NickC

I haven't taken many photos so far, as my primary focus opening weekend was experiencing the event, but here are a few of my favorites:

I've finally gotten around to uploading the radio ad: http://horrornights.be/media/hhn20/hhn20_a.php Direct .mp3 link: Click Here

For those who want to watch it again without replaying all the games, here's the video that plays once you beat everything: http://horrornights.be/warehouse.html

I'm sure you've probably all seen the pumpkins by now, but I figured I'd add my pics to the pot: And a few others:

Unfortunately it looks like the 'Behind the Screams' update was a mistake, as at 2:21 the file was updated again, back to the 'Coming Soon' version. Anyone lucky enough to see what that section looked like before it was pulled?

You can pretty much ignore most of my ramblings, including the one below. No worries. I've updated the script a bit now, so next time that happens it won't look all exciting with big green update text. if ( ($size_new > ( $size_old + 5) ) && ($size_new > 1) ) { All it took was throwing in that simple 'and' logical operator (&&) to make sure the file size is greater than 1kb before throwing the "UPDATE!" text on the screen. You can also see the previous change I made where it's checking to make sure the new file's size isn't less than 5kb different than its old file size. /nerd

EDIT: There appears to have either been a hiccup on my server and the way it was handling the request, or a hiccup with Universal's site. Disregard my previous post. And just a general FYI, anytime you see the file size read 0.27kb/0.26kb, it's because the file is currently inaccessible. Which could be for one of many reasons. I'll go edit the script again and add some logic to make sure it ignores that situation to avoid confusion. But that was also reasoning behind including the file's current size on the page, hoping people would see the file is basically 0kb in size, and make the connection that there's no update, just a problem with something.

Considering the official HHN site specifically lists in the FAQ section: I wouldn't count on all the rides being closed.

The only change was the addition of two lines of code in the tracking data portion of the .swf. No secret information or anything for a future update, just two lines that appear to have been omitted from the source originally. s.prop8 = "Parks/Resorts"; s.prop9 = "Universal Orlando"; The update checker is 'dumb' in the sense that all it's doing is checking the existing .swf's file size on the server versus its last known file size, so any change whatsoever will set it off. I'll modify my code to ignore any changes within a 5kb window to prevent this kind of thing form happening in the future. Sorry for the confusion.

Saw it mentioned before, so here's a new update checker for this year's site: http://horrornights.be/updatecheck.php I'll be sure to keep it updated/change it once the actual site for this year goes live too. And I've also updated my countdown to better match the website style: http://horrornights.be/countdown.php

Everything on my site is independently hosted by me, so nothing has changed with that video since I mirrored it back in 2006.

The site has been updated, and is back to its usual archive state for now. They did add an 07 and an 08 drawer to the Behind The Screams page though, and update the 06 drawer, so that's pretty cool. They also added some new pictures from 2008 to the loop on the main page. We also now know the official event dates: Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30 & 31 As well as ticket prices, $69.99 for both single night admission and the Frequent Fear pass.