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No, it's based on logistics and logic. The Studios has immediate guests access to climate-controlled facilities that allows for rigging, indoor-weather effects, and can hold up to 9 houses by themselves. They're easier to build in, build for, and operationally control. That's not an artistic argument. To expect them to support HHN in the new park is to expect Creative (who has nothing to do with the event, remember) to design the park with enough intentionally empty or convertible space to support at least 10 houses. That's over an acre of "empty" space, plus an extra two acres for queue. When the whole purpose of the new park is enclosed, fully immersive lands akin to Diagon, providing that space is not going to be a priority when the Studios already has that space. Do we "have" to the soundstages? No. We can use restaurants, extended queues, tents, and borrowed storage space. That's what the Islands years mostly were. But, using those spaces means they're not available to the new park itself. Universal, as a company, doesn't want a justification to use that space that way - they could justify it in the early 2000s because tourism was drastically down. As time went on and the parks rebounded, they shifted back to the Studios. Because that's where the space was. If we want to argue artistic merit though, there are some effects that can only be done in the soundstages, especially "fliers." No other space has the height or rigging certification to support them. Weather effects can't be done in tents (height and drainage). So... Yeah. The event won't move.

Creative has nothing to do with HHN. You're thinking Entertainment/Art and Design. EDIT - And the new park is getting designed from the ground up with Diagon-level immersion. It's also not going to have six soundstages available. HHN will remain at the Studios.

Well, tickets should go on sale in the next 2 weeks.

#ComeSeetheSpooky

I feel like people are missing the obvious one... https://www.google.com/search?q=Hysteria&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

Blumhouse doesn't own Unbreakable, Touchtone does. Touchtone is owned by Disney. That's also why you likely won't see Glass at HHN.

"Treatment" isn't a clue. It's the write-up for a house/zone. Saying Orlando is "ahead of the game" is based on old rules. The event is starting earlier than ever and, if there are 12 houses this year, starting house 7 now may put them right on schedule or a little behind.

Absolutely not. And if an icon happens (which I doubt), it's unlikely to be Usher. And don't expect a "Silver Screams."

I have a Bojack Horseman one prepped.

Here are the IPs I expect to see: Given: Stranger Things Likely: The Haunting of Hill House Killer Klowns From Outer Space Probable: Hellraiser Happy Death Day 2U Maybe: Universal Monsters (I expect this more for 30) Outside shots: Child's Play Any iteration of the Purge

That.

Exceedingly doubtful. Netflix doesn't wholely own the first three seasons (or, I think, the Christmas episode), so the rights would be complicated for a "series" based house. Even if it was easy, most of the series (in a similar fashion to Bandersnatch itself) is not "horror." There are a couple of episodes that skew scary, but the first episode (the thesis of the entire show) is about whether or not the Prime Minister will have sex with a pig on national television.

Because 1) By next year, it will be irrelevant. 2) There's no horror element to it. Not enough to even act like it could work as a house. 3) The "completion" rate (people who actually play it through to multiple endings), I'll confidently assume, is going to be really low. The completion rate of Netflix Originals (amount of people who watches an entire movie or season of a show), is ACTUALLY what they use to determine interest.

Bandersnatch won't happen.

Official reason the Sacrifice was scrapped was because they couldn’t get the show to be short enough that encouraged crowd flow. Conspiracy reason was guest complaints about how gory the show was. Race wasn’t a consideration. If race was a concern, the show wouldn’t have made if off the drawing board. And Jordan Peele has stated that “Us” has nothing to do with race.

Weren't people complaining about the event becoming "family friendly" a couple of weeks ago?

Two things - Coraline, specifically, is a Laika production. Laika Productions has a theme park-use agreement with... *Checks notes* ... Universal Studios. "Over the Garden Wall," though weird and mature, is still a children's show. It was literally broadcast on Cartoon Network with Amazing World of Gumball as its lead-in. Now, I don't see why Universal wouldn't not do animated stuff. Treaks and Foons and Killer Klowns are, essentially, living cartoons. I think it's more an issue of desire and popularity. It wouldn't be something like "Garden Wall" though. It would be something along the lines of "Super Jail," "Mr. Pickles," or "Heavy Metal."

So, was Halloween not real horror? Slaughter Sinema? Carnival Graveyard? The Blumhouse movies? Poltergeist is rated PG, but is considered a horror classic. But obviously, because Stranger Things showed up, Universal isn't doing real horror anymore. One house shows up that's not "horror" in the traditional sense (even though it's a PG-13 equivalent series), and people are acting like Scooby Doo and Gravity Falls are the feature IPs. There were 9 other houses. Child's Play - R Halloween 4 - R Happy Death Day - PG-13 First Purge - R Trick R Treat - R Poltergeist - PG Killer Klowns - PG-13 Stranger Things - TV-14 HHN has always been PG-13. We can poke around history and find PG-13 rated stuff scattered throughout its history. But for fans to continuously complain that Stranger Things (specifically) is making the event "family friendly" or "not horror" ignores every other aspect of the event - especially the highly requested horror classic that has a lower classification rating than Stranger Things itself. Horror, as a genre is more popular and varied than ever. Universal isn’t interested in making the “scariest” event they can. That’s never been their focus. They want to make money. They want it accessible. Fans either need to recognize that and deal, or find something that is actually scary.

It's always been an "PG-13" event; or - accessible to the "under 18 crowd." They did Fear Factor in 2002. That's less horror than Stranger Things.

Different situation. Scream was complicated by the show and Dimension's desire to avoid conflicting imagery. Universal's own hubris made salvaging the situation impossible. Hellraiser will have no such issues. If anything, Universal playing "by the rules" with a simpler (rights-wise) IP may convince Dimension to give them a second chance.

They may try, though I'd be surprised if Dimensions agreed to based on how things played out last time.

That's not how the budgeting works. The availability of IPs is the bigger issue. Warner Bros is likely only interested in allowing their "lesser" IPs and anything that is controlled by a Disney subsidiary is a long-shot.

Indiana Jones: Temple of the Forbidden Eye would like a word. Spider-Man is also waiting in line. Also, why are we talking 30?