green posts! Guys!!! Green posts!!!