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Sometimes, clues and hints can be extremely obtuse and complicated. I actually made a concerted effort (that I feel got more effective after clue set 3) to make clues that WEREN'T difficult. They require a little research and thought, but not a huge amount of background knowledge (@mystique). They allow wrong answers, but I hope is that when houses are revealed, the seem obvious. Every single one has been figured out, at least. And today SHOULD be tickets (bring money), AoV, and 3 zones.

I am thrilled with all this news today - and my FFP w/ Express passes have been purchased... so, for me, it's now official (even thought I've had my airline tix for two months already for all four weekends). I love that it's an 80's year officially.. that's my era! WOO HOO! I am HOPING they have some of the Scarecrow stuff in the Harvest. Scarecrow was one of my top 5 houses of all time! A little taste of it in a zone this year would NOT piss me off.

For those who can't see the description for Twisted Tradition, here it is: "Travel through the forest of Central Park where an ancient evil has been awakened. Halloween has been transformed into an abomination with rotting pumpkins fused with decaying human flesh. Try and escape the grasps of these field beings, with nothing but the light from rotting jack o' lanterns to guide you." Also, since they've only announced 3 scare zones, is it possible that the remaining two are IPs?

#TransmissionsToResume

No ones talking about it? 80s THEME CONFIRMED Y’ALL!!! im a bit disappointed that they seem to be going back to the generic “woods” zone for Central Park, but I enjoy any pumpkin-human hybrids so I’m excited. YES VAMP ‘85, THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY, I imagine this is going in Hollywood This Harvest zone sounds interesting, but I feel it’ll end up just reusing a ton of Scarecrows stuff and not having much of a personality to it, anyone know where this one will be? I can only see it at entrance or maybe the new zone location

If it makes you feel any better I feel the exact same way, I still make guesses anyway! I think all the clues are hard, @mystiquephreeq‘s are super difficult for me, like sometimes you need to be of a certain age range and born in a certain location to understand it, but I still think it’s fun. @Legacy’s are hard for me as well but I think it has more to do with being unfamiliar with Rick & Morty, I’m sure they’re mostly easier for fans of the show, but, again, it’s still fun. However, all that said, I think originals are the hardest to guess no matter what because they could literally be anything. IP’s, IMO, are a little easier.

Your clues are fantastic and so very appreciated! You're awesome. So thank you for that! So far, when houses are revealed I'm definitely able to piece the clues that were left together. Editing to add: I enjoy trying to figure them out, regardless of how much I stink at it! lol

HHN Orlando website is down and will keep relocating to the Universal site, they are prepping up for something, also Universal's UK Booking Website has also confirmed 10 houses and FF ticket, http://www.universal-bookings.co.uk/park.html, so get ready for ticket prices to be revealed and maybe a new theme skin to the website with an announcement attached.

I love the speculation but always end up feeling dumb cause I never understand the hints/clues lol

Also, weird that they don't have a clickable videotape for Patient Zero since they made a great video for it.

So AOV taking over FF stage and hopefully they put out the tickets soon since there are already out in the uk websites and such and with the three scarezones, should be interesting especially if Halloween is to be announced as a house since, Hollywood won't be announcing anything this month, so the ball is definitely in Orlandos' court. Tickets are now live https://hhntickets.universalorlando.com/

“Forgotten are the ways of old, traditions blood black and cold. Up through dirt roots grow and burst, evils’ return, you’ll see what came first. When ravens and crows made the night black, pumpkins were carved to keep the evil back. When the howl of the wind sent shivers down spines, graves of our dead covered in vines. When black cats crossed paths and wolves howl, true witches did more than laugh and scowl. Your time has come Nathaniel Crow, outside the box you’ll think, you’ll grow. Terrors traditions in ways you will demand, Halloween’s true self is at hand.” I wonder if this will come into play this year...

Like we anticipated this being anywhere else besides Central Park That being said, I love the visual look of the new Official Website. Wonderfully dated.

That's the feeling I got from it "Here are the three original horror stories you’ll see brought to life in the scare zones"

The Orlando HHN address is now redirecting to Universal's main site. Looks like they finally figured out how not put things up early. And awesome that tickets are now up. Just gotta get the UOAP discounted ones to come up and I'll be set.

ME TOO. I always want to add something of importance but I can never understand the clues quick enough. Oh well, still enjoy the speculation! I'll just keep creeping in the shadows and watching from afar

As awesome as the art for this is, did they get the art for this and Twisted Traditions mixed up?

Anybody else read the description for the harvest "An old barn is the setting of every kind of horror." And instantly think of Hershel's barn from the walking dead zone over by Mels? wonder if they'll have anything like that in the zone this year idk about how others felt that year but as a kinda mini maze it seemed to be a bit helpful as a crowd killer every time we went by!!

Home with a sick kid and Im missing all types of shit!!! they announced scare zones????????

That's also a cool idea.

I love the zones!! Also, Halloween is not coming. Last I heard.

I want to see an 80's themed AoV show this year.

An interesting story, but usage of the phrase overpowered... kinda kills it. Maybe he committed a sacrifice for the powers, a horrific sacrifice, and instead of seeing that he was overpowered, the Dream Creature saw Nightmare Creature was going mad with power. Gets the same message across, but without sounding like you're gushing about a new character in a video game. Other than that, a decent backstory.

Yes, to the happiness of practically everyone but myself, I don’t think it’s happening this year, or, IMO, ever just cause I think Vamp ‘85 is gonna be way too similar.

So we can officially confirm no Lost Boys now, right?

ZONES! AOV! https://orlando.halloweenhorrornights.com/site#/hhn/details/announcements

The Eddsworld Houses... geez, those ideas were, what, a year back? Realistically, it'd never happen. Edd isn't with us any more, Tom distanced himself from the franchise, Mrs. Gould didn't do anything, and the comics helmed by Matt haven't been uploading recently. I'm starting to think that the property may be "cursed", as much as I believe in curses. The Night Of The Living Tombstone is more likely, but still a stretch. I'll do these later. Eddsworld, Eddsworld Presents FunDead, Eddsworld Presents The Wrath of Zanta Claws, and Night Of The Living Tombstone... may be considered "bad" ideas, but just because I don't think the Horror Night Nightmares forum would appreciate me saying that a house based on various YouTubers would be interesting, doesn't mean that I don't want a house with appearances by Clown Shark, Hyper Fangirl, and AntiSepticEye. As for your house ideas: The Adult Swim house does kinda sound interesting. Now, I don't watch that much Adult Swim, but I don't think that Rick Sanchez, The Mad Scientist and the Robot Chicken, The Warden, etc need an outside force to create a nightmarish environment. Heck, make the house about Adult Swim characters trying to pitch their shows to become Horror Night Houses, but the disagreements go violent on their own and guests have to walk through the fight to get the house. The Nightmare Creature... Personally, I have several things I want to make that I would license to Horror Nights if they were to ask (A Superhero universe where monsters are fairly common, a comic about a group of mercenaries that go up against a cult of ravagers and then a necromancer, a story of a pair of cops where one just so happens to be a vampire), but I don't post the ideas for the haunted house spinoff because that feels a bit too egotistical. ...Oh, you mean OC as in Terrorlock, Darrin Adler, and The Sandman, don't you? Well, I guess the idea of many universes changing to fit the whim of a character is a pretty cool idea for a house (In fact, another bad idea is a sequel to Titans of Terror, where the Superfan watching slasher films and his parents in the living room watching Christmas specials causes dreams where the monsters end up creating some Christmas Chaos), but TV Tropes' Pantheon consists of a heck of a lot of licenses to obtain, I doubt the tropers would be accepting of a random Original Generation just being capable of warping it, and to be honest, Nightmare Creature sounds a bit generic. As a fix: 1. Instead of specifically the TV Tropes Pantheon, change Nightmare Creature's domain to be something like the nightmares of a pop culture enthusiast or a stressed-out Copyright lawyer. 2. Give him a form of backstory. This is optional, though. I mean, Jack Schmitt was a child murderer who was killed and locked in a box, Albert Caine gradually became obsessed with Death, Bloody Mary was a psychiatrist who gradually became obsessed with fear, Paulo Ravinski was always a twisted psycho who loved killing things, and Julian Browning was a stickler for rules who was killed by a freak accident in his own theater. The exception is Elsa Strict, she's why I say it's optional. But alongside a Who, give us a Why and a How. 3. Give Nightmare Creature something... unique! Make him more than just a generic shadow that escaped the wall! For example, a face visible in the mist, a preferred method of killing, some murder-assisting superpowers, a twisted lair, and/or a voice that sends shivers down your spine. But a humanoid bundle of fog is pretty boring as the main antagonist. You need to spruce him up. I mean, what would Freddy Krueger be if he was just a gardener wearing a burlap sack stabbing people with a steak knife? Would Micheal Myers be as notable if he wore flannel, had a goatee, glasses and a fade cut and calmly talked about the tastes of wine as he killed people? Would Ghostface masks have become so iconic if the Killer was just some guy with no real motive that made generic Bond One-Liners? I feel like I need a paragraph break to continue to rant. I'm trying not to be too harsh, I just want you to know that. I'm just trying to give some pointers, but I'm not known for politeness. I'm almost done. What I'm trying to say is, just saying that the villain is a humanoid mass of fog called the Nightmare Creature isn't the best idea ONLY because it sounds like something that's been done to death. But don't just crumple up the idea and throw it in the waste bin. Take what you like about the character, and flesh him out until you have something unique. Because that's how innovation happens - The LEGO Movie took cliche films meant to market toys and turned it on its head, creating a deep, yet hilarious experience. Cuphead, through hard work and dedication, became famous for its killer difficulty, swinging music, and retro, lovingly-animated artstyle, despite belonging to a genre that rarely gets attention nowadays. And if Disney hand't decided to push the boundaries and make Snow White, how long would animation be stuck as simply the genre of shorts? And even if you start as a generic example, you can still become the icon. Deadpool was just another Liefeldian creation until he got healing powers and awareness of the fourth wall, Pirates of the Caribbean could have been another pirate movie if not for Johnny Depp and whoever is costar is, and the LEGO Games would just be an oddity in licensed game history if they didn't have their solid gameplay and distinct quirky humor. The point is, just because it's not the strongest idea, doesn't mean you shouldn't plan out Nightmare Creature's house. All the idea needs is a little love and some brainstorming.

Haha! Me too dude.

Awww man. I just made kind of an "Eeeeee!" kind of noise and had to literally stop myself from jumping up and down more than once when thinking about THREE scare zone reveals and likely more tomorrow. Luckily no one at work saw me. Heh heh I'm crazy excited to see what the theme will be. Hopefully that'll also come tomorrow.

CONFUSION CONFIRMED!!

TERROR WILL OVERRUN THE STREETS. Beware, there’s nowhere to hide as you encounter nightmarish creatures in our five sinister scare zones. And even more horror awaits you. Fear lives in the shadows. Horror walks right behind you. Yeah don't say "New Scarezones" in an email and not say what they are....ESPECIALLY after saying there's 5. That is total clickbait bull crap and something the 2017 Marketing team would do...

I am not in on the know AT ALL but this is discussed every year and I as well also get nervous and scared if FFPs will no longer be offered since they aren't offered right away. But I bet once the buy one get one goes away we will have a better idea where we stand with FFPs but I bet we will have them again this year and released then, at least I certainly hope so! I as well rely heavily on them. I don't know who is in charge of the FFPs but I assume they know that we give plenty of money to the event and it is worth it to continue these types of tickets

we're getting another "altars of horror zone"

No - there are CLOWNS in it! IT HOUSE CONFIRMED! or JACK IS BACK CONFIRMED! or KILLER CLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE CONFIRMED! or.. or... um... SWEEPSTAKES CONFIRMED!